2 Samuel 3:12

12 Então enviou Abner da sua parte mensageiros a Davi, dizendo: De quem é a terra? Comigo faze a tua aliança, e eis que a minha mão será contigo, para fazer tornar a ti todo o Israel.

2 Samuel 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 3:12

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf
On his own account, and not on the account of Ishbosheth, or the people of Israel; but to obtain terms for himself, or in his own name, as representing him and standing in his stead; or secretly, as Kimchi explains it, unknown to Ishbosheth, or the people of Israel. The Targum is,

``out of his place;''

he sent them from the place where he was, from Mahanaim:

saying, whose [is] the land?
the land of Israel, is it not thine, David? verily it is; to whom does it belong but unto thee, to whom the Lord has given it? not to any of Saul's posterity: this he ordered the messengers to say in the first place, in order to ingratiate himself to David, and gain his messengers an audience. The Targum is,

``I swear by him that made the earth;''

so Jarchi says, it is an oath by him whose the earth is, even by the living God, whose is the earth, and the fulness thereof:

saying [also], make thy league with me;
he desired to enter into a covenant of friendship with him, that everything that had passed might be forgiven and forgotten:

and, behold, my hand [shall be] with thee, to bring about all Israel
unto thee:
he promises on his part to do his utmost to bring all Israel under his government and to obedience to him.

2 Samuel 3:12 In-Context

10 transferindo o reino da casa de Saul, e estabelecendo o trono de Davi sobre Israel, e sobre Judá, desde Dã até Berseba.

11 E Isbosete não pôde responder a Abner mais uma palavra, porque o temia.

12 Então enviou Abner da sua parte mensageiros a Davi, dizendo: De quem é a terra? Comigo faze a tua aliança, e eis que a minha mão será contigo, para fazer tornar a ti todo o Israel.

13 Respondeu Davi: Está bem; farei aliança contigo; mas uma coisa te exijo; não verás a minha face, se primeiro não me trouxeres Mical, filha de Saul, quando vieres ver a minha face.

14 Também enviou Davi mensageiros a Isbosete, filho de Saul, dizendo: Entrega-me minha mulher Mical, que eu desposei por cem prepúcios de filisteus.