2 Samuel 15:1

2 Samuel 15:1-6. Absalom ingratiates himself with the people

1. And it came to pass after this To recall Absalom without granting him a full pardon was ill-judged: to readmit him to favour, after he had been irritated by two years of exclusion, without the slightest sign of repentance on his part, was fatal. The natural consequences of such treatment are recorded in the following Chapter s [100].

[100] Dryden has made use of the events of this period as the basis of his political poem on the court of Charles II., entitled "Absalom and Achithophel," in which Absalom represents the Duke of Monmouth, and Achithophel his evil adviser Shaftesbury.

chariots and horses, &c. A chariot and horses. Absalom imitated the magnificence of foreign monarchs, in order to make an impression on the people. Cp. Adonijah's practice (1 Kings 1:5), and see 1 Samuel 8:11.