2 Samuel 3:39 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I am this day weak,k though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. ”

2 Samuel 3:39 - 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 3:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

shall reward . Compare 1Ki 2:5, 1 Kings 2:6 . evil . Hebrew. ra . a `. App-44. wickedness . Hebrew. ra . a `. App-44.
2 Samuel 3:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. I am this day weak - Had Ab...
2 Samuel 3:39 - 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 3:39 - 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 3:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I am this day weak. — David’s high appreciation of the importance and value of Abner shows that Joab’s jealousy was not without ground, and there is a tone of deep sadness in his words, “these men...
2 Samuel 3:39 - 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 3:39 - 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 3:39 - 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 3:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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? (39) And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Ze...
2 Samuel 3:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I [am] this day weak, though anointed king ,.... Which seems to be given as a reason, or for an excuse why he did not inflict just punishment upon the murderer, according to the law of God, beca...
2 Samuel 3:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I [am] this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah [be] too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. Ver. 39. And I am this d...
2 Samuel 3:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And I am this day weak Hebrew, רךְ, rack, tender; that is, his kingdom was young, was in its infancy, as we speak, and not well settled and confirmed. The metaphor is taken from a young and tende...
2 Samuel 3:39 - 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 3:39 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. B. C. 1048. 22 And, behold,...
2 Samuel 3:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Weak, or tender , in the infancy of my kingdom, not well rooted and settled in it. The metaphor is taken from a young and tender child or plant. The sons of Zeruiah; Joab and Abishai, the sons o...
2 Samuel 3:39 - 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 3:39 - 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 3:39 - 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 3:39 - 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 3:39 - 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 3:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abner Murdered by Joab, Mourned by David
2 Samuel 3:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 2:15 ; 1 Chronicles 2:16 ; 1 Chronicles 22:5 ; 1 Kings 2:33 ; 1 Kings 2:34 ; 1 Kings 2:5 ; 1 Kings 2:6 ; 2 Chronicles 19:6 ; 2 Chronicles 19:7 ; 2 Samuel 19:13 ; 2 Samuel 19:6...
2 Samuel 3:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Weak — In the infancy of my kingdom, not well settled in it. The metaphor is taken from a young and tender child or plant. These men — Joab and Abishai, the sons of thy sister Zeruiah. Too hard — T...

2 Samuel 3:39 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 3:39 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

2 Samuel 3:39 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 3:39 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:39 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 3:39 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 3:39 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:39 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 3:39 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 3:39 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 3:39 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 3:39 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 3:39 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 3:39 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 3:39 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 3:39 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes