2 Samuel 2:32

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 2:5-32

2 Samuel 2:5-32And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-Gilead.Attempts at conciliation defeated1. The chief anxiety of David, alter being anointed king over the house of Judah, would naturally be how to secure the peaceful allegiance of the other tribes. Prompted by the desire to prevent civil war, and also by the amiable feelings of his own heart, he sent a kind and grateful message to the men of Jabesh-Gilead, complimenting them on the respect they had shown for the mutilated remains... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 2:32

2 Samuel 2:32They came to Hebron at break of day.The break of dayJoab and his men walking all night towards Hebron, and reaching it at break of day. See in this a symbol of the pilgrimage of our earthly life, in what must be as darkness compared with the wondrous light to which we press, but reaching rest at last, yet not till the break of that golden day.I. Are we pilgrims of the light, or of the night? Of both. Of the light as we press to reach it, as even now its beams fall on our pathway... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 2:32

2Sa 2:32 And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. Ver. 32. And buried him in the sepulchre of his father. ] This they did, likely, after that they had first been with David at Hebron, to give him an account of that expedition. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 2:32

buried: 1 Samuel 17:58, 1 Chronicles 2:13-Nehemiah :, 2 Chronicles 16:14, 2 Chronicles 21:1 went: 2 Samuel 5:1, Proverbs 22:29 read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 2:32

And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day.In Bethlehem — The rest they buried in the field of battle, but Asahel in the sepulchre of his father. Thus are distinctions made upon earth, even between the dust of some and of others! But in the resurrection no difference will be made but between good and bad; which will remain for ever. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:32

32. Came to Hebron at break of day Literally, it became light to them, in Hebron. Perhaps the day after the burial of Asahel is meant, as it was sunset when the pursuit ceased. 2 Samuel 2:24. But it was not impossible for David’s men to have taken Asahel from the wilderness of Gibeon to Beth-lehem, a distance of twelve or fifteen miles, buried him, and gone on to Hebron, fourteen miles further, in the course of a single night. Joab and his hardy companions were used to long marches and... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 2:5-32

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 2:32

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 2:32

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 2:32

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 2:32

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:32

Verse of the Day

Daily Devotional

Group of Brands