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2 Samuel 3:9

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him;

2 Samuel 3:9 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:9

Theological / Devotional

So do God to Abner. These words are in the form of a solemn oath (see Ruth 1:17; 1 Sam. 3:17; 25:22; 2 Sam. 19:13; 1 Kings 19:2; 2 Kings 6:31). Abner swears that he will transfer the kingdom to David, and invokes the wrath of God upon himself if he does not fulfill his word.

As the Lord hath sworn. This statement shows how generally it was known that the Lord had chosen David to succeed Saul. There is no record of an oath on the part of God to deliver the kingdom to David, but Abner evidently understood the promise as solemnly sworn. Perhaps there is an allusion to the words “will not lie nor repent” as regards the promise God made through Samuel to rend the kingdom from Saul and to give it to David (1 Sam. 15:28, 29).

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