"And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him."
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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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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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14:6 part (d-20) Lit. 'there was no deliverer between.'...
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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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THEY TWO STROVE TOGETHER. — The woman represents the fratricide as
unpremeditated and without malice. This really made the case
essentially different from that of Absalom; but at this point of the
sto...
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וּ לְ שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים
וַ יִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּ †
שָּׂדֶ֔ה וְ אֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל...
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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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And thy handmaid had two (c) sons, and they two strove together in the
field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other,
and slew him.
(c) Under this parable she describes the de...
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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 THY HANDMAID HAD TWO SONS,.... Two are observed, that her case
might suit with Amnon and Absalom:
AND THEY TWO STROVE TOGETHER IN THE FIELD; they quarrelled, and fought
in the field, where there...
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And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the
field, and [there was] none to part them, but the one smote the other,
and slew him.
Ver. 6. _And they two strove together in the fi...
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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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NONE TO PART THEM:
_ Heb._ no deliverer between them...
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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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THERE WAS NONE TO PART THEM; and therefore there is no witness, either
that he killed him, or how he killed him, whether from some sudden
passion and great provocation, or in his own necessary defence...
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2 Samuel 14:6 maidservant H8198 two H8147 sons H1121 two H8147 other
H5327 (H8735) field H7704 part H5337 (H8688) one H259 struck H5221
(H8686) other H259 killed H4191 (H8686)
and they two - Genesis...
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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 14:4 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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Deuteronomy 22:26; Deuteronomy 22:27; Exodus 2:13; Genesis 4:8...