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Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
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The First Move in a Civil War
Commentators agree that Abner's move to Gibeon was not a peaceful journey but the opening move in a civil war. Scholars note that the phrase "went out" was often a technical term for going to war. Abner, leading Ish-bosheth's army, was deliberately moving into the strategic territory of Benjamin (Saul's home tribe) to challenge David's authority and attempt to subdue the tribe of Judah.
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2 Samuel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
19th Century
Anglican
To Gibeon. —Gibeon, in the territory of Benjamin, had become noted in the original conquest of the land as the only city which suc…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Abner the son of Ner Who was before captain of Saul's host, and now of Ishbosheth's:
and the …
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