38 And the king said to his servants, “Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

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(A)It is not the old[a] who are wise,
    nor the aged who understand what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 32:9 Hebrew many [in years]

12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf,[a] saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 3:12 Or where he was; Septuagint at Hebron

Ish-bosheth Made King of Israel

But (A)Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to (B)Mahanaim,

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50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. (A)And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, (B)Saul's uncle. 51 (C)Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of (D)Abiel.

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