2 Samuel 3:13

And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul’s daughter, when thou comest to see my face.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
said	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Well	ט֔וֹב Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · adjective, masculine singular absolute
make	אֶכְרֹ֥ת 'ekh.Rot	H3772	to cut (off · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
league	בְּרִ֑ית be.Rit	H1285	a compact (because made by passing between pieces of fl… · noun, common feminine singular absolute
one	אֶחָ֡ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
thing	דָּבָ֣ר da.Var	H1697	a word · noun, common masculine singular absolute
require	שֹׁאֵ֨ל sho.'El	H7592	to inquire · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
is	לֵאמֹר֙ le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
see	תִרְאֶ֣ה tir.'Eh	H7200	to see · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
face	פָּנַ֔י pa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
first	לִפְנֵ֣י lif.Nei	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
bring	הֱבִיאֲךָ֗ he.vi.'a.Kha	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
Michal	מִיכַ֣ל mi.Khal	H4324	Mikal · proper noun, a woman's name
Saul’s	שָׁא֔וּל sha.'Ul	H7586	Shaul · proper noun, a man's name
daughter	בַּת bat-	H1323	a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms… · noun, common feminine singular construct
comest	בְּבֹאֲךָ֖ be.vo.'a.Kha	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
see	לִרְא֥וֹת lir.'ot	H7200	to see · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
face	פָּנָֽי pa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
Genesis 44:23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
Genesis 44:26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youn…
1 Samuel 18:20-28 And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
1 Samuel 19:11-17 Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If tho…
2 Samuel 3:20-23 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
1 Chronicles 15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a win…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:7-21

Here, I. Abner breaks with Ish-bosheth, and deserts his interest, upon a little provocation which Ish-bosheth unadvisedly gave him. God can serve his own purposes by the sins and follies of men. 1. Ish-bosheth accused Abner of no less a crime than debauching one of his father's concubines, Sa2 3:7. Whether it was so or no does not appear, nor what ground he had for the suspicion: but, however it was, it would have been Ish-bosheth's prudence to be silent, considering how much it was his interest not to disoblige Abner. If the thing was false, and his jealousy groundless, it was very disingenuous and ungrateful to entertain unjust surmises of one who had ventured his all for him, and was cert…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:12

Abner sent messengers to David--Though his language implied a secret conviction, that in supporting Ish-bosheth he had been laboring to frustrate the divine purpose of conferring the sovereignty of the kingdom on David, this acknowledgment was no justification either of the measure he was now adopting, or of the motives that prompted it. Nor does it seem possible to uphold the full integrity and honor of David's conduct in entertaining his secret overtures for undermining Ish-bosheth, except we take into account the divine promise of the kingdom, and his belief that the secession of Abner was a means designed by Providence for accomplishing it. The demand for the restoration of his wife Mich…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 3:13

Except thou first bring Michal - David had already six wives at Hebron; and none of them could have such pretensions to legitimacy as Michal, who had been taken away from him and married to Phaltiel. However distressing it was to take her from a husband who loved her most tenderly, (see Sa2 3:16), yet prudence and policy required that he should strengthen his own interest in the kingdom as much as possible; and that he should not leave a princess in the possession of a man who might, in her right, have made pretensions to the throne. Besides, she was his own lawful wife, and he had a right to demand her when he pleased.

Dictionary and topics

Fast — The sole fast required by the law of Moses was that of the great Day of Atonement (q.v.), Lev. 23:26-32. It is called “the fast” (Acts 27:9). The only other mention of a periodical fast in the Old…
Michal — Rivulet, or who as God?, the younger of Saul’s two daughters by his wife Ahinoam (1 Sam. 14:49, 50). “Attracted by the graces of his person and the gallantry of his conduct, she fell in love with…
Abner · Alienation of, from the house of Saul — Alienation of, from the house of Saul
Conspiracy · .Abner, against Ish-bosheth — .Abner, against Ish-bosheth
Michal · David recovers, to himself — David recovers, to himself
Treason · .Of Abner against Ish-bosheth — .Of Abner against Ish-bosheth

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 3:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:7-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 3:13

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 3:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:7-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 3:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 3:13

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Samuel 3:13

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 3:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 3:13

Rashi on 2 Samuel 3:13