Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 18:25
There is tidings in his mouth; he is sent with some special message; which was a very probable conjecture; for if he had run or fled from the enemy, many others would have followed him.
There is tidings in his mouth; he is sent with some special message; which was a very probable conjecture; for if he had run or fled from the enemy, many others would have followed him.
Verse 2 Samuel 18:25. _IF HE_ BE _ALONE_, THERE IS _TIDINGS_] That is, _good_ _tidings_. For if the battle had been lost men would have been running in different directions through the country....
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...
IF HE BE ALONE. Otherwise it would be flight....
_If he be alone_, &c. If the army had been routed, a number of fugitives would have been seen coming together....
The news carried to David 19. _hath avenged him of his enemies_ Lit. _judged him out of the hand of his enemies_: pronounced a favourable verdict in his cause and delivered him. Cp. 1 Samuel 24:15; P...
_David's Lament for Absalom._ 2 Samuel 18:19-33 19 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. 20 And Joab said un...
_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....
THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM 1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'...
IF HE _be_ ALONE, _there is_ TIDINGS] Had he been a fugitive, he would have been followed by others....
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...
וַ יִּקְרָ֤א הַ צֹּפֶה֙ וַ יַּגֵּ֣ד לַ
CHAPTER XXIV. _ DAVID'S GRIEF FOR ABSALOM._ 2 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 19:1. ''NEXT to the calamity of losing a battle," a great general used to say, "is that of gaining a victory." The battle in the...
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...
_Mouth. If the army had been routed, all would have been in confusion. (Calmet) --- Now they are employed in plundering the vanquished. (Menochius)_...
(24) 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. (25) And the watchman cr...
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 THE WATCHMAN CRIED AND TOLD THE KING,.... Called with a loud voice from the roof of the watchtower to the king, sitting between the gates, and informed him what he saw: AND THE KING SAID, IF HE ...
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. Ver. 25. _If he be alone, there is tidings in his mo...
_If he be alone, there are tidings in his mouth_ He is sent with some special message, which was a very probable conjecture, and that he brought good news; for if he had run, or fled from the enemy, m...
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 the watchman cried and told the king, whom his voice could reach, as he sat beneath the entrance arch or vault. AND THE KING SAID, IF HE BE ALONE, THERE IS TIDINGS IN HIS MOUTH, he came as a messe...
David's Lament for 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...
19-33 By directing David to give God thanks for his victory, Ahimaaz prepared him for the news of his son's death. The more our hearts are fixed and enlarged, in thanksgiving to God for our mercies,...
2 Samuel 18:25 watchman H6822 (H8802) out H7121 (H8799) told H5046 (H8686) king H4428 king H4428 said...
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...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 18:24 The TWO GATES are the outer gate and the inner gate of the gate complex. A man running ALONE would be a messenger; a group would probably be men fleeing....
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...
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