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2 Samuel 2:13

2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 Samuel 2:13 This marks the first appearance of Joab the son of Zeruiah, though Abishai was referred to as his brother in 1 Samuel 26:6. Joab was commander over the army (2 Samuel 8:16). He appears frequently in 2 Samuel 1:1, often in a major role. Since Abner knows him and his brothers well (2 Samuel 2:20), Joab probably came to Saul’s court soon after David’s rise to prominence. He was one of the three sons of David’s sister Zeruiah (1 Chronicles 2:16), so he was David’s nephew (2 Samuel 2:18).

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  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    On the east of the hill (El-jib, the ancient Gibeon) is a copious spring, which issues in a cave excavated in the limestone rock, so as to form a large reservoir. In the trees further down are the rem...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GIBEON. Abner's city, in Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:29; 1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:35; 1 Chronicles 9:36)

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Joab the son of Zeruiah_ The eldest of David's three nephews, the son of his sister Zeruiah (1 Chronicles 2:16). Next to the king himself he occupies the most conspicuous position in the history of D...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    War between Ish-bosheth and David. The Combat at Gibeon 12. _went out_ The technical expression for going to war. Cp. 1 Samuel 18:30. After establishing Ish-bosheth's power over all Israel, Abner tur...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _The Contest at Gibeon._ 2 Samuel 2:12-16 12 And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants og Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servant...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH, AND THE SERVANTS OF DAVID, WENT OUT, AND MET TOGETHER BY THE POOL OF GIBEON: AND THEY SAT DOWN, THE ONE ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE POOL, AND THE OTHER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TH...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE POOL OF GIBEON] Gibeon was a large and important town (Joshua 10:2), 5 m. N. of Jerusalem. The pool still exists. Robinson mentions it as an open pool 120 ft. long by 100 broad....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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.’...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH. — Zeruiah was David’s sister (1 Chronicles 2:16), and Joab the most prominent of her three distinguished sons. Subsequently, by his successful leading of the forlorn hope in t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ יֹואָ֨ב בֶּן ־צְרוּיָ֜ה וְ עַבְדֵ֤י דָוִד֙

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    SWORD-PLAY TO THE DEATH 2 Samuel 2:12 For seven and a half years David reigned over the house of Judah. He was in the prime of life, thirty years of age, and seems to have given himself to the consol...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (12) And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. (13) And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH,.... A sister of David, and this her son was general of David's army: AND THE SERVANTS OF DAVID, WENT OUT; that is, his army went out from Hebron to Gibeon, which was twen...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Abner and the servants of Ish-bosheth went out to Gibeon _ They passed over Jordan into the country of Benjamin, where Gibeon was, (Joshua 18:25,) to fight with Judah, and to bring them into subjecti...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    David's War with Ishbosheth...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, a nephew of David and the general of his armies, AND THE SERVANTS OF DAVID, who had prepared for such an attack, WENT OUT AND MET TOGETHER BY THE POOL OF GIBEON, the two...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TOGETHER: _ Heb._ them together...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WENT OUT, to battle. QUEST. How could or durst this one tribe oppose all the rest? ANSW. First, This tribe was very numerous and valiant of themselves, and they had a king of extraordinary courage, an...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 2:13 Joab H3097 son H1121 Zeruiah H6870 servants H5650 David H1732 out H3318 (H8804) met H6298 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ABNER AND ISRAEL SEEK TO WIN THE WHOLE KINGDOM FOR ISH-BOSHETH AND ARE SOUNDLY DEFEATED (2 SAMUEL 2:12). Having finally established Ishbosheth as king over Israel Abner now turned his attention to bri...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The servants of Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, went out _. .. _ the servants of David went out._ TAKING SIDES Guizot, in his life of St. Louis of France, says that the latter had many vassals who were...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Kings 1:7; 1 Kings 2:28; 2 Samuel 2:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Met — That is, met the opposite army, and put themselves in a posture for battle....

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