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.)
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner because Abner had killed their brother Asahel at the battle of Gibeon.

Context of 2 Samuel 3:30

28Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father's house, and may the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or who is leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!" So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon. 31Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier. 32They buried Abner at Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and 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 28:17If one is burdened with the blood of another, he will be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.
• Acts 28:4When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."
• 2 Samuel 2:19And Asahel pursued Abner, and as he went, he turned neither to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

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