2 Samuel 3:33

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner (n) as a fool dieth?

(n) He declares that Abner died not as a wretch or vile person, but as a valiant man might do, being traitorously deceived by the wicked.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 3:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lamented - i. e. composed and sang the funeral dirge which follows (compare 2 Samuel 1:17 ). Died Abner ... - i. e. The great and noble and...
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 Sam...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Died... ? Figure of speech Erotesis.App-6. a fool dieth: i.e. running into needless danger.
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 gi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? The king lamented over Abner - This lamentation, though short, is very pathet...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? The king lamented over Abner. This brief elegy is an effusion of indi...
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 calle...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Died Abner as a fool dieth? ] i.e. as one who runs into needless danger, or meets his death when engaged in a shameful conspiracy: see on 1 Samuel...
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, Davi...
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...
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...
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 ki...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king lamented over Abner ,.... Delivered an elegy or funeral oration, which he had composed on this occasion, as Josephus u suggests: for he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? Ver. 33. Died Abner as a fool dieth? ] Sept., As Nabal died? Was this a fi...
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...
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 fles...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab Murders Abner; David's Reflections on Abner's Murder. B. C. 1048....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i. e. As a wicked man; for such are oft called fools in Scripture. Was he cut off by the hands of justice for his crimes? Nothing less; but by Joab...
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 mak...
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 t...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 3:33 I. The first mark of folly about Abner's death is his strange simplicity and wonderful credulity. He had been used to court life; he...
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...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Died Abner as a fool dieth? The fool’s death There are two or three different renderings of our text. Some take it thus--“Died Abner as a wicke...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Abner Murdered by Joab, Mourned by David
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the king lamented over Abner, in an elegy expressing his deepest sorrow over Abner's innocent and shameful death, and said, Died Abner as a fool...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 13:12 ; 2 Samuel 13:13 ; 2 Samuel 13:28 ; 2 Samuel 13:29 ; Ecclesiastes 2:15 ; Ecclesiastes 2:16 ; Jeremiah 17:11 ; Luke 12:19 ; Lu...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As a fool — 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...

³³ And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 3:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary 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

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Sermon Bible 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

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 3:33