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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Samuel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 129,513 words · 374 reading sections
2 Samuel 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. 2 Samuel 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL This book, in many copies of the Hebrew Bible, is carried on without any new title put unto it; the reason of it is, because, by some, this, with the preceding, has been reckoned but one book: hence the Jews say {a}, Samuel wrote …
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2 Samuel 1:2 Ver. 2. It came to pass on the third day,.... After the battle was fought, in which Saul was slain: that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul; that is, from them who were in the camp with Saul, for he was dead. Some say {d} this was Doeg the Edomite, which is not likely that he should come with …
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2 Samuel 1:3 Ver. 3. And David said unto him, from whence comest thou?.... It is very likely by his appearance and circumstances he suspected from whence he came: and he said unto him, out of the camp of Israel am I escaped; which plainly suggested that that was in danger, confusion, and distress.…
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2 Samuel 1:4 Ver. 4. And David said unto him, how went the matter? I pray thee, tell me,.... That is, how went the battle? on which side the victory? and he answered, that the people are fled from the battle; meaning the people of Israel, they had given way, and turned their backs upon their enemies, and were fled: …
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2 Samuel 1:5 Ver. 5. And David said unto the young man that told him,.... These tidings: how knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? this he particularly inquired after, as what most affected him, and was most material for him to know; and his meaning is, whether he had this of his own sight and knowledg…
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2 Samuel 1:6 Ver. 6. And the young man that told him,.... So it seems he was, and therefore could not be Doeg, more likely his son of the two; but there is no reason to believe he was either of them, who cannot be thought to be well disposed to David: said, as I happened by chance upon Mount Gilboa; who was either a …
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2 Samuel 1:7 Ver. 7. And when he looked behind him,.... To see how near the enemy was, and who were pursuing him: he saw me, and called unto me; by which it should rather seem that he belonged to the Philistines than to the Israelites, and as his being an Amalekite shows; for such an one would hardly be admitted amon…
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2 Samuel 1:8 Ver. 8. And he said unto me, who [art] thou?.... Being willing to know whether a friend or an enemy, which by his coming behind him he could not tell: and I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite: which he might be; but it is not likely he should tell Saul he was, which would not recommend him to him; though …
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2 Samuel 1:9 Ver. 9. And he said unto me again, stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me,.... Which it can hardly be thought Saul would say; since he might as well have died by the hands of the uncircumcised Philistines, which he endeavoured to avoid, as by the hands of an Amalekite: for anguish is come upon me; or t…
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2 Samuel 1:10 Ver. 10. So I stood upon him, and slew him,.... Pressed with all his weight upon his body, that so the spear might pierce through him, and slay him; thus he represents his death to be brought about: because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen; this is not consistent with what he h…
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2 Samuel 1:11 Ver. 11. When David took hold on his clothes,.... Not on the young man's but his own: and rent them; on bearing of the death of Saul and Jonathan, see Ge 37:34; from whence the Jews {l} gather, that a man is bound to rend his clothes for a prince, and for the father of the sanhedrim, since Saul, they sa…
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2 Samuel 1:12 Ver. 12. And they mourned and wept,.... Inwardly mourned, and outwardly wept, no doubt sincerely: and fasted until even; ate no food all that day until it was evening, the manner in which fasts used to be kept: for Saul, and for Jonathan his son; it is no wonder that David and his men should mourn for …
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2 Samuel 1:13 Ver. 13. And David said unto the young man that told him, whence [art] thou?.... From what place, or of what people and nation art thou? though Abarbinel thinks it neither respects place nor people, but that David thought he was another man's servant; so that the sense of the question is, to what man did…
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2 Samuel 1:14 Ver. 14. And David said unto him, how, wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand,.... By which it should seem that he did more than stand upon him, and press his body, that the spear might pierce through him, but that he drew his sword, and slew him; so David understood him, and is the sense of th…
