2 Samuele 3:26

26 E Joab, uscito che fu da Davide, spedì dei messi dietro ad Abner, i quali lo fecero ritornare dalla cisterna di Siva, senza che Davide ne sapesse nulla.

2 Samuele 3:26 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 3:26

And when Joab was come out from David
Which perhaps he did at once, as soon as ever he had spoken his mind, and flew out of the room in a great passion, not waiting for the king's answer, since we read of none returned; though it may be the king disdained to give him one, or cared not to confer with him while in his passion, until it subsided; or chose not to provoke him more, for it is plain he had great power over him; which generals of armies at this time very much assumed, see ( 2 Samuel 3:39 ) ;

he sent messengers after Abner;
in the name of the king, as Abarbinel rightly supposes, and so Josephus ^F6; for otherwise it can hardly be thought he would have returned on a message from Joab only, who he knew bore him ill will:

which brought him again from the well of Sirah;
which might have its name from the thorns and briers that grew about it. Josephus ^F7 calls it Besira, and says it was twenty furlongs or two and an half miles from Hebron:

but David [knew] it not;
that Joab had sent messengers in his name after Abner to fetch him back; it was not done by his order, with his consent or knowledge; this is observed, to clear David from any concern in the death of Abner, as follows.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 1. sect. 5.
F7 Ibid.

2 Samuele 3:26 In-Context

24 Allora Joab si recò dal re, e gli disse "Che hai tu fatto? Ecco, Abner era venuto da te; perché l’hai tu licenziato, sì ch’egli ha potuto andarsene liberamente?

25 Tu sai chi sia Abner, figliuolo di Ner! egli è venuto per ingannarti, per spiare i tuoi movimenti, e per sapere tutto quello che tu fai".

26 E Joab, uscito che fu da Davide, spedì dei messi dietro ad Abner, i quali lo fecero ritornare dalla cisterna di Siva, senza che Davide ne sapesse nulla.

27 E quando Abner fu tornato a Hebron, Joab lo trasse in disparte nello spazio fra le due porte, come volendogli parlare in segreto, e quivi lo colpì nell’inguine, sì ch’egli ne morì; e ciò, per vendicare il sangue di Asael suo fratello.

28 Davide, avendo poi udito il fatto, disse: "Io e il mio regno siamo in perpetuo innocenti, nel cospetto dell’Eterno, del sangue di Abner, figliuolo di Ner;