2 Samuel 9:5

Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of (c) Ammiel, from Lodebar. (c) Who was also called Eliam the father of B...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. Ver. 5. Then king David sent, and fetched him....
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS. When princes are in adversity they can be familiar with their faithful friends; but on being elevated to the throne, and thronged with t...
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 9:1 Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul? As Mephibosheth was five years old at his father's death ( 2...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Receives Mephibosheth Graciously
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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⁵ Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 9:5

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 9:5