2nd Samuel Chapter 3 verse 9 Holy Bible
God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him;
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May God's punishment be on Abner, if I do not for David as the Lord in his oath has said,
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So do God to Abner, and more also, if, as Jehovah has sworn to David, I do not so to him;
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So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
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So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
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God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as Yahweh has sworn to David, I don't do even so to him;
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thus doth God to Abner, and thus He doth add to him, surely as Jehovah hath sworn to David -- surely so I do to him:
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - As the Lord hath sworn to David. This not only shows that the prophetic promise of the kingdom to David was generally known (see note on 2 Samuel 1:2), but that Abner regarded it as solemnly ratified. There is no express mention of any such oath, but Abner was a man of strong words, and possibly only meant that Jehovah's purpose was becoming evident by the course of events.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) So do God to Abner.--The anger of Abner culminates in a solemn oath to transfer the kingdom to David, "as the Lord hath sworn to him." There is no record of a Divine oath to give the kingdom to David, but the prophetic declaration that God's choice of him was unalterable (1Samuel 15:29) may well have been considered to have the force of an oath. Abner does not propose to do this in order to fulfil the Divine will, for his words show that he had been acting hitherto in conscious opposition to that will, but to revenge himself for the insult now offered him. He had doubtless also become satisfied of his master's entire unfitness for the throne, and his power over Israel opened before him the prospect of high preferment from David.
