20When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men.


In Context

17 Abner conferred with the elders of Israel and said, "For some time you have wanted to make David your king.

18 Now do it! For the Lord promised David, 'By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.' "

19 Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin wanted to do.

20 When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men.

21 Then Abner said to David, "Let me go at once and assemble all Israel for my lord the king, so that they may make a compact with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

22 Just then David's men and Joab returned from a raid and brought with them a great deal of plunder. But Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

2nd Samuel 3:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that [were] with him a feast.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:20And he came to David in Hebron with twenty men: and David made a feast for Abner, and his men that came with him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a repast.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20So Abner came to David in Hebron, and twenty men with him: and David made Abner and the men that were with him, a feast.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:20and Abner cometh in unto David, to Hebron, and with him twenty men, and David maketh for Abner, and for the men who are with him, a banquet.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:20So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.