Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 20:2
From Jordan ... - The men of Israel only escorted David from Jordan to Gilgal, and there left him; but the men of Judah in a body went with him all the way to Jerusalem.
From Jordan ... - The men of Israel only escorted David from Jordan to Gilgal, and there left him; but the men of Judah in a body went with him all the way to Jerusalem.
10. THE REVOLT OF SHEBA CHAPTER 20 _ 1. Sheba's revolt (2 Samuel 20:1)_ 2. The ten concubines shut up (2 Samuel 20:3) 3. Amasa's failure (2 Samuel 20:4) 4. Joab and the death of Amasa ...
1 SAMUEL 20. THE REVOLT OF SHEBA (J). 2 SAMUEL 20:1 F. The result of this altercation was a fresh rebellion under a Benjamite, Sheba ben Bichri. 2 SAMUEL 20:3. The members of the king's harem whom...
_went up_ From Gilgal in the valley of the Jordan to the hill country of Ephraim....
V. DAVID'S LAST DAYS AND SONG, 2 Samuel 20:1 to 2 Samuel 24:25. 1. The Reorganization of the Kingdom, 2 Samuel 20:1-26. _Sheba's Revolt._...
_SO EVERY MAN OF ISRAEL WENT UP FROM AFTER DAVID, AND FOLLOWED SHEBA THE SON OF BICHRI: BUT THE MEN OF JUDAH CLAVE UNTO THEIR KING, FROM JORDAN EVEN TO JERUSALEM._ From Jordan even to Jerusalem. The...
THE REBELLION OF SHEBA Sheba takes advantage of the jealousy of the men of Israel to begin a rebellion, which, but for the prompt action of Joab, might have resulted in a disruption between Israel and...
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 20 SHEBA OPPOSES DAVID V1 Sheba, the son of Bicri, happened to be there. He came from the *tribe of Benjamin. He was a wicked man....
MEN OF JUDAH CLAVE. — David’s negotiations with Judah had now resulted in an entire reversal of the position of the tribes towards him; Judah, among whom the rebellion originated, and who had been tar...
וַ יַּ֜עַל כָּל ־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מֵ אַחֲרֵ
CHAPTER XXVII. _ THE INSURRECTION OF SHEBA._ 2 Samuel 19:41; 2 Samuel 20:1. DAVID was now virtually restored to his kingdom; but he had not even left Gilgal when fresh troubles began. The jealousy b...
PURSUING ANOTHER REBEL 2 Samuel 20:1 Like Shimei, Sheba belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. The old Saul-faction was always breaking out in rebellion, and Nathan's prediction that the sword would nev...
The occasion invariably finds the man for evil as well as for good. Sheba seized the strife between Judah and Israel as an opportunity to attempt to divide the kingdom. David's hosts went forth again...
So every man of Israel went up from after David, [and] followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from (d) Jordan even to Jerusalem. (d) From Gilgal which was near...
_Jordan, near which the contest had happened. Some chosen troops attended Seba to the north, while the rest went home. (Haydock)_...
(2) So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. The character of this man is marke...
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...
SO EVERY MAN OF ISRAEL WENT UP FROM AFTER DAVID,.... Those that met him on the road departed from him, and went no further with him: [AND] FOLLOWED SHEBA THE SON OF BICHRI; and made him their captain...
So every man of Israel went up from after David, [and] followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. Ver. 2. _So every man of Israel._]...
_So every man of Israel went up from after David_ Instead of going home, the generality of those Israelites who were present followed their seditious incendiary. _But the men of Judah clave to their k...
1 By occasion of the quarrell, Sheba maketh a party in Israel. 3 Dauids ten concubines are shut vp in perpetual prison. 4 Amasa made captaine ouer Iudah, is slaine by Ioab. 14 Ioab pursueth Sheba v...
So every man of Israel, of the ten northern tribes, WENT UP FROM AFTER DAVID, renouncing his allegiance to the king, AND FOLLOWED SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI; BUT THE MEN OF JUDAH CLAVE UNTO THEIR KING,...
THE MURDER OF AMASA...
Satan is always ready to take advantage of such occasions among God's people, and he had a man there of worthless, ambitious character, Sheba, the son of Bichri was actually a Benjamite, not from any...
1-3 One trial arises after another for our good, till we reach the place where sin and sorrow are for ever done away. Angry disputers misunderstand or misconstrue one another's words; proud men will h...
EVERY MAN OF ISRAEL, i.e. the generality of those Israelites who were present....
2 Samuel 20:2 man H376 Israel H3478 deserted H5927 (H8799) H310 David H1732 followed H310 Sheba H7652 son...
CONTENTS: Joab murders Amasa. Suppression of Sheba's revolt. CHARACTERS: David, Joab, Amasa, Sheba, Abishai. CONCLUSION: We must not think it strange while in this world if the end of one trouble be...
2 Samuel 20:1. _Sheba, a Benjamite,_ and a captain high in command under Absalom, in whose heart the embers of revolt were still burning. This man, seeing the anger of the tribes at not being called t...
_And there happened to be there a man of Belial._ REBELLION OF SHEBA This chapter is a relation of Sheba’s rebellion. 1. The trumpet of this new rebellion was a son of Belial, Sheba the son of Bichr...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:1 Sheba’s rebellion is directly connected with the split within the nation seen in 2 Samuel 19:41. This particular rebellion does not seem to have gained support ou
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— “There.” “In Gilgal, at the assembly of the tribes; the word indicates directly the _place;_ indirectly the time of the following history.” _(Erdmann)_. “A MAN OF BELIA...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 20:1 THERE HAPPENED TO BE THERE A MAN OF BELIAL. The fierce words of the men of Judah led to evil results. It was a time when all wise and thoughtful persons would have laboured f...
But in chapter twenty, this division is manifested by this particular fellow by the name of Sheba, who is of the tribe of Benjamin. And he blew a trumpet in Israel, which was always a signal gathering...
2 Chronicles 10:17; 2 Samuel 19:15; 2 Samuel 19:40; 2 Samuel 19:41;...
Every man — That is, the generality of those Israelites who were present....