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THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID - She pretends still that her suit was
a real one, and that she was in fear of the people (“the whole
family,” 2 Samuel 14:7) setting upon her and her son....
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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. Absalom's beauty...
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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 trumpe...
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_Now therefore_, &c. Simply, AND NOW. There seems to be a studied
ambiguity about this verse. If "the people" means the family who had
demanded the surrender of her son, she is artfully returning to h...
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THEN THE WOMAN SAID, &C.— The woman, having so far gained her point,
begged leave to say one word further; and, having obtained permission,
immediately proceeded, 2 Samuel 14:13 to expostulate with th...
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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...
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_NOW THEREFORE THAT I AM COME TO SPEAK OF THIS THING UNTO MY LORD THE
KING, IT IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID: AND THY HANDMAID
SAID, I WILL NOW SPEAK UNTO THE KING; IT MAY BE THAT THE KING...
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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....
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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 Ab...
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BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID. — The woman here seeks to
excuse her boldness in addressing the king by the pressure brought to
bear upon her from without; but whether she means this in regard...
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וְ֠ עַתָּה אֲשֶׁר ־בָּ֜אתִי לְ
דַבֵּ֨ר אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲדֹנִי֙ אֶת
־הַ דָּבָ֣ר הַ...
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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...
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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...
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Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the
king, [it is] because the people (i) have made me afraid: and thy
handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the...
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_Before the people. Hebrew also, "through fear, or respect for the
people," who generally wished that Absalom might return. (Haydock) ---
Joab was present, (ver. 21) and no doubt many others; who, if...
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(12) Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one
word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. (13) And the woman
said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the...
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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...
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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...
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NOW THEREFORE THAT I AM COME TO SPEAK OF THIS THING UNTO MY LORD THE
KING,.... Of the case of Absalom, under a feigned one of hers:
[IT IS] BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID; having heard of the...
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_Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the
king, [it is] because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid
said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the ki...
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_Now, therefore, that I am come_, &c. “But here, apprehending she
might have gone too far, and made too free with majesty, in
expostulating so plainly upon a point of such importance, she excused
this...
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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...
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THE WISE WOMAN OF TEKOAH...
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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...
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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...
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IT IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE HAVE MADE ME AFRAID; the truth is, I was even
forced to this bold address to thee by the disposition and condition
of thy people, who are discontented at Absalom's perpetual b...
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2 Samuel 14:15 come H935 (H8804) speak H1696 (H8763) thing H1697 lord
H113 king H4428 people H5971 afraid H3372 (H8765) maidservant H8198
said H559 (H8799) speak H1696 (H8762) king H4428 king H4428 pe...
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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...
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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 Ellenb...
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_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 b...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:8 Perhaps David already suspects that
Joab is involved in the woman’s coming to him, so he deliberately
uses the vague word ANYONE in v. 2 Samuel 14:10. The woman, however...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Samuel 14:15...
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The people — The truth is, I was even forced to this bold address to
thee by the disposition of thy people, who are discontented at
Absalom's perpetual banishment, lest, if Absalom by his father — in...