Shmuel Bais 3:18

18 Now then do it; for Hashem hath spoken of Dovid, saying, By the yad of Avdi Dovid I will save My people Yisroel out of the yad Pelishtim, and out of the yad of all their oyevim.

Shmuel Bais 3:18 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 3:18

Now then do [it]
Make him your king, and I shall no longer oppose it as I have done:

for the Lord hath spoken of David;
concerning his being king, and the saviour of his people Israel:

saying, by the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel
out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their
enemies;
and which, though where recorded in so many words, yet was the sense of the promise of making him king, and the design of his unction; and besides they might have been spoken to Samuel, though not written; and which he might report, and so might pass from one to another to be generally known.

Shmuel Bais 3:18 In-Context

16 And her ish went with her going along weeping behind her to Bachurim. Then said Avner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.

17 And Avner had communication with the Ziknei Yisroel, saying, Ye sought for Dovid in times past to be melech over you;

18 Now then do it; for Hashem hath spoken of Dovid, saying, By the yad of Avdi Dovid I will save My people Yisroel out of the yad Pelishtim, and out of the yad of all their oyevim.

19 And Avner also spoke in the oznayim of Binyamin; and Avner went also to speak in the oznayim of Dovid in Chevron all that seemed tov to Yisroel, and to the kol Bais Binyamin.

20 So Avner came to Dovid to Chevron, and esrim anashim with him. And Dovid made Avner and the anashim that were with him a mishteh.