Search results
2 days ago · Ish-Bosheth was Saul’s fourth son. 2 Samuel 2:8 (NKJV): “But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.” Death of Saul and the Rise of Ish-Bosheth: The demise of Saul is a tragic event recounted in the books of 1 Samuel. Saul, facing defeat in a battle against the ...
5 days ago · 12 Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with David but had departed from Saul. 13 So Saul sent David away from his court and made him a commander over a unit of a thousand. So David led the army out to battle and back again. 14 David was successful in everything he did, and the Lord was with him. 15 When Saul saw that David was so ...
3 days ago · The account of Saul’s life comes from the Hebrew Bible ( Old Testament) book of 1 Samuel. The son of Kish, a well-to-do member of the tribe of Benjamin, he was made king by the league of 12 Israelite tribes in a desperate effort to strengthen Hebrew resistance to the growing Philistine threat.
- James King West
1 day ago · 1 Chronicles 27:7 — You might remember that Asahel was slain by Abner (2 Samuel 2:23). The Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary suggests “This officer having been slain at the very beginning of David’s reign [2Sa 2:23], his name was probably given to this division in honor of his memory, and his son was invested with the command.”
6 days ago · What can we do today so that we trust in God's promises during those times? Like Abner, how do we fail to do our duty for King Jesus? How does this make us appreciate the gospel more? Pray in light of this passage and any applications you've made. Sing Whate'er My God Ordains is Right to God and to one another.
5 days ago · The death of Saul, Israel’s first king, has removed the major obstacle to David’s ascension to the throne. The Bible’s next page truly is a new leaf. Tuesday, July 16. Second Samuel 1: This chapter has two stories: The first (verses 1-16) describes David’s meeting with the Amalekite who comes to him from the battlefield at Mount Gilboa.
People also ask
What did Abner do during the war between Saul and David?
Who was Abner in the Bible?
Did Abner make himself strong for the House of Saul?
Is Abner Saul's uncle?
2 days ago · Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. 26 Yet Saul did not say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean; surely he is not clean.” 27 But on the second day, the day after the new moon, David's place was empty.
