2 Samuel 15:32

_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN DAVID WAS COME TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNT, WHERE HE WORSHIPPED GOD, BEHOLD,_ _ HUSHAI THE ARCHITE CAME TO MEET HIM WITH HIS COAT RENT, AND EARTH UPON HIS HEAD:_ Top of the mount, where he worshipped - looking toward Jerusalem, where were the ark and tabernacle. HUSHAI THE ARCHITE - a native of Archi, on the frontiers of Benjamin and Ephraim (Joshua 16:2). WITH HIS COAT RENT, х_ KUTAANªTOW_ (H3801), his tunic; Septuagint, _ CHITOON_ (G5509)] - worn usually with sleeves, and reaching to the knees; the proper dress of priests and Levites (Exodus 28:4; Exodus 29:5

31-37 David prays not against Ahithophel's person, but against his counsel. He prayed this, in firm belief that God has all hearts in his hand, and tongues also. But we must second our prayers with endeavours, and David did so, else we tempt God. But we do not find wisdom and simplicity so united in any mere man, that we can perceive nothing which needs forgiveness. Yet, when the Son of David was treated with all possible treachery and cruelty, his wisdom, meekness, candour, and patience, were perfect. Him let us follow, cleave to, and serve, in life and in death....

Verse 2 Samuel 15:32. _WHERE HE WORSHIPPED GOD_] Though in danger of his life, he stops on the top of Mount Olivet for prayer! How true is the adage, _Prayer and provender never hinder any man's journey_! Reader, dost thou do likewise? _HUSHAI THE ARCHITE_] He was the particular friend of David, and was now greatly affected by his calamity....

Render ... “when David was come to the top of the mount where people worship God.” The top here, and in 2 Samuel 16:1, is used almost as a proper name. No doubt there was a high-place upon the top of the Mount of Olives....

EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 15:1 AFTER THIS. The Hebrew is a more precise phrase than that on which we have commented on 2 Samuel 10:1 and 2 Samuel 13:1, and implies that Absalom began his devices soon after obtaining his liberty. CHARIOTS AND HORSES; Hebrew, _a chariot and horses; _that is, a chariot for state occasions, in which Absalom rode, while fifty footmen ran at his side. Probably his grandfather Talmai practised similar magnificence at Geshur. In India it is still common for men of rank to be attended by runners on foot, who will keep up with horses or elephants for an incredible distance....

AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT [WHEN] DAVID WAS COME TO THE TOP [OF THE MOUNT],.... Of the mount of Olives: WHERE HE WORSHIPPED GOD; by prayer and praise; here very probably he composed and sung the third psalm Psalms 3:1, which, as the title shows, was made when he fled from Absalom: BEHOLD, HUSHAI THE ARCHITE CAME TO MEET HIM, WITH HIS COAT RENT, AND EARTH UPON HIS HEAD; in token of mourning, and as a bringer of bad tidings, see 2 Samuel 1:2; perhaps he was an inhabitant of Archi, at least originally, which lay on the borders of the tribe of Ephraim, Joshua 16:2; from whence he had his name....

5. ABSALOM'S CONSPIRACY AND DAVID'S FLIGHT CHAPTER 15 _ 1. Absalom steals the hearts of the men of Israel (2 Samuel 15:1)_ 2. His conspiracy (2 Samuel 15:7) 3. The flight of the king (2 Samuel 15:13) The beautiful prince gradually prepared for the great conspiracy of which we read now and which made of his own father the Lord's anointed, an exile. Chariots and horses with fifty men to run before him won no doubt the admiration of the people. His evident interest in their welfare, kissing those who sought his presence and advice, endeared him still more to the men of Israel. To this must be added his open words, which must have quickly circulated among the people, “Oh, that

2 Samuel 15:1 to 2 Samuel 16:14. REVOLT OF ABSALOM. FLIGHT OF DAVID (J). 2 Samuel 15:1. Absalom makes himself popular by professing an interest in the litigation of the people. 2 SAMUEL 15:7. After four years (so read with Syr. and some texts of LXX), having obtained the king's permission on a false pretext, Absalom goes to Hebron and organises revolt. 2 SAMUEL 15:12. GILOH: Joshua 15:51....

THE TOP. Doubtless. high place where God was worshipped. Nob was near where the Tabernacle once stood. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. HUSHAI. David's friend. Compare 2 Samuel 15:37; 2 Samuel 16:16; 1 Chronicles 27:33. ARCHITE. Probably -a native of Archi, on frontier of Benjamin and Ephraim. COAT. the long tunic with sleeves....

Hushai commissioned to defeat Ahithophel 30. _the ascent of_mount _Olivet_ Lit. BY THE ASCENT OF OLIVES: the name _mount Olivet_is derived from _mons oliveti_in the Vulgate of Acts 1:12. The "mount of Olives" is the ridge which rises on the east of Jerusalem above the Kidron ravine, screening the city from the desert country beyond. With the exception of this touching scene, there is little of interest connected with the Mount of Olives in the O. T. On it, perhaps on the spot already consecrated for worship (2 Samuel 15:32), Solomon erected high places for the false gods of his foreign wives (1 Kings 11:7-8), which were desecrated long afterwards by Josiah ...