While David was at Hebron he had 6 sons born, all of different women. David thus had 7 wives at this stage, as he was about to recover Michal the daughter of Saul.
The war between the house of Saul (Israel) and the house of David (Judah) was perpetuated for a long time. However Israel's King Ish-Bosheth fell out with his army commander Abner and this resulted in Abner switching allegiance to King David. Abner negotiated with David the uniting of the kingdom under King David and things were progressing very well to this end. However Joab interfered, not understanding the healthy negotiations that were going on, and he killed Abner in revenge for him having killed his brother Asahel previously. David was furious and wept out loud at the funeral to the extent that it became clear to the people that David had no connection to the killing and was totally opposed to it.
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