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2 Samuel 3:19

in 2 Samuel 3

Abner also spoke to the Benjamites and went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin.

KJV

And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 3

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Abner had communication with the elders of Israel--He spoke the truth in impressing their minds with the well-known fact of David's divine designation to the kingdom. But he acted a base and hypocritical part in pretending that his present movement was prompted by religious motives, when it sprang entirely from malice and revenge against Ish-bosheth.

This site's exposition

In the past you sought David as your king

on 2 Samuel 3:17-19

Abner works on two audiences, the elders of Israel and the Benjamites. His argument is the word already spoken of David: “Through My servant David I will save My people Israel”. Verse 18 opens “Now take action”, and Charles Spurgeon preached the verse under the title Now Then Do It.

This site's exposition

Abner also spoke to the Benjamites

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that Abner told the elders the truth about David’s calling from God. They read his religious appeal as cover for revenge against Ish-bosheth. He then carried the answer of Benjamin to Hebron himself.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin,....

The words behind it

22 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְדַבֵּ֥רand he spoke

    vaydaberH1696 →1141 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • אַבְנֵ֖רAbner

    ʾavnerH74 →63 times

  • בְּאָזְנֵ֣יin [the] ears of

    beazeneiH241 →187 times

  • בִנְיָמִ֑יןBenjamin

    vinyaminH1144 →166 times

  • וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • אַבְנֵ֗רAbner

    ʾavnerH74 →63 times

  • לְדַבֵּ֞רto speak

    ledaberH1696 →1141 times

  • בְּאָזְנֵ֤יin [the] ears of

    beazeneiH241 →187 times

  • דָוִד֙David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • בְּחֶבְר֔וֹןat Hebron

    bechevronH2275 →72 times

  • אֵ֤ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • טוֹב֙it was good

    tovH2895 →45 times

  • בְּעֵינֵ֣יin [the] eyes of

    beeineiH5869 →887 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וּבְעֵינֵ֖יand in [the] eyes of

    uveeineiH5869 →887 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • בִּנְיָמִֽן׃Benjamin

    binyaminH1144 →166 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 68:27

    There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 9:21

      Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing…

    • Psalms 60:7

      Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim is My helmet, Judah is My scepter.

    • Isaiah 11:13

      Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, and the adversaries of Judah will be cut off. Ephraim will no longer envy Judah, nor will Judah harass Ephraim.

    • 1 Chronicles 12:16

      Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.

    • Genesis 42:32

      We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 12:29

    From Benjamin, the kinsmen of Saul: 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to the house of Saul up to that time.

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 2:8–9

      Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

    • 1 Chronicles 12:2

      they were archers using both the right and left hands to sling stones and shoot arrows; and they were Saul’s kinsmen from Benjamin):

    • Genesis 31:23

      So he took his relatives with him, pursued Jacob for seven days, and overtook him in the hill country of Gilead.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 3 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1375, Now Then Do It; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).

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