Chapter 3

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long war 1Kgs 14:30, 1Kgs 15:16, 1Kgs 15:32

between Gen 3:15; Ps 45:3-5; Matt 10:35-36; Gal 5:17; Eph 6:12

David waxed 2Sam 2:17; Esth 6:13; Job 8:7, Job 17:9; Ps 84:7; Prov 4:18-19; Dan 2:34-35, Dan 2:44-45; Rev 6:2


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sons born 1Chr 3:1-4

Amnon 2Sam 13:1-29; Gen 49:3-4

Ahinoam 1Sam 25:43


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Chileab 1Chr 3:1, Daniel

Abigail 2Sam 2:2; 1Sam 25:3, 1Sam 25:42

Absalom 2Sam 13:20-28, 2Sam 14:24-33, 2Sam 15:1-18, 2Sam 17:1-14, 2Sam 18:9-18, 2Sam 18:33

Talmai 2Sam 13:37-38

Geshur Deut 3:14; Josh 13:13; 1Sam 27:8


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Adonijah 1Kgs 1:5-18, 1Kgs 2:13-25


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Abner 2Sam 2:8-9; 2Kgs 10:23; 2Chr 25:8; Prov 21:30; Isa 8:9-10; Joel 3:9-13; Matt 12:30


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Rizpah 2Sam 21:8-11

Wherefore This action of Abner's seems a most evident proof that he intended to seize on the government; and it was so understood by Ish-bosheth; see parallel texts.

gone in 2Sam 12:8, 2Sam 16:21-22; 1Kgs 2:17, 1Kgs 2:21-22


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Abner Ps 76:10; Mark 6:18-19

Amos I a dog's head This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. "Do they," said he, "take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle." 2Sam 9:8, 2Sam 16:9; Deut 23:18; 1Sam 24:14-15; 2Kgs 8:13

do show 2Sam 3:9, 2Sam 3:18, 2Sam 5:2; 1Sam 15:28; Ps 2:1-4; Isa 37:23; Acts 9:4-5


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So do God 2Sam 3:35, 2Sam 19:13; Ruth 1:17; 1Sam 3:17, 1Sam 14:44, 1Sam 25:22; 1Kgs 19:2

as the Lord 1Sam 15:28, 1Sam 16:1-13, 1Sam 28:17; 1Chr 12:23; Ps 89:3-4, Ps 89:19-20, Ps 89:35-37


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from Dan 2Sam 17:11, 2Sam 24:2; Judg 20:1; 1Kgs 4:25


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because 2Sam 3:39


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Whose 2Sam 19:6, 2Sam 20:1-13

Make Ps 62:9; Luke 16:5-8

my hand 2Sam 3:21, 2Sam 3:27, 2Sam 5:1-3, 2Sam 19:14, 2Sam 19:41-43, 2Sam 20:1-2; 1Chr 11:1-3, 1Chr 12:38-40; Matt 21:8-10


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that is Heb. saying

Thou shalt Gen 43:3, Gen 44:23, Gen 44:26

except As Michal was not divorced, but violently separated from David, he had a legal right to demand her, and was justified in receiving her again. It is probable, also, that her marriage with Phaltiel was a force upon her inclinations; and whatever affections he might have for her, it was highly criminal for him to take another man's wife. David required Michal probably both out of affection for her, and to strengthen his interest, by asserting his affinity with the house of Saul.

Michal 2Sam 3:20-23; 1Sam 18:20-28, 1Sam 19:11-17; 1Chr 15:29


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Ishbosheth 2Sam 2:10

an hundred 1Sam 18:25, 1Sam 18:27


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Phaltiel 1Sam 25:44, Phalti


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along weeping Heb. going and weeping, Prov 9:17-18

Bahurim 2Sam 16:5, 2Sam 17:18, 2Sam 19:16; 1Kgs 2:8


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in times past Heb. both yesterday and the third day, 2Sam 3:17


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for the Lord 2Sam 3:9; 1Sam 13:14, 1Sam 15:28, 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:12-13; John 12:42-43

By the hand Ps 89:3-4, Ps 89:19-23, Ps 132:17-18


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Benjamin 1Sam 10:20-21; 1Chr 12:29; Ps 68:27


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David Gen 26:30, Gen 31:54; Esth 1:3


