2 Samuel 3:38 KJV — MannaFest

2 Samuel 3:38

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

KJV

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ASV

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

WEB

Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?

YLT

And the king saith unto his servants, `Do ye not know that a prince and a great one hath fallen this day in Israel?

DBT

And the king said to his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

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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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Job 32:9
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
2 Samuel 3:12
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
2 Samuel 2:8
But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish–bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
1 Samuel 14:50–51
And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.

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If he could be brought to do it sincerely, it would be an expression of repentance for his sin in slaying him. If he did it in show only, as it is likely he did, yet it was a sort of penance imposed upon him, and a present commutation of the punishment. If he do not as yet expiate the murder with his blood, let him do something towards it with tears.

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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