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Joab, having stopped the pursuit, passed the night with his army on
the field of battle; the next morning he numbered the missing, and
buried the dead; they carried the body of Asahel to Bethlehem and...
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3. ABNER'S REVOLT AND THE WAR WHICH FOLLOWED
CHAPTER 2:8-32
_ 1. Abner makes Ish-bosheth king over Israel (2 Samuel 2:8)_
2. The defeat of Abner (2 Samuel 2:12)
3. Abner and Joab and Joab's victor...
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2 SAMUEL 2-6. (J). APART FROM MINOR ADDITIONS AND CHANGES, IT IS VERY
COMMONLY HELD THAT THESE CHAPTER S FORM A CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE FROM
THE SAME SOURCE.
2 Samuel 2:1 to 2 Samuel 3:5. Civil War betw...
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_in the sepulchre of his father … in Beth-lehem_ The only reference
to Zeruiah's husband, who appears from this notice to have been a
Bethlehemite. Josephus calls him _Suri_(Σουρί).
_went all night_ C...
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The Pursuit. Asahel's burial
24. _Joab also_, &c. AND JOAB and Abishai continued the pursuit, in
contrast to those who halted at the scene of Asahel's death.
_the hill of Ammah … Giah_ Nothing is kn...
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_Asahel Slain. 2 Samuel 2:17-32_
17 And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten,
and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there...
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ALL NIGHT] i.e. all the night after the burial....
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DAVID MADE KING OVER JUDAH, ISHDOSHETH OVER ISRAEL. ASAHEL SLAIN BY
ABNER
1. Shall I go up?] The defeat and death of Saul had entirely changed
David's position. He had, for some time to come, nothing...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 2
DAVID BECOMES THE KING OF *JUDAH
V1 After this, David asked the *Lord, ‘Shall I go to a town in
*Judah?’
The *Lord said, ‘Yes.’...
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THEY TOOK UP ASAHEL. — The bodies of the ordinary soldiers were
probably buried on the spot, but on account of Asahel’s position and
near relationship to David, his body was carried to Bethlehem, for...
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וַ יִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת ־עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל וַֽ
יִּקְבְּרֻ֨הוּ֙...
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CHAPTER III.
BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR.
2 Samuel 2:12
THE well-meant and earnest efforts of David to ward off strife and
bring the people together in recognizing him as king were frustrated,
as we have...
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SHALL THE SWORD DEVOUR FOR EVER?
2 Samuel 2:24
The longer the sword devours, the more bitter the hatred engendered.
Early that morning, each of twenty-four young men had buried his sword
in his antag...
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The first act of David was to inquire of God what he should do.
Without hesitation, his own tribe crowned him king. His attitude
toward the men of Jabesh-gilead was in the highest sense politic, and
y...
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_Day, after a march of ten hours. (Adrichomius) (Menochius)_...
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(29) And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain,
and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to
Mahanaim. (30) And Joab returned from following Abner: and wh...
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REFLECTIONS
BEHOLD Reader! in the instance of David in this chapter, that the
death of one enemy only makes way for the appearance of another. If
Saul be dead, Saul hath a son still to persecute and h...
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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...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2.
Nevertheless piety, and pious (and hence generous) sentiments, were
genuine in David. He did not pretend to feel for Saul's misfortunes,
and then sei...
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AND THEY TOOK UP ASAHEL,.... From the place where he fell; that is,
Joab and Abishai, his brethren, as Josephus w relates; after they had
buried the dead in the field of battle, they took up him:
AND...
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And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his
father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night,
and they came to Hebron at break of day.
Ver. 32. _And buried hi...
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_They took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father_
The rest they buried in the field of battle. Thus are distinctions
made on earth, even between the dust of some and of others! But...
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[SAUL BURIED.]
1 Dauid by Gods direction, with his companie goeth vp to Hebron, where
he is made King of Iudah.
5 He commendeth them of Iabesh Gilead, for their kindnesse to Saul.
8 Abner maketh Is...
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David was by no means in a hurry to take advantage of the situation
that had been brought about by Saul's death. Though he had not
enquired of the Lord as to going down to king Achish at Gath (1 Samue...
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25-32 Abner appeals to Joab concerning the miserable consequences of
a civil war. Those who make light of such unnatural contests, will
find that they are bitterness to all concerned. How easy it is...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Samuel 2:32 up H5375 (H8799) Asahel H6214 buried H6912 (H8799)
fathers H1 tomb H6913 Bethlehem H1035 Joab...
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THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE (2 SAMUEL 2:29).
When Saul and his companions had finished consulting with the medium
of Endor ‘they arose and went away that night' (1 Samuel 28:25), in
contrast with Davi...
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CONTENTS: David received as King of Judah. Abner makes Ish-bosheth
king over eleven tribes. Civil war.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Abner, Ish-bosheth, Joab, Abishai, Asahel.
CONCLUSION: We may expect, o...
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2 Samuel 2:12. _Mahanaim._ See Genesis 32:2.
2 Samuel 2:14. _Abner said to Joab, &c._ He did this in confidence
that his twelve men would conquer, and make Joab's army flee. Why had
he not challenged...
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_They came to Hebron at break of day._
THE BREAK OF DAY
Joab and his men walking all night towards Hebron, and reaching it at
break of day. See in this a symbol of the pilgrimage of our earthly
life...
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_And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead._
ATTEMPTS AT CONCILIATION DEFEATED
1. The chief anxiety of David, alter being anointed king over the
house of Judah, would naturally be how t...
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_And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord._
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
David's sense of dependence upon God!
1. His passive patience is exquisitely touching, and presents such a
co...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 2:8. “TOOK ISHBOSHETH.” Rather _had taken_. “Ishbosheth
had probably been in the battle of Gilboa, and fled with Abner across
the Jordan after the battle had be...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 2:1
UNTO HEBRON. As soon as David had assuaged his grief, his thoughts
would naturally turn towards his country. Fuller news would reach him
every day respecting the movements of...
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Now it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, and
he said, Shall I go up to Judah (2 Samuel 2:1)?
Now to me it is interesting as we observe David, he doesn't take any
actions withou...
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1 Chronicles 2:13; 1 Samuel 17:58; 2 Chronicles 16:14; 2 Chronicles
21:1;...
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In Bethlehem — The rest they buried in the field of battle, but
Asahel in the sepulchre of his father. Thus are distinctions made upon
earth, even between the dust of some and of others! But in the
re...