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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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GITTITES. From Gath, the city of Goliath, now David's choicest
followers....
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_all the Gittites_ If the text is sound, we must infer that David had
brought with him a body of Philistine followers from Gath, a
supposition which is in accordance with the view that the Cherethites...
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The king's flight from Jerusalem
For the Psalms written during the Flight see Introd. ch. VIII. § 6,
p. 48....
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Absalom's Rebellion
For the Psalms illustrative of this period see Introd. ch. VIII. § 6,
p. 48....
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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 ALL HIS SERVANTS PASSED ON BESIDE HIM; AND ALL THE CHERETHITES,
AND ALL THE PELETHITES, AND ALL THE GITTITES, SIX HUNDRED MEN WHICH
CAME AFTER HIM FROM GATH, PASSED ON BEFORE THE KING._
All the...
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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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GITTITES] see on 1 Samuel 30:14. Ittai and his followers from Gath
(Goliath's city) were now among David's staunchest followers....
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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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CHERETHITES... PELETHITES. — See Note on 2 Samuel 8:18.
GITTITES. — This word in its form would naturally mean _men of
Gath,_ and it has therefore been understood by some commentators of a
body of Phi...
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וְ כָל ־עֲבָדָיו֙ עֹבְרִ֣ים עַל
־יָדֹ֔ו וְ
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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 all his servants passed on beside him; and all the (k)
Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred
men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
(k) Th...
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Phelethi, the king's foreign guards, of Philistine extraction, chap.
viii. 18. --- Gethites, who had been probably induced to enter his
service by Ethai, ver. 19. (Calmet) --- Men. This number David k...
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(15) And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants
are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. (16) And
the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the...
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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 ALL HIS SERVANTS PASSED ON BESIDE HIM,.... Or at his hand or side;
his household servants walking perhaps some on one side of him, and
some on the other, see 2 Samuel 16:6;
AND ALL THE CHERETHITE...
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And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites,
and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which
came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.
Ver. 18. _...
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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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And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites and
all the Pelethites, 2 Samuel 8:18, AND ALL THE GITTITES, the men who
had been with David in the wilderness and had followed him f...
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THE FLIGHT OF DAVID...
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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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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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_ Of the Cherethites and the Pelethites_ SEE POOLE ON "2 SAMUEL 8:18".
THE GITTITES were either, first, Israelites by birth, called Gittites
because they went with him to Gath, and abode with him in t...
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2 Samuel 15:18 servants H5650 passed H5674 (H8802) before H3027
Cherethites H3774 Pelethites H6432 Gittites H1663 six...
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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 15:18 The CHERETHITES and the PELETHITES
are David’s bodyguard (2 Samuel 8:18). The...
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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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1 Chronicles 18:17; 1 Kings 1:38; 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:14;...
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Gittites — Or rather strangers, as Ittai their head is called, 2
Samuel 15:19, and they are called his brethren, 2 Samuel 15:20.
Probably they were Philistines by birth, born in the city or territory...