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.
• 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.
• 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

28Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner. 29May his blood fall on the head of Joab and on his whole family! May Joab’s family never be without someone who has a running sore or leprosy or who leans on a crutch or who falls by the sword or who lacks food.” (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.) 31Then David said to Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and walk in mourning in front of Abner.” King David himself walked behind the bier. 32They buried Abner in Hebron, and the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb. All the people wept also.

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 28:17Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back.
• Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer; for though he escaped from the sea, the goddess Justice has not allowed him to live.”
• 2 Samuel 2:19He chased Abner, turning neither to the right nor to the left as he pursued 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