Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
8-17. Abner the son of Ner, captainof Saul’s host took Ish-boshethHere was the establishment of arival kingdom, which, however, would probably have had no existencebut for Abner.
Ish-boshethor”Esh-baal” (1Ch 8:33;1Ch 9:39). The Hebrews usuallychanged names ending with Baal into Bosheth (“shame”)(compare Jdg 9:53; 2Sa 11:21).This prince was so called from his imbecility.
Abnerwas first cousinof Saul, commander of the forces, and held in high respect throughoutthe country. Loyalty to the house of his late master was mixed upwith opposition to David and views of personal ambition in hisoriginating this factious movement. He, too, was alive to theimportance of securing the eastern tribes; so, taking Ish-boshethacross the Jordan, he proclaimed him king at Mahanaim, a town on thenorth bank of the Jabbok, hallowed in patriarchal times by the divinepresence (Ge 32:2). There herallied the tribes around the standard of the unfortunate son ofSaul.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah,…. And over them only,
was seven years and six months; to which being added thirty three years he reigned over all Israel in Jerusalem, made forty years and six months; and which, for the roundness of the number, is usually called forty years. See 2Sa 5:4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
2Sa 2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
Ver. 11. Seven years and six months. ] So long the Lord kept him off the full sovereignty, for the further trial and exercise of his faith and patience. Look we for the like, and bear up.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
time: Heb. number of days, 2Sa 5:4, 2Sa 5:5, 1Ki 2:11, 1Ch 3:4, 1Ch 29:27
Reciprocal: Gen 23:2 – Kirjatharba Gen 35:27 – Mamre Num 13:22 – Hebron Jos 10:3 – Hebron 2Sa 2:1 – Hebron 2Sa 2:4 – the men of Judah 2Sa 15:10 – Hebron 2Ch 11:10 – Hebron
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2:11 And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six {g} months.
(g) After this he reigned over all the country 33 years, 2Sa 5:5.