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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

2 Samuel 2:10

He reigned two years, viz., before he began visibly to decline: but in all he reigned seven years and six months: for so long David reigned in Hebron. (Challoner) (Worthington) --- The Jews admit of an interregnum in Israel of above five years, which is by no means probable. Two years elapsed before the two houses came to an open war; (Salien) soon after which, the power of Isboseth was greatly weakened by the defeat, and afterwards by the defection, of Abner. (Haydock) --- Hence the sacred historian refers to the commencement of hostilities, and not to the end of Isboseth's dominion. (Estius; Tirinus; Calmet)

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See also 2 Samuel 2:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Samuel 2:10. _ISH-BOSHETH - REIGNED TWO YEARS._] It is well observed that Ish-bosheth reigned _all the time that David reigned in_ _Hebron_, which was _seven years and six months_. Perhaps th...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FORTY ... TWO - The numerals are somewhat strange. First, as regards the 40 years. Even assuming that Ish-bosheth’s reign did not commence until five and a half years after Saul’s death, which must ha...

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Ish-bosheth set up by Abner as a rival to David 8. _Abner_ Both by his relationship of first cousin to Saul (1 Samuel 14:50, note), and by his office as commander of the army, Abner was marked out as...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _forty years old_ This statement is surprising, even if we reduce Ish-bosheth's age at Saul's death to 34½, by supposing that his accession is dated 5½ years after that event; and it is possible that...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ISH-BOSHETH—WAS FORTY YEARS OLD,—AND REIGNED TWO YEARS— Ish-bosheth was born in the year that Saul was made king, for Saul reigned forty years, Acts 13:21. _Ish-bosheth reigned two years,_ says the sa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FORTY YEARS OLD] This number is probably wrong. David was 30 years old when he began to reign (2 Samuel 5:4), and Jonathan would be about the same age or a little younger. Ish-bosheth would be younger...

  • 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.’...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    בֶּן ־אַרְבָּעִ֨ים שָׁנָ֜ה אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֣שֶׁת בֶּן ־שָׁא֗וּל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER II _ BEGINNING OF DAVID'S REIGN AT HEBRON._ 2 Samuel 2:1. THE death of Saul did not end David's troubles. nor was it for a good many years that he became free to employ his whole energies fo...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A DIVIDED PEOPLE 2 Samuel 2:1 David's habit of inquiring of the Lord was not discontinued when he ascended the throne. He allowed his steps still to be ordered by the Lord, who delighted in His serv...

  • 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

    (10) 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. (11) And the time that David was king in Hebron over th...

  • 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

    ISHBOSHETH, SAUL'S SON, [WAS] FORTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN OVER ISRAEL,.... Being born the same year his father began to reign. 1 Samuel 31:6; AND REIGNED TWO YEARS; which some understand o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 10. _And reigned two years,_] _sc., _ Peaceably and...

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

    _He made him king over Gilead_ Over all the tribes on the other side Jordan, which are comprehended under this name. _Over the Ashurites_ That is, the tribe of Asher, as the Chaldee paraphrast and oth...

  • 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

    Ishbosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah, with the descendants of Simeon living in their midst, FOLLOWED DAVID....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID AT HEBRON...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    REIGNED TWO YEARS, to wit, before the following war broke forth; compare 1 SAMUEL 13:1; for that he reigned longer, may appear both from the following verse and from 2 SAMUEL 3:1, and from the followi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 2:10 Ishbosheth H378 Sauls H7586 son H1121 forty H705 years H8141 old H1121 reign H4427 (H8800) Israel...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID IS ANOINTED AS KING OVER JUDAH AND ISH-BOSHETH RECEIVES THE CROWN OF ISRAEL (2 SAMUEL 2:1). After consulting YHWH David moved his men into Judah while still retaining authority over Ziklag, and...

  • 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

    _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 ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 2:10 For a time, there are two kings in the land of Israel. ⇐ ⇔...

  • 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

    2 Samuel 2:10...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Two years — Namely, before the following war broke out, which continued five years....

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How could Ishbosheth have reigned only two years when 2 Samuel 5:5 says David reigned for seven and one half years? PROBLEM: After the death of Saul, his son Ishbosheth reigned over Israel. According...

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