_AND DAVID NUMBERED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, AND SET CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS AND CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS OVER THEM._ David numbered the people that were with him. The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains; so that, although without money to pay any troo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SENT FORTH A THIRD PART OF THE PEOPLE UNDER THE HAND OF JOAB, AND A THIRD PART UNDER THE HAND OF ABISHAI THE SON OF ZERUIAH, JOAB'S BROTHER, AND A THIRD PART UNDER THE HAND OF ITTAI THE GITTITE. AND THE KING SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE, I WILL SURELY GO FORTH WITH YOU MYSELF ALSO._ No JFB comme... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING COMMANDED JOAB AND ABISHAI AND ITTAI, SAYING, DEAL GENTLY FOR MY SAKE WITH THE YOUNG MAN, EVEN WITH ABSALOM. AND ALL THE PEOPLE HEARD WHEN THE KING GAVE ALL THE CAPTAINS CHARGE CONCERNING ABSALOM._ Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. This affecting charge, w... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE PEOPLE WENT OUT INTO THE FIELD AGAINST ISRAEL: AND THE BATTLE WAS IN THE WOOD OF EPHRAIM;_ The battle was in the wood of Ephraim, х_ YA`AR_ (H3293), a forest, or dense growth of trees]. Its name was derived, according to some, from the slaughter of the Ephraimites by Jephthah (Judges 12:1);... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHERE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE SLAIN BEFORE THE SERVANTS OF DAVID, AND THERE WAS THERE A GREAT SLAUGHTER THAT DAY OF TWENTY THOUSAND MEN._ The people of Israel were slain. This designation, together with the immense slaughter mentioned later, shows the large extent to which the people were enlist... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE BATTLE WAS THERE SCATTERED OVER THE FACE OF ALL THE COUNTRY: AND THE WOOD DEVOURED MORE PEOPLE THAT DAY THAN THE SWORD DEVOURED._ The wood devoured more people ... than the sword. The thick forest of oaks and terebinths, by obstructing the flight, greatly aided the victors in the pursuit,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABSALOM MET THE SERVANTS OF DAVID. AND ABSALOM RODE UPON A MULE, AND THE MULE WENT UNDER THE THICK BOUGHS OF A GREAT OAK, AND HIS HEAD CAUGHT HOLD OF THE OAK, AND HE WAS TAKEN UP BETWEEN THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH; AND THE MULE THAT WAS UNDER HIM WENT AWAY._ Absalom met the servants of David - o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND A CERTAIN MAN SAW IT, AND TOLD JOAB, AND SAID, BEHOLD, I SAW ABSALOM HANGED IN AN OAK._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SAID UNTO THE MAN THAT TOLD HIM, AND, BEHOLD, THOU SAWEST HIM, AND WHY DIDST THOU NOT SMITE HIM THERE TO THE GROUND? AND I WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEE TEN SHEKELS OF SILVER, AND A GIRDLE._ I would have given thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle - i:e., would have raised him from the ranks to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MAN SAID UNTO JOAB, THOUGH I SHOULD RECEIVE A THOUSAND SHEKELS OF SILVER IN MINE HAND, YET WOULD I NOT PUT FORTH MINE HAND AGAINST THE KING'S SON: FOR IN OUR HEARING THE KING CHARGED THEE AND ABISHAI AND ITTAI, SAYING, BEWARE THAT NONE TOUCH THE YOUNG MAN ABSALOM._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THES... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID JOAB, I MAY NOT TARRY THUS WITH THEE. AND HE TOOK THREE DARTS IN HIS HAND, AND THRUST THEM THROUGH THE HEART OF ABSALOM, WHILE HE WAS YET ALIVE IN THE MIDST OF THE OAK._ He took three darts, х_ SHªBAATIYM_ (H7626)] - small rods with iron points; lances. AND THRUST THEM THROUGH THE HEAR... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TEN YOUNG MEN THAT BARE JOAB'S ARMOUR COMPASSED ABOUT AND SMOTE ABSALOM, AND SLEW HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB BLEW THE TRUMPET, AND THE PEOPLE RETURNED FROM PURSUING AFTER ISRAEL: FOR JOAB HELD BACK THE PEOPLE._ Joab blew the trumpet, and ... held back the people. Knowing that, by the death of the usurper, there was no occasion for further bloodshed, he put an end to the pursuit, and thereby evin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOOK ABSALOM, AND CAST HIM INTO A GREAT PIT IN THE WOOD, AND LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES UPON HIM: AND ALL ISRAEL FLED EVERY ONE TO HIS TENT._ They took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit ... and laid a very great heap of stones. The people of the East indicate their detestation... