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YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID ... - Compare 1 Samuel 18:5. It was only by
Abner’s great influence that the elders of Israel had been
restrained hitherto from declaring for David, and this accounts for
Ish-boshe...
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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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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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_And Abner had communication_ Better, NOW ABNER HAD HAD COMMUNICATION,
previously to the occurrence related in 2 Samuel 3:15. The journey of
2 Samuel 3:16 to escort Michal terminates in the visit to H...
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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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_AND ABNER HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, SAYING, YE
SOUGHT FOR DAVID IN TIMES PAST TO BE KING OVER YOU:_
Abner had communication with the elders of Israel. He spoke the truth
in impres...
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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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YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID] It would thus seem that even in northern Israel
there was a strong party, who wished to make David king on the death
of Saul. It was probably the personal influence of Abner that...
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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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YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID. — 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Samuel 18:16; 1 Samuel
18:30; 1 Chronicles 11:1 (comp....
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וּ דְבַר ־אַבְנֵ֣ר הָיָ֔ה עִם
־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂ
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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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And Abner had (f) communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in times past [to be] king over you:
(f) Rather for malice that he bore toward Ishbosheth, than for love he
bore...
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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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_‘MAKE JESUS KING’_
‘And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought of David in times past to he king over you: Now then do it.’
2 Samuel 3:17
Whether these words were spo...
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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 ABNER HAD COMMUNICATION WITH THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL,.... Had a
conference with the chiefs of the several tribes about the affairs of
the kingdom:
SAYING, YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID IN TIME PAST [TO BE] KI...
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And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye
sought for David in times past [to be] king over you:
Ver. 17. _And Abner had communication,_] _i.e., _ He had had
communication with...
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_And Abner_ Having seen David, and given him assurance of his
fidelity, as David had him of his friendship; _had communication with
the elders of Israel_ He went back to persuade all to do as he had
d...
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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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And Abner, even before he restored Michal to her rightful husband, HAD
COMMUNICATION WITH THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, SAYING, YE SOUGHT FOR DAVID
IN TIMES PAST, literally, "yesterday as well as the day befo...
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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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Even in Saul's time you highly honoured him, and prized his conduct,
and wished that the power were in his hands; and great numbers of you
went to him when he was in the hold, 1CH 12. And after Saul's...
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2 Samuel 3:17 Abner H74 communicated H1961 (H8804) H1697 elders H2205
Israel H3478 saying H559 (H8800) time...
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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 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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2 Samuel 3:17...