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2 Samuel 3:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Wherefore: This action of Abner's seems a most evident proof that he intended to seize on the government; and it was so understood by Ish-bosheth; see parallel texts.

gone in: 2 Samuel 12:8, 2 Samuel 16:21-22; 1 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 2:21-22

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