2 Samuel 2:27-28
God <0430> [As God.]
This was spoken in allusion to the proposal of Abner, (ver. 14,) which led to the slaughter of twelve young men of each party, and thus provoked the battle. It is probable, that Joab had orders simply to act on the defensive, and would not have attacked the Israelites that day unless compelled; therefore the blame lay upon Abner and Israel.
not <03884> [unless.]
morning <01242> [in the morning. Heb. from the morning. gone up. or, gone away.]
2 Samuel 2:30
2 Samuel 3:32
loudly <05375> [lifted.]
2 Samuel 3:34
hands <03027> [hands.]
The hand of malefactors were usually secured with cords, and their feet with fetters; a custom to which David affectingly alludes in his lamentation over the dust of Abner. Thy hands, O Abner, were not bound, as found to be a malefactor, nor thy feet put in fetters; thou was treated with honour by him whose business it was to judge thee, and thy attachment to the house of Saul was esteemed rather generous than culpable: as the best of men may fall, so thou fellest by the sword of treachery, not of justice.
criminals <05766 01121> [wicked men. Heb. children of iniquity.]
wept <01058> [wept.]
2 Samuel 3:37
2 Samuel 11:17
fell <05307> [there fell.]
2 Samuel 12:28
named <08034 07121> [it be called after my name. Heb. my name be called upon it.]
2 Samuel 16:6
2 Samuel 17:2
exhausted <03023> [weary.]
kill <05221> [I will smite.]
2 Samuel 17:29
cheese <01241 08194> [cheese of kine.]
<01732> [for David.]
<0398> [to eat.]
people <05971> [The people.]
desert <04057> [in the wilderness.]
2 Samuel 18:4
gate <08179> [by the gate.]
hundreds <03967> [by hundreds.]
David's small company, by this time, was greatly recruited; but what its number was we cannot tell. Josephus says it amounted only to 4,000 men.
2 Samuel 19:39
king .... king <04428> [the king.]
The kiss was the token of friendship and farewell; the blessing was a prayer to God for his prosperity: probably a prophetical benediction.
kissed ...... Barzillai <05401 01271> [kissed Barzillai.]
blessed <01288> [blessed.]
returned <07725> [returned.]
2 Samuel 24:15
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Dan <01835> [from Dan.]
Seventy thousand men <07657 0505 0376> [seventy thousand men.]
