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28<\/strong>. I and my kingdom are guiltless<\/em> ] With a strong asseveration David asserts his entire innocence of any complicity in this murder. Neither upon himself personally nor upon “his kingdom,” i.e. the royal house, his descendants and successors, could punishment for shedding this innocent blood justly fall. Cp. 1Ki 2:31-33<\/span>. For the doctrine of a divine judgment which was certain to fall upon the murderer and his posterity, “visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children,” see Gen 4:11<\/span>; Deu 21:6-9<\/span>; Mat 23:35<\/span>. Compare the Greek belief in the avenging Furies who dogged the murderer’s steps.<\/p>\n David said publicly, before his courtiers and people; and seriously, as in Gods presence; I call the Lord to witness, that this was not done by my instigation or authority, or by any public counsel, but only by Joabs malice; and therefore I trust that God will not punish me nor my kingdom, but Joab only. <\/P> <\/p>\n And afterward, when David heard [it]<\/strong>,…. That Joab had sent to fetch Abner back, and that he had stabbed him in the gate of the city, and he was dead; it was some time after it was done that the news of it was brought to David; this circumstance is observed, the more to clear the king from any concern in this affair:<\/p>\n he said<\/strong>; in a public manner, in open court, before all his princes; he called God to witness, and, as Josephus i says, stretching out his right hand to God, he cried aloud:<\/p>\n I and my kingdom [are] guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner<\/strong>; he was sensible it would be known that Abner had been with him, and that Joab his general had killed him; and therefore it might be suspected that he had an hand in it, and that it was done by his order, with his privy council; and therefore, to purge him and them from it, he made this public declaration, that neither he nor his council knew anything of it; and that it was not done with their knowledge and consent, and by their order, but through the resentment of a single person; and therefore hoped that no man would impute the shedding of this blood unto them, or that God would punish them for it; and he was the rather led to make this public declaration, because he knew that the death of Abner in this way would be resented by the friends of Saul’s family, and be an obstruction to the union of the two kingdoms, which it was known Abner was endeavouring to bring about.<\/p>\n i Antiqu. l. 7. c. 1. sect. 6.<\/p>\n (28) I and my kingdom are guiltless.<\/strong>This was true. Joabs act was entirely without Davids knowledge, and was not only against his will on moral grounds, but was in danger of proving disastrous to him politically; hence he takes the strongest means of showing his abhorrence of the deed.<\/p>\n (28) And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: (29) Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Very proper as it was, and becoming in David, to make an appeal to his own innocency respecting the death of Abner, lest the world should have been tempted to suspect that David sent for Abner only but to murder him; yet the imprecations which he made use of were highly reprehensible, because they were not sanctioned, as we learn, from divine authority. Dearest Jesus! how doth thy bright example of mercy strike our view, in that on the cross thou didst pray for pardon, even for thy murderers!<\/p>\n 2Sa 3:28 And afterward when David heard [it], he said, I and my kingdom [are] guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:<\/p>\n Ver. 28. From the blood of Abner.<\/strong> ] Heb., Bloods: from every drop of his blood shed when he was slain. David cleareth himself and his kingdom of this crying crime. But what a deal hath France to answer for the Parisian massacre, whereby a hundred thousand, some say more, innocents perished in one year in various parts of the realm! besides the many civil dissensions there, to the effusion of much Christian blood, and six thousand gentlemen slain in private quarrels within the space of ten years! as it appears by the king’s pardons. a<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> See “Les Ombres des Defunts Seiures de Vilemor et de Fountains,” p. 46.<\/p>\n rest = recoil. <\/p>\n or. See note on Jdg 11:31. <\/p>\n falleth on the sword. Figure of speech Periphrasis (App-6) for death by executioner; or, in war: commonly used where guilt of some kind is involved. <\/p>\n guiltless: Gen 9:6, Exo 21:12, Num 35:33, Deu 21:1-9, Mat 27:24 <\/p>\n blood: Heb. bloods, Gen 4:10, *marg. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 32:22 – be guiltless Deu 21:8 – lay not Jos 2:19 – his blood 1Sa 25:39 – hath returned 2Sa 13:21 – he was very wroth 2Sa 14:9 – and the king 2Sa 16:8 – the blood 2Sa 20:22 – And Joab 1Ki 2:31 – and from 1Ki 2:33 – upon David Psa 51:14 – Deliver Dan 6:14 – and he Mat 27:25 – His Act 20:26 – that<\/p>\n 2Sa 3:28-29. When David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless Josephus says, he lifted up his hands to God, and, with a loud voice, cried out publicly that God knew he was innocent in this matter; and therefore he trusted God would not let him and his kingdom suffer for it. And on all his fathers house Davids indignation at the fact transported him much too far in making him wish that all Joabs family might suffer for it, which was contrary to the law of God. See Deu 24:16. Methinks, says Henry, a resolute punishment of the murderer himself would better have become David than this passionate imprecation of Gods judgments upon his posterity. But, perhaps, the words are to be considered as a prediction rather than as an imprecation. Accordingly, Houbigant renders them, but it shall or will rest upon the head of Joab, and on all his fathers house, and there will not fail, &c.<\/p>\n 2Sa 3:28-39. David made it clear that he had nothing to do with the murder. He gave Abner honourable burial, and king and people lamented him. The dirge in 2Sa 3:33 f. is generally accepted as the work of David.<\/p>\n 3:28 And afterward when David heard [it], he said, I and my kingdom [are] {k} guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:<\/p>\n (k) the Lord knows that I did not consent to his death.<\/p>\n And afterward when David heard [it], he said, I and my kingdom [are] guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: 28 30. The Curse of Blood-guiltiness 28. 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