Mahanaim - See 2 Samuel 2:8. The same reasons which induced Abner to choose it for Ishbosheth probablv made it a good rallying point for David. It was a strong city, in a well-provisioned country, with a mountainous district for retreat in case of need, and with a warlike and friendly population.
7. ABSALOM, AHITOPHEL, AND HUSHAI CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The counsel of Ahitophel and Hushai (2 Samuel 17:1)_ 2. The counsel made known to David (2 Samuel 17:15) 3. Ahitophel commits suicide (2 Sam
DAVID COMES TO MAHANAIM (J). 2 Samuel 17:15. Meanwhile David was in constant communication with his agents in Jerusalem through Jonathan and Ahimaaz. But one day, apparently when the news of Ahithoph...
ALL. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus). App-6. The whole put for the greater part...
Progress of the Rebellion 24. _to Mahanaim_ See note on ch. 2 Samuel 2:8. It was chosen for David's head-quarters as the most important and strongest city in the trans-Jordanic country, which was evi...
_David Urged to Cross Over Jordan._ 2 Samuel 17:15-24 15 Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and th...
_THEN DAVID CAME TO MAHANAIM. AND ABSALOM PASSED OVER JORDAN, HE AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL WITH HIM._ Then David came to Mahanaim - in the high Eastern country of Gilead, the seat of Ish-bosheth's go...
MAHANAIM] E. of Jordan, near the Jabbok....
THE FALL OF AHITHOPHEL Absalom follows the advice of Hushai rather than that of Ahithophel, who thereupon hangs himself. David retreats to Mahanaim....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 17 AHITHOPHEL AND HUSHAI ADVISE ABSALOM V1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, ‘Let me choose 12 000 men. I will go and chase David t...
MAHANAIM. — See Note on 2 Samuel 2:8. The same reasons which made it a favourable place for the capital of Ish-bosheth, recommended it also as a place of refuge to David and a rallying point for his a...
וְ דָוִ֖ד בָּ֣א מַחֲנָ֑יְמָה וְ אַבְשָׁלֹ֗ם ע
CHAPTER XXI. _ FROM JERUSALEM TO MAHANAIM._ 2 Samuel 16:1; 2 Samuel 17:15 and 2 Samuel 17:24. AS David proceeds on his painful journey, there flows from his heart a gentle current of humble contrite
THE HELPERS OF THE KING 2 Samuel 17:15 The two young men were narrowly watched, and had it not been for the deception practiced on Absalom's servants by the mistress of the house at Bahurim, they wou...
Ahithophel counseled immediate war-like activity. As David had not gone far, and could not have gathered round him any large number of men, let a company be sent to capture him, and that immediately....
_To the camp. The city of Mahanaim, the name of which in Hebrew, signifies The Camp. It was a city of note at that time; as appears from its having been chosen by Isoboseth for the place of his reside...
(24) Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. (25) And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, w...
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...
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...
THEN DAVID CAME TO MAHANAIM,.... A city on the other side Jordan in the tribe of Gad, Joshua 13:26, famous for its being the place where the angels of God met Jacob, Genesis 32:1; and was for some tim...
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. Ver. 24. _Then David came to Mahanaim._] Where Jacob sometime had met with a double camp of angels,...
_David came to Mahanaim_ A place in the country of Gilead, bordering upon the land of the Ammonites, lately the residence of Ish- bosheth, and anciently the resting-place of Jacob; where God had place...
1 Ahithophels counsell is ouerthrowen by Hushais, according to Gods appointment. 15 Secret intelligence is sent vnto Dauid. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himselfe. 25 Amasa is made captaine. 27 Dauid at M...
Then David came to Mahanaim, a fortified city of Gilead, near the ford of Jabbok. AND ABSALOM PASSED OVER JORDAN, HE AND ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL WITH HIM, all the warriors whom he had assembled accordin...
DAVID IN THE COUNTRY EAST OF JORDAN...
Ahithophel discerned clearly that if Absalom was to gain any victory over David he must strike quickly. Satan knows that the only way to establish the anti-christ in power is to destroy the true Chris...
22-29 Ahithophel hanged himself for vexation that his counsel was not followed. That will break a proud man's heart which will not break a humble man's sleep. He thought himself in danger, concluding...
MAHANAIM; a place in the country of Gilead, bordering upon the land of the Ammonites, 2 SAMUEL 17:27. See GENESIS 32:2 2 SAMUEL 2:8. ABSALOM PASSED OVER JORDAN; not speedily, but when all the men of I...
2 Samuel 17:24 David H1732 went H935 (H8804) Mahanaim H4266 Absalom H53 over H5674 (H8804) Jordan H3383 men...
CONTENTS: Conflicting counsel of Ahitophel and Hushai. CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Ahitophel, Hushai, Shobi, Machir, Barzillai, Ahimaaz, Jonathan, Amasa, Joab. CONCLUSION: It is to the comfort...
2 Samuel 17:17. _En-rogel_ was near Jerusalem. Joshua 15:7. 2 Samuel 17:21. _Thus hath Ahithophel counselled._ This disclosure of Absalom's plans saved David from being surprised, and drove him across...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 17:24 From the place where he crossed the Jordan River (see 2 Samuel 16:14), David had traveled another 37 miles (59 km) north....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 17:1. “THIS NIGHT,” “The night following David’s flight and Absalom’s entrance into Jerusalem, as we may see very clearly from 2 Samuel 17:16.” _(Keil)_ 2 Sam...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 17:1 LET ME NOW CHOOSE OUT TWELVE THOUSAND MEN. The advice of Ahithophel was such as would have made success almost certain. The rebellion had taken David by surprise, and he was...
Last week we left David in very sad shape. His son Absalom had rebelled against him, had gone down to Hebron and had gathered Israel to his support, who he had gradually been enticing away from his fa...
2 Samuel 2:8; Genesis 32:2; Joshua 13:26...
Passed — Not speedily, but when all the men of Israel were gathered together according to Hushai's counsel....