2 Kings 3:21
And Abner said to David: I will rise, that I may gather all Israel unto thee my lord the king, and may enter into a league with thee, and that thou mayst reign over all as thy soul desireth. Now when David had brought Abner on his way, and he was gone in peace,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et dixit Abner ad David : Surgam, ut congregem ad te dominum meum regem omnem Israël, et ineam tecum fœdus, et imperes omnibus, sicut desiderat anima tua. Cum ergo deduxisset David Abner, et ille isset in pace,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβεννὴρ πρὸς Δαυείδ Ἀναστήσομαι δὴ καὶ πορεύσομαι, καὶ συναθροίσω πρὸς κύριόν μου τὸν βασιλέα πάντα Ἰσραήλ, καὶ διαθήσομαι μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ διαθήκην, καὶ βασιλεύσεις ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ ψυχή σου. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Δαυεὶδ τὸν Ἀβεννήρ, καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְנֵ֣ר אֶל דָּוִ֡ד אָק֣וּמָה וְֽאֵלֵ֡כָה וְאֶקְבְּצָה֩ אֶל אֲדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִכְרְת֤וּ אִתְּךָ֙ בְּרִ֔ית וּמָ֣לַכְתָּ֔ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר תְּאַוֶּ֖ה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וַיְּשַׁלַּ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶת אַבְנֵ֖ר וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ בְּשָׁלֽוֹם
Haydock's commentary
And may. Some Latin copies read with the Hebrew, "and it (Israel) may enter," ineat.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.