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2 Samuel 3:21-22

Context
3:21 Abner said to David, “Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement 1  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

Abner Is Killed

3:22 Now David’s soldiers 2  and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David 3  had sent him away and he had left in peace.

1 tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

2 tn Heb “And look, the servants of David.”

3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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