289 David Becomes King You knew Abner son of Ner that he came to deceive you, and to know your comings and goings, and to know everything that you are doing” vs . 24 – 25 ) . Confronting his king, Joab blames that Abner arrived in ( Hebron with the vicious intention to spy on David’s military activity, to get intelligence of when and where David and his troops are coming and going, and to know everything that David does . The narrator does not disclose how David responds to Joab’s accusation . The narrator does not want to put David and Joab on the same level as equals . Instead, the narrator exposes his own judgment evaluation : both David and Abner acted in “peace”, they trusted each other and acted together to bring their kingdoms to reunification . It seems that in this part of the story the first author is the one denouncing Joab not only for the brutal and treacherous murder, but also for undermining the unification plan of the two kingdoms . Coming out of his meeting with David,...
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