Abner

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Abner is a prominent Old Testament military commander and political figure in the Hebrew Bible, known especially for his role in the power struggles following King Saul’s death.

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Label Occurrences
Abner canonical 7
Abner son of Ner 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament person
biblical figure
military commander
political figure
accusation sleeping with Saul's concubine Rizpah
appearsIn Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
appearsInBook 1 Samuel
2 Samuel
buriedAt Hebron
commandedForcesOf Israel
deathCause murder
deathMotiveOfKiller revenge for Asahel
demandedReturnOf Michal
describedAs a prince and a great man in Israel
father Ner
foughtAgainst David's men
Joab
grandfather Abiel
honoredBy David
involvedIn power struggle after Saul's death
killed Asahel
killedAt Hebron
killedBy Joab
languageOfSources Hebrew
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
laterAlliedWith David
madeKing Ish-bosheth
mournedBy David
nameInHebrew אַבְנֵר
negotiatedWith David
opposed David
participatedInBattle battle at the pool of Gibeon
promisedTo bring all Israel to David
pursuedBy Asahel
reactionToAccusation broke with Ish-bosheth
relativeOf Saul
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
role commander of Saul's army
ruledFrom Mahanaim
servedUnder King Saul
sourceText 1 Samuel 14
2 Samuel 2
2 Samuel 3
supported House of Saul
Ish-bosheth
tribe tribe of Benjamin
wasAccusedBy Ish-bosheth

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2 Samuel mainCharacter Abner
Michal daughter of Saul returnOrderedBy Abner
subject surface form: Michal
this entity surface form: Abner son of Ner
Joab killed Abner
Joab interactedWith Abner
Kish relativeOf Abner
Kish ancestorOf Abner
Abner Nash givenName Abner
Abner J. Mikva givenName Abner