2Sa 3:1 | CPDV | STEP | Then a long struggle occurred between the house of Saul and the house of David, with David prospering and growing ever stronger, but the house of Saul decreasing daily.

2 Samuel 3:1

David grows daily stronger. Abner comes over to him: he is treacherously slain by Joab.

1 Then a long struggle occurred between the house of Saul and the house of David, with David prospering and growing ever stronger, but the house of Saul decreasing daily. ^{▼▼3:1 There was a long war between the house of Saul, etc: Rather a strife or emulation than a war with arms; it lasted five years and a half.(Challoner)}