Bible Commentary

David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign, [and] he reigned forty years. 4. thirty years old ] The prime of life: the age at which the Levites entered upon their duties (Num 4:3): at which young men commenced to take part in public business in Greece: at which Joseph was made ruler … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 5:4”

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. 3. all the elders of Israel ] From 2Sa 5:1 and 1Ch 12:23-40 it is evident that a general assembly of the nation, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 5:3”

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 2. thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel ] David had won … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 5:2”

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. Ch. 2Sa 5:1-5. David anointed king over all Israel 2Sa 5:1-3 = 1Ch 11:1-3 1. Then came, &c.] It is probable that no long interval elapsed between the death of Ish-bosheth and the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 5:1”

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried [it] in the sepulcher of Abner in Hebron. 12. And David commanded, &c.] Kitto compares the conduct of David … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 4:12”

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? 11. a righteous person ] “A man who had done no one any harm,” as Josephus says. His merits … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 4:11”

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who [thought] that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: 10. when one told me, &c.] The Amalekite who pretended to have slain Saul (ch. 2Sa 1:2 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 4:10”

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, [As] the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 9. who hath redeemed, &c.] Compare the same oath in David’s mouth in 1Ki 1:29. In this connexion it implies that one who was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 4:9”

And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. 8 12. The Punishment of the Murderers … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 4:8”

For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and got them away through the plain all night. 7. through the plain ] By the way of the Arabah. See note on ch. 2Sa 2:29. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 4:7”