2 Samuel 3:14-15 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:7-21

Here, I. Abner breaks with Ish-bosheth, and deserts his interest, upon a little provocation which Ish-bosheth unadvisedly gave him. God can serve his own purposes by the sins and follies of men. 1. Ish-bosheth accused Abner of no less a crime than debauching one of his father's concubines, 2 Sam. 3:7. Whether it was so or no does not appear, nor what ground he had for the suspicion: but, however it was, it would have been Ish-bosheth's prudence to be silent, considering how much it was his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:14

And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son ,.... When Abner's messengers returned to him, and acquainted him with the condition of David's entering into a league with him, it is highly probable that Abner sent them or others to David, to let him know that he could not do this of himself; that it was advisable for him to write to Ishbosheth, whose sister she was, and demand her of him; and that then he would use his interest with Ishbosheth to grant it, and this method David took: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:15

And Ishbosheth sent and took her from her husband ,.... Her second husband, to whom Saul had given her, 1 Samuel 25:44 , even from Phaltiel the son of Laish ; he is called Phalti in 1 Samuel 25:44 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 3:14

Deliver me my wife - It is supposed that he meant to screen Abner; and to prevent that violence which he might have used in carrying off Michal. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:12-16

( BAHURIM .) A domestic episode. Michal was the first wife of David ( 1 Samuel 19:11-17 ). Of her he had been deprived when he fled from the court of Saul; she was given to Phaltiel (Phalti), the son of Laish, of Gallim ( 1 Samuel 25:44 ), by her father, perhaps as a piece of policy, to attach him to his house, and they lived together for many years, apparently in much domestic comfort. We have here— I. AN INJURED HUSBAND DEMANDING HIS JUST RIGHT . "Well; I will... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:12-21

The facts are: 1 . Abner, disgusted with Ishbosheth's conduct, opens negotiation with David for the transfer of the kingdom to him. 2 . David consents to discuss the question on condition that Abner first of all undertakes to restore unto him Michal, Saul's daughter. 3 . Concurrent with Abner's efforts to bring this to pass, David makes a demand on Ishbosheth for the restoration of Michal. 4 . Abner, taking charge of Michal on her return to David, effects the final separation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:14

A hundred foreskins. This was the number which Saul had required ( 1 Samuel 18:25 ), and David acted rightly in not boasting that he had really given twice as many ( 1 Samuel 18:27 ). As he had paid her father the stipulated price, Michal, by Oriental law, was David's property. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:15

Phaltiel the son of Laish . In 1 Samuel 25:44 he is called Phalti. This word, in Hebrew lexicons, is usually regarded as a contraction for Phaltiyah, "Jehovah is deliverance," while Phaltiel means "El is deliverance." The substitution of El for Yah is one of those changes which arose out of the superstitious reverence for the sacred name which to this day causes the word LORD to be read in our Bibles where in the Hebrew are the four consonants Y, H, V, H, which, by attaching to them... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 3:14

Sent messengers to Ish-bosheth - Not to Abner, for the league between David and Abner was a profound secret, but to Ish-bosheth who, David knew, must act, feeble as he was, at Abner’s dictation. Abner’s first act of overt allegiance to David was thus done at Ish-bosheth’s bidding; and the effect of the humiliation laid upon Ish-bosheth in exposing his weakness to his own subjects, and so shaking their allegiance to him, was such that Abner needed to use no more disguise. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 3:14

2 Samuel 3:14. David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth We are not informed what answer Abner gave to David when he required the forementioned condition of him. But it is probable he let him know, as the truth was, that it was not in his power to bring Michal to him without Ish-bosheth’s consent, whose sister, as well as subject, she was; at least that it was not safe to attempt it, and therefore advised him to send to her brother, who could not easily deny what he desired. Be this as it may,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:7-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:12-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 3:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 3:14

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