2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2And unto David were sons born in Hebron; and his first-born was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:17And the battle was very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.
2 Samuel 5:10And David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.
1 Kings 14:30And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
1 Kings 15:32And there was war between Asa and Baasa king of Israel all their days.
Esther 6:13And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him: 'If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.'
Job 17:9Yet the righteous holdeth on his way, and he that hath clean hands waxeth stronger and stronger.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 3:1
The battle between Joab and Abner did not end the controversy between the two houses of Saul and David, but it is in this chapter working towards a period. Here is, I. The gradual advance of David's interest, ver. 1 . II. The building up of his family, ver. 2-5 . III. Abner's quarrel with Ish-bosheth, and his treaty with David, ver. 6-12 . IV. The preliminaries settled, ver. 13-16 . V. Abner's undertaking and attempt to bring Israel over to David, ver. 17-21 . VI. The treacherous murder of Abner by Joab, when he… Read the whole commentary →