So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
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So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.
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For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
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So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 3:37 For all the people and all Israel…
2Sa 3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
Ver. 37. That it was not of the king.] This was the end that David aimed at, and attained unto, in the carriage of the whole business. Prudence is usually prosperous.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Not done by his design or good will.
Not done by his design or good will.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For all the people and all Israel understood that…
For all the people and all Israel understood that day,.... Not the people of Judah only, but of Israel also, to whom the knowledge of these things came; they knew and were satisfied by his conduct and behaviour, by his words and actions:
that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner; it was not by the counsel or advice of the king, as the Targum; it was without his knowledge and consent, was contrary to his mind and will; that he had no manner of concern in it, and that if it had been in his power he would have prevented it.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 37. all the people and all Israel] Not only…
37. all the people and all Israel] Not only David’s own subjects in Judah, but the people of the northern kingdom, who must have been specially aggrieved by the murder of their hero, recognised the sincerity of David’s grief, and acquitted him of all complicity in the act. If, as seems probable (2Sa_3:26), Joab had abused the king’s authority in order to bring Abner back, it was doubly necessary for David emphatically to repudiate the act, lest he should have been thought to have had some part in instigating it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All Israel understood. The twenty men who had accompanied…
All Israel understood. The twenty men who had accompanied Abner would be witnesses of all that David did, and would carry their report of it home, and of the high estimation in which his character was held at Hebron. And this gradually would be told throughout the tribes, and the final verdict of all well-disposed people would be in David"s favour.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Do you not know that a prince and a…
Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?
This rhetorical question is used to show how much David respected Abner. Here "fallen" is a euphemism that means "died." It can be translated as a statement. AT: "It is certainly true that a great prince has died today in Israel!" (See: Rhetorical Question and Euphemism)
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a prince and a great man
These two phrases both refer to Abner. AT: "a great prince" (See: Hendiadys)
Ner ... Zeruiah
These are names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)
brutal
animal-like
translationWords
Abner
servant
prince
Israel
anoint
Yahweh
punish
evil
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:37 See study note on 3:31.
3:37 See study note on 3:31.
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