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1 Samuel 14:50 נֵ֖ר Ner

His wife’s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of his army was Abner, the son of Saul’s uncle Ner.

Here: Abner's father. The name is the same as the word for 'lamp'. Verse 51 makes him the brother of Saul's father Kish.

1 Samuel 14:51 וְנֵ֥ר and Ner

Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.

1 Samuel 26:5 נֵ֖ר Ner

Then David set out and went to the place where Saul had camped. He saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general of his army, had lain down. Saul was lying inside the inner circle of the camp, with the troops camped around him.

1 Samuel 26:14 נֵר֙ Ner

And David shouted to the troops and to Abner son of Ner, “Will you not answer me, Abner?” “Who are you who calls to the king?” Abner replied.

2 Samuel 2:8 נֵ֔ר Ner

Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

2 Samuel 2:12 נֵ֔ר Ner

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Samuel 3:23 נֵר֙ Ner

When Joab and all his troops arrived, he was informed, “Abner son of Ner came to see the king, who sent him on his way in peace.”

2 Samuel 3:25 נֵ֔ר Ner

Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”

2 Samuel 3:28 נֵֽר׃ Ner

Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

2 Samuel 3:37 נֵֽר׃ פ Ner

So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

1 Kings 2:5 נֵ֜ר Ner

Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.

Here: Saul's uncle (1 Sam 14:50). The name marks Abner as royal kin from the old dynasty.

1 Kings 2:32 נֵר֙ Ner

The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

Here: Abner's father, of Saul's clan of Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 8:33 וְנֵר֙ and Ner

Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chronicles 9:36 וְנֵ֖ר and Ner

Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

1 Chronicles 9:39 וְנֵר֙ and Ner

Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chronicles 26:28 נֵ֔ר Ner

Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.