2 Samuel 3:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. ”

2 Samuel 3:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So Joab and (l) Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. (l) Abishai is said to slay him with Joab, because he consented to the murder.
2 Samuel 3:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

David made it clear that he had nothing to do with the murder. He gave Abner honourable burial, and king and people lamented him. The dirge in 2 Samuel 3:33 f. is generally accepted as the work of...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Gibeon . Compare 2 Samuel 2:13 .
2 Samuel 3:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
2 Samuel 3:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 3:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Abner is Treacherously Murdered by Joab 3. Chileab] We read nothing more of him and he probably died as a child. In 1 Chronicles 3:1 he is called Daniel. Geshur ] a kingdom on the border of Bas...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Slew... had slain. — The words are different in Hebrew, the former denoting violence. Translate the latter had put to death. By this strong disapproval of Joab’s act, David shows that it was done...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER V. ASSASSINATION OF ABNER AND ISHBOSHETH. 2 Samuel 3:22-39 ; 2 Samuel 4:1-12 IT is quite possible that, in treating with Abner, David showed too complacent a temper, that he treated...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Treacherous Revenge 2 Samuel 3:22-30 There is no doubt that Abner was guilty of disloyalty and treachery, but this did not excuse Joab's dastardly act. He could not claim the right to act as...
2 Samuel 3:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The long warfare continued, and the progress of it is declared in the opening verse of this chapter: "And David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker." At last m...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(30) So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. It should seem that Abishai was privy to the deed of Joab. Paul considered himself...
2 Samuel 3:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner ,.... For though it was only Joab that gave him the thrust of which he died, Abishai was in the secret, and was consenting and advising to his death, and s...
2 Samuel 3:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. Ver. 30. So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner. ] Joab did, but not without the...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner For though Joab only committed the murder, yet Abishai was chargeable with the guilt of it, because it was done with his consent, counsel, and approbation...
2 Samuel 3:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Though Saul had died, yet there continues long war between his house and the house of David. We have seen that Saul stands for the energy of the flesh, which does not easily give up though it is doom...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. B. C. 1048. 22 And, behold,...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Joab and Abishai; for though Joab only committed the murder, yet Abishai was guilty of it, because it was done with his consent, and counsel, and help, and approbation; for by these and such-like a...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Joab Treacherously Gains Blood Revenge For The Death of His Brother Asahel And At The Same Time Rids Himself Of A Dangerous Rival ( 2 Samuel 3:27-30 ). We have to remember here that the desire and...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 3:22 . “Joab came from pursuing,” etc. “Whither, it is not said, but probably outside the Israelitish territory near the tribe of Judah. In the incomplet...
2 Samuel 3:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:1 . Long war, of contention and strife, rather than of bloody battles. 2 Samuel 3:3 . The daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur. David had invaded the country of this prince, and might...
2 Samuel 3:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. Progress and termination of the civil war What grief tales of distress are folded up in these brief words, “There was lo...
2 Samuel 3:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 3:1 There was long war. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and as "the house of Saul" is the phrase used, it seems probable that after Ishbosheth's murder, during t...
2 Samuel 3:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abner Murdered by Joab, Mourned by David
2 Samuel 3:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 2:19-23 ; Acts 28:4 ; Proverbs 28:17
2 Samuel 3:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Abishai — For though Joab only committed the murder, yet Abishai was guilty of it, because it was done with his consent, and counsel, and approbation. In battle — Which he did for his own necessary...

2 Samuel 3:30 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 3:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 3:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 3:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:30 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 3:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 3:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 3:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 3:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 3:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 3:30 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes