to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”
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to transfer the kingdom from Saul’s house, and to set up David’s throne over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.”
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To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.
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to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.'
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 3:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 20:1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
- 1 Samuel 3:20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 17:11 But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person.
- 2 Samuel 24:2 The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”
- 1 Kings 4:25 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house…
2Sa 3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba.
Ver. 10. To translate the kingdom] This was Abner’s arrogance to boast such great things of himself, as if he had carried a king in his pocket, as that great Earl of Warwick in Edward IV’s time was said to have done.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul,....…
To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul,.... Which was what the Lord had sworn to do, Sa1 15:28; and which Abner now threatens to do, insolently taking that to himself which belonged to the Lord, and as if he could not do it without him:
and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah; over the one as well as over the other; for it was set over Judah already:
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from Dan even unto Beersheba; which were the utmost borders of the land of Israel, from north to south, and so includes the whole.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 3:10. To translate the kingdom from the house…
2Sa 3:10. To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul — A wonderful change, which the study of revenge had wrought in him, that he who so lately had gone about the country confirming the Israelites in their opposition to David, now resolved to bring them all over to him! But here we see the hand of God. Providence made use of this unjust resentment of Abner to bring about its own designs with regard to David.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. from Dan even to Beer-sheba] Over the whole…
10. from Dan even to Beer-sheba] Over the whole land of Israel. See note on 1Sa_3:20.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) To translate the kingdom.—This sudden expression of Abner’s…
(10) To translate the kingdom.—This sudden expression of Abner’s resolve seems to imply that he had before had the matter under consideration, and shows that there was some ground for the reproach of Ish-bosheth. The following verse brings out clearly the utter weakness of Ish-bosheth.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul.
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To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul.
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The translation of life
The kingdom was to pass from the house of Saul to the house of David, and David was to be king over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. The thought is that kingdoms of an earthly kind change hands, and therefore they are to be regarded as belonging to things temporary and mutable, and not to things eternal and unchangeable. What hast thou that thou hast not received? By long use men come to entertain the idea of sole proprietorship, and thus the sense of monopoly increases. Our children are not ours, they are Gods; our lives are not our own, they belong to the Creator; we have no, thing, except in the sense of stewardship and in the sense of involving responsibility for the use we make of it. It is well that men can only reign for a certain time; it, would be well if royalty could change its point of origin, so that human vanity might be checked and human ambition might be baffled in many a course. We are not to think of earthly kingdoms alone as meaning political sovereignities; we are to think of personal influence, institutional functions, and all arrangements made to meet the necessity of the present day; all these things must be changed in order to be purified; the direction may be altered in order that attention may be wakened; those who imagine themselves secure for ever must be shaken out of their security, that they may learn that there is no permanence but in God. The Lord reigneth. All men reign under Him, and are subject to His will. They only are happy who use the world as not abusing it, and who hold it with so light a hand that at any moment they can lay it down again. (J. Parker, D. D.)
God in history
Someone has pithily said: There are three kinds of histories. There is that which makes the king the centre of the story. The tale is mainly one of wars and their causes. It speaks glowingly of the kings victories, and explains away his defeats. It has been dubbed, The Drum and Trumpet History. Then there is that which traces the growth of the people--their morals, customs, politics, and religion. This is the Bread and Success history. But, last of all, there is the history like that of the chosen nation, where the guide and ruler is God. This is true history, for it reckons in the mightiest fact and force of all. It is the Sane and Sublime History, and no other is worth the name.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:10 and give it to David: Cp. 1 Sam…
3:10 and give it to David: Cp. 1 Sam 28:17. • I will establish the throne of David: Whether an ally or enemy, Abner was a powerful man. Here he speaks like God (see 2 Sam 7:13).
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