Sāmǔĕrjìxià 2:27

27 Yuē yē shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de shén qǐshì , nǐ ruò bù shuō xì shuǎ de nà jù huà , jīnrì zǎochen bǎixìng jiù huí qù , bú zhuīgǎn dìxiōng le .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 2:27 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 2:27

And Joab said, as God liveth
Which was the form of an oath, swearing by the living God:

unless thou hadst spoken;
that is, these words in ( 2 Samuel 2:14 ) ; "let the young men arise and play", that he had not given the challenge to fight:

surely then in the morning the people had gone up everyone from
following his brother;
they would have gone away and never fought at all; they were not desirous of shedding their blood, and following after them to slay them: thus he lays the blame upon Abner, and makes him to be the cause and beginner of the war. Some render the particle by "if", and give the sense, that if he had spoken what he last did sooner, the people would long before this time have desisted from pursuing them; for it was not from a thirst after their blood, and a desire to luke vengeance on them, that they pursued them, but to bring them to submission, and lay down their arms; for they could not in honour retreat until they desired it; but the former sense seems best, and is the general sense of the Jewish commentators.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 2:27 In-Context

25 Biànyǎmǐn rén jùjí , gēnsuí Níér zhàn zaì yī gè shāndǐng shàng .

26 Níér hūjiào Yuēyē shuō , dāo jiàn qǐ kĕ yǒngyuǎn shārén ma . nǐ qǐbù zhī zhōngjiǔ bì yǒu kǔchǔ ma . nǐ yào dĕng hé shí cái jiào bǎixìng huí qù , bú zhuīgǎn dìxiōng ne .

27 Yuē yē shuō , wǒ zhǐ zhe yǒngshēng de shén qǐshì , nǐ ruò bù shuō xì shuǎ de nà jù huà , jīnrì zǎochen bǎixìng jiù huí qù , bú zhuīgǎn dìxiōng le .

28 Yúshì Yuēyē chuī jiǎo , zhòng mín jiù zhàn zhù , bú zaì zhuīgǎn Yǐsèliè rén , yĕ bú zaì dǎzhàng le .

29 Níér hé gēnsuí tāde rén zhĕngyè jīngguò yà là bā , guō Yuēdànhé , zǒu guō bì lún , dào le Mǎhāniàn .