“Your hands were not bound;
your feet were not chained.
No, you were murdered—
the victim of a wicked plot.”
Abner, who had been the commander of Ishbosheth’s armies in fighting David, had a change of heart and expressed his loyalty to David, desiring him to be the king over all Israel.
Tragically, however, Joab deceived Abner and murdered him to revenge the death of his brother Asahel.
