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2 Samuel 3:37 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 3 · verse 37
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 · King James Version
2 Samuel 3:37 in context
35And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
37For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
38And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
39And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understoodyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- AbnerʼAbnêrAbner, an IsraeliteH74 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- slaymûwthto dieH4191 →
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We have here an account of the murder of Abner by Joab, and David's deep resentment of it. I. Joab very insolently fell foul upon David for treating with Abner. He happened to be abroad upon service when Abner was with David, pursuing a troop, either of Philistines or of Saul's party;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-39