E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 3:30
Gibeon . Compare 2 Samuel 2:13 . read more
サムエル記Ⅱ 3:30-37 Jcb
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 3:31
bier . Hebrew. mittah, a bed; See 2 Samuel 4:7 , and compare Exodus 8:3 . The poor man's couch by day was his bed by night, and sometimes his bier. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 3:33
Died . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6 . a fool dieth: i.e. running into needless danger. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 3:34
not bound : i.e. as a malefactor. Compare 1 Samuel 25:25 , 1 Samuel 25:26 . fetters. Hebrew = brass, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for fetters made of it. App-6 . wicked men = "sons of ` avlah". App-44 . read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 3:35
meat . Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species) for food in general. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 3:36
pleased them = was good in their eyes. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 3:31
DAVID; THE CHIEF MOURNER AT ABNER'S FUNERAL"Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Rend your clothes, and gird on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier. They buried Abner at Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. And the king lamented for Abner, saying,Should Abner die as a fool dies?Your hands were not bound,Your feet were not fettered;As one falls before the wickedyou have... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 3:35
2 Samuel 3:35. All the people came to cause David to eat— When any one died among the Jews, it was customary with the friends of the family to resort to the house immediately after the funeral, and bring the best provisions they had along with them, to support and refresh their friends in afflictions to the utmost of their power, The presumption was, that the people in affliction forgot, or, it may be, neglected their proper refreshment, at a time when they most needed it; and therefore it was... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 3:36-39
2 Samuel 3:36-39. It pleased them: as whatsoever, &c.— David's behaviour towards Abner had its success. The sincerity of his sorrow was seen by all the people, and he was universally acquitted of all guilt in his death: nor was this all; he took care to let his servants know, and they doubtless took care to inform the people, that nothing but the weak and unsettled condition of his affairs, 2Sa 3:39 hindered him from executing just vengeance upon the author of it. In short, his whole... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:2-39
End of the line of Saul (3:2-4:12)On becoming king of Judah, David followed the pattern of neighbouring kings by taking a number of wives (2-5). (For the more important people of David’s family and relatives see the appendix at the end of the commentary on 2 Samuel.) Meanwhile Abner became so powerful among Ishbosheth’s supporters, that Ishbosheth accused him of trying to gain the throne for himself. (According to an eastern custom, one way a person signified his claim to the throne was by... read more