Joab was over all the host of Israel: the good success of this and of the former expedition, under the conduct of Joab, had so fixed his interest in the army, and others of David's fastest friends, that the king could not without danger to the public weal displace him.
Verse 2 Samuel 20:23. _JOAB_ WAS _OVER ALL THE HOST_] He had murdered Amasa, and seized on the supreme command: and such was his power at present, and the service which he had rendered to the state b...
NOW JOAB ... - This is by no means an unmeaning repetition. Joab had been dismissed to make room for Amasa, and was now, as the result of his successful expedition against Sheba, and the death of Amas...
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...
BENAIAH. Compare 2 Samuel 8:18. 2Sa 23:20. 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Kings 2:34....
_Joab_ Retaining his post in spite of David's resolution to depose him. _the Cherethites_ So the _Qrî_and the Sept. and Vulg.: but the _Kthîbh_has _the Cari_, a word found in 2Ki 11:4; 2 Kings 11:19 ...
The officers of David's court A similar list has already been given in ch. 2 Samuel 8:16-18. There the account of the general administration of the kingdom appropriately follows the summary record of...
NOW JOAB WAS OVER ALL THE HOST OF ISRAEL— Joab, having successfully put an end to the rebellion of Sheba, returned to Jerusalem to the king, and returned with such a weight of popularity, as effectual...
_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...
_NOW JOAB WAS OVER ALL THE HOST OF ISRAEL: AND BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA WAS OVER THE CHERETHITES AND OVER THE PELETHITES:_ Now Joab was over all the host. David, whatever his private wishes, found...
20:23 Cherethites (a-19) The executioners. Pelethites; (b-23) The couriers....
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....
וְ יֹואָ֕ב אֶ֥ל כָּל ־הַ צָּבָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
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...
(23) В¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: (24) And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahi...
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...
NOW JOAB [WAS] OVER ALL THE HOST OF ISRAEL,.... Established in the post in which he formerly was; either having been never displaced, which though David thought to do, he was not able to effect it, be...
Now Joab [was] over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: Ver. 23. _Now Joab was over all the host._] He would be so; neither was...
_Joab was over all the host_ The king continued him in the chief command of the army, because the good success of this, and of the former expedition under his conduct, had so fixed his interest with t...
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...
Now, Joab was over all the host of Israel, the commander-in-chief of the armies; AND BENAIAH, THE SON OF JEHOIADA, WAS OVER THE CHERETHITES AND OVER THE PELETHITES, the king's body-guard, including hi...
THE DEATH OF SHEBA...
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...
23-26 Here is the state of David's court, after his restoration. It is well when able men are appointed to discharge public duties; let all seek to perform those duties, as faithful servants to the So...
2 Samuel 20:23 Joab H3097 army H6635 Israel H3478 Benaiah H1141 son H1121 Jehoiada H3077 Cherethites H3774 (H8675
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...
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 20:23 This list is very similar to the lists in 2 Samuel 8:15 and 1 Kings 4:1. The po
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 Chronicles 18:15; 2 Samuel 20:7; 2 Samuel 8:16...
Over all the host — The good success of this, and of the former expedition, under the conduct of Joab, had so fixed his interest in the army, and others of David's fastest friends, that the king could...