2 Samuel 3:12

12 Y envió Abner mensajeros a David de su parte, diciendo: ¿De quién es la tierra? Y que le dijeran: Haz pacto conmigo, y he aquí que mi mano será contigo para volver a ti todo 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 trasladando el reino de la casa de Saúl, y confirmando el trono de David sobre Israel y sobre Judá, desde Dan hasta Beerseba

11 Y él no pudo responder palabra a Abner, porque le temía

12 Y envió Abner mensajeros a David de su parte, diciendo: ¿De quién es la tierra? Y que le dijeran: Haz pacto conmigo, y he aquí que mi mano será contigo para volver a ti todo Israel

13 Y David dijo: Bien; yo haré pacto contigo; mas una cosa te pido, y es que no me vengas a ver sin que primero traigas a Mical la hija de Saúl, cuando vinieres a verme

14 Después de esto envió David mensajeros a Is-boset hijo de Saúl, diciendo: Restitúyeme a mi mujer Mical, la cual yo desposé conmigo por cien prepucios de filisteos