2 Samuel 2:8-32 BSB

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 2:26

Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?Bitterness — It will produce dreadful effects.Brethren — By nation and religion: whom therefore they should not pursue with so fierce a rage, as if they were pursuing the Philistines. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.Unless, … — Unless thou hadst made the motion that they should fight, verse14. It was thou, not I, that gave the first occasion of this fight. Abner was the sole cause of this war; otherwise all things had been ended by an amicable agreement: which might have been made that very morning, if he had so pleased. 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 2:8

8. Captain of Saul’s host Abner’s position and influence in the army rendered it meet for him, at the present emergency, to look after the interests of the family of his fallen king. His action in making Ishbosheth king may have been hastened by this message of David to the men of Jabesh-gilead. Ishbosheth Called also Eshbaal. 1 Chronicles 8:33. He was the fourth and only surviving son of Saul Mahanaim A place of importance on the east side of the Jordan, probably at the modern... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:9

9. Gilead The mountainous region east of the Jordan. See map, page 234. The Ashurites Who these were it is impossible to determine. They could not have been the people of Asshur, (Assyria,) nor the Asshurim of Genesis 25:3. Better is the reading of the Chaldee, the house of Asher, by which is meant the territory of the tribe of Asher in the north of Palestine, and the adjacent country north of the plain of Jezreel. The Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic read, the Geshurites. But these could... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:10

10. Ishbosheth… reigned two years The next verse informs us that David reigned in Hebron ever Judah seven years and six months, and therefore we must naturally conclude that for five years and six months the other tribes of Israel were without an acknowledged king. It is altogether gratuitous to assume, as some critics have done, that Ishbosheth reigned all the time that David reigned in Hebron. It is probable, however, that David was king in Hebron some time before Ishbosheth began to... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:12

THE BATTLE OF GIBEON, 2 Samuel 2:12-32. 12. Went out from Mahanaim That is, marched out from the capital of the kingdom of Ishbosheth. Having been successful in bringing all the northern and eastern tribes to acknowledge Ishbosheth as king, Abner seems to have thought to bring over the tribe of Judah also. He at least began the fight. Gibeon The modern el-Jib, a few miles northwest of Jerusalem. See on Joshua 9:3. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:13

13. Joab Who here appears as leader of David’s men, but was not made captain of his hosts till after the capture of the Jebusites. Chap. 2 Samuel 5:8, and 1 Chronicles 11:6. The pool of Gibeon The same as the great waters of Gibeon mentioned Jeremiah 41:12. It is probably identical with the great reservoir still seen just northeast of the city, and supplied with water from a fine fountain in the rocks just above it. The fountain “is in a cave excavated in and under the high rock, so as... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:14

14. Let the young men now arise, and play before us Implying that the contest between the house of Saul and the house of David should be decided by this action of the young warriors. This would save a needless effusion of blood, and Joab accepted the challenge. שׂחק , to play, would thus mean the war play of single combat, and the bloody consequences showed that this was the understanding of the contending parties. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:16

16. By the head By the hair of the head or by the beard. Alexander, before entering into battle, ordered his men to shave their beards, because, said he, “in battle there is no better hold for the enemy than a beard.” They fell down together The whole twenty-four of them. “The left-handed Benjamites, and the right-handed men of Judah their sword hands thus coming together seized each his adversary by the head, and the whole number fell by the mutual wounds they received.” Stanley. ... read more

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 2:26

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 2:27

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 2:32

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:12

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:13

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:14

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 2:16

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