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Joab saw that if Abner was reconciled to David, his own post as second
in the state would be forfeited; and then with characteristic
unscrupulosity he proceeded to take Abner’s life....
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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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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....
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WHAT... ?... WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
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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...
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_he is quite gone_ The Sept. reads "and he is gone in peace? Dost thou
not know the wickedness of Abner," &c....
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_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...
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_THEN JOAB CAME TO THE KING, AND SAID, WHAT HAST THOU DONE? BEHOLD,
ABNER CAME UNTO THEE; WHY IS IT THAT THOU HAST SENT HIM AWAY, AND HE
IS QUITE GONE?_
Joab came to the king ... What hast thou done?...
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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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WHY _is_ IT _that_ THOU HAST SENT HIM AWAY?] As a kinsman of Asahel,
Joab thought that David should have avenged his death....
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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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WHAT HAST THOU DONE? — Joab’s somewhat rough remonstrance with
David may have been supported by an honest suspicion of Abner, for
which there was some ground in Abner’s long opposition to the known
Di...
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וַ יָּבֹ֤א יֹואָב֙ אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַ
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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...
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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...
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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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(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...
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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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THEN JOAB CAME TO THE KING,.... To the apartment where he was; perhaps
he was told the above at his first entering into the king's palace, by
some in waiting, before he came to the king, which filled...
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Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold,
Abner came unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away, and
he is quite gone?
Ver. 24. _What hast thou done?_] _q.d., _ Th...
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_Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?_ Upon
hearing what had passed, he immediately went to David, in the pride of
his success, and of the great spoil he had taken, to expostulat...
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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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Then Joab, who was filled with hatred against Abner, CAME TO THE KING
AND SAID, WHAT HAST THOU DONE? BEHOLD, ABNER CAME UNTO THEE; WHY IS IT
THAT THOU HAST SENT HIM AWAY, instead of holding him captiv...
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ABNER MURDERED BY JOAB, MOURNED BY 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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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...
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WHAT HAST THOU DONE? thou hast committed a great oversight, to dismiss
so dangerous and mischievous a person when he was in thy hands....
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2 Samuel 3:24 Joab H3097 came H935 (H8799) king H4428 said H559
(H8799) done H6213 (H8804) Abner...
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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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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....
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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...
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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 19:5; 2 Samuel 3:39; 2 Samuel 3:8; John 18:35; Numbers 23:11