2 Samuel 20:1

_AND THERE HAPPENED TO BE THERE A MAN OF BELIAL, WHOSE NAME WAS SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, A BENJAMITE: AND HE BLEW A TRUMPET, AND SAID, WE HAVE NO PART IN DAVID, NEITHER HAVE WE INHERITANCE IN THE SON OF JESSE: EVERY MAN TO HIS TENTS, O ISRAEL._ Sheba ... a Benjamite. Though nothing is known of this man, he must have been a person of considerable power and influence ere he could have raised so sudden and extensive a sedition. He belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, where the adherents of Saul's dynasty were still numerous, and perceiving the strong disgust of the other tribes with the part assumed by Judah in the Restoration his ill-designing heart resolved to turn it to the overthrow of David's authority in Israel. EVERY MAN TO HIS TENTS. This proverbial expression may have had its foundation in the fact that many of the Israelite peasantry adhered to the custom of the patriarchs who ti...

1-3 One trial arises after another for our good, till we reach the place where sin and sorrow are for ever done away. Angry disputers misunderstand or misconstrue one another's words; proud men will have every thing their own way, or wholly refuse their assistance. The favour of the many is not to be depended upon; and what have others to expect, when Hosanna to the Son of David was soon changed to Crucify him, crucify him?...

CHAPTER XX _Sheba raises an insurrection, and gains a party in Israel_, 1, 2. _David shuts up the ten concubines who were defiled by Absalom_, 3. _Amasa is sent to assemble the men of Judah_, 4, 5. _And in the mean time Abishai is sent to pursue Sheba_, 6, 7. _Joab treacherously murders Amasa_, 8-12. _Joab and the army continue the pursuit of Sheba_, 13, 14. _He is besieged in Abel; and, by the counsels of a wise woman,_ _the people of Abel cut off his head, and throw it over the_ wall to Joab; who blows the trumpet of peace, and he a

THE SON OF BICHRI ... - Rather, “a Bichrite,” formed like the names “Ahohite,” “Hachmonite,” etc. 2 Samuel 23:8, and so called from Becher, the son of Benjamin Genesis 46:21; 1 Chronicles 7:6 Saul was also of this family. It is evident that the transfer of the royalty from their tribe to that of Judah still rankled in the hearts of many Benjamites (2 Samuel 16:8 note)....

EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 20:1 THERE HAPPENED TO BE THERE A MAN OF BELIAL. The fierce words of the men of Judah led to evil results. It was a time when all wise and thoughtful persons would have laboured for peace, and tried to soothe and appease the angry passions fomented by the late war. Instead of this, the men of Judah irritated the Israelites with insult and contumely, and the day, intended as one of rejoicing and of the restoration of David to his throne by common consent, saw the rebellion break forth afresh. Among those who had taken part in the discussion with Judah was Sheba, a man of Belial, that is, a worthless fellow, but possibly possessed of rank and influence; for, according to many commentators, _ben-Bichri _does not mean THE SON OF BICHRI, but "a descendant of Becher," the second son of Benjamin ...

AND THERE HAPPENED TO BE A MAN OF BELIAL,.... A wicked man, as the Targum, a lawless, yokeless man, that had cast off the yoke of the law, and was without it, as Belial is by some interpreted; or one unprofitable and useless, yea, noxious and pernicious: this man, though, with respect to second causes, may be said to be there by chance, yet it was so ordered by the providence of God that he should be present at this time for the further fulfilment of the threatening to David, that the sword should not depart from his house: WHOSE NAME [WAS] SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, A BENJAMITE; one perhaps that had been in the rebellion of Absalom, and had a grudge against David for the removal of the kingdom out of that tribe: AND HE BLEW A TRUMPET; which was done to draw off the Israelites from David, and gather a party to himself: AND SAID, WE HAVE NO PART IN DAVID; so he interpreted what the men...

10. THE REVOLT OF SHEBA CHAPTER 20 _ 1. Sheba's revolt (2 Samuel 20:1)_ 2. The ten concubines shut up (2 Samuel 20:3) 3. Amasa's failure (2 Samuel 20:4) 4. Joab and the death of Amasa (2 Samuel 20:7) 5. Joab, the wise woman and the death of Sheba (2 Samuel 20:14) 6. David's officials (2 Samuel 20:23) The final revolt in David's reign was headed by a wicked man, whose name was Sheba. Israe

1 SAMUEL 20. THE REVOLT OF SHEBA (J). 2 SAMUEL 20:1 F. The result of this altercation was a fresh rebellion under a Benjamite, Sheba ben Bichri. 2 SAMUEL 20:3. The members of the king's harem whom he had left in Jerusalem are condemned to pass the rest of their days in seclusion (_cf._ 2 Samuel 16:21). 2 SAMUEL 20:4. David bade his new commander-in-chief, Amasa, assemble the general levy of Judah by a given day; the day came, but Amasa and the army did not appear. A few days before Amasa had been in command of an army fighting against Judah, and the men of Judah might be slow to tru

MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. SON OF BICHRI. a descendant of Becher (Genesis 46:21). TENTS. One of the emendations of the _Sopherim_ (App-33), by which they transposed the middle two letters of the primitive text and made it read "tents" instead of "gods". The same was done in 1 Kings 12:16, and 2 Chronicles 10:16. See notes there....

Sheba's Rebellion 1, 2. Fresh outbreak of rebellion, headed by Sheba 1. _there_ At Gilgal. The dispute offered an immediate opening to a bold and ambitious leader, who hoped to restore the sovereignty to the tribe of Benjamin. _a man of Belial_ A WORTHLESS or WICKED man. Cp. 1 Samuel 10:27, and note on 1 Samuel 1:16. _the son of Bichri_ Rather, A BICHRITE, or member of the clan tracing its descent from Becher the second son of Benjamin (Genesis 46:21). _part_ Better, PORTION, a different word from that in ch. 2 Samuel 19:43, and the same as that in...