This expedition to Gibeon may have been for the purpose of shifting his capital to his own tribe of Benjamin and to his family's hometown, "Gibeah …

To Gibeon. —Gibeon, in the territory of Benjamin, had become noted in the original conquest of the land as the only city which suc…

And Abner the son of Ner
Who was before captain of Saul's host, and now of Ishbosheth's:

and the …

The nation in general refused David. By this, the Lord trained up His servant for future honor and usefulness; and the tendency of true godliness w…