2 Samuel 14:1-33
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
TEKOAH] 6 m. S. of Bethlehem. It was the home of the prophet Amos (Amos 1:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 gone out. The passage casts an interesting light on the informal and almost casual administration of j... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INIQUITY _be_ ON ME] i.e. if the king is breaking the law of God, she is willing to bear the punishment: cp. Genesis 9:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
LET THE KING', etc.] She wishes him to ratify his promise by an oath,... [ Continue Reading ]
AS ONE WHICH IS FAULTY] The king's merciful disposition towards the son of a stranger condemned his severity to his own son.... [ Continue Reading ]
WE MUST NEEDS DIE, etc.] Life may end at any time, and when ended cannot be recalled. Hence the regret that follows harsh judgment when the offender is dead. NEITHER DOTH GOD, etc.] RV 'neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.' God is... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE] i.e. her family. The woman still keeps to her fictitious tale.... [ Continue Reading ]
TO FETCH ABOUT THIS FORM OF SPEECH] RV 'to change the face of the matter'; i.e. the present position of Absalom.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS BEAUTY] Absalom inherited the personal beauty of his father (1 Samuel 16:12). The fact is also mentioned in the case of Tamar (2 Samuel 13:1) and of Adonijah (1 Kings 1:6).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING'S WEIGHT] We do not know the exact weight of the king's shekel, but probably 40 shekels were roughly equivalent to an English pound. This notice is inserted to distinguish it from the sacred shekel.... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE SONS] It would appear from 2 Samuel 18:18 that none of them lived to grow up.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joab had risked a good deal in sending the woman of Tekoah, and he did not choose to venture a second attempt.... [ Continue Reading ]