David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth because he was the formal king. In doing so he limited Abner’s power1 and gained an insight into the relationship dynamic between Abner and Ish-bosheth.
David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth because he was the formal king. In doing so he limited Abner’s power1 and gained an insight into the relationship dynamic between Abner and Ish-bosheth.
14 Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”