1And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:
We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here is, I. The weakness of Saul’s house. Still it grew weaker and weaker. 1. As for Ishbosheth, who was in possession of the throne, his hands were feeble, 2 Sam. 4:1. All the strength they ever had was from Abner’s support, and now that he was dead he had no spirit left in him. Though Abner had, in a passion, deserted his interest, yet he hoped, by his means, to make good terms with David; but n…
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