Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 3:22
A troop of robbers, either Philistines, or Edomites, or some others, who taking advantage of the discord between the houses of Saul and David, made inroads into Judah, as they had occasion.
A troop of robbers, either Philistines, or Edomites, or some others, who taking advantage of the discord between the houses of Saul and David, made inroads into Judah, as they had occasion.
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 ...
Joab had been absent on a foray during Abner's visit; on his return, he induced Abner to come back and meet him and then treacherously assassinated him, to avenge the death of Asahel. 2 SAMUEL 3:26....
PURSUING. TROOP. making. raid....
Abner treacherously murdered by Joab 22. _from_pursuing _a troop_ Lit. _from the troop_, i.e. FROM THE FORAY, or plundering expedition on which they had gone to procure supplies. In the absence of ta...
_Joab Murders Abner._ 2 Samuel 3:22-30 22 And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from _pursuing_ a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner _was_ not with David in Hebron; f...
_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._...
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...
FROM _pursuing_ A TROOP] RV 'from a foray.' David had probably arranged a time when Joab was absent....
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...
JOAB CAME. — He had been either on some expedition against the Philistines, the Amalekites, or other enemies of Judah, or else engaged in repelling some attack from them. In either case, he returned e...
וְ הִנֵּה֩ עַבְדֵ֨י דָוִ֤ד וְ יֹואָב֙ בָּ֣א
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...
A TREACHEROUS REVENGE 2 Samuel 3:22 There is no doubt that Abner was guilty of disloyalty and treachery, but this did not excuse Joab's dastardly act. He could not claim the right to act as _goel_ -b...
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...
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came (h) from [pursuing] a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner [was] not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gon...
_Robbers. Amalecites, (Salien) or Philistines, who had made some incursions into David's territories. (Abulensis)_...
(22) В¶ And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gon...
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, BEHOLD, THE SERVANTS OF DAVID AND JOAB CAME FROM [PURSUING] A TROOP,.... A troop of robbers, that made an incursion into the land, taking the advantage of a civil war between Israel and Judah; su...
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from [pursuing] a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner [was] not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in...
_Abner said, I will gather all Israel unto my lord the king_ How empty and ill founded are the purposes of vain man! Abner, who here promises kingdoms, soon found that he could not ensure to himself o...
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...
ABNER MURDERED BY JOAB, MOURNED BY DAVID...
And, behold, the servants of David and Joab, the latter being the general of the army of Judah, CAME FROM PURSUING A TROOP, they had been out on a raid against one of the neighboring nations, AND BROU...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 3:22 servants H5650 David H1732 Joab H3097 came H935 (H8802) raid H1416 brought H935 (H8689) much...
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...
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...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 3:22 Joab’s motive for killing Abner could have been concern for David’s position as king (v. 2 Samuel 3:25), concern for his own position (v....
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...
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)....
2 Samuel 3:22...
A troop — Of robbers, or Philistines, who taking advantage of the discord between the houses of Saul and David, made inroads into Judah....