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2 Samuel 1:15 Ver. 15. And David called one of the young men,.... His servants that attended on him: and said, go near, [and] fall upon him; by smiting him with his sword: and he smote him, that he died; his orders were instantly obeyed. Kings and generals of armies had great power in those times and countries to ex…
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2 Samuel 1:16 Ver. 16. And David said unto him, thy blood [be] upon thy head,.... The blood that he had shed, let him suffer for it; for as he had shed blood, his blood ought to be shed, according to the law of God; and for proof of this, that he had so done, he appeals to his own confession: for thy mouth hath testi…
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2 Samuel 1:17 Ver. 17. And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his son. Composed the following elegy on account of their death, and sung it in a tune agreeable to it, he and the men that were with him.…
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2 Samuel 1:18 Ver. 18. (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah [the use] of the bow,.... These words, with what follow in this verse, are rightly put into a parenthesis, since they do not begin nor make any part of the elegiac song, or lamentation of David; and are here inserted to show, that, amidst his sorrow…
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2 Samuel 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 2 This chapter relates that David, upon inquiring of the Lord, was directed to go up to Hebron, and did, where he was anointed king of Judah, 2Sa 2:1. And that being told of the kindness of the men of Jabeshgilead in burying Saul, he sent them thanks, and promised to remembe…
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2 Samuel 2:2 Ver. 2. So David went up thither,.... From Ziklag to Hebron, which was sixteen miles according to Bunting {y} and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife, the Carmelite; who were beloved by him, and who had shared with him in his troubles, and which he took with him to par…
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2 Samuel 2:3 Ver. 3. And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household,.... They and their families, and no doubt provided well for them when he was settled on the throne, who had shown themselves to be his faithful friends, closely attached to his interest, and had run the risk of their …
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2 Samuel 2:4 Ver. 4. And the men of Judah came,.... The inhabitants of the tribe of Judah came from the several parts of it to Hebron, that is, the principal of them, the elders of each city: and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah; they did not take upon them to make him king over all Israel, but …
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2 Samuel 2:5 Ver. 5. And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead,.... To return them thanks for their courage and boldness in rescuing the bodies of Saul and his sons out of the hands of the Philistines, and for their civility in the burial of them: and said unto them, blessed [be] ye of the Lord; which ma…
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2 Samuel 2:6 Ver. 6. And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you,.... Or true kindness; confer real favours, bestow upon you good and substantial blessings, blessings indeed! and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. He not only prayed to God to bless them and reward them for i…
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2 Samuel 2:7 Ver. 7. Now therefore let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant,.... And not be afraid of the Philistines, who might resent their conduct in taking away from them the bodies of Saul and his sons, whom they had hung up in triumph; and these men might fear they would bring their armies against them,…
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2 Samuel 2:8 Ver. 8. But Abner, the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host,.... This man's father, Ner, was Saul's uncle, 1Sa 14:50, and he was his own cousin, and being general of his army, a post he was willing to keep, might be the reasons for doing what he did, as follows: took Ishbosheth the son of Saul; and who see…
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2 Samuel 2:9 Ver. 9. And he made him king over Gilead,.... Which lay beyond Jordan, and included the tribes of Gad and Reuben, and the half tribe of Manasseh; these he prevailed upon to acknowledge Ishbosheth, their king, and proclaimed him king over them: and over the Ashurites: that is, those of the house or tribe …
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2 Samuel 2:10 Ver. 10. Ishbosheth, Saul's son, [was] forty years old when he began to reign over Israel,.... Being born the same year his father began to reign. See Gill on "1Sa 31:6"; and reigned two years; which some understand of these, and no more; and whereas David reigned seven years and a half over Judah, befo…
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2 Samuel 2:11 Ver. 11. 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 ca…
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2 Samuel 2:12 Ver. 12. And Abner the son of Ner,.... Who was before captain of Saul's host, and now of Ishbosheth's: and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul; who seem to be not only his domestic servants, that waited upon him, or his courtiers, but his whole army by what follows: went out from Mahanaim to Gib…
