26<\/strong>. he sent messengers after Abner<\/em> ] No doubt in David’s name, pretending to recall him for a further interview. A message from Joab would have excited Abner’s suspicion, while on David’s good faith he could place entire reliance.<\/p>\n the well of Sirah<\/em> ] Rather more than a mile out of Hebron on the old paved road to the north is a spring with a reservoir called Ain Sareh<\/em>, which is in all probability “the well of Sirah.” This agrees sufficiently well with Josephus’ statement that it was twenty stadia or two miles and a half distant from Hebron.<\/p>\n The well Sirah – <\/B>Nowhere else mentioned; according to Josephus, about two and a half miles from Hebron.<\/P><\/p>\n He sent messengers after Abner, <\/B>in the kings name, and upon pretence of some further communication with him. <\/P> <\/p>\n And when Joab was come out from David<\/strong>,…. Which perhaps he did at once, as soon as ever he had spoken his mind, and flew out of the room in a great passion, not waiting for the king’s answer, since we read of none returned; though it may be the king disdained to give him one, or cared not to confer with him while in his passion, until it subsided; or chose not to provoke him more, for it is plain he had great power over him; which generals of armies at this time very much assumed, see 2Sa 3:39<\/span>;<\/p>\n he sent messengers after Abner<\/strong>; in the name of the king, as Abarbinel rightly supposes, and so Josephus f; for otherwise it can hardly be thought he would have returned on a message from Joab only, who he knew bore him ill will:<\/p>\n which brought him again from the well of Sirah<\/strong>; which might have its name from the thorns and briers that grew about it. Josephus g calls it Besira, and says it was twenty furlongs or two and an half miles from Hebron:<\/p>\n but David [knew] it not<\/strong>; that Joab had sent messengers in his name after Abner to fetch him back; it was not done by his order, with his consent or knowledge; this is observed, to clear David from any concern in the death of Abner, as follows.<\/p>\n f Antiqu. l. 7. c. 1. sect. 5. g Ibid.<\/p>\n (26) Sent messengers after Abner.<\/strong>Whether this was done in his own or in Davids name (though without his knowledge) does not appear, but in either case Abner would readily suppose that the coming of Joab had made further conference desirable. His entire confidence in David is shown by his unsuspecting return.<\/p>\n The well of Sirah.<\/strong>The only knowledge of this locality is from the testimony of Josephus (Antt. vii.<\/em> 1, 5), that it was twenty stadia (two and a half miles) from Hebron; and there is still a spring and reservoir called Ain Sareh, <\/em>rather more than a mile north of the town. If this is correct, Abner must have just left David when Joab arrived.<\/p>\n 26<\/strong>. <\/strong> Well of Sirah <\/strong> Evidently a place well known at the time of the writer, and apparently on the northern road from Hebron. There is said to be a spring and reservoir called Ain Sara <\/em> on this road about a mile north of Hebron, and this would seem still to mark the ancient spot GROVE, in Smith’s Dictionary.<\/p>\n (26) And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. (27) And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n It may be said of Joab as of Abner, bloody men were they both. What an awful picture, in all eyes, do such characters afford of the dreadful fall of man!<\/p>\n 2Sa 3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew [it] not.<\/p>\n Ver. 26. And when Joab was come out from David<\/strong> ] In a great heat, flinging out from his presence: as did likewise Robert, Earl of Essex, once from Queen Elizabeth; who followed him at the heels, and fetched him again with a cuff on the ear. a<\/em> But so durst not David deal by General Joab. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He sent messengers.<\/strong> ] In the king’s name, saith Josephus. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n From the well of Sirah.<\/strong> ] The Vulgate hath it, the cistern Syra; Tremellius, the cistern of Sisera. But Piscator thinketh that Sisera was there mendose scripture pro Sira,<\/em> the fault of the scribe, for Sira writing Sisera. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Camden’s Elisab.<\/p>\n blood. Hebrew = bloods. Figure of speech Heterosis (of Number) = much or noble blood. (App-6). <\/p>\n he sent: Pro 26:23-26, Pro 27:4-6 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 1Ki 2:32 – my father<\/p>\n 2Sa 3:26-27. When Joab was come out from David He seems to have gone out in anger; not staying for an answer. He sent messengers after Abner Probably in the kings name, as if he had something further to communicate to him. For otherwise it is not credible that Abner would have returned. Joab took him aside in the gate Where, it appears, he had waited for him, and, as it was a public place, where men met to do business, and where the courts of judgment sat, Abner suspected no danger, especially since Joab took him by the hand in a friendly manner, as if he wished to have some discourse with him. And smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died Thus fell Abner by an unexpected and surprising treachery! and in the very article of returning to his duty, and in the eve of a great revolution, seemingly depending on his fate! And thus his thoughts, purposes, and boasts of gathering all Israel to David, and translating the kingdom to him, perished in a moment! In this, however treacherously and wickedly Joab acted, the Lord, in permitting it, was righteous. Abner had deliberately and maliciously opposed David, and in opposing him had acted against the dictates of his own conscience, and of his known duty to God, and that for a series of years: he had sported with the lives of his brethren, and spilled the first blood shed in this civil war; and, it may be, all the blood that was shed; at least we hear of none after the battle of Gibeon. He had now basely deserted Ish-bosheth, and betrayed him, under pretence of regard to God and Israel; but, in reality, from a principle of pride and revenge, and impatience of control. God, therefore, would not use so ill a man in so good a work as the uniting of Israel to Judah, and thereby preventing the progress of war and slaughter. And he hereby showed that he did not need his help, but could, with infinite ease, accomplish his purposes without him, thus pouring contempt on the pride of man. The following reflection of Dr. Delaney here appears both just and important.<\/p>\n It is true Abner was now returned to his duty; but it is true that he returned to it now as he departed from it before, upon a pique; and from motives of ambition, interest, and revenge. He well knew the purposes and declarations of God in relation to David, and yet he deliberately opposed himself to them. And it is but just in the appointments of Providence (and nothing is more conspicuous in his government of the world) not to permit the wicked to effect that good from wrong motives which they once obstructed upon the same principles. The occasions of duty, once notoriously neglected, seldom return, at least, to equal advantage. Let no man decline the good that is in his power; if he once does so, he is no more worthy to be the happy instrument of effecting it in the hand of God. To conclude; a great revolution apparently depended upon Abners fate, but it did so only in the eye of human providence, as was plainly manifested from the event.<\/p>\n For the blood of Asahel his brother This was one reason of his committing this murder; but, doubtless, envy and jealousy of Abners great merit with David, in gaining over the tribes to him, were the main motives that impelled him to it. In the mean time his pretence was fidelity to his sovereign, and excess of care for his safety. What, says Josephus, reflecting on this crime, will not men dare to do who are covetous, ambitious, and will be inferior to none, to obtain what they desire! They will commit a thousand crimes, and rather than lose what they have got, they will not fear to commit still greater wickedness.<\/p>\n And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew [it] not. 26. he sent messengers after Abner ] No doubt in David’s name, pretending to recall him for a further interview. 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