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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 26:5 — And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him.
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Abner
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1Sa 9:1; 1Sa 14:50,51; 1Sa 17:55; 2Sa 2:8-12; 2Sa 3:7,8,27,33-38; 1Ch 9:39 |
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trench
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"or, midst of his carriages. 1Sa 17:20; The word {maügal} never signifies a ditch or rampart, but a chariot or waggon way. Nor does it seem to denote a ring of carriages, as Buxtorf and others interpret the word; for it is not probable that Saul would encumber his army with baggage in so rapid a pursuit, nor that so mountainous a country was practicable for waggons. It appears simply to mean here, the circular encampment (from {agal,} ""round"") which these troops formed, in the midst of which, as being the place of honour, Saul reposed. An Arab camp, D'Arvieux informs us, is always circular, when the disposition of the ground will permit, the prince being in the middle, and the troops at a respectful distance around him. Add to which, their lances are fixed near them in the ground all the day long, ready for action." |
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1Sa 9:1 |
Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. |
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1Sa 14:50 |
And the name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host [was] Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. |
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1Sa 14:51 |
And Kish [was] the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel. |
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1Sa 17:55 |
And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son [is] this youth? And Abner said, [As] thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. |
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2Sa 2:8 |
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; |
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2Sa 2:9 |
And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. |
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2Sa 2:10 |
Ishbosheth Saul's son [was] forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. |
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2Sa 2:11 |
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. |
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2Sa 2:12 |
And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. |
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2Sa 3:7 |
And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? |
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2Sa 3:8 |
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? |
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2Sa 3:27 |
And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth [rib], that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. |
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2Sa 3:33 |
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? |
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2Sa 3:34 |
Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. |
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2Sa 3:35 |
And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. |
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2Sa 3:36 |
And all the people took notice [of it], and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. |
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2Sa 3:37 |
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. |
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2Sa 3:38 |
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? |
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1Ch 9:39 |
And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. |
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1Sa 17:20 |
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 26:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/26/5.html>.
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