Verse 2 Samuel 20:14. Unto Abel] This is supposed to have been the capital of the district called Abilene in St. Luke's Gospel, Luke 3:1.
Beth-maachah] Is supposed to have been in the northern part of the Holy Land, on the confines of Syria, and probably in the tribe of Naphtali.
ABEL - More commonly called 2 Samuel 20:15 “Abel-Beth-maachah” to distinguish it from other places of the name of “Abel” (a grassy plain). It is represented by the modern Abil-el-Kamh, a Christian vil...
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...
HE. Joab. BERITES. Bichrites (2 Samuel 20:1). HIM. Sheba....
Sheba besieged in Abel-Beth-Maachah 14. _And he went_ Joab marched rapidly northward, gathering forces as he went. _unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah_ Abel was apparently near Beth-Maachah, which is not...
UNTO ABEL, AND TO BETH-MAACHAH, AND ALL THE BERITES— _To Abel Beth-maachah, whither all the Berites were gathered together to him._ Houbigant. See the next verse. _Abel Beth-maachah_ was a city betwee...
_Sheba's Death._ 2 Samuel 20:14-23 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. 15 And...
_AND HE WENT THROUGH ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL UNTO ABEL, AND TO BETH-MA'ACHAH, AND ALL THE BERITES: AND THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND WENT ALSO AFTER HIM._ He went through all the tribes of Israel...
20:14 together, (a-21) Some read 'all the young men gathered together.'...
UNTO ABEL, AND TO BETH-MAACHAH] read 'unto Abel of Beth-maachah.' ALL THE BERITES] READ 'all the Bichrites' (see on 2 Samuel 20:1). Sheba went to the Bichrites (his kinsmen) and then proceeded to Abel...
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....
UNTO ABEL, AND TO BETH-MAACHAH. — Abel has been identified with the modern Christian village of Abil (called “Abil-el-Kamh,” on account of the excellence of its wheat (north-west of Lake Huleh). It is...
וַֽ יַּעֲבֹ֞ר בְּ כָל ־שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
ONE HEAD SAVES MANY 2 Samuel 20:14 This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us of the value of presence of mind in a great crisis. She gave Joab to understand, first, that...
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...
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to (i) Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. (i) To the city Abel, which was near Bet...
Tribes, north-west of the Jordan. (Calmet) --- Abela and Bathmaacha. Cities of the tribe of Nephtali. (Challoner) --- The former is called simply Abel (4 Kings xv. 29.; Calmet) as it is here by the Pr...
(14) В¶ And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. (15) And they came and besieged him i...
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 HE WENT THROUGH ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL,.... That is, Sheba the son of Bichri, last mentioned, 2 Samuel 20:13, who passed through all the tribes of Israel to get as many to be of his party as he...
And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. Ver. 14. _And he went through all the tribes...
_He went through all the tribes_ That is, Sheba, who marched from tribe to tribe to stir them up to sedition. _Unto Abel, and to Beth- maachah_ Or rather, _unto Abel-beth-maachah_, as this place is ca...
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...
THE DEATH OF SHEBA...
And he, Joab, WENT THROUGH ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, moving ever northward through the country of the ten tribes, UNTO ABEL AND TO BETH-MAACHAH, in the territory of Naphtali, AND ALL THE BARITES; AND...
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...
14-22 Justly is that place attacked, which dares to harbour a traitor; nor will the heart fare better which indulges rebellious lusts, that will not have Christ to reign over them. A discreet woman,...
HE WENT; either, 1. Joab, who pursued Sheba through all the tribes as far as Abel. Or rather, 2. Sheba, who was last mentioned, who marched from tribe to tribe to stir them up to sedition; and to him...
2 Samuel 20:14 went H5674 (H8799) tribes H7626 Israel H3478 Abel H59 Maachah H1038 Berites H1276 together H6950 ...
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...
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
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:14 Sheba and his men go to ABEL. It is located just west of Dan in the north of Israel. ⇐...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:14. “ABEL.” _Lit., meadow_, and the name of several places in Palestine, but from its proximity to Beth-Maachah (with which it is sometimes joined, 2 Samuel...
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...
1 Kings 15:20; 2 Chronicles 16:4; 2 Kings 15:29; Joshua 18:25...
He — Sheba, who marched from tribe to tribe to stir them up to sedition. Abel — Unto Abel — beth — maachah, as this place is called here in the Hebrew text, 2 Samuel 20:15, to distinguish it from othe...