And David said to Abner, are not you a valiant man? and who is like to you in Israel? why then have you not kept your lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Israel. This was a cutting irony. (Calmet)
Salien attributes to it the enmity which Abner bore to David for above seven years. (Menochius)