2 Samuel 3:30

30 Joabe, pois, e Abisai, seu irmão, mataram Abner, por ter ele morto a Asael, irmão deles, na peleja em Gibeão.

2 Samuel 3:30 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 3:30

So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner
For though it was only Joab that gave him the thrust of which he died, Abishai was in the secret, and was consenting and advising to his death, and so an accessory to it; and might be present, ready to assist in it, if occasion required; and so Josephus ^F11 expressly says, that Abishai his brother was with him when he drew his sword, and smote him:

because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle:
which was no just reason at all; his blood was shed in war, this in peace, in cold blood, and under the guise of friendship; that was shed with reluctance, and after fair warning, and in defence of himself; but this wilfully in Joab, unawares to Abner, and in great deceit and hypocrisy; see ( 1 Kings 2:5 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 1. sect. 6.)

2 Samuel 3:30 In-Context

28 Depois Davi, quando o soube, disse: Inocente para sempre sou eu, e o meu reino, para com o Senhor, no tocante ao sangue de Abner, filho de Ner.

29 Caia ele sobre a cabeça de Joabe e sobre toda a casa de seu pai, e nunca falte na casa de Joabe quem tenha fluxo, ou quem seja leproso, ou quem se atenha a bordão, ou quem caia � espada, ou quem necessite de pão.

30 Joabe, pois, e Abisai, seu irmão, mataram Abner, por ter ele morto a Asael, irmão deles, na peleja em Gibeão.

31 Disse Davi a Joabe e a todo o povo que com ele estava: Rasgai as vossas vestes, cingi-vos de sacos e ide pranteando diante de Abner. E o rei Davi ia seguindo o féretro.

32 Sepultaram Abner em Hebrom; e o rei, levantando a sua voz, chorou junto da sepultura de Abner; chorou também todo o povo.