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KISSED - This was the pledge of reconciliation. (See the marginal
references and Genesis 45:15.)...
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4. DAVID AND ABSALOM
CHAPTER 14
_ 1. Joab's scheme (2 Samuel 14:1)_
2. The woman of Tekoah before the king (2 Samuel 14:4)
3. Joab brings Absalom to Jerusalem (2 Samuel 14:21)
4. A
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2 SAMUEL 14. THE RETURN OF ABSALOM (J).
2 SAMUEL 14:1. Joab perceives the king's longing for his son (p. 67),
and sends to him a woman of Tekoa (p. 31), about 5 miles S. of
Beth-lehem, with a trumped...
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_the king kissed Absalom_ As a pledge of reconciliation. See Genesis
33:4; Genesis 45:15; Luke 15:20....
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Absalom readmitted to David's presence through Joab's mediation
29. _he would not come to him_ Not choosing to incur David's
displeasure by visiting Absalom while he was still in disgrace....
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_David Recalls Absalom._ 2 Samuel 14:21-33
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go
therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his fa...
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ABSALOM'S RETURN FROM GESHUR
After waiting for two years, Absalom forces Joab to use his influence
to bring about a reconciliation between him and his father....
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 14
JOAB PLANS TO BRING ABSALOM BACK TO JERUSALEM
V1 Joab, the son of Zeruiah, knew that King David was constantly
thinking about A...
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וַ יָּבֹ֨א יֹואָ֣ב אֶל ־הַ מֶּלֶךְ֮ וַ
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RESTORED THOUGH UNREPENTANT
2 Samuel 14:18
Joab knew perfectly that David was well pleased to recall Absalom, in
response, as it appeared, to the request of the most powerful of his
subjects. But Joa...
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Opinions widely differ over why Joab set himself to bring Absalom
back. The most probable reason- is that he "perceived that the king's
heart was toward Absalom." There is certainly a strange fascinat...
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_Kissed Absalom, and thus was reconciled to his prodigal son, Luke xv.
20. The ungrateful wretch only took occasion, from his father's
goodness, to alienate the minds of the people from him, by insinu...
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REFLECTIONS
BLESSED Jesus! Let me find grace from thee, dearest Lord, in the
perusal of this chapter, to consider how very like to Absalom my heart
is, when by sin and shame I have been running away f...
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(28) В¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not
the king's face. (29) Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent
him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent ag...
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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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SO JOAB CAME TO THE KING, AND TOLD HIM,.... What Absalom had said to
him:
AND WHEN HE HAD CALLED FOR ABSALOM; sent messengers to his house to
order him to come to him:
HE CAME TO THE KING, AND BOWED...
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So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for
Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the
ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.
Ver. 33. _An...
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_So Joab came to the king_ Absalom's impetuosity prevailed: these
passionate expressions that he was weary of life, while he continued
to be debarred his father's presence; nay, that he desired to die...
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1 Ioab, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a parable to incline the Kings
heart to fetch home Absalom, bringeth him to Hierusalem.
25 Absaloms beautie, haire, and children.
28 After two yeres, Absalom...
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So Joab came to the king and told him; and when he David, HAD CALLED
FOR ABSALOM, HE CAME TO THE KING, AND BOWED HIMSELF ON HIS FACE TO THE
GROUND BEFORE THE KING, as a token of the usual homage paid...
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THE RECONCILIATION EFFECTED...
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David's concern for Absalom became known to Joab. Joab was a man not
too concerned about truth and justice, but rather about the outward
prosperity of the kingdom of Israel, for he knew that his own p...
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28-33 By his insolent carriage toward Joab, Absalom brought Joab to
plead for him. By his insolent message to the king, he gained his
wishes. When parents and rulers countenance such characters, they...
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In testimony of his thorough reconciliation to him; which Absalom did
very ill requite, as the next chapter manifesteth....
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2 Samuel 14:33 Joab H3097 went H935 (H8799) king H4428 told H5046
(H8686) called H7121 (H8799) Absalom...
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CONTENTS: The recall of Absalom and David's forgiveness.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Absalom, woman of Tekoah, Tamar.
CONCLUSION: If we let private affections stand in the way of public
duty (See...
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2 Samuel 14:2. _Tekoah;_ a city of Judah, twelve miles south of
Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 11:6.
2 Samuel 14:6. _The one smote the other,_ probably with some weapon,
or sharp instrument. The lord Ellenbo...
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_And the soul of King David longed to go forth unto Absalom._
A FATHER’S TENDER SOLICITUDE FOR HIS SON
“I well remember,” says a present-day writer, “the effect
produced on my mind on being told by a...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 14:26. “HE POLLED HIS HEAD,” _i.e._, cut his hair. “TWO
HUNDRED SHEKELS AFTER THE KING’S WEIGHT.” The king’s shekel is
probably a different weight from the sac...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 14:1
THE KING'S HEART WAS TOWARD ABSALOM. Again there is a diversity of
view as to the right rendering. The preposition does not usually mean
"toward," but "against," and is so re...
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So Joab realizing that David is proud and stubborn and really wants to
see his son, but won't make the first move, got hold of a widow woman
in Tekoah, and he said to her, Now you go and tell David th...
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Genesis 27:26; Genesis 33:4; Genesis 45:15; Luke 15:20...
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Kissed — Did the bowels of a father prevail to reconcile him to an
impenitent son? And shall penitent sinners question the compassion of
him who is the Father of mercy? If Ephraim bemoan himself, God...