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2 Samuel 2:13 Ver. 13. And Joab the son of Zeruiah,.... A sister of David, and this her son was general of David's army: and the servants of David, went out; that is, his army went out from Hebron to Gibeon, which was twenty four miles {d} to meet that under Abner; for though he had but one tribe with him, and Ishbos…
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2 Samuel 2:14 Ver. 14. And Abner said to Joab,.... Perceiving he made no motion towards an engagement with him, his orders from David being only to act on the defensive, and avoid as much as possible the effusion of blood: let the young men now arise, and play before us; with their swords after the manner of gladiato…
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2 Samuel 2:15 Ver. 15. Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin,.... Whom Abner had picked out of that tribe, being his own, and whom he knew to be stout and courageous men, and closely attached to him. It seems by this as if Abner's men, [which pertained to] Ishbosheth, the son of Saul, passed ove…
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2 Samuel 2:16 Ver. 16. And they caught everyone his fellow by the head,.... By the hair of his head with his hand:and [thrust] his sword in his fellow's side; which he had in the other;so they fell down together; the twelve on each side, all the twenty four; some think only the twelve on Abner's side fell; but to me i…
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2 Samuel 3:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 3 This chapter begins with the continuation of the war between the house of Saul and the house of David, 2Sa 3:1; and gives an account of the wives of David, and his sons by them, 2Sa 3:2; of a quarrel between Ishbosheth and Abner, 2Sa 3:6; and of Abner's proposal to make a …
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2 Samuel 3:2 Ver. 2. And unto David were sons born in Hebron,.... He was married before he came there, had wives in his state of exile, but had no children by them there, at least no sons; if any, only daughters: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; who being mentioned first, and her son his firs…
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2 Samuel 3:3 Ver. 3. And the second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite,.... That is: who had been the wife of Nabal. This son's name is called Daniel, 1Ch 3:1; and was the first name he had, and which his father gave him, because as if he should say, "God hath judged me", and pleaded the cause of his…
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2 Samuel 3:4 Ver. 4. And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith,.... The same that usurped the throne before his father's death, to anticipate Solomon, and died by his order, 1Ki 1:5; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; of whom we read nowhere else.…
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2 Samuel 3:5 Ver. 5. And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife,.... Who also is not spoken of in any other place; only, in a like chronological account as the former, it is remarked that the mother of this only is called David's wife; the reason of which is supposed to be, either because she was a person of no not…
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2 Samuel 3:6 Ver. 6. And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David,.... As long as that continued, as it did until the following quarrel happened between Ishbosheth and Abner: that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul; or was strongly in the interest of that hous…
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2 Samuel 3:7 Ver. 7. And Saul had a concubine, whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah,.... By whom he had two sons, 2Sa 21:8. Josephus {a} calls her father's name Sibathus: and [Ishbosheth] said to Abner; though the word "Ishbosheth" is not in the text, it is rightly supplied; for no other can be supposed to s…
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2 Samuel 3:8 Ver. 8. Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth,.... If false he had a good deal of reason for it; and if true, he thought he deserved better at his hands, than to be reproved for and upbraided with what he might think was a very small fault, and might easily be connived at, and especially i…
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2 Samuel 3:9 Ver. 9. So do God to Abner, and more also,.... He wishes the worst of evils to himself, such as he cared not to name; but left them to be supposed what he meant as utter ruin and destruction of himself, soul and body: except as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; meaning if he did not do t…
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2 Samuel 3:10 Ver. 10. To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul,.... Which was what the Lord had sworn to do, 1Sa 15:28; and which Abner now threatens to do, insolently taking that to himself which belonged to the Lord, and as if he could not do it without him: and to set up the throne of David over Israel and…
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2 Samuel 3:11 Ver. 11. And he could not answer Abner a word again,.... That is, he would not, he durst not; otherwise, if it was fact he charged him with, he could have insisted on the truth of it, and aggravated the crime and scandal of it; and observed it to him, that the kindness he had shown him was no excuse for …
