Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 3:9
Whence it appears that this wicked wretch did all this while fight against his own knowledge and conscience, and against God himself.
Whence it appears that this wicked wretch did all this while fight against his own knowledge and conscience, and against God himself.
Verse 2 Samuel 3:9. _EXCEPT, AS THE LORD HATH SWORN TO DAVID_] And why did he not do this before, when he knew that God had given the kingdom to David? Was he not now, according to his own concession,...
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 3:6 TO 2 SAMUEL 4:12. QUARREL BETWEEN ABNER AND ISHBAAL. TREACHERY OF ABNER. DEATH OF ABNER, AND OF ISHBAAL (J)._ Cf_. p. 286. 2 SAMUEL 3:6. Abner went in to Rizpah, Saul's concubine; an act...
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. AS. according as. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
Quarrel between Abner and Ish-bosheth 6. _made himself strong_ Or, SHEWED HIMSELF STRONG. Ish-bosheth was evidently weak and incapable, a mere puppet in the hands of Abner, who had made himself the ma...
_So do God_, &c. An oath characteristic of the books of Samuel and Kings. See note on 1 Samuel 3:17. _as the_Lord _hath sworn to David_ No express divine _oath_promising the kingdom to David is record...
SO DO GOD TO ABNER, AND MORE ALSO— We have here a clear discovery of the character of Abner. Instigated by revenge, he not only threatens to abandon his master, but acknowledges the injustice of the c...
Abner Rebels Against Ish-bosheth. 2 Samuel 3:6-11 6 And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. 7...
_SO DO GOD TO ABNER, AND MORE ALSO, EXCEPT, AS THE LORD HATH SWORN TO DAVID, EVEN SO I DO TO HIM;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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, whe...
EXCEPT.. EVEN SO I DO TO HIM] RV 'if. I do not even so to him,' i.e. support David instead of Ish-bosheth....
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...
SO DO GOD TO ABNER. — The anger of Abner culminates in a solemn oath to transfer the kingdom to David, “as the Lord hath sworn to him.” There is no record of a Divine oath to give the kingdom to David...
כֹּֽה ־יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְ אַבְנֵ֔ר וְ כֹ֖
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...
A SPLIT IN THE ENEMY'S RANKS 2 Samuel 3:1 Abner's career reveals the principles on which ambitious men build their lives. He was, according to David's estimate, a great man and a prince, but his soul...
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 mat...
(e) So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; (e) We see how the wicked cannot abide being admonished about their faults, but seek their displea...
_Sworn. It seems therefore that he knew of God's appointment, and had hitherto resisted it for his own temporal convenience. (Haydock) --- If both he and Isboseth were ignorant of this decree, Abner h...
(6) And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. (7) В¶ And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Riz...
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...
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...
SO DO GOD TO ABNER, AND MORE ALSO,.... He wishes the worst of evils to himself, such as he cared not to name; but left them to be supposed what he meant as utter ruin and destruction of himself, soul...
So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; Ver. 9. _Except, as the Lord hath sworn to David._] What Abner did, then, hitherto for Ishbosheth, he...
_As the Lord hath sworn to David_ These words show clearly that Abner knew very well God had resolved to bestow the kingdom of Israel upon David; and yet he had hitherto opposed it with all his might,...
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...
So do God to Abner, and more also, a strong oath of a vigorous, autocratic man, EXCEPT, AS THE LORD HATH SWORN TO DAVID, EVEN SO I DO TO HIM,...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 3:9 God H430 do H6213 (H8799) Abner H74 also H3254 (H8686) do H6213 (H8799) David...
ABNER QUARRELS WITH ISH-BOSHETH OVER ONE OF SAUL'S CONCUBINES AND DECIDES AS A CONSEQUENCE TO ADVANCE DAVID'S CLAIMS TO THE THRONE OF ISRAEL (2 SAMUEL 3:7). While David's strengthening position is see...
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.” C...
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)....
1 Chronicles 12:23; 1 Kings 19:2; 1 Samuel 14:44; 1 Samuel 15:28;...