2 Samuel 3:20
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
2 Samuel 3:20 in other translations
| BSB | When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them. |
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| WEB | So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast. |
| ASV | So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. |
| YLT | and Abner cometh in unto David, to Hebron, and with him twenty men, and David maketh for Abner, and for the men who are with him, a banquet. |
| DARBY | So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a repast. |
| BBE | So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him. |
| Webster | So Abner came to David in Hebron, and twenty men with him: and David made Abner and the men that were with him, a feast. |
What does 2 Samuel 3:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:17-21
17-21. Abner had communication with the elders of Israel--He spoke the truth in impressing their minds with the well-known fact of David's divine designation to the kingdom. But he acted a base and hypocritical part in pretending that his present movement was prompted by religious motives, when it sprang entirely from malice and revenge against Ish-bosheth. The particular appeal of the Benjamites was a necessary…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:7-21
Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While men go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are often conscious that they are fighting against God. Many mean to serve their own purposes; and will betray those who trust them, when they can get any advantage. Yet the Lord serves his own designs, even by those who are…
2 Samuel 3:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 3:20
- Genesis 26:30
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
- Esther 1:3
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
- Genesis 31:54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 3:19
And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
- 2 Samuel 3:20
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
- 2 Samuel 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. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
2 Samuel 3:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Vino pues Abner á David en Hebrón, y con él veinte hombres: y David hizo banquete á Abner y á los que con él habían venido. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Abner vint vers David, à Hébron, et avec lui 20 hommes; et David fit un festin à Abner, ainsi qu’aux hommes qui étaient avec lui. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Als nun Abner, und zwanzig Männer mit ihm, zu David nach Hebron kam, machte David Abner und den Männern, die mit ihm waren, ein Mahl. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Venitque ad David in Hebron cum viginti viris: et fecit David Abner, et viris ejus qui venerant cum eo, convivium. |