2 Samuel 3:30

2 Samuel 3:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
• New International Version (NIV)(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
• English Standard Version (ESV)So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

Context of 2 Samuel 3:30

28David heard about it later and said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. 29May it hang over Joab’s head and his father’s whole family, and may the house of Joab never be without someone who has a discharge or a skin disease, or a man who can only work a spindle, or someone who falls by the sword or starves.” Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon. 31David then ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn over Abner.” And King David walked behind the coffin. 32When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept,

2 Samuel 3:30 word by word

וְיוֹאָב֙ וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י אָחִ֔יו הָרְג֖וּ לְאַבְנֵ֑ר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵמִ֜ית אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵ֧ל אֲחִיהֶ֛ם בְּגִבְע֖וֹן בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Joabיוֹאָבyô'âb · JoabH3097
• and Abishaiאֲבִישַׁי'ăbîyshay 'abshay · AbishaiH52
• his brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• Abnerאֲבִינֵר'abnêr 'ăbîynêr · AbnerH74
• because he had slainמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• Asahelעֲשָׂהאֵל‛ăώâh'êl · AsahelH6214
• at Gibeonגִּבְעוֹןgib‛ôn · GibeonH1391
• in the battleמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:30

• Proverbs 28:17Someone burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.
• Acts 28:4When the local people saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “This man, no doubt, is a murderer. Even though he has escaped the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
• 2 Samuel 2:19He chased Abner and did not turn to the right or the left in his pursuit of him.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:30

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-39Verses 22-39 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30See 2 Samuel 2:18–28.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 3:30

• Abishai
• Abner
• Chiding
• Gibeon
• Retaliation
• Tact

In the dictionaries

• Abner
• Gibeon
• Joab
• Gibeon, Gibeonite
• Communication
• Ishbosheth
• Sackcloth
• Translate
• Abishai
• Genealogy

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings