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And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

3:6 made himself strong. This implies that Abner had made himself the real power behind the throne, with Ishbosheth a figurehead. When he took Saul’s concubine—a right belonging only to a King’s successor—it almost amounted to a coup.


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