2 Samuel 2:22 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 2:22

Once again, Abner warned Asahel, “Stop chasing me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How could I show my face to your brother Joab?”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

KJV

And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, Chapter 16 (604)

But when the passionate so attack others that they cannot be altogether shunned, they should be smitten, not with open rebuke, but sparingly with a certain respectful cautiousness. And this we shall shew better if we bring forward what was done by Abner. For, when Asahel attacked him with the violence of inconsiderate haste, it is written, "Abner spake unto Asahel, saying. Turn thee aside from following me, lest I be driven to smite thee to the ground. Howbeit he scorned to listen, and refused to turn aside.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is commendable for enemies to be thus respectful one to another. Abner's care how he should lift up his face to Joab gives cause to suspect that he really believed David would have the kingdom at last, according to the divine designation, and then, in opposing him, he acted against his conscience. How fatal Asahel's rashness was to him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Asahel pursued after Abner--To gain the general's armor was deemed the grandest trophy. Asahel, ambitious of securing Abner's, had outstripped all other pursuers, and was fast gaining on the retreating commander. Abner, conscious of possessing more physical power, and unwilling that there should be "blood" between himself and Joab, Asahel's brother, twice urged him to desist.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֧סֶף	vai.Yo.sef	and he repeated	H3254 →
ע֣וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
אַבְנֵ֗ר	'av.Ner	Abner	H74 →
לֵאמֹר֙	le.Mor	to say	H559 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל	'a.sa.h.'El	Asahel	H6214 →
ס֥וּר	sur	turn aside	H5493 →
לְךָ֖	le.Kha	for <the> yourself
מֵאַֽחֲרָ֑י	me.'a.cha.Rai	from after me	H310 →
לָ֤מָּה	La.mah	<to> why?	H4100 →
אַכֶּ֙כָּה֙	'ak.Ke.kah	will I strike you	H5221 →
אַ֔רְצָה	'Ar.tzah	[the] ground towards	H776 →
וְאֵיךְ֙	ve.'eiKh	and how?	H349 →
אֶשָּׂ֣א	'e.Sa'	will I lift up	H5375 →
פָנַ֔י	fa.Nai	face my	H6440 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
יוֹאָ֖ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
אָחִֽיךָ׃	'a.Chi.kha	brother your	H251 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
leads to
- Proverbs 6:15
  Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
- 1 Samuel 2:25
  If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since…
- Proverbs 28:18
  He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
- Proverbs 1:24–31
  Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
- Zechariah 7:11–14
  But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
Through
Ecclesiastes 6:10
Whatever exists was named long ago, and what happens to a man is foreknown; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.
leads to
- Job 9:32
  For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
- Isaiah 45:9–10
  Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- Job 40:2
  “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”

About 2 Samuel

Combat between Soldiers of Ish-bosheth and David — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About 2 Samuel

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

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