"And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!"
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Verse 2 Samuel 18:33. _O MY SON ABSALOM_] It is allowed by the most
able critics that this lamentation is exceedingly pathetic. In what
order the words were pronounced, for much depends on this, we ca...
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There is not in the whole of the Old Testament a passage of deeper
pathos than this. Compare Luke 19:41. In the Hebrew Bible this verse
commences the nineteenth chapter. The King James Version follows...
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8. THE CIVIL WAR AND ABSALOM'S DEATH
CHAPTER 18
_ 1. The battle in the forest of Ephraim (2 Samuel 18:1)_
2. The death of Absalom (2 Samuel 18:9)
3. The tidings of his death and David's grief (2 S...
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1 SAMUEL 18:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 19:8. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM. DAVID'S
GRIEF (J).
2 SAMUEL 18:1. Absalom's followers are defeated with great slaughter.
Nothing is known as to the battle-field, the For...
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MY SON... MY SON. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. for. instead
of....
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David's mourning for Absalom
33. _was much moved_ Better perhaps, WAS SORE TROUBLED. Sept.
ἐταράχθη is a good rendering. This passionate outburst of
grief was due not only to the tenderness of affect...
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DISCOURSE: 322
DAVID’S LAMENTATION OVER ABSALOM
2 Samuel 18:33. _And the king was much moved, and went up to the
chamber over the gate, and wept: and, as he went, thus he said, O my
son Absalom, my s...
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O MY SON ABSALOM! &C.— There certainly cannot be produced from any
writer a more striking instance of the true pathetic than the present.
See Dr. Lowth's 22nd Praelection. It is, however, extremely di...
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_David's Lament for Absalom._ 2 Samuel 18:19-33
19 Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, let me now run, and bear the
king tidings, how that the Lord hath avenged him of his enemies.
20 And Joab said u...
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_AND THE KING WAS MUCH MOVED, AND WENT UP TO THE CHAMBER OVER THE
GATE, AND WEPT: AND AS HE WENT, THUS HE SAID, O MY SON ABSALOM, MY
SON, MY SON ABSALOM! WOULD GOD I HAD DIED FOR THEE, O ABSALOM, MY S...
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THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM
1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 18
DAVID’S MEN DEFEAT AND KILL ABSALOM
V1 David counted the soldiers who were with him. He appointed men to
command groups of 1000...
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WAS MUCH MOVED. — David’s grief was not merely that of a father
for his first-born son, but for that son slain in the very act of
outrageous sin. His sorrow, too, may have gained poignancy from the
th...
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_[2 Samuel 19:1]_ וַ יִּרְגַּ֣ז הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ וַ
יַּ֛עַל עַל ־עֲלִיַּ֥ת הַ שַּׁ֖עַר וַ
יֵּ֑בְךְּ...
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CHAPTER XXIV.
_ DAVID'S GRIEF FOR ABSALOM._
2 Samuel 18:19; 2 Samuel 19:1.
''NEXT to the calamity of losing a battle," a great general used to
say, "is that of gaining a victory." The battle in the...
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MOURNING TOO LATE
2 Samuel 18:31; 2 Samuel 19:1
What an awful day that was for David, seated between the inner and
outer gates, scanning the landscape, and speaking now and again to the
sentry poste...
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The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David,
and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's
followers arrived. Two men attract our attention, David an...
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And the king was much (l) moved, and went up to the chamber over the
gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my
son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, m...
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_Wept, in private. (Menochius) --- Would. David lamented the death of
Absalom, because of the wretched state in which he died; and therefore
would have been glad to have saved his life, even by dying...
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(24) And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to
the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and
looked, and behold a man running alone. (25) And the watchman cr...
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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 CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.’_
‘The king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate
and wept.’
2 Samuel 18:33
We cannot enlarge upon this scene without injuring its matchless
pathos....
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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 THE KING WAS MUCH MOVED,.... His affections were moved, his
passions were stirred up; he was greatly troubled, distressed, and
grieved:
AND WENT UP TO THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE, AND WEPT; got out...
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And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate,
and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my
son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my so...
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_The enemies of my Lord the king be as that young man is _ A decent
way this of informing him that Absalom was dead. _And the king was
much moved_ So that we do not find he made any inquiry concerning...
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1 Dauid viewing the armies in their march, giueth them charge of
Absalom.
6 The Israelites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim.
9 Absalom hanging in an Oke, is slaine by Ioab, and cast into a pi...
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David's Lament for Absalom...
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David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled
to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David.
Now the time comes for war with Absalom, who has considered...
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19-33 By directing David to give God thanks for his victory, Ahimaaz
prepared him for the news of his son's death. The more our hearts are
fixed and enlarged, in thanksgiving to God for our mercies,...
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WENT UP TO THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE; retiring himself from all men
and business, that he might wholly give up himself to lamentation.
David might speak thus from a deep sense of his eternal state, be...
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2 Samuel 18:33 king H4428 moved H7264 (H8799) up H5927 (H8799) chamber
H5944 gate H8179 wept H1058 (H8799) went H3212 (H8800) said H559
(H8804) son H1121 son H1121 son H1121 died H4191 (H8800) place H...
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CONTENTS: Battle of Mount Ephriam. Slaying of Absalom.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Joab, Abishai, Ittai, Ahimaaz, a
Cushite.
CONCLUSION: Those who exalt themselves shall be abased. It never pay...
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2 Samuel 18:2. _A third part under Ittai,_ the Philistine general who
had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king.
2 Samuel 18:6. _The wood of Ephraim_ lay beyond Jordan, and was not in
the lot...
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_And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate
and wept._
THE WAIL OF A BROKEN HEART
1. The first picture shows a glimpse of the battlefield, and brings
before us three men, e...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 18:1. “DAVID NUMBERED,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of
Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their
chieftains.”—_(Jamieson.)_ Josephus says the army nu...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 18:1
AND DAVID NUMBERED. The verb really means that he organized his army,
and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all
Israel to him, there would be some d...
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So David numbered the people that were with him, and he set the
captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds. And David
sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, a t...
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2 Samuel 12:10; 2 Samuel 19:4; James 5:17; Proverbs 10:1; Proverbs
17:25; Psalms 103:13...
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Over the gate — Retiring himself from all men and business, that he
might wholly give up himself to lamentation. My son — This he might
speak from a deep sense of his eternal state, because he died in...