"And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help,a O king."
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SPAKE - Seems to be an accidental error for came, which is found in
many manuscipts and versions.
HELP - literally, save (see the margin). It is the same cry as
Hosanna, i. e. save now Psalms 118:25....
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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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SPAKE TO THE KING. Many codices, with three early printed editions,
Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "came in unto the king"....
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_And when the woman … spake … she fell_ All the versions and many
Hebrew MSS read as the sense requires: "And the woman of Tekoah CAME
to the king, and fell," &c.
_fell on her face to the ground_ It...
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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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_AND COME TO THE KING, AND SPEAK ON THIS MANNER UNTO HIM. SO JOAB PUT
THE WORDS IN HER MOUTH._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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14:4 spoke (c-6) Or 'came.'...
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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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SPAKE TO THE KING. — Many MSS. and the LXX., Vulg., and Syriac have
_came_ to the king. The difference is immaterial....
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וַ֠ תֹּאמֶר הָ אִשָּׁ֤ה הַ תְּקֹעִית֙
אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ וַ תִּפֹּ֧ל עַל
־אַפֶּ֛יהָ אַ֖רְצָה...
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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...
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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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_Save me. So the Jews frequently repeated Hosanna; and David addressed
God, save us, 1 Paralipomenon xvi. 35. (Tirinus)_...
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(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...
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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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AND WHEN THE WOMAN OF TEKOAH SPAKE TO THE KING,.... Or after she had
spoken to him, being introduced by Joab, as is probable; when she had
saluted him with God save the king, or May the king live, or...
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And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face
to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
Ver. 4. _She fell on her face to the ground, &c._] And so she
insinuatet...
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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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HELP:
_ Heb._ save...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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2 Samuel 14:4 woman H802 Tekoa H8621 spoke H559 (H8799) king H4428
fell H5307 (H8799) face H639 ground H776 prostrated H7812 (H8691) said
H559 (H8799) Help H3467 (H8685) king H4428
fell on her - 2 Sa...
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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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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 that
A...
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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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1 Samuel 20:41; 1 Samuel 25:23; 2 Kings 6:26; 2 Samuel 1:2; Job 29:12;
Luke 18:3...