2 Samuel 3:20-22

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

²⁰ When Abner and twenty men came to David at Hebron, David held a banquet for him and his men.

²¹ Abner said to David, ‘Let me now go and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you,^(A) and you will reign over all you desire.’ So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.

²² Just then David’s soldiers and Joab returned from a raid and brought a large amount of plundered goods with them. Abner was not with David in Hebron because David had dismissed him, and he had gone in peace.