2 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Then Abner spoke privately 1  with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately 2  of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to. 3 

2 Samuel 3:21

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 4  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

1 tn Heb “into the ears of.”

2 tn Heb “also Abner went to speak into the ears of David in Hebron.”

3 tn Heb “all which was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin.”

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