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                        4. DAVID AND ABSALOM
CHAPTER 14
_ 1. Joab's scheme (2 Samuel 14:1)_
2. The woman of Tekoah before the king (2 Samuel 14:4)
3. Joab brings Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14:21)
 4. A 
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                        2 SAMUEL 14. THE RETURN OF ABSALOM (J).
 2 SAMUEL 14:1. Joab perceives the king's longing for his son (p. 67),
and sends to him a woman of Tekoa (p. 31), about 5 miles S. of
Beth-lehem, with a trumped... 
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                        MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... 
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                        _the inheritance of God_ The nation of Israel. Cp. 1 Samuel 26:19;
Deuteronomy 32:9.... 
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                        THEN THE WOMAN SAID, &C.— The woman, having so far gained her point,
begged leave to say one word further; and, having obtained permission,
immediately proceeded, 2 Samuel 14:13 to expostulate with th... 
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                        5. Absalom's Exile Ended, 2 Samuel 14:1-33.
_Joab and the Woman of Tekoah._ 2 Samuel 14:1-20
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart _was_
toward Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Teko... 
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                        _NOW THEREFORE THAT I AM COME TO SPEAK OF THIS THING UNTO MY LORD THE
KING, IT IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID: AND THY HANDMAID
SAID, I WILL NOW SPEAK UNTO THE KING; IT MAY BE THAT THE KING... 
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                        ABSALOM'S RETURN FROM GESHUR
After waiting for two years, Absalom forces Joab to use his influence
to bring about a reconciliation between him and his father.... 
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                        DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 14
JOAB PLANS TO BRING ABSALOM BACK TO JERUSALEM
 V1 Joab, the son of Zeruiah, knew that King David was constantly
thinking about A... 
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                        כִּ֚י יִשְׁמַ֣ע הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ לְ
הַצִּ֥יל אֶת 
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                        JOAB'S PLEA FOR THE FUGITIVE
2 Samuel 14:1
Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom.
Were the two sworn together to hatch a great plot? Or was Absalom
shrewdly using Joab t... 
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                        Opinions widely differ over why Joab set himself to bring Absalom
back. The most probable reason- is that he "perceived that the king's
heart was toward Absalom." There is certainly a strange fascinat... 
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                        _Me. She identifies her cause with that of her son, as if she could
not survive his death; or, at least, could not retain the inheritance,
if he should perish. (Haydock)_... 
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                        (12) Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one
word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. (13) And the woman
said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the... 
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                        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... 
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                        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... 
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                        FOR THE KING WILL HEAR,.... She was fully persuaded of it, as now he
had heard her:
TO DELIVER HIS HANDMAID OUT OF THE HAND OF THE MAN [THAT WOULD]
DESTROY ME AND MY SON TOGETHER OUT OF THE INHERITAN... 
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                        For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the
man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance
of God.
 Ver. 16. _For the king will hear._] Or else he ha... 
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                        _For the king will hear_ Clemency and kindness are the properties of a
good king, and such a king, she insinuates, she knew David to be, who,
she was persuaded, would grant her audience and acceptance... 
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                        1 Ioab, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a parable to incline the Kings
heart to fetch home Absalom, bringeth him to Hierusalem.
25 Absaloms beautie, haire, and children.
28 After two yeres, Absalom... 
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                        David's concern for Absalom became known to Joab. Joab was a man not
too concerned about truth and justice, but rather about the outward
prosperity of the kingdom of Israel, for he knew that his own p... 
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                        1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his
clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state
of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of hi... 
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                        For I know the king is so wise and just, that I assure myself of
audience and acceptation; which expectation of hers is cunningly
insinuated here, that the king might conceive himself obliged to
answe... 
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                        2 Samuel 14:16 king H4428 hear H8085 (H8799) deliver H5337 (H8687)
maidservant H519 hand H3709 man H376 destroy... 
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                        CONTENTS: The recall of Absalom and David's forgiveness.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Absalom, woman of Tekoah, Tamar.
CONCLUSION: If we let private affections stand in the way of public
duty (See... 
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                        2 Samuel 14:2. _Tekoah;_ a city of Judah, twelve miles south of
Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 11:6.
2 Samuel 14:6. _The one smote the other,_ probably with some weapon,
or sharp instrument. The lord Ellenbo... 
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                        _And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman._
THE PARABLE OF THE WOMAN OF TEKOA
The contrast between this parable and the one preceding it is very
great. The parable of the ewe-lamb was spoken of by... 
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                        2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:8 Perhaps David already suspects that
Joab is involved in the woman’s coming to him, so he deliberately
uses the vague word ANYONE in v.... 
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                        CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 14:1. “NOW JOAB,” etc. Most commentators attribute
Joab’s action in this matter to motives of self-interest. It appears
highly probably that Absalom was now th... 
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                        EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 14:1
THE KING'S HEART WAS TOWARD ABSALOM. Again there is a diversity of
view as to the right rendering. The preposition does not usually mean
"toward," but "against," and is so re... 
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                        So Joab realizing that David is proud and stubborn and really wants to
see his son, but won't make the first move, got hold of a widow woman
in Tekoah, and he said to her, Now you go and tell David th... 
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                        Hear — For I know the king is so wise and just, that I assure myself
of audience and acceptation. Deliver — To grant my request
concerning my son, and consequently the peoples petition concerning
Absa...