2 Samuel 3:24
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| Overview - 2 Samuel 3 | |
| 1 | During the war David still waxes stronger. |
| 2 | Six sons are born to him in Hebron. |
| 6 | Abner, displeased with Ish-bosheth, |
| 7 | revolts to David. |
| 13 | David requires as a condition to bring him his wife Michal. |
| 17 | Abner, having communed with the Israelites, is feasted by David, and dismissed. |
| 22 | Joab returning from battle, is displeased with the king, and kills Abner. |
| 28 | David curses Joab; |
| 31 | and mourns for Abner. |
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2 Samuel 3:24 (King James Version)
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
- What hast
- Joab and his brother Abishai, David's nephews, had been very faithful and highly useful to him in his distresses; and, from gratitude and natural affection, he had inadvertently permitted them to assume almost as much ascendancy over him as Abner had over the pusillanimous Ishbosheth: he trusted and feared them too much, and allowed them all the importance they claimed; which had emboldened them, especially Joab, to a high degree of presumption.
- 2 Samuel 3:8 2 Samuel 3:39 ; 19:5-7 Numbers 23:11 ; John 18:35