Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 3:16
Bahurim; a city of Benjamin, upon the borders of Judah. See 2 Samuel 19:16 1 Kings 2:8.
Bahurim; a city of Benjamin, upon the borders of Judah. See 2 Samuel 19:16 1 Kings 2:8.
Verse 2 Samuel 3:16. _WEEPING BEHIND HER_] If genuine affection did not still subsist between David and Michal, it was a pity to have taken her from Phaltiel, who had her to wife from the conjoint aut...
BAHURIM - Best known as the residence of Shimei, and as the place where Jonathan and Ahimaaz were concealed in a well on the occasion of David’s flight from Absalom 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 17:18. It s...
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 ...
Abner offers to bring all Israel under the authority of David. As a preliminary Michal is restored to David. Having sounded the elders of the various tribes, Abner visited David to arrange matters....
ALONG WEEPING. weeping as he went....
_Bahurim_ A village mentioned again only in connexion with David's flight from Jerusalem as the residence of Shimei (ch. 2 Samuel 16:5), and the place where Jonathan and Ahimaaz hid themselves (ch. 2...
Abner's negotiations with David 12. _on his behalf_ The Sept. rendering _immediately_is adopted by some commentators, but is unsupported by the use of the word elsewhere. _Whose is the land_ The mean...
_Abner Contacts David._ 2 Samuel 3:12-21 12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose _is_ the land? saying _also,_ Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand _shall be_ with...
_AND HE SAID, WELL; I WILL MAKE A LEAGUE WITH THEE: BUT ONE THING I REQUIRE OF THEE, THAT IS, THOU SHALT NOT SEE MY FACE, EXCEPT THOU FIRST BRING MICHAL SAUL'S DAUGHTER, WHEN THOU COMEST TO SEE MY FAC...
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...
BAHURIM] in Benjamin, on the road from Jerusalem to the Jordan. It was probably the last town in the dominions of Ish-bosheth....
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...
WEEPING BEHIND HER. — Phaltiel appears to have been sincerely attached to Michal, and it may be supposed that his affection was reciprocated. But it is to be remembered that she was not rightfully his...
וַ יֵּ֨לֶךְ אִתָּ֜הּ אִישָׁ֗הּ הָלֹ֧וךְ וּ בָ
CHAPTER IV. _ CONCLUSION OF THE CIVIL WAR_. 2 Samuel 3:1. THE victory at the pool of Gibeon was far from ending the opposition to David. In vain, for many a day, weary eyes looked out for the dove w...
ABNER WINS DAVID'S FAVOR 2 Samuel 3:12 We cannot defend David's request for Michal to be restored to him. It inflicted bitter pain on an apparently happy pair, and Michal's revenge stung him to the q...
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...
_Bahurim, in the tribe of Benjamin. (Adrichomius 28.)_...
(15) And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. (16) And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, retu...
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...
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...
AND HER HUSBAND WENT WITH HER ALONG WEEPING BEHIND HER,.... Because of his great affection to her, unwilling to part with her, but forced to it at the command of the king her brother: TO BAHURIM; a c...
_And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned._ Ver. 16. _And her husband went with her along weeping._] Heb., Going and we...
_Ish-bosheth sent and took her from Phaltiel_ This was an honourable action of Ish-bosheth to restore David his lawful wife. _Her husband went with her along weeping_ “Mr. Bayle,” says Delaney, “consi...
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...
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim, on the boundary of Judah, his behavior showing that he was truly fond of Michal. THEN SAID ABNER, who, in accordance with David's con...
ABNER LEAVES ISHBOSHETH FOR DAVID...
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...
ALONG WEEPING: _ Heb._ going, and weeping...
7-21 Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While men go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are...
2 Samuel 3:16 husband H376 along H3212 (H8799) Bahurim H980 weeping H1980 (H8800) H1058 (H8800) behind...
ABNER QUARRELS WITH ISH-BOSHETH OVER ONE OF SAUL'S CONCUBINES AND DECIDES AS A CONSEQUENCE TO ADVANCE DAVID'S CLAIMS TO THE THRONE OF ISRAEL (2 SAMUEL 3:7). While David's strengthening position is see...
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...
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...
_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...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 3:1. “THE WAR.” “Not continual fighting, but the state of hostility in which they continued to stand towards one another.” _(Keil.)_ 2 Samuel 3:3. “CHILIAB.” C...
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...
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)....
1 Kings 2:8; 2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 17:18; 2 Samuel 19:16; Prove