Matthew Poole Commentary - 2 Samuel 4:4

Matthew Poole Commentary - 2 Samuel 4:4 - 4:4

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 2 Samuel 4:4 - 4:4

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:5 - 4:5
4:6 - 4:6
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12

This history is inserted as that which encouraged these men to this wicked murder, because Saul’s family was now reduced to a low ebb; and if Ish-bosheth was dispatched, there would be none left but a lame child, who was altogether unfit to manage the kingdom, especially in so troublesome a time as this was; and therefore the crown must necessarily come to David by their act and deed, for which they promised themselves no small recompence.

Jezreel; the place of that last and fatal fight, 1Sa_29:1.

Mephibosheth; called also Merib-baal, 1Ch_8:34. See Poole "2Sa_2:8".