_AND DAVID NUMBERED THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, AND SET CAPTAINS OF
THOUSANDS AND CAPTAINS OF HUNDREDS OVER THEM._
David numbered the people that were with him. The hardy mountaineers
of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains; so
that, although without money to pay any troo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SENT FORTH A THIRD PART OF THE PEOPLE UNDER THE HAND OF
JOAB, AND A THIRD PART UNDER THE HAND OF ABISHAI THE SON OF ZERUIAH,
JOAB'S BROTHER, AND A THIRD PART UNDER THE HAND OF ITTAI THE GITTITE.
AND THE KING SAID UNTO THE PEOPLE, I WILL SURELY GO FORTH WITH YOU
MYSELF ALSO._
No JFB comme... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING COMMANDED JOAB AND ABISHAI AND ITTAI, SAYING, DEAL
GENTLY FOR MY SAKE WITH THE YOUNG MAN, EVEN WITH ABSALOM. AND ALL THE
PEOPLE HEARD WHEN THE KING GAVE ALL THE CAPTAINS CHARGE CONCERNING
ABSALOM._
Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. This
affecting charge, w... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THE PEOPLE WENT OUT INTO THE FIELD AGAINST ISRAEL: AND THE BATTLE
WAS IN THE WOOD OF EPHRAIM;_
The battle was in the wood of Ephraim, х_ YA`AR_ (H3293), a forest,
or dense growth of trees]. Its name was derived, according to some,
from the slaughter of the Ephraimites by Jephthah (Judges 12:1);... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHERE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WERE SLAIN BEFORE THE SERVANTS OF DAVID,
AND THERE WAS THERE A GREAT SLAUGHTER THAT DAY OF TWENTY THOUSAND
MEN._
The people of Israel were slain. This designation, together with the
immense slaughter mentioned later, shows the large extent to which the
people were enlist... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE BATTLE WAS THERE SCATTERED OVER THE FACE OF ALL THE COUNTRY:
AND THE WOOD DEVOURED MORE PEOPLE THAT DAY THAN THE SWORD DEVOURED._
The wood devoured more people ... than the sword. The thick forest of
oaks and terebinths, by obstructing the flight, greatly aided the
victors in the pursuit,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABSALOM MET THE SERVANTS OF DAVID. AND ABSALOM RODE UPON A MULE,
AND THE MULE WENT UNDER THE THICK BOUGHS OF A GREAT OAK, AND HIS HEAD
CAUGHT HOLD OF THE OAK, AND HE WAS TAKEN UP BETWEEN THE HEAVEN AND THE
EARTH; AND THE MULE THAT WAS UNDER HIM WENT AWAY._
Absalom met the servants of David - o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND A CERTAIN MAN SAW IT, AND TOLD JOAB, AND SAID, BEHOLD, I SAW
ABSALOM HANGED IN AN OAK._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SAID UNTO THE MAN THAT TOLD HIM, AND, BEHOLD, THOU SAWEST
HIM, AND WHY DIDST THOU NOT SMITE HIM THERE TO THE GROUND? AND I WOULD
HAVE GIVEN THEE TEN SHEKELS OF SILVER, AND A GIRDLE._
I would have given thee ten shekels of silver and a girdle - i:e.,
would have raised him from the ranks to... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE MAN SAID UNTO JOAB, THOUGH I SHOULD RECEIVE A THOUSAND
SHEKELS OF SILVER IN MINE HAND, YET WOULD I NOT PUT FORTH MINE HAND
AGAINST THE KING'S SON: FOR IN OUR HEARING THE KING CHARGED THEE AND
ABISHAI AND ITTAI, SAYING, BEWARE THAT NONE TOUCH THE YOUNG MAN
ABSALOM._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THES... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID JOAB, I MAY NOT TARRY THUS WITH THEE. AND HE TOOK THREE
DARTS IN HIS HAND, AND THRUST THEM THROUGH THE HEART OF ABSALOM, WHILE
HE WAS YET ALIVE IN THE MIDST OF THE OAK._
He took three darts, х_ SHªBAATIYM_ (H7626)] - small rods with iron
points; lances.
