Abner

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Old Testament person biblical figure military commander political figure

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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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abner canonical 7
Abner son of Ner 1

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 ⓘ

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 ⓘ