Who was Abner?

Father of light; i. e., “enlightening”, the son of Ner and uncle of Saul. He was commander-in-chief of Saul’s army (1 Sam. 14:50; 17:55; 20:25).

Abner first appears in 1 Samuel 14:50. In this repository’s biblical text, this figure is associated with 52 verse mentions across 4 books, most notably 2 Samuel, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings, 1 Chronicles.