Who otherwise were highly incensed against the rebels, and hotly pursued them. But the head of the rebellion being cut off, and the danger thereby past, be puts a stop to the effusion of Israelitish blood.
Verse 2 Samuel 18:16. _JOAB BLEW THE TRUMPET_] He knew that the rebellion was now extinguished by the death of Absalom; and was not willing that any farther slaughter should be made of the deluded peo...
BLEW THE TRUMPET - To stop the pursuit and slaughter 2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 20:22....
8. THE CIVIL WAR AND ABSALOM'S DEATH CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The battle in the forest of Ephraim (2 Samuel 18:1)_ 2. The death of Absalom (2 Samuel 18:9) 3. The tidings of his death and David's grief ...
1 SAMUEL 18:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 19:8. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM. DAVID'S GRIEF (J). 2 SAMUEL 18:1. Absalom's followers are defeated with great slaughter. Nothing is known as to the battle-field, the Fore...
_blew the trumpet_ Sounded the recall to stop further pursuit. Cp. ch. 2Sa 2:28, 2 Samuel 20:22....
Absalom's Death 9. _And Absalom_, &c. AND ABSALOM HAPPENED TO FIND HIMSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF DAVID'S SERVANTS: NOW ABSALOM WAS RIDING UPON HIS MULE, AND THE MULE, &c. In the course of the flight, Abs...
_The Death of Absalom._ 2 Samuel 18:9-18 9And 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...
_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...
18:16 back (e-17) Some translate, 'spared.'...
THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM 1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'...
JOAB HELD BACK THE PEOPLE] Absalom was dead and the war ended....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 18 DAVID’S MEN DEFEAT AND KILL ABSALOM V1 David counted the soldiers who were with him. He appointed men to command groups of 1000...
BLEW THE TRUMPET. — Comp. 2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 20:22. With the death of Absalom the rebellion was at an end, and Joab would stop further slaughter....
וַ יִּתְקַ֤ע יֹואָב֙ בַּ † שֹּׁפָ֔ר וַ...
CHAPTER XXIII. _ ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH._ 2 Samuel 18:1. WHATEVER fears of defeat and destruction might occasionally flit across David's soul between his flight from Jerusalem and the battle in...
TIDINGS THAT FAILED TO BRING JOY 2 Samuel 18:16 Ahimaaz was far-famed for his swift running. He had already served the royal cause, and his family was intimate with the king, 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel...
The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David, and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's followers arrived. Two men attract our attention, David an...
And Joab (d) blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. (d) For he had pity on the people, who were seduced by Absalom's flattery....
(16) And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. (17) And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a ver...
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...
AND JOAB BLEW THE TRUMPET,.... As the sign of a retreat: AND THE PEOPLE RETURNED FROM PURSUING AFTER ISRAEL; upon the sound of the trumpet, the meaning of which they understood: FOR JOAB HELD BACK T...
And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. Ver. 16. _For Joab held back the people._] From pursuing the rebels, as pitying their sed...
_Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned_ He knew Absalom's men had been drawn unthinkingly into this rebellion, and would return to their duty, now they had none to head them. _For Joab held b...
1 Dauid viewing the armies in their march, giueth them charge of Absalom. 6 The Israelites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim. 9 Absalom hanging in an Oke, is slaine by Ioab, and cast into a pi...
And Joab blew the trumpet, since Absalom's death made further fighting unnecessary, AND THE PEOPLE RETURNED FROM PURSUING AFTER ISRAEL; FOR JOAB HELD BACK THE PEOPLE, since he wanted to spare the part...
THE END OF ABSALOM...
David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David. Now the time comes for war with Absalom, who has considered...
9-18 Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men fro...
2 Samuel 18:16 Joab H3097 blew H8628 (H8799) trumpet H7782 people H5971 returned H7725 (H8799) pursuing H7291 ...
CONTENTS: Battle of Mount Ephriam. Slaying of Absalom. CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Joab, Abishai, Ittai, Ahimaaz, a Cushite. CONCLUSION: Those who exalt themselves shall be abased. It never pay...
2 Samuel 18:2. _A third part under Ittai,_ the Philistine general who had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king. 2 Samuel 18:6. _The wood of Ephraim_ lay beyond Jordan, and was not in the lot o...
_And David numbered the people that were with him._ THE FATAL FIGHT This chapter is a narrative of that fatal fight wherein Absalom the son, fought with David his father for the kingdom of Israel....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 18:1. “DAVID NUMBERED,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains.”—_(Jamieson.)_ Josephus says the army nu...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 18:1 AND DAVID NUMBERED. The verb really means that he organized his army, and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all Israel to him, there would be some d...
So David numbered the people that were with him, and he set the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds. And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, a t...
1 Corinthians 14:8; 2 Samuel 2:28; 2 Samuel 20:22; Numbers 10:2...