Truth. Hebrew, "I am peaceable, faithful in Israel." (Haydock) --- I am one of the cities most inclined to peace, and to the king's service, noted for lessons of loyalty. (Calmet) --- Probably there was an academy here. (Menochius) --- Mother, city, or metropolis. The Hebrews styled the inferior towns, daughters. (Calmet) --- Lord, a city belonging to Israel. (Haydock)
Verse 2 Samuel 20:19. _I - PEACEABLE AND FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL_] I am for peace, not contention of any kind; I am _faithful_-I adhere to David, and neither seek nor shall sanction any rebellion or anarc...
I AM ONE ... - The woman speaks in the name of the whole city, which she means to say was peaceable and loyal....
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 ...
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...
A CITY AND. MOTHER. a city,. mother city, too. Figure of speech _Hendiadys_ (App-6): i.e.. metropolitan city. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
Sheba besieged in Abel-Beth-Maachah 14. _And he went_ Joab marched rapidly northward, gathering forces as he went. _unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah_ Abel was apparently near Beth-Maachah, which is not...
_I_am one of them that are _peaceable_and _faithful in Israel_ I AM PEACEABLE AND FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL. The woman speaks in the name of the city, asserting its peaceableness and loyalty. By an irregular...
THEN CRIED A WISE WOMAN, &C.— As Joab pressed the siege with all earnestness, a _wise woman,_ who probably was governess of the city, (an office, though generally filled by men, yet sometimes administ...
_Sheba's Death._ 2 Samuel 20:14-23 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And...
_I AM ONE OF THEM THAT ARE PEACEABLE AND FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL: THOU SEEKEST TO DESTROY A CITY AND A MOTHER IN ISRAEL: WHY WILT THOU SWALLOW UP THE INHERITANCE OF THE LORD?_ Thou seekest to destroy ......
20:19 mother (b-16) * Or 'a city, even a mother (city) in Israel.' See 2 Samuel 8:1 ; Numbers 21:25 ,Numbers 21:32 ; Numbers 32:42...
A CITY AND A MOTHER] i.e. a mother-city, a metropolis....
THE REBELLION OF SHEBA Sheba takes advantage of the jealousy of the men of Israel to begin a rebellion, which, but for the prompt action of Joab, might have resulted in a disruption between Israel and...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 20 SHEBA OPPOSES DAVID V1 Sheba, the son of Bicri, happened to be there. He came from the *tribe of Benjamin. He was a wicked man....
אָנֹכִ֕י שְׁלֻמֵ֖י אֱמוּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ...
ONE HEAD SAVES MANY 2 Samuel 20:14 This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us of the value of presence of mind in a great crisis. She gave Joab to understand, first, that...
The occasion invariably finds the man for evil as well as for good. Sheba seized the strife between Judah and Israel as an opportunity to attempt to divide the kingdom. David's hosts went forth again...
I [am (m) one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? (m) She speaks in the...
(16) Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. (17) And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Jo...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 THROUGH 20. David's partiality for Absalom had yet other and more painful results, and heavy chastisements. It is painful to see the conqueror of Goliath d...
I [AM ONE OF THEM THAT ARE] PEACEABLE [AND] FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL,.... Her meaning is, that she was of a city which consisted of peaceable and faithful men, that were peaceable among themselves, and fait...
I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? Ver. 19. _I am one of them...
_I am one of them that are peaceable_, &c. She speaks in the name of the whole city, which was of a peaceable spirit, and had been faithful to David in the time of the late revolt. _Thou seekest to de...
1 By occasion of the quarrell, Sheba maketh a party in Israel. 3 Dauids ten concubines are shut vp in perpetual prison. 4 Amasa made captaine ouer Iudah, is slaine by Ioab. 14 Ioab pursueth Sheba v...
THE DEATH OF SHEBA...
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel, for she speaks in the name of the entire city. THOU SEEKEST TO DESTROY A CITY AND A MOTHER IN ISRAEL, one of the chief cities of the nation;...
Satan is always ready to take advantage of such occasions among God's people, and he had a man there of worthless, ambitious character, Sheba, the son of Bichri was actually a Benjamite, not from any...
14-22 Justly is that place attacked, which dares to harbour a traitor; nor will the heart fare better which indulges rebellious lusts, that will not have Christ to reign over them. A discreet woman,...
Or, I (to wit, the city of Abel, in whose name and person she speaks this) am one of the PEACEABLE AND FAITHFUL cities of Israel. Whatsoever Sheba may design, whom we have innocently received into our...
2 Samuel 20:19 peaceable H7999 (H8803) faithful H539 (H8803) Israel H3478 seek H1245 (H8764) destroy H4191 ...
CONTENTS: Joab murders Amasa. Suppression of Sheba's revolt. CHARACTERS: David, Joab, Amasa, Sheba, Abishai. CONCLUSION: We must not think it strange while in this world if the end of one trouble be...
2 Samuel 20:1. _Sheba, a Benjamite,_ and a captain high in command under Absalom, in whose heart the embers of revolt were still burning. This man, seeing the anger of the tribes at not being called t...
_Then cried a wise woman out of the city._ ABEL’S ORACLE; OR PRUDENCE AND PEACEABLENESS I. The people in Abel of Bethmaachah are on the verge of ruin, for Joab is battering away at the walls. Soon hi...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:1 Sheba’s rebellion is directly connected with the split within the nation seen in 2 Samuel 19:41. This particular rebellion does not seem to have gained support ou
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:16 The WOMAN is WISE (v. 2 Samuel 20:16), skilled in choosing a strategy to avert destructi
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:14. “ABEL.” _Lit., meadow_, and the name of several places in Palestine, but from its proximity to Beth-Maachah (with which it is sometimes joined, 2 Samuel...
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 f...
But in chapter twenty, this division is manifested by this particular fellow by the name of Sheba, who is of the tribe of Benjamin. And he blew a trumpet in Israel, which was always a signal gathering...
1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Timothy 2:2; 2 Corinthians 5:4;...
A mother — Great cities are commonly called mothers; as lesser towns or villages subject to them, and depending upon them, are called their daughters. Inheritance — That is, a considerable part of, th...