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

New Living Translation
When Abner and twenty of his men came to Hebron, David entertained them with a great feast.

English Standard Version
When Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron, David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

Berean Standard Bible
When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

King James Bible
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

New King James Version
So Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

New American Standard Bible
Then Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David held a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

NASB 1995
Then Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

NASB 1977
Then Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

Amplified Bible
So Abner came to David at Hebron, and [brought] twenty men along with him. And David prepared a feast for Abner and the men with him.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Abner and 20 men came to David at Hebron, David held a banquet for him and his men.

American Standard Version
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Abnir came to David at Khebruun, and twenty men with him, and David made Abnir and the twenty men who were with him a great feast

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Abenner came to David to Chebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abenner and his men with him a banquet of wine.

Contemporary English Version
Abner took 20 soldiers with him, and when they got to Hebron, David gave a big feast for them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he came to David in Hebron with twenty men: and David made a feast for Abner, and his men that came with him.

English Revised Version
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Abner came with 20 men to David in Hebron, and David had a feast for Abner and his men.

Good News Translation
When Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, David gave a feast for them.

International Standard Version
Afterwards, Abner brought 20 soldiers to David at Hebron, and David threw a party for Abner and the men who were with him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.

Literal Standard Version
and Abner comes to David, to Hebron, and twenty men [are] with him, and David makes a banquet for Abner and for the men who [are] with him.

Majority Standard Bible
When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.

New American Bible
When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a feast for Abner and for the men who were with him.

NET Bible
When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him.

New Revised Standard Version
When Abner came with twenty men to David at Hebron, David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

New Heart English Bible
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. David made Abner and the men who were with him a feast.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Abner came to David in Hebron, and twenty men with him: and David made Abner and the men that were with him, a feast.

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

Young's Literal Translation
and 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.

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Context
Abner Joins David
19Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin. 20When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them. 21Then Abner said to David, “Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 3:19
Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

2 Samuel 3:21
Then Abner said to David, "Let me go at once, and I will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may rule over all that your heart desires." So David dismissed Abner, and he went in peace.


Treasury of Scripture

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

David

Genesis 26:30
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

Genesis 31:54
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.

Esther 1:3
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

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2 Samuel 3
1. During the war David becomes stronger
2. Six sons are born to him in Hebron
6. Abner, displeased with Ishbosheth
7. revolts to David
13. David requires as a condition to bring him his wife Michal
17. Abner confers with the Israelites, feasted by David, and dismissed
22. Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the king, and kills Abner
28. David curses Joab
31. and mourns for Abner














(20) Twenty men.--These were doubtless representative men, selected by Abner from Israel and Benjamin to accompany him and confirm his report. The feast which David made for them is not to be understood of mere conviviality, but of a solemn sacrificial feast, such as was customary in ancient times in connection with important negotiations. (See Genesis 26:30; Genesis 31:54; 1Kings 3:15.)

Verse 20. - Twenty men with him. These, we may feel sure, were not common soldiers, but chieftains selected from those elders who were on David's side; and, though the honourable escort of Michal was the pretext, yet Ishbosheth must have felt sure that more was intended. Most of them, however, would join Abner on the road, especially those who represented Benjamin and the western tribes. On arriving at Hebron they were honourably received, and, after a feast, they settled the conditions on which David was to be made king of all Israel; and Abner then departed in peace, after giving the assurance that all the tribes would now gladly assemble, and by solemn compact and covenant make David their king. The terms of the league, and the conditions agreed upon for Ishbosheth, are not mentioned, because upon Abner's death the whole plan fell to the ground, and David had to wait for many years before his hopes were fulfilled. But we gather from this covenant and 2 Samuel 5:3 (where see note) that the early kings of Israel were not absolute monarchs.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When Abner
אַבְנֵ֤ר (’aḇ·nêr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name

and twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֣ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth

of his men
אֲנָשִׁ֑ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

came
וַיָּבֹ֨א (way·yā·ḇō)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

David
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

at Hebron,
חֶבְר֔וֹן (ḥeḇ·rō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2275: Hebron -- 'association, league', a city in southern Judah

David
דָּוִ֧ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

held
וַיַּ֨עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a feast
מִשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (miš·teh)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast

for them.
לְאַבְנֵ֛ר (lə·’aḇ·nêr)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 74: Abner -- 'my father is a lamp', an Israelite name


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