Sāmǔĕrjìxià 3:12

12 Níér dǎfa rén qù jiàn Dàwèi , tì tā shuō , zhè guó guī shuí ne . yòu shuō , nǐ yǔ wǒ lì yuē , wǒ bì bāngzhu nǐ , shǐ Yǐsèliè rén dōu guī fú nǐ .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 3:12

And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf
On his own account, and not on the account of Ishbosheth, or the people of Israel; but to obtain terms for himself, or in his own name, as representing him and standing in his stead; or secretly, as Kimchi explains it, unknown to Ishbosheth, or the people of Israel. The Targum is,

``out of his place;''

he sent them from the place where he was, from Mahanaim:

saying, whose [is] the land?
the land of Israel, is it not thine, David? verily it is; to whom does it belong but unto thee, to whom the Lord has given it? not to any of Saul's posterity: this he ordered the messengers to say in the first place, in order to ingratiate himself to David, and gain his messengers an audience. The Targum is,

``I swear by him that made the earth;''

so Jarchi says, it is an oath by him whose the earth is, even by the living God, whose is the earth, and the fulness thereof:

saying [also], make thy league with me;
he desired to enter into a covenant of friendship with him, that everything that had passed might be forgiven and forgotten:

and, behold, my hand [shall be] with thee, to bring about all Israel
unto thee:
he promises on his part to do his utmost to bring all Israel under his government and to obedience to him.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 3:12 In-Context

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11 Yī shī bō shè jùpà Níér , bù gǎn huídá yī jù .

12 Níér dǎfa rén qù jiàn Dàwèi , tì tā shuō , zhè guó guī shuí ne . yòu shuō , nǐ yǔ wǒ lì yuē , wǒ bì bāngzhu nǐ , shǐ Yǐsèliè rén dōu guī fú nǐ .

13 Dàwèi shuō , hǎo . wǒ yǔ nǐ lì yuē . dàn yǒu yī jiàn , nǐ lái jiàn wǒ miàn de shíhou , ruò bù jiāng Sǎoluó de nǚér mǐ jiǎ daì lái , bì bùdé jiàn wǒde miàn .

14 Dàwèi jiù dǎfa rén qù jiàn Sǎoluó de érzi yī shī bō shè , shuō , nǐ yào jiāng wǒde qī mǐ jiǎ guī huán wǒ . tā shì wǒ cóng qián yòng yī bǎi Fēilìshì rén de yáng pí suǒ pìn déng de .