2 Samuel 3:12
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
KJV
Misit ergo Abner nuntios ad David pro se dicentes : Cujus est terra ? et ut loquerentur : Fac mecum amicitias, et erit manus mea tecum, et reducam ad te universum Israël.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἀβεννὴρ ἀγγέλους πρὸς Δαυεὶδ εἰς Θαιλὰμ οὗ ἦν παραχρῆμα λέγων Διάθου διαθήκην σου μετ’ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ χείρ μου μετὰ σοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι πρὸς σὲ πάντα τὸν οἶκον Ἰσραήλ.
LXX
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? sayingalso, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
ASV
וַ/יִּשְׁלַח֩ אַבְנֵ֨ר מַלְאָכִ֧ים אֶל דָּוִ֛ד תחת/ו תַּחְתָּ֥י/ו לֵ/אמֹ֖ר לְ/מִי אָ֑רֶץ לֵ/אמֹ֗ר כָּרְתָ֤/ה בְרִֽיתְ/ךָ֙ אִתִּ֔/י וְ/הִנֵּה֙ יָדִ֣/י עִמָּ֔/ךְ לְ/הָסֵ֥ב אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ אֶת כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
19 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 12:38 — All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
- 2Sam 3:21 — And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth.