2 Samuel 2:11

2:11 David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years. ¹ 

2 Samuel 3:6

Abner Defects to David’s Camp

3:6 As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential ²  in the house of Saul.

2 Samuel 3:17

3:17 Abner advised ³  the elders of Israel, “Previously you were wanting David to be your king. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 9:9

9:9 Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul’s attendant, and said to him, “Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master’s grandson.

¹ tn Heb “And the number of the days in which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.”

² tn Heb “was strengthening himself.” The statement may have a negative sense here, perhaps suggesting that Abner was overstepping the bounds of political propriety in a self-serving way.

³ tn Heb “the word of Abner was with.”

⁴ tn Heb “you were seeking David to be king over you.”