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


In Context

17 Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, |In times past, you sought for David to be king over you.

18 Now then do it; for Yahweh has spoken of David, saying, 'By the hand of my servant David, I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.'|

19 Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

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

21 Abner said to David, |I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your soul desires.| David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.

22 Behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

2 Samuel 3:20 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:20When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast for him and his men.

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 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.