2 Samuel 3:37 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 3:37

For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

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ASV

So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

WEB

So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.

YLT

and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king--to put to death Abner son of Ner.

DBT

And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death.

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2 Samuel — David's reign in three movements — rise, fall, consequences — with the Davidic covenant (ch. 7) as the vertical spine down the centre. A covenant held through both rise and fall; a throne established for ever.

Author: Traditional: compilation by Nathan and Gad from Samuel's earlier records (1 Chr 29:29)
Date: Events c. 1010–970 BC; compilation during Solomon's early reign

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1 Kings 2:32
And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
1 Chronicles 27:21
Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
2 Samuel 16:7
And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:

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), of which he was solicitous to avoid the suspicion, lest Joab's villany should make him odious, as that of Simeon and Levi did Jacob, Gen. xxxiv. On this occasion it is said, Whatever the king did pleased all the people.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

David's Wives and Children. 1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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