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Verse 2 Samuel 15:14. _DAVID SAID - ARISE - LET US FLEE_] This, I
believe, was the first time that David turned his back to his enemies.
And why did he now flee? Jerusalem, far from not being in a st...
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AND SMITE THE CITY - David’s kind nature induced him to spare
Jerusalem the horrors of a siege, and the risk of being taken by
assault. He had no standing army with which to resist this sudden
attack...
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5. ABSALOM'S CONSPIRACY AND DAVID'S FLIGHT
CHAPTER 15
_ 1. Absalom steals the hearts of the men of Israel (2 Samuel 15:1)_
2. His conspiracy (2 Samuel 15:7)
3. The flight of the king (2 Samue
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2 Samuel 15:1 to 2 Samuel 16:14. REVOLT OF ABSALOM. FLIGHT OF DAVID
(J).
2 Samuel 15:1. Absalom makes himself popular by professing an interest
in the litigation of the people....
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EVIL. Hebrew. App-44.
CITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for its
inhabitants. App-6....
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ARISE, AND LET US FLEE— As the danger was instant, David took his
measures accordingly. The city was not in a condition to sustain a
siege; and if it were, he did not care to expose a favourite city,...
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_David's Flight._ 2 Samuel 15:14-28
14 And David said unto all his servants that _were_ with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not _else_ escape from
Absalom: make speed to depar...
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_AND DAVID SAID UNTO ALL HIS SERVANTS THAT WERE WITH HIM AT JERUSALEM,
ARISE, AND LET US FLEE; FOR WE SHALL NOT ELSE ESCAPE FROM ABSALOM:
MAKE SPEED TO DEPART, LEST HE OVERTAKE US SUDDENLY, AND BRING...
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THE REBELLION OF ABSALOM
His party is so strong that David is obliged to flee from Jerusalem.
He is joined by Ittai the Gittite, and by Zadok and Abiathar the
priests, and by Hushai the Archite. The...
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LET US FLEE] LXX adds 'lest the people come upon us.' David is taken
completely by surprise, and mistrusts his subjects and his household....
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 15
ABSALOM MAKES A SECRET PLAN AGAINST KING DAVID
V1 After this, Absalom got a *chariot and some horses. He also got 50
men who ra...
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LET US FLEE. — The sequel abundantly proved the wisdom of David’s
course. Ahithophel also (2 Samuel 17:1) and Hushai (2 Samuel 17:7)
recognised that delay would be fatal to Absalom’s cause. His
rebell...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּ֠וִד לְ כָל ־עֲבָדָ֨יו
אֲשֶׁר
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THE LOYAL STRANGER
2 Samuel 15:13
David was conscious of ill desert; hence his resolve to flee. How
different his bearing now from that great hour when Goliath fell
before him! Ah, conscience doth ma...
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That Absalom's attitude of obeisance before David was feigned is
proved by his conspiracy. That Joab cared nothing personally for
Absalom is evident from his refusal to see him any further. Absalom's...
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And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from
(h) Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and...
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Ruin, of a house falling. Hebrew, "evil." David gives way to the fury
of the rebels, hoping that they will enter into themselves, without
bloodshed. He departs on foot, like a penitent, acknowledging...
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(13) В¶ And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of
the men of Israel are after Absalom. (14) And David said unto all his
servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us fle...
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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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AND DAVID SAID UNTO ALL HIS SERVANTS THAT [WERE] WITH HIM AT
JERUSALEM,.... His courtiers and ministers of state, the officers of
his household, as many of them as were with him in the city; for some...
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And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not [else] escape from
Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bri...
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_David said, Arise, and let us flee_ As soon as he had received
information of what had passed, he saw the danger was instant, and
took his measures accordingly. He knew Absalom would lose no time to...
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1 Absalom, by faire speeches and courtesies, stealeth the hearts of
Israel.
7 Vnder pretence of a vow he obtaineth leaue to go to Hebron.
10 He maketh there a great conspiracie.
13 Dauid vpon the n...
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THE FLIGHT OF DAVID...
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And David, seized with a sudden terror at this unexpected development,
SAID UNTO ALL HIS SERVANTS THAT WERE WITH HIM AT JERUSALEM, ARISE, AND
LET US FLEE; FOR WE SHALL NOT ELSE ESCAPE FROM ABSALOM. MA...
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Absalom knew how to take full advantage of his outward acceptance by
his father Now there was no difficulty in beginning to exalt himself
in the eyes of Israel. His chariots and horses and fifty men t...
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BRING:
_ Heb._ thrust...
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13-23 David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a
penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom he could
justify himself, and stand out; but before the righteous God h...
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ARISE, AND LET US FLEE; for though the fort of Zion was strong and
impregnable, and he might have defended himself there; yet he had not
laid in provisions for a long siege; and, if he had been once b...
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2 Samuel 15:14 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) servants H5650 Jerusalem
H3389 Arise H6965 (H8798) flee H1272 ...
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DAVID LEARNS OF THE REBELLION AND FLEES JERUSALEM WHILE ABSALOM
ENLISTS THE SERVICES OF AHITHOPHEL (2 SAMUEL 15:12).
Once messengers had gone out throughout Israel, and preparations had
begun in Hebro...
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CONTENTS: Absalom steals the love of ten tribes. David's flight.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Ittai, Zadok, Abiathar, Hushai,
Ahimaaz, Jonathan, Ahitophel.
CONCLUSION: He who steals one heart aw...
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2 Samuel 15:7. _After forty years._ Some contend that this refers to
the time when David was secretly anointed; but as no other record is
dated from that time, Josephus seems right in saying “four yea...
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_Arise and let us flee._
DAVID’S FLIGHT
The motive for the flight was probably a patriotic one. David would
not, let the city be destroyed by civil war. Like Louis Philippe, he
could: not hear to sh...
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_Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before
him._
ABSALOM; OR, THE FAST YOUNG MAN
The Bible resembles a portrait gallery adorned with the faces of
remarkable historic men,...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 15:1 The account of Absalom’s rebellion
against David is divided into six parts: (1) Absalom’s conspiracy
and proclaiming himself king (2 Samuel 15:1); (2) David’s escape
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 15:13 David flees Jerusalem so that the
city will not be destroyed.
⇐ ⇔...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.
2 Samuel 15:1. “AFTER THIS.” Keil, Erdmann and Thenius attach the
idea of _immediateness_ to the Hebrew adverb here used, but other
scholars consider this doubtful. The...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 15:1
AFTER THIS. The Hebrew is a more precise phrase than that on which we
have commented on 2 Samuel 10:1 and 2 Samuel 13:1, and implies that
Absalom be
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And Absalom went out from the gate of the city, and when people would
come from Israel to bring a matter for judgment, he would say, Oh what
a shame that my father wouldn't appoint me as judge in Isra...
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2 Samuel 19:9; 2 Samuel 23:16; 2 Samuel 23:17; Ezekiel 46:18; Lu
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Let us flee — For though the fort of Zion was strong, and he might
have defended himself there; yet he had not laid in provisions for a
long siege; and, if he had been once besieged there, Absalom wou...