2 Samuel 3:37
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New International Version (©2011)
So on that day all the people there and all Israel knew that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So everyone in Judah and all Israel understood that David was not responsible for Abner's murder.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the king’s will to put to death Abner the son of Ner.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
On that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the killing of Abner son of Ner.

International Standard Version (©2012)
As a result, the entire army and all of Israel understood that day that the king had nothing to do with the murder of Ner's son Abner.

NET Bible (©2006)
All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king's instigation.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
That day all the people of Israel knew the king wasn't responsible for killing Ner's son Abner.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

American King James Version
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

American Standard Version
So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the people, and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's doing, that Abner the son of Ner was slain.

Darby Bible Translation
And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

English Revised Version
So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

Webster's Bible Translation
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

World English Bible
So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.

Young's Literal Translation
and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king -- to put to death Abner son of Ner.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:22-39 Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be fond of power, when a man may have the name of it, and must be accountable for it, yet is hampered in the use of it? David ought to have done his duty, and then trusted God with the issue. Carnal policy spared Joab. The Son of David may long delay, but never fails to punish impenitent sinners. He who now reigns upon the throne of David, has a kingdom of a nobler kind. Whatever He doeth, is noticed by all his willing people, and is pleasing to them.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 37. - All Israel understood. The twenty men who had accompanied Abner would be witnesses of all that David did, and would carry their report of it home, and of the high estimation in which his character was held at Hebron. And this gradually would be told throughout the tribes, and the final verdict of all well-disposed people would be in David's favour.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For all the people and all Israel understood that day,.... Not the people of Judah only, but of Israel also, to whom the knowledge of these things came; they knew and were satisfied by his conduct and behaviour, by his words and actions:

that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner; it was not by the counsel or advice of the king, as the Targum; it was without his knowledge and consent, was contrary to his mind and will; that he had no manner of concern in it, and that if it had been in his power he would have prevented it.

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David Mourns for Abner
…36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatever the king did pleased all the people. 37For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 38And the king said to his servants, Know you not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

1 Samuel 14:50 His wife's name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of Saul's army was Abner son of Ner, and Ner was Saul's uncle.
2 Samuel 3:36 All the people took note and were pleased; indeed, everything the king did pleased them.
2 Samuel 3:38 Then the king said to his men, "Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?