2 Samuel 2:31

But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, [so that] three (p) hundred and threescore men died.

(p) Thus God would confirm David in his kingdom by the destruction of his adversaries.

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1 Kings 20:11 ; 2 Samuel 3:1

³¹ But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 2:31

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 2:31