2 Samuel 3:38-4:8 NIV

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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 3:38

2 Samuel 3:38Know are not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?A great manAs we review the history of the world, we see it dividing itself into three stages. In the first stage, power is magnified, force is deified, the great man is represented as a sort of Hercules, with his lion skin and club, in a world of insects. In that era Nimrod is the hero of the world’s heart. Then strength received the homage of men. In the second stage, power is pushed back a step or two,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 3:38

2Sa 3:38 And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? Ver. 38. And the king said unto his servants. ] His courtiers and counsellors. Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen? ] Lords and losels scoundrels die alike: and the mortal scythe is master of the royal sceptre. But whereas his servants might hereupon demand, Why punishest not thou the murderer? David answereth: read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 3:38

a prince: 2 Samuel 3:12, 2 Samuel 2:8, 1 Samuel 14:50, 1 Samuel 14:51, Job 32:9 read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 3:38

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?Know ye not, … — But how little, how mean are they made by death, who were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 3:22-39

ASSASSINATION OF ABNER BY JOAB, AND DAVID’S GRIEF, 2 Samuel 3:22-39. “When David had sent Abner away, Joab, the general of his army, came immediately to Hebron; and when he had understood that Abner had been with David, and had parted with him a little before under leagues and agreements that the government should be delivered up to David, he feared lest David should place Abner, who had assisted him to gain the kingdom, in the first rank of dignity, especially since he was a shrewd man in... read more