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Verse 2 Samuel 3:39. _I_ AM _THIS DAY WEAK_] Had Abner lived, all the
tribes of Israel would have been brought under my government.
_THOUGH ANOINTED KING_] I have little else than the title: _first_...
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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 ...
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David made it clear that he had nothing to do with the murder. He gave
Abner honourable burial, and king and people lamented him. The dirge
in 2 Samuel 3:33 f. is generally accepted as the work of Dav...
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SHALL REWARD. Compare 1Ki 2:5, 1 Kings 2:6.
EVIL. Hebrew. _ra_. _a_ `. App-44.
WICKEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra_. _a_ `. App-44....
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David's lamentation for Abner
31. _gird you with sackcloth_ The practice of wearing garments of the
coarse dark hair-cloth used for making sacks as a sign of mourning was
very ancient (Genesis 37:34)...
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To his confidential servants David speaks his whole mind freely. He
feels that some apology is needed for leaving the authors of this
heinous crime unpunished. As an excuse for doing so he pleads his...
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IT PLEASED THEM: AS WHATSOEVER, &C.— David's behaviour towards Abner
had its success. The sincerity of his sorrow was seen by all the
people, and he was universally acquitted of all guilt in his death...
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_David Mourns for Abner._ 2 Samuel 3:31-39
31 And David said to Joab, and to all the people that _were_ with him,
Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before
Abner, And king Davi...
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3:39 though (a-7) Lit. 'and.' me. (b-21) Or 'are more powerful than
I.'...
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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...
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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...
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I AM THIS DAY WEAK. — David’s high appreciation of the importance
and value of Abner shows that Joab’s jealousy was not without
ground, and there is a tone of deep sadness in his words, “these men
the...
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וְ אָנֹכִ֨י הַ יֹּ֥ום רַךְ֙ וּ
מָשׁ֣וּחַ
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CHAPTER V.
_ ASSASSINATION OF ABNER AND ISHBOSHETH._
2 Samuel 3:22; 2 Samuel 4:1
IT is quite possible that, in treating with Abner, David showed too
complacent a temper, that he treated too lightly...
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DAVID'S LAMENT OVER ABNER
2 Samuel 3:31
It was a noble spectacle when David followed the bier of Abner and
wept at his grave. He forgot that this man had been his persistent
foe, and remembered only...
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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...
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King. Septuagint, "and that I am to-day a relation, (by my wife) and
appointed king by the king?" (Haydock) --- He seemed as yet to have
little more than the title. His throne was not well established...
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(38) And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a
prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? (39) And I am this
day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zer...
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REFLECTIONS
THIS whole chapter, except what the first verse of it teacheth, serves
to show the Reader and Writer what a mass of treachery, deceit, and
evil, the human heart is made up of. Alas! alas!...
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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...
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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...
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AND I [AM] THIS DAY WEAK, THOUGH ANOINTED KING,.... Which seems to be
given as a reason, or for an excuse why he did not inflict just
punishment upon the murderer, according to the law of God, because...
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And I [am] this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons
of Zeruiah [be] too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of
evil according to his wickedness.
Ver. 39. _And I am this day...
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_And I am this day weak_ Hebrew, רךְ, _rack, tender;_ that is, his
kingdom was young, was in its infancy, as we speak, and not well
settled and confirmed. The metaphor is taken from a young and tender...
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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...
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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...
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WEAK:
_ Heb._ tender...
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22-39 Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in
what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to
heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The gui...
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WEAK, or _tender_, in the infancy of my kingdom, not well rooted and
settled in it. The metaphor is taken from a young and tender child or
plant. THE SONS OF ZERUIAH; Joab and Abishai, the sons of my...
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2 Samuel 3:39 weak H7390 today H3117 anointed H4886 (H8803) king H4428
men H582 sons H1121 Zeruiah H6870 ha
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DAVID LAMENTS THE DEATH OF ABNER AND DEMONSTRATES HIS INNOCENCE IN THE
MATTER (2 SAMUEL 3:31).
In this final passage in the chapter David makes clear his grief over
the death of Abner, thus establishi...
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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...
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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...
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_I am this day weak, though anointed king._
BALANCINGS IN LIFE
David utters the words which hint at something concerning the
balancings in life.
I. Some disappointment is sure to follow upon the att...
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_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...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 3:28 Joab is apparently too important and
useful for David to punish him for killing Abner. Instead David curses
Joab and publicly mourns Abner, having a funeral for him and...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 3:22. “JOAB CAME FROM PURSUING,” etc. “Whither, it is
not said, but probably outside the Israelitish territory near the
tribe of Judah. In the incomplete organi...
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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...
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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)....
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1 Chronicles 2:15; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Chronicles 22:5; 1 Kings 2:33;...
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Weak — In the infancy of my kingdom, not well settled in it. The
metaphor is taken from a young and tender child or plant. These men
— Joab and Abishai, the sons of thy sister Zeruiah. Too hard —
That...