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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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_And Abner also spake_, &c. AND ABNER ALSO HAD SPOKEN, &c. Beside the
general communication with the elders of Israel a special and
confidential negotiation had been entered into with the tribe of
Ben...
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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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BENJAMIN] as being Saul's fellow-tribesmen they would be specially
attached to the royal house and need additional persuasion....
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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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SPAKE IN THE EARS OF BENJAMIN. — Special and careful negotiations
with the Benjamites were necessary, because they felt bound to their
kinsmen of the house of Saul, and had hitherto enjoyed great
adva...
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וַ יְדַבֵּ֥ר גַּם ־אַבְנֵ֖ר בְּ
אָזְנֵ֣י בִנְ
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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 also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to
speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel,
and that seemed good to the whole (g) house of Benjamin.
(g)...
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_Benjamin, which tribe was naturally most attached to Saul's family.
They followed, however, the example of the ten tribes, and 20 of them
accompanied their general to Hebron. (Salien)_...
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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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AND ABNER ALSO SPAKE IN THE EARS OF BENJAMIN,.... Of the inhabitants
of the tribe of Benjamin, of which tribe he was, and among whom he had
the greatest influence; and with whom it was necessary to ta...
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And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to
speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel,
and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
Ver. 19....
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_Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin_ To these he particularly
applies himself, because they might be thought most kind to Saul and
his house, and most loath to let the kingdom go out of their ow...
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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 also spake in the ears of Benjamin, here distinguished from
the northern tribes, because its members had been very strongly
attached to the house of Saul; AND ABNER WENT ALSO TO SPEAK IN THE...
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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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IN THE EARS OF BENJAMIN; to these he particularly and applies himself.
because they might be thought most kind to Saul his house, and most
loth to let the kingdom go out of their own tribe; and theref...
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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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1 Chronicles 12:29; 1 Samuel 10:20; 1 Samuel 10:21; Psalms 68:27...
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Benjamin — To these he particularly applies himself, because they
might be thought most kind to Saul and his house, and most loath to
let the kingdom go out of their own tribe; and therefore it was
ne...