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2 Samuel 3:24

King James Version (KJV)

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Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?

2 Samuel 3:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:24

Theological / Devotional

What hast thou done? Joab bitterly remonstrated with David for having secretly negotiated with Abner. Joab may have had an honest suspicion of Abner’s integrity, but in addition there existed a feeling of personal enmity, due partly to the fact that in the famous old warrior Joab would find a formidable rival, and partly to the blood feud between him and Abner for the slaying of Asahel (2 Sam. 2:22, 23).

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