Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 18:17
A great heap of stones - See the marginal reference. This kind of monument is common to almost all early nations.
A great heap of stones - See the marginal reference. This kind of monument is common to almost all early nations.
Verse 2 Samuel 18:17. _AND LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES_] This was the method of burying heroes, and even traitors, the heap of stones being designed to perpetuate the memory of the event, whethe...
8. THE CIVIL WAR AND ABSALOM'S DEATH CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The battle in the forest of Ephraim (2 Samuel 18:1)_ 2. The death of Absalom (2 Samuel 18:9) 3. The tidings of his death and David's grief ...
1 SAMUEL 18:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 19:8. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM. DAVID'S GRIEF (J). 2 SAMUEL 18:1. Absalom's followers are defeated with great slaughter. Nothing is known as to the battle-field, the Fore...
HEAP OF STONES. Not. memorial to honour but to warn (Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:29). See note on 2 Samuel 18:18....
_a very great heap of stones_ A monument of shame over the rebel's grave, as over that of Achan (Joshua 7:26), and the king of Ai (Joshua 8:29). Some think it was symbolic of the stoning which was the...
Absalom's Death 9. _And Absalom_, &c. AND ABSALOM HAPPENED TO FIND HIMSELF IN THE PRESENCE OF DAVID'S SERVANTS: NOW ABSALOM WAS RIDING UPON HIS MULE, AND THE MULE, &c. In the course of the flight, Abs...
THEY TOOK ABSALOM—AND LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES UPON HIM— Bishop Patrick here observes, that thus he was, after a sort, stoned, as the law ordered a rebellious son should be. Adricomius, in his...
_The Death of Absalom._ 2 Samuel 18:9-18 9And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the...
_AND THEY TOOK ABSALOM, AND CAST HIM INTO A GREAT PIT IN THE WOOD, AND LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES UPON HIM: AND ALL ISRAEL FLED EVERY ONE TO HIS TENT._ They took Absalom, and cast him into a gr...
THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM 1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'...
A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES] This might be simply to mark his burying-place....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 18 DAVID’S MEN DEFEAT AND KILL ABSALOM V1 David counted the soldiers who were with him. He appointed men to command groups of 1000...
EVERY ONE TO HIS TENT. — An expression derived from the life in the wilderness, and meaning _every one to his home._ (Comp. Deuteronomy 16:7; Joshua 22:4; 1 Samuel 13:2;...
וַ יִּקְח֣וּ אֶת ־אַבְשָׁלֹ֗ום וַ יַּשְׁלִ֨יכוּ...
CHAPTER XXIII. _ ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH._ 2 Samuel 18:1. WHATEVER fears of defeat and destruction might occasionally flit across David's soul between his flight from Jerusalem and the battle in...
TIDINGS THAT FAILED TO BRING JOY 2 Samuel 18:16 Ahimaaz was far-famed for his swift running. He had already served the royal cause, and his family was intimate with the king, 2 Samuel 15:36; 2 Samuel...
The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David, and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's followers arrived. Two men attract our attention, David an...
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great (e) pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. (e) Thus God turned his vain glory to s...
Him. Thus was the law executed upon Absalom, Deuteronomy xxi. 18. (St. Jerome) (Menochius) -- History scarcely affords a more detestable character; and his punishment was no less terrible than instruc...
(16) And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. (17) And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a ver...
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...
AND THEY TOOK ABSALOM, AND CAST HIM INTO A GREAT PIT IN THE WOOD,.... In the wood of Ephraim, near to which the battle was fought, and into which Absalom fled, and where he was slain: AND LAID A VERY...
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. Ver. 17. _And laid a very great heap of sto...
_They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit_ They would not bring his body to be disposed of by his father's order, lest it should excite his grief to excess. _And laid a very great heap of stone...
1 Dauid viewing the armies in their march, giueth them charge of Absalom. 6 The Israelites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim. 9 Absalom hanging in an Oke, is slaine by Ioab, and cast into a pi...
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, not granting him a proper burial, AND LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES UPON HIM, a sign of embittered feeling for the rebel, a proper...
THE END OF ABSALOM...
David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David. Now the time comes for war with Absalom, who has considered...
9-18 Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men fro...
LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES UPON HIM, as a lasting monument of Absalom's sin and shame, and of the righteous judgment of God upon him. Compare JOSHUA 7:26, JOSHUA 8:29 10:27. He was first hanged,...
2 Samuel 18:17 took H3947 (H8799) Absalom H53 cast H7993 (H8686) large H1419 pit H6354 woods H3293 laid...
CONTENTS: Battle of Mount Ephriam. Slaying of Absalom. CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Joab, Abishai, Ittai, Ahimaaz, a Cushite. CONCLUSION: Those who exalt themselves shall be abased. It never pay...
2 Samuel 18:2. _A third part under Ittai,_ the Philistine general who had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king. 2 Samuel 18:6. _The wood of Ephraim_ lay beyond Jordan, and was not in the lot o...
_And David numbered the people that were with him._ THE FATAL FIGHT This chapter is a narrative of that fatal fight wherein Absalom the son, fought with David his father for the kingdom of Israel....
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 18:17 EVERY ONE TO HIS OWN HOME. See note on 1 Sam. 4:10. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 18:1. “DAVID NUMBERED,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains.”—_(Jamieson.)_ Josephus says the army nu...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 18:1 AND DAVID NUMBERED. The verb really means that he organized his army, and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all Israel to him, there would be some d...
So David numbered the people that were with him, and he set the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds. And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, a t...
Jeremiah 22:18; Jeremiah 22:19; Joshua 10:27; Joshua 7:26; Joshua 8:29
Was Absalom buried in the forest of Ephraim or in the Kidron Valley? PROBLEM: After Absalom was killed by Joab’s men, they took his body and threw it into a pit and covered him with a large stone. Ho...