12Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, "Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you."


In Context

9 May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised him on oath

10 and transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and establish David's throne over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba."

11 Ish-Bosheth did not dare to say another word to Abner, because he was afraid of him.

12 Then Abner sent messengers on his behalf to say to David, "Whose land is it? Make an agreement with me, and I will help you bring all Israel over to you."

13 "Good," said David. "I will make an agreement with you. But I demand one thing of you: Do not come into my presence unless you bring Michal daughter of Saul when you come to see me."

14 Then David sent messengers to Ish- Bosheth son of Saul, demanding, "Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for the price of a hundred Philistine foreskins."

2nd Samuel 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose [is] the land? saying [also,] Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand [shall be] with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Abner therefore sent messengers to David for himself, saying: Whose is the land? and that they should say: Make a league with me, and my hand shall be with thee: and I will bring all Israel to thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also , Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to turn all Israel to thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel to thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, |Whose is the land?| and saying, |Make your alliance with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring all Israel around to you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12And Abner sendeth messengers unto David for himself, saying, 'Whose is the land?' saying, 'Make thy covenant with me, and lo, my hand is with thee, to bring round unto thee all Israel.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you.