2 Samuel 3:1
Now there was long milchamah between the Bais Sha'ul and the Bais Dovid; but Dovid grew stronger and stronger, and the Bais Sha'ul grew weaker and weaker.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2And unto Dovid were banim born in Chevron; and his bechor was Amnon, of Achino'am the Yizre'elit;
Cross References
2 Samuel 2:17And there was a very fierce milchamah that day; and Avner was defeated, and the Anshei Yisroel, before the Avadim of Dovid.
2 Samuel 5:10And Dovid went on, and grew gadol, and Hashem Elohei Tzva'os was with him.
1 Kings 14:30And there was milchamah between Rechav'am and Yarov'am all their yamim (days).
1 Kings 15:32And there was milchamah between Asa and Ba'asha Melech Yisroel all their days.
Esther 6:13And Haman told Zeresh his isha and all his ohavim everything that had befallen him. Then said his chachamim and Zeresh his isha unto him, If Mordechai be of the zera of the Yehudim, before whom thy downfall hast begun, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt nafol tipol (surely fall) before him. + 6:13 See Mt 27:19
Job 17:9The tzaddik also shall hold to his derech, 1 and he whose yadayim are tahor shall grow stronger and stronger. 1
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 →