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

28When David later heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner! 29May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab’s house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!” So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle. 31David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. 32So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.

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 28:17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.
• Acts 28:4When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul’s hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!”
• 2 Samuel 2:19Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed 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