2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:1 THE KING’S HEART WENT OUT TO ABSALOM does not necessarily imply that his thoughts were positive, just that he kept thinking about the matter. TEKOA is in the Judean hills about 10 miles (16 km) south of Jerusalem, near Bethlehem. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElement... [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:4 A woman uses a parable to appeal to David, for the good of his family, to set aside the ordinary laws demanding the death of a murderer (e.g., Numbers 35:31). Now that Amnon is dead, apparently Absalom is considered the HEIR. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByT... [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:8 Perhaps David already suspects that Joab is involved in the woman’s coming to him, so he deliberately uses the vague word ANYONE in v. 2 Samuel 14:10. The woman, however, sticks to her own story by referring to MY SON, while she uses a very sensitive term, AVENGER OF B... [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:24 HE IS NOT TO COME INTO MY PRESENCE. David’s forgiveness is incomplete, as Absalom complains in v. 2 Samuel 14:32. David is unwilling to punish, but he is also unwilling to forgive fully. The situation remains unresolved. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagNa... [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:26 The reference to Absalom’s long HAIR gives a detail that will be important later (2 Samuel 18:9). THE KING’S WEIGHT indicates that Israel had a royal standard of measurement. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, im... [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:27 Since the THREE SONS are unnamed and Absalom says he had no sons (2 Samuel 18:18), these sons probably died young. His DAUGHTER, TAMAR, was probably named for his sister. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:28 ABSALOM is dissatisfied with being kept away by David. He wants to be either executed or restored to the royal household (v. 2 Samuel 14:32). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:33 THE KING KISSED ABSALOM. The kiss points to Absalom’s restoration. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]