3:37 All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king’s instigation. 1
2 Samuel 20:19
20:19 I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city 2 in Israel. Why should you swallow up the Lord’s inheritance?”
1 tnHeb “from the king.”
2 tnHeb “a city and a mother.” The expression is a hendiadys, meaning that this city was an important one in Israel and had smaller cities dependent on it.