^{9 10} And all the people were contending in all the tribes^◦ of Israel, saying, The king rescued us from the palm of the hand of our enemies, and he^◦ caused us to escape from the palm of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has run·​·away from the land on·​·account·​·of Absalom.

⁹ So may God do to Abner, and so may He add unto him, if^▫ as^◦ Jehovah has promised to David, I do not even so to him,