2 Samuel 3:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wickedi men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. ”

2 Samuel 3:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy hands were not bound ... - This thought prepares the way for the solution; Abner had been treacherously murdered by wicked men.
2 Samuel 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

not bound : i.e. as. malefactor. Compare 1 Samuel 25:25 ; 1 Samuel 25:26 . fetters. Hebrew. brass, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for fetters made of it. App-6. wicked men . "s...
2 Samuel 3:34 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 310 THE DEATH OF ABNER 2 Samuel 3:31-34 . And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And...
2 Samuel 3:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him.
2 Samuel 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy hands were not bound. — The people were moved greatly by the sight of David’s sorrow, but still more by this brief elegy over Abner. The whole circumstances are summed up in a few pregnant word...
2 Samuel 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

David's Lament over Abner 2 Samuel 3:31-39 It was a noble spectacle when David followed the bier of Abner and wept at his grave. He forgot that this man had been his persistent foe, and remembe...
2 Samuel 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(31) And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. (32) And they...
2 Samuel 3:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters ,.... As malefactors are when they are taken up for any crime, and especially when proved upon them, and condemned for it, and brought forth...
2 Samuel 3:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thy hands [were] not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, [so] fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. Ver. 34. Thy hands were not bound. ] As...
2 Samuel 3:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Died Abner as a fool dieth? That is, as a wicked man. Was he cut off by the hand of justice for his crimes? Nothing less; but by Joab's malice and treachery. It is a sad thing to die as a fool die...
2 Samuel 3:34 - 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 3:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. B. C. 1048. 22 And, behold,...
2 Samuel 3:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters; thou didst not tamely yield up thyself to Joab, as his prisoner, to be bound hand and foot, at his pleasure. Joab did not overcome thee gene...
2 Samuel 3:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Laments The Death of Abner And Demonstrates His Innocence In The Matter ( 2 Samuel 3:31-39 ). In this final passage in the chapter David makes clear his grief over the death of Abner, thus e...
2 Samuel 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - 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 3:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abner Murdered by Joab, Mourned by David
2 Samuel 3:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 1:12 ; Hosea 6:9 ; Job 24:14 ; Judges 16:21 ; Psalms 107:10 ; Psalms 107:11
2 Samuel 3:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Not bound — Thou didst not tamely yield up thyself to Joab, to be bound hand and foot at his pleasure. Joab did not overcome thee in an equal combat, nor durst he attempt thee in that way, as a gen...

2 Samuel 3:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 3:34 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Samuel 3:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 3:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 3:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 3:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 3:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 3:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 3:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 3:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 3:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes