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Verse 2 Samuel 20:19. _I - PEACEABLE AND FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL_] I am for
peace, not contention of any kind; I am _faithful_-I adhere to David,
and neither seek nor shall sanction any rebellion or anarch...
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I AM ONE ... - The woman speaks in the name of the whole city, which
she means to say was peaceable and loyal....
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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 (2 Samuel 2...
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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...
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A CITY AND. MOTHER. a city,. mother city, too. Figure of speech
_Hendiadys_ (App-6): i.e.. metropolitan city.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....
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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...
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THEN CRIED A WISE WOMAN, &C.— As Joab pressed the siege with all
earnestness, a _wise woman,_ who probably was governess of the city,
(an office, though generally filled by men, yet sometimes administ...
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_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 An...
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_I AM ONE OF THEM THAT ARE PEACEABLE AND FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL: THOU
SEEKEST TO DESTROY A CITY AND A MOTHER IN ISRAEL: WHY WILT THOU
SWALLOW UP THE INHERITANCE OF THE LORD?_
Thou seekest to destroy ......
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20:19 mother (b-16) * Or 'a city, even a mother (city) in Israel.' See
2 Samuel 8:1 ; Numbers 21:25 ,Numbers 21:32 ; Numbers 32:42 ; Joshua
17:11 and Notes....
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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 an...
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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....
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אָנֹכִ֕י שְׁלֻמֵ֖י אֱמוּנֵ֣י
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֗שׁ לְ
הָמִ֨ית עִ֤יר וְ אֵם֙ בְּ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
לָ֥מָּה
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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...
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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...
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I [am (m) one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel:
thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
(m) She speaks in the...
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_Truth. Hebrew, "I am peaceable, faithful in Israel." (Haydock) --- I
am one of the cities most inclined to peace, and to the king's
service, noted for lessons of loyalty. (Calmet) --- Probably there...
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(16) Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray
you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. (17) And
when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Jo...
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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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I [AM ONE OF THEM THAT ARE] PEACEABLE [AND] FAITHFUL IN ISRAEL,....
Her meaning is, that she was of a city which consisted of peaceable
and faithful men, that were peaceable among themselves, and fait...
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I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou
seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou
swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
Ver. 19. _I am one of them...
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_I am one of them that are peaceable_, &c. She speaks in the name of
the whole city, which was of a peaceable spirit, and had been faithful
to David in the time of the late revolt. _Thou seekest to de...
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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...
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THE DEATH OF SHEBA...
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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...
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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, b...
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Or, I (to wit, the city of Abel, in whose name and person she speaks
this) am one of the PEACEABLE AND FAITHFUL cities of Israel.
Whatsoever Sheba may design, whom we have innocently received into our...
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2 Samuel 20:19 peaceable H7999 (H8803) faithful H539 (H8803) Israel
H3478 seek H1245 (H8764) destroy H4191 (H8687) city H5892 mother H517
Israel H3478 up H1104 (H8762) inheritance H5159 LORD H3068
pe...
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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...
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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...
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_Then cried a wise woman out of the city._
ABEL’S ORACLE; OR PRUDENCE AND PEACEABLENESS
I. The people in Abel of Bethmaachah are on the verge of ruin, for
Joab is battering away at the walls. Soon hi...
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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 outside
o...
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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 Samue...
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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...
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Timothy 2:2; 2 Corinthians 5:4;
2 Samuel 17:16; 2 Samuel 21:3; Deuteronomy 32:9; Exodus 19:5; Exodus
19:6;...
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A mother — Great cities are commonly called mothers; as lesser towns
or villages subject to them, and depending upon them, are called their
daughters. Inheritance — That is, a considerable part of, th...