So they shall quench my coal which is left— The expression is singularly beautiful and expressive. Heathen authors seem to have borrowed it from hence. Plato and Lucian call the few men who survived the deluge ζωπυρα, live coals, who were to re-kindle the vital flame, and continue the human race: and in Scripture a man and his successors are often called a lamp or light: see chap. 2 Samuel 21:17. Psalms 132:17 and Calmet and Le Clerc.
Verse 2 Samuel 14:7. _THE WHOLE FAMILY IS RISEN_] They took on them the part of the _avenger of blood_; the nearest akin to the murdered person having a right to slay the murderer. _THEY SHALL QUENC...
THE WHOLE FAMILY ... - This indicates that all the king’s sons, and the whole court, were against Absalom, and that the knowledge of this was what hindered David from yielding to his affection and rec...
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
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...
_the whole family_, &c. The whole clan demanded blood-revenge, according to the primitive custom, sanctioned and regulated by the Mosaic Law. See Numbers 35:19; Deuteronomy 19:12-13. _and we will dest...
5. Absalom's Exile Ended, 2 Samuel 14:1-33. _Joab and the Woman of Tekoah._ 2 Samuel 14:1-20 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart _was_ toward Absalom. 2 And Joab sent to Teko...
_AND, BEHOLD, THE WHOLE FAMILY IS RISEN AGAINST THINE HANDMAID, AND THEY SAID, DELIVER HIM THAT SMOTE HIS BROTHER, THAT WE MAY KILL HIM, FOR THE LIFE OF HIS BROTHER WHOM HE SLEW; AND WE WILL DESTROY T...
WE WILL DESTROY] She purposely makes the case appear as bad as possible. MY COAL] The word means a glowing piece of wood. The surviving son is compared to a spark left when the rest of the fire has go...
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....
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...
WE WILL DESTROY THE HEIR ALSO. — The woman puts this into the mouth of the family, because this would be the result of what they proposed. The effect of the parable is greatly heightened by this, and...
וְ הִנֵּה֩ קָ֨מָה כָֽל ־הַ מִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה עַל
CHAPTER XVIII. _ ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK_ 2 Samuel 13:38 - 2 Samuel 14:1. GESHUR, to which Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon, accompanied in all likelihood by the men who had slain hi...
JOAB'S PLEA FOR THE FUGITIVE 2 Samuel 14:1 Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom. Were the two sworn together to hatch a great plot? Or was Absalom shrewdly using Joab t...
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...
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the (d) life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destro...
_Heir. She expresses their sentiments more than their words. (Calmet) --- Some of the relations might desire to obtain the inheritance. (Menochius) --- See Numbers xxxv. 18. --- Spark. Posterity is of...
(2) And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as...
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, BEHOLD, THE WHOLE FAMILY IS RISEN AGAINST THINE HANDMAID,.... Who had sheltered her son, that slew his brother, from the avenger of blood; and not only the next akin, the avenger of blood, but ev...
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy th...
_Deliver him, that we may kill him_ Put him to death, as the law requires, Numbers 35:18. We _will destroy the heir also_ Take away his life, although he be the heir, or the only one remaining of the...
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...
THE WISE WOMAN OF TEKOAH...
And, behold, the whole family, the entire relationship, IS RISEN AGAINST THINE HANDMAID, AND THEY SAID, DELIVER HIM THAT SMOTE HIS BROTHER THAT WE MAY KILL HIM FOR THE LIFE OF HIS BROTHER WHOM HE SLEW...
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...
UPON THE EARTH: _ Heb._ upon the face of the earth...
1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of hi...
THAT WE MAY KILL HIM; according to the law, NUMBERS 35:19 DEUTERONOMY 19:12. WE WILL DESTROY THE HEIR ALSO; so they plainly discover that their prosecution of him was not so much from love of justice,...
2 Samuel 14:7 whole H4940 up H6965 (H8804) maidservant H8198 said H559 (H8799) Deliver H5414 (H8798) struck...
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...
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...
_And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman._ THE PARABLE OF THE WOMAN OF TEKOA The contrast between this parable and the one preceding it is very great. The parable of the ewe-lamb was spoken of by...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:4 A woman uses a parable to appeal to David, for the good of his family, to set aside the ordinary laws demanding the death of a murderer (e.g., Numbers 35:31). Now th
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 14:1. “NOW JOAB,” etc. Most commentators attribute Joab’s action in this matter to motives of self-interest. It appears highly probably that Absalom was now th...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 12:17; Deuteronomy 19:12; Deuteronomy 25:6; Genesis 27:45;...