Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Here is, I. The struggle that David had with the house of Saul before his settlement in the throne was completed, Sa2 3:1. 1. Both sides contested. Saul's house, though beheaded and diminished, would not fall tamely. It is not strange between them, but one would wonder it should be a long war, when David's house had right on its side, and therefore God on...

Commenting on 2 Samuel 3:1-6

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith,.... The same that usurped the throne before his father's death, to anticipate Solomon, and died by his order, Kg1 1:5, and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; of whom we read nowhere else.

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

2Sa 3:2-5 Growth of the House of David. - Proof of the advance of the house of David is furnished by the multiplication of his family at Hebron. The account of the sons who were born to David at Hebron does not break the thread, as Clericus, Thenius, and others suppose, but is very appropriately introduced here, as a practical proof of the strengthening of...

Commenting on 2 Samuel 3:2-5