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Verse 2 Samuel 2:5. _DAVID SENT MESSENGERS UNTO - JABESH-GILEAD_]
This was a generous and noble act, highly indicative of the grandeur
of David's mind. He respected Saul as his once legitimate sovere...
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2. DAVID ANOINTED KING OVER JUDAH
CHAPTER 2:1-7
_ 1. David's inquiry of the Lord (2 Samuel 2:1)_
2. Anointed king over Judah (2 Samuel 2:4)
3. His message to the men of Jabesh-gilead (2 Samuel 2:5...
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2 SAMUEL 2-6. (J). APART FROM MINOR ADDITIONS AND CHANGES, IT IS VERY
COMMONLY HELD THAT THESE CHAPTER S FORM A CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE FROM
THE SAME SOURCE.
2 Samuel 2:1 to 2 Samuel 3:5. Civil War betw...
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2. David's Reign begun in Hebron, 2 Samuel 2:1-32.
_David, King in Hebron._ 2 Samuel 2:1-7
And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord,
saying, Shall I go up into any of the citie...
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_AND DAVID SENT MESSENGERS UNTO THE MEN OF JABESH-GILEAD, AND SAID
UNTO THEM, BLESSED BE YE OF THE LORD, THAT YE HAVE SHEWED THIS
KINDNESS UNTO YOUR LORD, EVEN UNTO SAUL, AND HAVE BURIED HIM._
David...
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This was probably an attempt to gain over Jabesh-gilead, the capital
of eastern Palestine, and to add the trans-Jordanic tribes to his
little kingdom of Judah. If so, it failed for the present. But du...
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DAVID MADE KING OVER JUDAH, ISHDOSHETH OVER ISRAEL. ASAHEL SLAIN BY
ABNER
1. Shall I go up?] The defeat and death of Saul had entirely changed
David's position. He had, for some time to come, nothing...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 2
DAVID BECOMES THE KING OF *JUDAH
V1 After this, David asked the *Lord, ‘Shall I go to a town in
*Judah?’
The *Lord said, ‘Yes.’...
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֤ח דָּוִד֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל
־אַנְשֵׁ֖י...
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CHAPTER II
_ BEGINNING OF DAVID'S REIGN AT HEBRON._
2 Samuel 2:1.
THE death of Saul did not end David's troubles. nor was it for a good
many years that he became free to employ his whole energies fo...
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A DIVIDED PEOPLE
2 Samuel 2:1
David's habit of inquiring of the Lord was not discontinued when he
ascended the throne. He allowed his steps still to be ordered by the
Lord, who delighted in His serv...
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The first act of David was to inquire of God what he should do.
Without hesitation, his own tribe crowned him king. His attitude
toward the men of Jabesh-gilead was in the highest sense politic, and
y...
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(5) And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said
unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this
kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. (6) An...
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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 1 AND 2.
Nevertheless piety, and pious (and hence generous) sentiments, were
genuine in David. He did not pretend to feel for Saul's misfortunes,
and then sei...
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AND DAVID SENT MESSENGERS UNTO THE MEN OF JABESHGILEAD,.... To return
them thanks for their courage and boldness in rescuing the bodies of
Saul and his sons out of the hands of the Philistines, and fo...
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And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto
them, Blessed [be] ye of the LORD, that ye have shewed this kindness
unto your lord, [even] unto Saul, and have buried him.
Ver....
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_That ye have showed this kindness_ This respect and affection. For as
it is an act of inhumanity to deny burial to the dead, so it is an act
of mercy and kindness to bury them. _The Lord show kindnes...
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[SAUL BURIED.]
1 Dauid by Gods direction, with his companie goeth vp to Hebron, where
he is made King of Iudah.
5 He commendeth them of Iabesh Gilead, for their kindnesse to Saul.
8 Abner maketh Is...
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And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, the city east
of Jordan, whose inhabitants had been rescued by Saul and had, in
gratitude, gotten his body from the walls of Beth-shan, 1 Samue...
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DAVID AT HEBRON...
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David was by no means in a hurry to take advantage of the situation
that had been brought about by Saul's death. Though he had not
enquired of the Lord as to going down to king Achish at Gath (1 Samue...
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THIS KINDNESS; this respect and affection to procure him burial. For
as it is and ever was esteemed an act of inhumanity to deny burial to
the dead; so it is an act of mercy and kindness to bury them....
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DAVID IS ANOINTED AS KING OVER JUDAH AND ISH-BOSHETH RECEIVES THE
CROWN OF ISRAEL (2 SAMUEL 2:1).
After consulting YHWH David moved his men into Judah while still
retaining authority over Ziklag, and...
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CONTENTS: David received as King of Judah. Abner makes Ish-bosheth
king over eleven tribes. Civil war.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Abner, Ish-bosheth, Joab, Abishai, Asahel.
CONCLUSION: We may expect, o...
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2 Samuel 2:12. _Mahanaim._ See Genesis 32:2.
2 Samuel 2:14. _Abner said to Joab, &c._ He did this in confidence
that his twelve men would conquer, and make Joab's army flee. Why had
he not challenged...
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_And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead._
ATTEMPTS AT CONCILIATION DEFEATED
1. The chief anxiety of David, alter being anointed king over the
house of Judah, would naturally be how t...
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_And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord._
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
David's sense of dependence upon God!
1. His passive patience is exquisitely touching, and presents such a
co...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 2:1 Judah makes David its king. Saul’s
general Abner, however, seeks to restore Saul’s kingdom with
Saul’s son Ish-bosheth as king. During the struggle between the two
kingdo...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 2:4 See 1 Samuel 31:11. David seems to be
presenting himself as Saul’s successor and suggesting that
JABESH-GILEAD should enter into a t
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 2:1. “HEBRON.” “A city of Judah, situated among the
mountains (Joshua 20:7), twenty Roman miles south of Jerusalem, and
the same distance north of Beersheba. He...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 2:1
UNTO HEBRON. As soon as David had assuaged his grief, his thoughts
would naturally turn towards his country. Fuller news would reach him
every day respecting the movements of...
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Now it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, and
he said, Shall I go up to Judah (2 Samuel 2:1)?
Now to me it is interesting as we observe David, he doesn't take any
actions withou...
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1 Samuel 23:21; 1 Samuel 24:19; 1 Samuel 25:32; 1 Samuel 25:33;...
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Kindness — This respect and affection. For as it is, an act of
inhumanity to deny burial to the dead; so it is an act of mercy and
kindness to bury them....