21<\/strong>. take thee his armour<\/em> ] Probably, as in Jdg 14:19<\/span>, his spoil<\/strong>: i.e. if Asahel was desirous of spoil, he might find it elsewhere, instead of attacking a practised warrior at the risk of his life.<\/p>\n His armour – <\/B>Rather, as in the margin; i. e. content thyself with the spoil of some inferior soldier for a trophy.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 21<\/span>. Take thee his armour.<\/B><\/I>] It seems Asahel wished to get the armour of Abner as a trophy; this also was greatly coveted by ancient heroes. Abner wished to spare him, for fear of exciting Joab’s enmity; but as Asahel was obstinate in the pursuit, and was swifter of foot than Abner, the latter saw that he must either kill or be killed, and therefore he turned his spear<\/I> and ran it through the body of Asahel. This turning about<\/I> that he might pierce him is what we translate “the hinder end of his spear.” This slaying of Asahel cost Abner his life, as we shall find in the next chapter.<\/P> <\/p>\n Take thee his armour:<\/B> if thou art ambitious to get a trophy or mark of thy valour, desist from me, who am an old and experienced captain, and go to some young and raw soldier; try thy skill upon him, and take away his arms from him. <\/P> <\/p>\n And Abner said unto him<\/strong>,…. Having a respect for him, and consulting his good, and however fearing his brother Joab should he slay him:<\/p>\n turn thee aside to thy right or to thy left<\/strong>; he does not advise him to go back, which would have been to his disgrace, having engaged in the pursuit, but to turn to the right or left, as if pursuing some other person and not Abner:<\/p>\n and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour<\/strong>; one of the common soldiers, or an attendant on Abner, a young man like himself, whom he might be able to cope with, and take him a prisoner and disarm him, when he was not a match for such an old experienced officer as he was; and this Abner seems to speak as a friend, consulting the young man’s safety and his honour too.<\/p>\n But, Asahel would not turn aside from following him<\/strong>; fired with the ambition of taking him, and not content with any prey short of him; and perhaps was the more animated by what he said, as supposing it arose from fear of him.<\/p>\n 21<\/strong>. <\/strong> Lay thee hold on one of the young men <\/strong> One of the common soldiers. <\/p>\n Take thee his armour <\/strong> Asahel’s object was to slay Abner and take his armour as a trophy.<\/p>\n 2Sa 2:21<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Turn thee aside to thy right hand, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> The conduct of Abner appears heroic and amiable. He was very desirous of sparing Asahel, advising him not to engage with an old and experienced officer like himself, but to turn against one of the young men, <\/em>who would be an easy conquest, and whose armour he might carry off as his spoil. Asahel, however, was not to be persuaded; and therefore Abner smote him under the fifth rib, <\/em>2Sa 2:23<\/span> or in the belly. <\/em>See 2Sa 20:10<\/span>. With the hinder end of the spear <\/em>we render it, which does not seem to have been the case, as he rather smote him with the upper end of the spear; for the spear went through his belly and came out at his back: therefore Houbigant renders it, properly, Abner smote him in the belly, turning his spear backwards: <\/em>as Abner was foremost, he turned his spear behind him, and so killed Asahel. See Scheuchzer on the place. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n 2Sa 2:21 And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 21. Lay thee hold on one of the young men.<\/strong> ] Meddle with thy match, and contend not with him that is mightier than thou. Patroclus is no meet match for Hector. When Carolostadius opposed Luther’s consubstantiation, but weakly and insufficiently, Zuinglius said he was sorry that so good a cause wanted shoulders. a<\/em> Heat of zeal sometimes, in the indiscreet pursuit of a just adversary, proves mortal to the agent, prejudicial to the service. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Non satis humerorum haberet.<\/em> <\/p>\n and take thee: It seems that Asahel wished to get the armour of Abner as a trophy. <\/p>\n armour: or, spoil, Jdg 14:19 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 2:19 – turned<\/p>\n 2Sa 2:21-22. Abner said, Turn thee aside, &c. If thou art ambitions to get a trophy or mark of thy valour, desist from me, who am an old and experienced captain, and go to some young and raw soldier; try thy skill upon him, and take away his arms from him. Abner was very unwilling to kill Asahel, which he knew he was able to do, and therefore he endeavoured, by fair speeches and motives, to induce him to desist from his design of attacking him. How should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? Who was a fierce man, and who, Abner knew, would study revenge.<\/p>\n And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. 21. take thee his armour ] Probably, as in Jdg 14:19, his spoil: i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 2:21”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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