“Sha’ul’s son had two men who were captains of raiding parties, one called Ba‘anah and the other Rekhav, sons of Rimmon the Be’eroti, of the people of Binyamin (for Be’erot is counted as part of Binyamin, even though the Be’erotim fled to Gittayim and have lived as foreigners there to this day).”-2 Samuel 4:2-3 Now […]

Today we begin 2nd Samuel Chapter Four. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James version, click HERE. “When Ish-Boshet the son of Sha’ul heard that Avner had died in Hevron, his courage failed; and all Israel became alarmed.”– 2 Samuel 4:1 The scene now shifts to Mahanaim, north of David, across […]

“So that day, all the people and all Israel understood that the king had had no part in the killing of Avner the son of Ner.  The king said to his servants, ‘You realize that a leader, a great man, has fallen today in Israel.’”-2 Samuel 3:37-38 When we last left off, David was in […]

“Thus Yo’av and Avishai his brother killed Avner, because he had killed their brother ‘Asah’el during the battle in Giv‘on.”-2 Samuel 3:30 I wanna show you something interesting in verse 30, which says… “Thus Yo’av and Avishai his brother killed Avner, because he had killed their brother ‘Asah’el during the battle in Giv‘on.” Notice the […]

“Afterwards, when David heard of it, he said, ‘I and my kingdom are forever innocent of the death of Avner the son of Ner.  Let it fall on the head of Yo’av and all his father’s family. May Yo’av’s family always have someone with a hemorrhage or tzara‘at, or who has to walk with a […]