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2 Samuel 3 — Sermon Preparation
As David's house grows stronger, Abner breaks with Ish-bosheth and defects to David's side, but Joab murders him in revenge, embarrassing David politically. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 3, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 39
- verses
- 656 / 224
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 3 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אַבְנֵר | ʼAbnêr | H74 | 28 | Abner |
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 28 | David |
| יוֹאָב | Yôwʼâb | H3097 | 10 | Joab |
| שָׁאוּל | Shâʼûwl | H7586 | 9 | Shaul |
| חֶבְרוֹן | Chebrôwn | H2275 | 7 | Chebron |
| אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת | ʼÎysh-Bôsheth | H378 | 6 | Ish-Bosheth |
| שָׁלַח | shâlach | H7971 | 8 | send |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 3, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Judgments are prepared for such scorners as Abner; but Joab, in what he did, acted wickedly. David laid Abner's murder deeply to heart, and in many ways expressed his detestation of it. The guilt of blood brings a curse upon families: if men do not avenge it, God will. It is a sad thing to die like a fool, as they do that any way shorten their own days, and those who make no provision for another world. Who would be fond of power, when a man may have the name of it, and must be accountable for it, yet is hampered in the use of it? …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Samuel 3:22–39 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Beersheba 1— 2 Sam 3:10
- Dan— 2 Sam 3:10
- Hebron— 2 Sam 3:12
- Bahurim— 2 Sam 3:16
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