Abner considered David to be the king through whom the Lord would work to bring about rescue from the Philistines. Saul was meant to do this work (see 1 Samuel 9:16),1 and following his death it was a task to be given now to David.
Abner considered David to be the king through whom the Lord would work to bring about rescue from the Philistines. Saul was meant to do this work (see 1 Samuel 9:16),1 and following his death it was a task to be given now to David.
18 Now then bring it about, for the LORD has promised David, saying, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines, and from the hand of all their enemies.’”