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Verse 2 Samuel 3:18. _THE LORD HATH SPOKEN OF DAVID_] Where is this
spoken? Such a promise is not extant. Perhaps it means no more than,
"Thus, it may be presumed, God hath determined....
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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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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....
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DO IT. act....
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_I will save my people_ The commission which had been given to Saul (1
Samuel 9:16) was transferred to David. Again we have an intimation
that prophetic utterances respecting David's divine appointmen...
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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...
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_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...
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_NOW THEN DO IT: FOR THE LORD HATH SPOKEN OF DAVID, SAYING, BY THE
HAND OF MY SERVANT DAVID I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE ISRAEL OUT OF THE HAND
OF THE PHILISTINES, AND OUT OF THE HAND OF ALL THEIR ENEMIES._...
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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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THE LORD HATH SPOKEN. — The promise here quoted is not contained in
so many words in the records which have come down to us. It may have
been either an unrecorded utterance of one of the prophets (Sam...
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וְ עַתָּ֖ה עֲשׂ֑וּ כִּ֣י יְהוָ֗ה
אָמַ֤ר אֶל
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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...
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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...
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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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_Enemies. We read not of this promise elsewhere. But how many other
things are omitted in the sacred books? (Calmet) --- Abner alleges
God's decree, that he may not be deemed a traitor. (Cajetan)_...
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(17) And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in times past to be king over you: (18) Now then do
it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand o...
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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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NOW THEN DO [IT],.... Make him your king, and I shall no longer oppose
it as I have done:
FOR THE LORD HATH SPOKEN OF DAVID; concerning his being king, and the
saviour of his people Israel:
SAYING,...
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Now then do [it]: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the
hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand
of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies....
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_The Lord hath spoken By the hand of my servant David_, &c. We nowhere
find these words recorded; but it is probable Samuel had often spoken
them; at least the sense of them is implied in the words of...
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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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now, then, do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the
hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel out of the hand
of the Philistines and out of the hand of all their enemies. T...
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ABNER LEAVES ISHBOSHETH FOR DAVID...
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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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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...
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2 Samuel 3:18 do H6213 (H8798) LORD H3068 spoken H559 (H8804) David
H1732 saying H559 (H8800) hand...
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TREACHERY, TREACHERY! (2 SAMUEL 3:17).
In this passage we have an account of double treachery. First we have
portrayed the treachery of Abner who, having installed Ish-bosheth as
king, callously betra...
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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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_Now then do it._
NOW THEN DO IT
I. Remind undecided persons of former impulses.
1. The character and frequency of those impulses have varied greatly
in different individuals.
2. These impulses hav...
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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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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...
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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 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 15:28; 1 Samuel 16:1; 1 Samuel 16:12;...