AND THRUST THEM THROUGH THE HEAR... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND TEN YOUNG MEN THAT BARE JOAB'S ARMOUR COMPASSED ABOUT AND SMOTE
ABSALOM, AND SLEW HIM._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB BLEW THE TRUMPET, AND THE PEOPLE RETURNED FROM PURSUING
AFTER ISRAEL: FOR JOAB HELD BACK THE PEOPLE._
Joab blew the trumpet, and ... held back the people. Knowing that, by
the death of the usurper, there was no occasion for further bloodshed,
he put an end to the pursuit, and thereby evin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY TOOK ABSALOM, AND CAST HIM INTO A GREAT PIT IN THE WOOD, AND
LAID A VERY GREAT HEAP OF STONES UPON HIM: AND ALL ISRAEL FLED EVERY
ONE TO HIS TENT._
They took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit ... and laid a very
great heap of stones. The people of the East indicate their
detestation... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW ABSALOM IN HIS LIFETIME HAD TAKEN AND REARED UP FOR HIMSELF A
PILLAR, WHICH IS IN THE KING'S DALE: FOR HE SAID, I HAVE NO SON TO
KEEP MY NAME IN REMEMBRANCE: AND HE CALLED THE PILLAR AFTER HIS OWN
NAME: AND IT IS CALLED UNTO THIS DAY, ABSALOM'S PLACE._
Absalom in his life-time had ... reared u... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
Then said Ahimaaz ... Let me now run and bear the king tidings. The
reasons of Joab's declining to accept Ahimaaz's offer to bear
intelligence of the victory to David,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SAID UNTO HIM, THOU SHALT NOT BEAR TIDINGS THIS DAY, BUT
THOU SHALT BEAR TIDINGS ANOTHER DAY: BUT THIS DAY THOU SHALT BEAR NO
TIDINGS, BECAUSE THE KING'S SON IS DEAD._
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID JOAB TO CUSHI, GO TELL THE KING WHAT THOU HAST SEEN. AND
CUSHI BOWED HIMSELF UNTO JOAB, AND RAN._
Then said Joab to Cushi, х_ LA-KUWSHIY_ (H3569)] - to the Ethiopian.
Perhaps the ground of this soldier's selection for a mission so
painful for any courtier to discharge, was that of his be... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID AHIMAAZ THE SON OF ZADOK YET AGAIN TO JOAB, BUT HOWSOEVER,
LET ME, I PRAY THEE, ALSO RUN AFTER CUSHI. AND JOAB SAID, WHEREFORE
WILT THOU RUN, MY SON, SEEING THAT THOU HAST NO TIDINGS READY?_
No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT HOWSOEVER, SAID HE, LET ME RUN. AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, RUN. THEN
AHIMAAZ RAN BY THE WAY OF THE PLAIN, AND OVERRAN CUSHI._
By the way of the plain - or 'ciccar,' circle. This word is only used
elsewhere in connection with the valley of the Jordan. It is possible
that there may have been a place... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._
David sat between the two gates - i:e., in the tower-house on the wall
that overhung the gate of Mahanaim; near it was a watch... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WATCHMAN CRIED, AND TOLD THE KING. AND THE KING SAID, IF HE
BE ALONE, THERE IS TIDINGS IN HIS MOUTH. AND HE CAME APACE, AND DREW
NEAR._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE WATCHMAN SAID, ME THINKETH THE RUNNING OF THE FOREMOST IS
LIKE THE RUNNING OF AHIMAAZ THE SON OF ZADOK. AND THE KING SAID, HE IS
A GOOD MAN, AND COMETH WITH GOOD TIDINGS._
The running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz - known
probably by a waddling rolling of his person in run... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AHIMAAZ CALLED, AND SAID UNTO THE KING, ALL IS WELL. AND HE FELL
DOWN TO THE EARTH UPON HIS FACE BEFORE THE KING, AND SAID, BLESSED BE
THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH HATH DELIVERED UP THE MEN THAT LIFTED UP THEIR
HAND AGAINST MY LORD THE KING._
All is well, х_ SHAALOWM_ (H7965), peace] - the usual sa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID, IS THE YOUNG MAN ABSALOM SAFE? AND AHIMAAZ
ANSWERED, WHEN JOAB SENT THE KING'S SERVANT, AND ME THY SERVANT, I SAW
A GREAT TUMULT, BUT I KNEW NOT WHAT IT WAS._
No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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!_
The king ... went up to the chamber over the gate х_ `AL_ (H5921) _
`ALIYAT_ (H5944)].... [ Continue Reading ]