Abner
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For other uses, see Abner (disambiguation).
In the Hebrew Bible, Abner (Hebrew: אַבְנֵר ʾAḇnēr) was the cousin of King Saul and the commander-in-chief of his army.[1] His name also appears as אבינר בן נר "Abiner son of Ner", where the longer form Abiner means "my father is Ner".[2]