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will gather 2Sam 3:10, 2Sam 3:12, 2Sam 2:9; Phil 2:21

reign over 1Kgs 11:37; Ps 20:4


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What hast Joab and his brother Abishai, David's nephews, had been very faithful and highly useful to him in his distresses; and, from gratitude and natural affection, he had inadvertently permitted them to assume almost as much ascendancy over him as Abner had over the pusillanimous Ishbosheth. He trusted and feared them too much, and allowed them all the importance they claimed; which had emboldened them, especially Joab, to a high degree of presumption. 2Sam 3:8, 2Sam 3:39, 2Sam 19:5-7; Num 23:11; John 18:35


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that he came 2Sam 3:27; 2Kgs 18:32 *marg. John 7:12, John 7:47; Rom 2:1

and to know 2Sam 10:3; Gen 42:9, Gen 42:12, Gen 42:16; Num 27:17; Deut 28:6; 1Sam 29:4-6; Ps 121:8; Isa 37:28


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he sent Prov 26:23-26, Prov 27:4-6


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took him 2Sam 20:9-10; Deut 27:24; 1Kgs 2:5, 1Kgs 2:32

quietly or, peaceably, Jer 41:2, Jer 41:6-7

and smote Joab was afraid that Abner, after rendering such essential service to David, would be made the general of the army; and therefore, under pretence of avenging the death of his brother, he treacherously assassinated the unsuspecting and too-confiding Abner, and such was the power of this cool-blooded and nefarious murderer, that the king dared not bring him to justice for his crime. But, while Joab's conduct cannot be too severely reprobated, the justice of God is apparent in Abner's punishment; who, from ambition, had pertinaciously, against his conscience, opposed the declared will of God; and was induced by base resentment to desert Ish-bosheth, and offer his services to David. See note on 2Sam 3:6, and see note on 2Sam 4:6.

for the blood 2Sam 2:19-23


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guiltless Gen 9:6; Exod 21:12; Num 35:33; Deut 21:1-9; Matt 27:24

blood Heb. bloods, Gen 4:10 *marg.


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rest 2Sam 1:16; Judg 9:24, Judg 9:56-57; 1Kgs 2:31-34; Acts 28:4; Rev 16:6

let there 1Sam 2:32-36; 2Kgs 5:27; Ps 109:8-19

fail Heb. be cut off

an issue Lev 13:44-46; 2Kgs 5:1


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slew Abner Prov 28:17; Acts 28:4

because 2Sam 2:19-23


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And David David, intending no doubt to punish Joab, and to lessen his authority with the people, commanded him to take upon him the office of chief mourner; but, as his revenge was gratified, his rival removed, and no heavier punishment inflicted, it is probable his hardened mind would feel but little objection to the ceremony.

Rend 2Sam 1:2, 2Sam 1:11; Gen 37:29, Gen 37:34; Josh 7:6; Judg 11:35; 2Kgs 19:1

bier Heb. bed, Luke 7:14


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lifted 2Sam 1:12, 2Sam 18:33; 1Sam 30:4; Job 31:28; Prov 24:17; Luke 19:41-42


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as a fool dieth That is, as a bad man, as the word frequently signifies in Scripture. 2Sam 13:12-13, 2Sam 13:28-29; Prov 18:7; Eccl 2:15-16; Jer 17:11; Luke 12:19-20


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hands The hand of malefactors were usually secured with cords, and their feet with fetters; a custom to which David affectingly alludes in his lamentation over the dust of Abner. Thy hands, O Abner, were not bound, as found to be a malefactor, nor thy feet put in fetters; thou was treated with honour by him whose business it was to judge thee, and thy attachment to the house of Saul was esteemed rather generous than culpable. As the best of men may fall, so thou fellest by the sword of treachery, not of justice. Judg 16:21; Ps 107:10-11

wicked men Heb. children of iniquity, Job 24:14; Hos 6:9

wept 2Sam 1:12


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cause 2Sam 12:17; Jer 16:7; Ezek 24:17, Ezek 24:22

So do 2Sam 3:9; Ruth 1:17

till the 2Sam 1:12; Judg 20:26


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pleased them Heb. was good in their eyes

as 2Sam 15:6, 2Sam 15:13; Ps 62:9; Mark 7:37, Mark 15:11-13


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a prince 2Sam 3:12, 2Sam 2:8; 1Sam 14:50-51; Job 32:9


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I am Exod 21:12; 2Chr 19:6-7; Ps 75:10, Ps 101:8; Prov 20:8, Prov 25:5

weak Heb. tender, 1Chr 22:5; Isa 7:4 *marg. Rom 13:4

the sons 1Chr 2:15-16

too hard 2Sam 19:6-7, 2Sam 19:13

the Lord 1Kgs 2:5-6, 1Kgs 2:33-34; Ps 7:16, Ps 28:4, Ps 62:12; 2Tim 4:14


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