Abner said to David, “Let me go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so they may make an agreement with you and you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.
In context
19Abner also spoke to the men of Benjamin, and then went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole house of Benjamin wanted to do. 20Abner came to David at Hebron with twenty men, and David prepared a feast for Abner and the men with him. 21Abner said to David, “Let me go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, so they may make an agreement with you and you may rule over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace. 22Just then David’s men and Joab returned from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, because David had sent him away and he had left in peace. 23When Joab and the whole army with him arrived, they were told, “Abner son of Ner came to the king, and the king sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
