2 Samuel 3:24 (BSB)

So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!

From 2 Samuel 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:24

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:22-39: We have here an account of the murder of Abner by Joab, and David's deep resentment of it. I. Joab very insolently fell foul upon David for treating with Abner. He happened to be abroad upon service when Abner was with David, pursuing a troop, either of Philistines or of Saul's party; but, upon his return, he was informed that Abner was just gone (Sa2...
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on 2 Samuel 3:24: Then Joab came to the king,.... To the apartment where he was; perhaps he was told the above at his first entering into the king's palace, by some in waiting, before he came to the king, which filled him with wrath, so that he came to him in a passion: and said to him, what hast thou done?
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on 2 Samuel 3:24: JOAB KILLS ABNER. (Sa2 3:22-30) Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?--Joab's knowledge of Abner's wily character might have led him to doubt the sincerity of that person's proposals and to disapprove the policy of relying on his fidelity. But undoubtedly there were other reasons of a private and personal nature which made Joab displeased and alarmed by the reception given to Abner.
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on 2 Samuel 3:24: Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why [is] it [that] thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? (i) Here appears the malicious mind of Joab, who would have had the king slay Abner for his private grudge.