2 Samuel 3:25
in 2 Samuel 3Surely you realize that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to track your movements and all that you are doing.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
KJV
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
To these considerations was added the remembrance of the blood feud that existed between them since the death of his brother Asahel (2Sa 2:23).
This site's exposition
returned from a raid, bringing with them a great plunder
on 2 Samuel 3:22-25
Joab returns to find the man who killed his brother Asahel feasted and sent off in peace. His question, “What have you done?”, is an accusation, and he claims that Abner “came to deceive you”. The narrator gives Joab's ground at verse 27, the blood of Asahel shed at 2:23.
This site's exposition
came to deceive you
Joab names Abner son of Ner in full, the commander who had led the army of Saul against David. He charges Abner with spying out the movements of David and all his plans. John Gill hears an appeal to what David knew.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
My wife - Who, though she was taken from me by force, and constrained to marry another, yet is my rightful wife. David demands her, both for the affection he still retained to her, and upon a political consideration that she might strengthen his title to the kingdom.
Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner,....
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ | yada'ta | you know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַבְנֵ֣ר | ʾavner | Abner | H74 → | 63 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֵ֔ר | ner | Ner | H5369 → | 17 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לְפַתֹּתְךָ֖ | lefatotekha | to deceive you | H6601 → | |
| בָּ֑א | ba' | he came | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וְלָדַ֜עַת | veladaat | and to know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מוֹצָֽאֲךָ֙ | motzaakha | exit your | H4161 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מ֣וֹבָאֶ֔ךָ | mivoekha | entrance your | H4126 → | |
| וְלָדַ֕עַת | veladaat | and to know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֵ֛ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| עֹשֶֽׂה׃ | ʾoseh | [are] doing | H6213 → | 2628 times |
יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙you know
yada'taH3045 →945 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַבְנֵ֣רAbner
ʾavnerH74 →63 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נֵ֔רNer
nerH5369 →17 times
כִּ֥יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
לְפַתֹּתְךָ֖to deceive you
lefatotekhaH6601 →
בָּ֑אhe came
ba'H935 →2568 times
וְלָדַ֜עַתand to know
veladaatH3045 →945 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מוֹצָֽאֲךָ֙exit your
motzaakhaH4161 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מ֣וֹבָאֶ֔ךָentrance your
mivoekhaH4126 →
וְלָדַ֕עַתand to know
veladaatH3045 →945 times
אֵ֛ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אַתָּ֖הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
עֹשֶֽׂה׃[are] doing
ʾosehH6213 →2628 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Romans 2:1You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
it leads to
- Luke 6:37
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- Romans 2:3
So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
- John 8:7–9
When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
- Romans 2:21–23
you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
- Matthew 7:1–5
“Do not judge, or you will be judged.
- Luke 6:37
Through
Deuteronomy 28:6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
it leads to
- Psalms 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
- Deuteronomy 31:2
he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 27:17
who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
- Psalms 121:8
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.