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Poole on 2 Samuel 3:12-21: David's Covenant with Abner
[1048 BC] Verse 12:[1] And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 20, 202411 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 3:6-11: Abner's Defection to David
Verse 6:[1] And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 16, 202411 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 3:1-5: David's Growing Household
Verse 1:[1] Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 8, 20246 min read


Poole's Outline of 2 Samuel 3: The Fall of Abner
The war between the house of David and the house of Saul. Six sons born to David in Hebron, 1-5. Abner, displeased with Ish-bosheth,...
Dr. Dilday
Apr 2, 20241 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 2:18-32: The Death of Asahel the Swift
Verse 18:[1] And there were (1 Chron. 2:16) three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was (1 Chron. 12:8)...
Dr. Dilday
Mar 23, 202412 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 2:8-17: Rumble at Gibeon's Pool
Verse 8:[1] But (1 Sam. 14:50) Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host (Heb. the host which was Saul’s[2]), took Ish-bosheth (or,...
Dr. Dilday
Mar 18, 202412 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 2:1-7: David, King of Judah
Verse 1:[1] And it came to pass after this, that David (Judg. 1:1; 1 Sam. 23:2, 4, 9; 30:7, 8) enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go...
Dr. Dilday
Mar 9, 20248 min read


Poole's Outline of 2 Samuel 2: David, King in Hebron
David, by God’s direction, with his company goeth up to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah, 1-4. He commendeth them of Jabesh-gilead...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 29, 20241 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 1:19-27: David's Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, Part 2
Verse 19:[1] The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: (2 Sam. 1:27; 1 Mac. 9:21[2]) how are the mighty fallen! [The...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 26, 202415 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 1:17, 18: David's Lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, Part 1
Verse 17:[1] And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son… Verse 18:[2] ([1 Sam. 31:3] Also he bade...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 23, 20247 min read


Poole on 2 Samuel 1:1-16: The Amalekite's Lying Account of the Death of Saul
[1056 BC] Verse 1:[1] Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from (1 Sam. 30:17, 26) the slaughter of the...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 19, 202418 min read


Poole's Outline of 2 Samuel 1: David's Reaction to the Death of Saul
David being at Ziklag receiveth tidings by an Amalekite of Saul and Jonathan’s death: the messenger pretendeth himself to have killed...
Dr. Dilday
Feb 16, 20241 min read


1 & 2 Samuel: Authorship and Argument
It is not certainly known who was the penman of this Book, or whether it was written by one or more hands; nor is it of any great...
Dr. Dilday
Dec 4, 20191 min read


1 & 2 Samuel: Prolegomena
Question: Who is the author of these books of Samuel? Response 1: A great many agree in this, that this work was composed, not by one,...
Dr. Dilday
Nov 26, 20195 min read


Preface to Poole's "Annotations": History of Bible Annotations
But although we have the Bible in a language we understand, yet we may see reason to cry out as Bernard[1] does with reference to the...
Dr. Dilday
May 10, 201912 min read


Preface to Poole's "Annotations": History of the English Bible
Wherein the Authors of the ensuing Annotations (Supplemental to Mr. Poole)[1] present to the Reader an Historical Account of the...
Dr. Dilday
May 9, 201915 min read


Preface to Poole's "Synopsis": Poole's Patrons
Now, since this Work has required great expenses and pains, it is most equitable that I remember with gratitude those, who, either by...
Dr. Dilday
May 8, 201917 min read


Preface to Poole's "Synopsis": Poole's Method in Compiling the "Synopsis"
Now, what method I proposed to myself in carrying off this Work, and what the Reader might be able to expect from me, and what I would in...
Dr. Dilday
May 8, 20197 min read


Preface to Poole's "Synopsis": Translations of the Bible, Ancient and Modern
Finally, for supplying παραλειπόμενα, the deficiencies of all that remains, I drew in various Versions, or (as they are commonly called)...
Dr. Dilday
May 6, 201912 min read


Preface to Poole's "Synopsis": Biblical Interpreters
Now these are the Books and Authors from which chiefly I have composed this Synopsis.[1] 1. Nine Volumes of Critical Interpreters of the...
Dr. Dilday
May 6, 201923 min read
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