_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THIS, THAT DAVID INQUIRED OF THE LORD, SAYING, SHALL I GO UP INTO ANY OF THE CITIES OF JUDAH? AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, GO UP. AND DAVID SAID, WHITHER SHALL I GO UP? AND HE SAID, UNTO HEBRON._ David inquired of the Lord - by Urim (1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO DAVID WENT UP THITHER, AND HIS TWO WIVES ALSO, AHINOAM THE JEZREELITESS, AND ABIGAIL NABAL'S WIFE THE CARMELITE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SENT MESSENGERS UNTO THE MEN OF JABESH-GILEAD, AND SAID UNTO THEM, BLESSED BE YE OF THE LORD, THAT YE HAVE SHEWED THIS KINDNESS UNTO YOUR LORD, EVEN UNTO SAUL, AND HAVE BURIED HIM._ David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead. There can be no doubt that this message of thanks for... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND NOW THE LORD SHEW KINDNESS AND TRUTH UNTO YOU: AND I ALSO WILL REQUITE YOU THIS KINDNESS, BECAUSE YE HAVE DONE THIS THING._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT ABNER THE SON OF NER, CAPTAIN OF SAUL'S HOST, TOOK ISHBOSHETH THE SON OF SAUL, AND BROUGHT HIM OVER TO MAHANAIM;_ Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth. Here was the establishment of a rival kingdom, which, however, would probably have had no existence but for Abner. ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MADE HIM KING OVER GILEAD, AND OVER THE ASHURITES, AND OVER JEZREEL, AND OVER EPHRAIM, AND OVER BENJAMIN, AND OVER ALL ISRAEL._ Over Gilead - used in a loose sense for the land beyond Jordan. Their declaration in favour of the only remnant of Saul's house was soon followed by the adherence of... [ Continue Reading ]
_ISHBOSHETH SAUL'S SON WAS FORTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL, AND REIGNED TWO YEARS. BUT THE HOUSE OF JUDAH FOLLOWED DAVID._ Ish-bosheth ... reigned two years. It was not until seven years and a half after Saul's death that the way was paved for David's elevation to the throne of I... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE TIME THAT DAVID WAS KING IN HEBRON OVER THE HOUSE OF JUDAH WAS SEVEN YEARS AND SIX MONTHS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABNER THE SON OF NER, AND THE SERVANTS OF ISHBOSHETH THE SON OF SAUL, WENT OUT FROM MAHANAIM TO GIBEON._ Abner ... and the servants of Ish-bosheth ... went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. This town was near the confines of Judah; and as the force with which Abner encamped there seemed to have som... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 POOL._ Joab the son of Zeruiah. She was one of David's sisters (1 Chronicles 2:16), and mentioned... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABNER SAID TO JOAB, LET THE YOUNG MEN NOW ARISE, AND PLAY BEFORE US. AND JOAB SAID, LET THEM ARISE._ Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. Some think that the proposal was only for an exhibition of a little tilting match, a skirmishing or mock fight, for diversio... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THERE AROSE AND WENT OVER BY NUMBER TWELVE OF BENJAMIN, WHICH PERTAINED TO ISHBOSHETH THE SON OF SAUL, AND TWELVE OF THE SERVANTS OF DAVID._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY CAUGHT EVERY ONE HIS FELLOW BY THE HEAD, AND THRUST HIS SWORD IN HIS FELLOW'S SIDE; SO THEY FELL_ _ AND THEY CAUGHT EVERY ONE HIS FELLOW BY THE HEAD, AND THRUST HIS SWORD IN HIS FELLOW'S SIDE; SO THEY FELL DOWN TOGETHER: WHEREFORE THAT PLACE WAS CALLED HELKATH-HAZZURIM, WHICH IS IN GIBEON.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WAS A VERY SORE BATTLE THAT DAY; AND ABNER WAS BEATEN, AND THE MEN OF ISRAEL, BEFORE THE SERVANTS OF DAVID._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ASAHEL PURSUED AFTER ABNER; AND IN GOING HE TURNED NOT TO THE RIGHT HAND NOR TO THE LEFT FROM FOLLOWING ABNER._ Asahel pursued after Abner. To gain the general's armour was deemed the grandest trophy. Asahel, ambitious of securing Abner's, had outstripped all other pursuers, and was fast making... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN ABNER LOOKED BEHIND HIM, AND SAID, ART THOU ASAHEL? AND HE ANSWERED, I AM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOWBEIT HE REFUSED TO TURN ASIDE: WHEREFORE ABNER WITH THE HINDER END OF THE SPEAR SMOTE HIM UNDER THE FIFTH RIB, THAT THE SPEAR CAME OUT BEHIND HIM; AND HE FELL DOWN THERE, AND DIED IN THE SAME PLACE: AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AS MANY AS CAME TO THE PLACE WHERE ASAHEL FELL DOWN AND DIED STOOD STIL... [ Continue Reading ]
_JOAB ALSO AND ABISHAI PURSUED AFTER ABNER: AND THE SUN WENT DOWN WHEN THEY WERE COME TO THE HILL OF AMMAH, THAT LIETH BEFORE GIAH BY THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS OF GIBEON._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SAID, AS GOD LIVETH, UNLESS THOU HADST SPOKEN, SURELY THEN IN THE MORNING THE PEOPLE HAD GONE UP EVERY ONE FROM FOLLOWING HIS BROTHER._ Unless thou hadst spoken - i:e., had you not proposed a trial of strength by championship, there would have been no fighting at all.... [ Continue Reading ]