What does 2 Samuel 3:17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in timesd past to be king over you:"
YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID ... - Compare 1 Samuel 18:5. It was only by Abner’s great influence that the elders of Israel had been restrained hitherto from declaring for David, and this accounts for Ish-boshe...
4. ABNER'S DEEDS AND END CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The long war and its results (2 Samuel 3:1)_ 2. David's family (2 Samuel 3:2) 3. Abner's defiant deed (2 Samuel 3:6) 4. Abner and Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 3:8...
Abner offers to bring all Israel under the authority of David. As a preliminary Michal is restored to David. Having sounded the elders of the various tribes, Abner visited David to arrange matters....
Abner's negotiations with David 12. _on his behalf_ The Sept. rendering _immediately_is adopted by some commentators, but is unsupported by the use of the word elsewhere. _Whose is the land_ The mea...
_Abner Contacts David._ 2 Samuel 3:12-21 12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose _is_ the land? saying _also,_ Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand _shall be_ with...
_AND ABNER HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, SAYING, YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID IN TIMES PAST TO BE KING OVER YOU:_ Abner had communication with the elders of Israel. He spoke the truth in impres...
ABNER IS TREACHEROUSLY MURDERED BY JOAB 3. Chileab] We read nothing more of him and he probably died as a child. In 1 Chronicles 3:1 he is called Daniel. GESHUR] a kingdom on the border of Bashan, wh...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 3 V1 So Saul’s family opposed David. Their armies continued to fight for a long time. David’s side became more powerful. But the peo...
YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID. — 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel 18:30; 1 Chronicles 11:1 (comp. 2 Samuel 3:36), sufficiently testify to the great popularity of David throughout the nation, and its conf...
וּ דְבַר ־אַבְנֵ֣ר הָיָ֔ה עִם ־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵ אמֹ֑ר גַּם ־תְּמֹול֙ גַּם ־שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם הֱיִיתֶ֞ם...
CHAPTER IV. _ CONCLUSION OF THE CIVIL WAR_. 2 Samuel 3:1. THE victory at the pool of Gibeon was far from ending the opposition to David. In vain, for many a day, weary eyes looked out for the dove w...
ABNER WINS DAVID'S FAVOR 2 Samuel 3:12 We cannot defend David's request for Michal to be restored to him. It inflicted bitter pain on an apparently happy pair, and Michal's revenge stung him to the...
The long warfare continued, and the progress of it is declared in the opening verse of this chapter: "And David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker." At last ma...
And Abner had (f) communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past [to be] king over you: (f) Rather for malice that he bore toward Ishbosheth, than for love he bore...
(17) And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: (18) Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand o...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
_‘MAKE JESUS KING’_ ‘And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought of David in times past to he king over you: Now then do it.’ 2 Samuel 3:17 Whether these words were spo...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 3 AND 4. Alas! the history of this period plunges us into the ways of man. It is no longer merely David walking in the path of faith. It is Joab, a clever, am...
AND ABNER HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL,.... Had a conference with the chiefs of the several tribes about the affairs of the kingdom: SAYING, YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID IN TIME PAST [TO BE] KI...
And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past [to be] king over you: Ver. 17. _And Abner had communication,_] _i.e., _ He had had communication with...
_And Abner_ Having seen David, and given him assurance of his fidelity, as David had him of his friendship; _had communication with the elders of Israel_ He went back to persuade all to do as he had d...
1 During the warre Dauid still waxeth stronger. 2 Sixe sonnes were borne to him in Hebron. 6 Abner displeased with Ishbosheth, 12 reuolteth to Dauid. 13 Dauid requireth a condition to bring him hi...
ABNER LEAVES ISHBOSHETH FOR DAVID...
Though Saul had died, yet there continues long war between his house and the house of David. We have seen that Saul stands for the energy of the flesh, which does not easily give up though it is doome...
IN TIMES PAST: _ Heb._ both yesterday, and the third day...
7-21 Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While men go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are...
Even in Saul's time you highly honoured him, and prized his conduct, and wished that the power were in his hands; and great numbers of you went to him when he was in the hold, 1CH 12. And after Saul's...
2 Samuel 3:17 Abner H74 communicated H1961 (H8804) H1697 elders H2205 Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) time H8543 past H8032 seeking H1245 (H8764) David H1732 king H4428 in times past - Heb. both yes...
TREACHERY, TREACHERY! (2 SAMUEL 3:17). In this passage we have an account of double treachery. First we have portrayed the treachery of Abner who, having installed Ish-bosheth as king, callously betra...
CONTENTS: Abner deserts to David. Joab's murder of Abner. CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Abner, Ish-bosheth, Michal, Phaltiel, Rizpeh, Abishai, Asahel. CONCLUSION: Evil pursues sinners and will overt...
2 Samuel 3:1. _Long war,_ of contention and strife, rather than of bloody battles. 2 Samuel 3:3. _The daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur._ David had invaded the country of this prince, and might have...
_Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David._ PROGRESS AND TERMINATION OF THE CIVIL WAR What grief tales of distress are folded up in these brief words, “There was long w...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 3:1. “THE WAR.” “Not continual fighting, but the state of hostility in which they continued to stand towards one another.” _(Keil.)_ 2 Samuel 3:3. “CHILIAB.”...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 3:1 THERE WAS LONG WAR. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and as "the house of Saul" is the phrase used, it seems probable that after Ishbosheth's murder, during the five year...
Now there was a long war [Verse, chapter three] between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David became stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul became weaker and weaker (2 Samuel 3:1)....
2 Samuel 3:17...