Abner
captain of Saul's army and Saul's uncle (1SA 14:50)
PersonTribe of Benjaminmale52 verses
Names
- Abner — אַבְנֵר avəner “my] father is Ner [a lamp]” (H7410) · Αβεννηρ Abennēr — 1 Samuel 14:50
Family
- father of Jaasiel (chief officer for the Benjaminites, son of…) (inferred)
Associations
- uncle of Saul (son of Kish, King of Israel)
- killer of Asahel (brother of Joab and Abishai, sixth of "the…) (inferred)
- killed by Joab (son of Zeruiah, commander of David's army) (inferred)
Named together
Named in the same verse. A co-occurrence recorded by the text, not a claim that this person was there.
Appearances
Topical references
- Cousin of Saul — 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 14:51
- Captain of the host — 1 Samuel 14:50; 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 26:5; 1 Samuel 26:14
- Dedicated spoils of war to the tabernacle — 1 Chronicles 26:27; 1 Chronicles 26:28
- Loyalty of, to the house of Saul — 2 Samuel 2:8
- Alienation of, from the house of Saul — 2 Samuel 3:6
- Murdered by Joab; David's sorrow for — 2 Samuel 3:27
Outline from Nave's Topical Bible (1897); the sub-headings are Nave's own.