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW ABSALOM IN HIS LIFETIME HAD TAKEN AND REARED UP FOR HIMSELF A PILLAR, WHICH IS IN THE KING'S DALE: FOR HE SAID, I HAVE NO SON TO KEEP MY NAME IN REMEMBRANCE: AND HE CALLED THE PILLAR AFTER HIS OWN NAME: AND IT IS CALLED UNTO THIS DAY, ABSALOM'S PLACE._ Absalom in his life-time had ... reared u... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID AHIMAAZ THE SON OF ZADOK, LET ME NOW RUN, AND BEAR THE KING TIDINGS, HOW THAT THE LORD HATH AVENGED HIM OF HIS ENEMIES._ Then said Ahimaaz ... Let me now run and bear the king tidings. The reasons of Joab's declining to accept Ahimaaz's offer to bear intelligence of the victory to David,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT NOT BEAR TIDINGS THIS DAY, BUT THOU SHALT BEAR TIDINGS ANOTHER DAY: BUT THIS DAY THOU SHALT BEAR NO TIDINGS, BECAUSE THE KING'S SON IS DEAD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID JOAB TO CUSHI, GO TELL THE KING WHAT THOU HAST SEEN. AND CUSHI BOWED HIMSELF UNTO JOAB, AND RAN._ Then said Joab to Cushi, х_ LA-KUWSHIY_ (H3569)] - to the Ethiopian. Perhaps the ground of this soldier's selection for a mission so painful for any courtier to discharge, was that of his be... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID AHIMAAZ THE SON OF ZADOK YET AGAIN TO JOAB, BUT HOWSOEVER, LET ME, I PRAY THEE, ALSO RUN AFTER CUSHI. AND JOAB SAID, WHEREFORE WILT THOU RUN, MY SON, SEEING THAT THOU HAST NO TIDINGS READY?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HOWSOEVER, SAID HE, LET ME RUN. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, RUN. THEN AHIMAAZ RAN BY THE WAY OF THE PLAIN, AND OVERRAN CUSHI._ By the way of the plain - or 'ciccar,' circle. This word is only used elsewhere in connection with the valley of the Jordan. It is possible that there may have been a place... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAT BETWEEN THE TWO GATES: AND THE WATCHMAN WENT UP TO THE ROOF OVER THE GATE UNTO THE WALL, AND LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND LOOKED, AND BEHOLD A MAN RUNNING ALONE._ David sat between the two gates - i:e., in the tower-house on the wall that overhung the gate of Mahanaim; near it was a watch... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WATCHMAN CRIED, AND TOLD THE KING. AND THE KING SAID, IF HE BE ALONE, THERE IS TIDINGS IN HIS MOUTH. AND HE CAME APACE, AND DREW NEAR._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WATCHMAN SAID, ME THINKETH THE RUNNING OF THE FOREMOST IS LIKE THE RUNNING OF AHIMAAZ THE SON OF ZADOK. AND THE KING SAID, HE IS A GOOD MAN, AND COMETH WITH GOOD TIDINGS._ The running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz - known probably by a waddling rolling of his person in run... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AHIMAAZ CALLED, AND SAID UNTO THE KING, ALL IS WELL. AND HE FELL DOWN TO THE EARTH UPON HIS FACE BEFORE THE KING, AND SAID, BLESSED BE THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH HATH DELIVERED UP THE MEN THAT LIFTED UP THEIR HAND AGAINST MY LORD THE KING._ All is well, х_ SHAALOWM_ (H7965), peace] - the usual sa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID, IS THE YOUNG MAN ABSALOM SAFE? AND AHIMAAZ ANSWERED, WHEN JOAB SENT THE KING'S SERVANT, AND ME THY SERVANT, I SAW A GREAT TUMULT, BUT I KNEW NOT WHAT IT WAS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING WAS MUCH MOVED, AND WENT UP TO THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE, AND WEPT: AND AS HE WENT, THUS HE SAID, O MY SON ABSALOM, MY SON, MY SON ABSALOM! WOULD GOD I HAD DIED FOR THEE, O ABSALOM, MY SON, MY SON!_ The king ... went up to the chamber over the gate х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ `ALIYAT_ (H5944)].... [ Continue Reading ]