6
It came about while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David that
aAbner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.
a
2 Samuel 2:8, 2 Samuel 2:9
2 Samuel 2
8
But aAbner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to bMahanaim.
2 Samuel 2
9
He made him king over aGilead, over the bAshurites, over cJezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel.