2Sa 3:7 And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine? Ver. 7. Wherefore hast thou gone in, &c. ] Whether this charge were true or false, it appeareth not. But Ishbosheth, belike, suspected that Abner aspired to the kingdom. Compare 1 Kings 2:17 2 Samuel 16:21 . read more
Rizpah: 2 Samuel 21:8-1 Kings : Wherefore: This action of Abner's seems a most evident proof that he intended to seize on the government; and it was so understood by Ish-bosheth; see parallel texts. gone in: 2 Samuel 12:8, 2 Samuel 16:21, 2 Samuel 16:22, 1 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 2:21, 1 Kings 2:22 Reciprocal: Judges 19:1 - a concubine 1 Samuel 26:5 - Abner 2 Samuel 2:8 - Ishbosheth 2 Samuel 21:10 - Rizpah Proverbs 29:12 - General read more
ABNER’S REVOLT, 2 Samuel 3:7-21. 7. Wherefore hast thou… my father’s concubine Whether or not Abner was guilty of this charge is not clear, but at least King Ishbosheth’s suspicion was aroused, and he made the charge. Such an act, according to eastern notions, would have been one of shameless disrespect to the memory of Saul, and indicate a design to gain the crown. Compare 2 Samuel 16:21-22; 1 Kings 2:19-25. read more
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The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 3:1-39
2 Samuel 3:1-39Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. Progress and termination of the civil warWhat grief tales of distress are folded up in these brief words, “There was long war!” Probably it was only irregular war, without much bloodshed; the war of skirmish and surprise, not of pitched battles, or protracted sieges, or desperate assaults; but many a pillaged town, and many a homestead laid in ashes, and many a heart crushed to despair or maddened to fury,... read more