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2 Samuel 3:12 Ver. 12. And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf,.... On his own account, and not on the account of Ishbosheth, or the people of Israel; but to obtain terms for himself, or in his own name, as representing him and standing in his stead; or secretly, as Kimchi explains it, unknown to Ishbosheth, …
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2 Samuel 3:13 Ver. 13. And he said, well, I will make a league with thee,.... He accepted of the offer, he was ready and willing to enter into a covenant of friendship with him, and forgive all past offences: but one thing I require of thee; as the condition of this covenant: that is, thou shall not see my face; be …
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2 Samuel 3:14 Ver. 14. And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son,.... When Abner's messengers returned to him, and acquainted him with the condition of David's entering into a league with him, it is highly probable that Abner sent them or others to David, to let him know that he could not do this of himself;…
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2 Samuel 3:15 Ver. 15. And Ishbosheth sent and took her from [her] husband,.... Her second husband, to whom Saul had given her, 1Sa 25:44; [even] from Phaltiel the son of Laish; he is called Phalti in 1Sa 25:44.…
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2 Samuel 3:16 Ver. 16. And her husband went with her along weeping behind her,.... Because of his great affection to her, unwilling to part with her, but forced to it at the command of the king her brother: to Bahurim; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, 2Sa 19:16; perhaps the same with Almon, Jos 21:18; these two words…
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2 Samuel 3:17 Ver. 17. And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel,.... Had a conference with the chiefs of the several tribes about the affairs of the kingdom: saying, ye sought for David in time past [to be] king over you; that is, at the death of Saul, and not before; for it was pretty generally known th…
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2 Samuel 3:18 Ver. 18. Now then do [it],.... Make him your king, and I shall no longer oppose it as I have done:for the Lord hath spoken of David; concerning his being king, and the saviour of his people Israel:saying, by the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and…
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2 Samuel 4:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 4 This chapter relates the concern the death of Abner gave to Ishbosheth, and the men of Israel, 2Sa 4:1; the murder of Ishbosheth by two of his captains, who cut off his head, and brought it to David, 2Sa 4:2; by whom they were rewarded according to their deserts, he puttin…
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2 Samuel 4:2 Ver. 2. And Saul's son had two men [that were] captains of bands,.... Of troops in the army, or of guards about the person of Ishbosheth son of Saul: the name of the one [was] Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; so that these men were br…
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2 Samuel 4:3 Ver. 3. And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until that day. At the death of Saul, when many of the Israelites deserted their cities, and left them to the Philistines, 1Sa 31:7; and so the inhabitants of Beeroth forsook their city, which was near the Philistines, and went to Gitt…
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2 Samuel 4:4 Ver. 4. And Jonathan, Saul's son,.... His eldest son, who died at the same time with him: had a son [that was] lame of [his] feet; of both feet, which were broken or bruised by a fall, as later related: and he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel: that is, when th…
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2 Samuel 4:5 Ver. 5. And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went,.... From Gittaim, where they were sojourners, 2Sa 4:3; or from the army, where they had commissions, wherever it was: and came, about the heat of the day; the middle of the day, at noon, as follows: to the house of Ishbosheth; which…
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2 Samuel 4:6 Ver. 6. And they came thither into the midst of the house,.... They not only came unto it, but entered into it, and went into the inmost part of it; the guards being asleep also perhaps, or not on duty, so that there were none to obstruct them; or if there were, they deceived them, since they went in [as…
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2 Samuel 4:7 Ver. 7. For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber,.... This is repeated to give a more particular account of the murder; though Abarbinel thinks they went in twice; when they went in first they smote him under the fifth rib, and made their escape; but fearing they had not left…
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2 Samuel 4:8 Ver. 8. And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron,.... Supposing it would have been a very acceptable present to him: and said to the king, behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; all which, his relation to Saul, his enmity to David, and his de…
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