2 Samuel 3:9

2 Samuel 3:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the Lord hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;
• New International Version (NIV)May God deal with Abner, be it ever so severely, if I do not do for David what the Lord promised him on oath
• English Standard Version (ESV)God do so to Abner and more also, if I do not accomplish for David what the Lord has sworn to him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David as the Lord has sworn to him—

Context of 2 Samuel 3:9

7And Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, “Why have you gone in to my father’s concubine?” 8Then Abner became very angry over Ish-bosheth’s question and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not let you fall into the hands of David; yet today you call me to account for wrongdoing with that woman? May God do so to me, and more so, if as the Lord has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him: 10to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba!” 11And Ish-bosheth could no longer say a word in response to Abner, because he was afraid of him.

2 Samuel 3:9 word by word

כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְאַבְנֵ֔ר וְכֹ֖ה יֹסִ֣יף ל֑וֹ כִּ֗י כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֤ע יְהוָה֙ לְדָוִ֔ד כִּֽי־כֵ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• May Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• soכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• meאֲבִינֵר'abnêr 'ăbîynêr · AbnerH74
• and moreיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
• as the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has swornשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• to Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• thisכֵּןkên · soH3651

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 3:9

• 2 Samuel 3:35Then all the people came to provide food for David in his distress while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, “May God do so to me, and more so, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down.”
• 2 Samuel 19:13And say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more so, if you will not be commander of the army for me continually, in place of Joab.’”
• Ruth 1:17Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord do so to me, and worse, if anything but death separates me from you.”
• 1 Samuel 3:17He said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do the same to you, and more so, if you hide a single word from me of all the words that He spoke to you!”
• 1 Samuel 14:44And Saul said, “May God do the same to me and more also, for you shall certainly die, Jonathan!”
• 1 Samuel 25:22May God do so to the enemies of David, and more so, if by morning I leave alive as much as one male of any who belong to him.”
• 1 Kings 19:2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more so, if by about this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the life of one of them.”
• 1 Samuel 15:28So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.
• 1 Samuel 16:1Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”
• 1 Samuel 28:17And the Lord has done just as He spoke through me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.
• 1 Chronicles 12:23Now these are the numbers of the divisions equipped for war, who came to David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord.
• Psalms 89:3“I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to My servant David,

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 3:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Except, as the Lord hath sworn to David - And why did he not do this before, when he knew that God had given the kingdom to David? Was he not now, according to his own concession, fighting against God?Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-21Verses 7-21 Many, like Abner, are not above committing base crimes, who are too proud to bear reproof, or even the suspicion of being guilty. While men go on in sin, and apparently without concern, they are often conscious that they are fighting against God. Many mean to serve their own purposes; and will betray those who trust them, when they can get any advantage. Yet the Lord serves his own designs, even by those who are thus actuated by revenge…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9do for David what the LORD has sworn to him: Abner was aware that God had chosen David to be king over all Israel (see also 2 Samuel 3:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-116-11. Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul--In the East, the wives and concubines of a king are the property of his successor to this extent, that for a private person to aspire to marry one of them would be considered a virtual advance of pretensions to the crown (see 1Ki 2:17). It is not clear whether the accusation against Abner was well or ill founded. But he resented the charge as an indignity, and, impelled by revenge, determined to…Read the comment

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• Abner
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• Ish-Bosheth
• Treason

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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