2 Samuel 3:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. ”

2 Samuel 3:37 - 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 3:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
2 Samuel 3:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

It pleased them: as whatsoever, &c.— David's behaviour towards Abner had its success. The sincerity of his sorrow was seen by all the people, and he was universally acquitted of all guilt in hi...
2 Samuel 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For all the people and all Israel understood that day ,.... Not the people of Judah only, but of Israel also, to whom the knowledge of these things came; they knew and were satisfied by his conduct...
2 Samuel 3:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. Ver. 37. That it was not of the king. ] This was the end that David aimed at, and...
2 Samuel 3:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them They were satisfied concerning David's integrity, and the sincerity of his sorrow at the death of Abner, and pleased with the honour he had don...
2 Samuel 3:37 - 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 3:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. B. C. 1048. 22 And, behold,...
2 Samuel 3:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Not done by his design or good will.
2 Samuel 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - 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 3:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abner Murdered by Joab, Mourned by David

2 Samuel 3:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 3:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 3:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 3:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 3:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 3:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 3:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann