2 Samuel 3:37
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
2 Samuel 3:37 in other translations
| BSB | So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner. |
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| WEB | So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner. |
| ASV | So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. |
| YLT | and all the people know, even all Israel, in that day, that it hath not been from the king--to put to death Abner son of Ner. |
| DARBY | And all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death. |
| BBE | So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner. |
| Webster | For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. |
What does 2 Samuel 3:37 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:22-39
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…
2 Samuel 3:37 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 2 Samuel 3:36
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
- 2 Samuel 3:37
For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.
- 2 Samuel 3:38
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
2 Samuel 3:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y todo el pueblo y todo Israel entendieron aquel día, que no había venido del rey que Abner hijo de Ner muriese. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et en ce jour-là tout le peuple et tout Israël reconnurent que ce n’était point de par le roi qu’on avait fait mourir Abner, fils de Ner. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das ganze Volk und ganz Israel erkannten an jenem Tage, daß es nicht von dem König ausgegangen war, Abner, den Sohn Ners, zu töten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et cognovit omne vulgus et universus Israël in die illa, quoniam non actum fuisset a rege ut occideretur Abner filius Ner. |