_AND THERE HAPPENED TO BE THERE A MAN OF BELIAL, WHOSE NAME WAS SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, A BENJAMITE: AND HE BLEW A TRUMPET, AND SAID, WE HAVE NO PART IN DAVID, NEITHER HAVE WE INHERITANCE IN THE SON OF JESSE: EVERY MAN TO HIS TENTS, O ISRAEL._ Sheba ... a Benjamite. Though nothing is known of thi... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO EVERY MAN OF ISRAEL WENT UP FROM AFTER DAVID, AND FOLLOWED SHEBA THE SON OF BICHRI: BUT THE MEN OF JUDAH CLAVE UNTO THEIR KING, FROM JORDAN EVEN TO JERUSALEM._ From Jordan even to Jerusalem. The quarrel had broken out shortly after the crossing of the Jordan, between Judah and the other tribes... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID CAME TO HIS HOUSE AT JERUSALEM; AND THE KING TOOK THE TEN WOMEN HIS CONCUBINES, WHOM HE HAD LEFT TO KEEP THE HOUSE, AND PUT THEM IN WARD, AND FED THEM, BUT WENT NOT IN UNTO THEM. SO THEY WERE SHUT UP UNTO THE DAY OF THEIR DEATH, LIVING IN WIDOWHOOD._ The king took the ten women his concu... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID THE KING TO AMASA, ASSEMBLE ME THE MEN OF JUDAH WITHIN THREE DAYS, AND BE THOU HERE PRESENT._ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days. Amasa is now installed in the command which David had promised him. The revolt of the ten tribes probably hastened th... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO AMASA WENT TO ASSEMBLE THE MEN OF JUDAH: BUT HE TARRIED LONGER THAN THE SET TIME WHICH HE HAD APPOINTED HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO ABISHAI, NOW SHALL SHEBA THE SON OF BICHRI DO US MORE HARM THAN DID ABSALOM: TAKE THOU THY LORD'S SERVANTS, AND PURSUE AFTER HIM, LEST HE GET HIM FENCED CITIES, AND ESCAPE US._ David said to Abishai ... take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he ... escape us, х... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WENT OUT AFTER HIM JOAB'S MEN, AND THE CHERETHITES, AND THE PELETHITES, AND ALL THE MIGHTY MEN: AND THEY WENT OUT OF JERUSALEM, TO PURSUE AFTER SHEBA THE SON OF BICHRI._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHEN THEY WERE AT THE GREAT STONE WHICH IS IN GIBEON, AMASA WENT BEFORE THEM. AND JOAB'S GARMENT THAT HE HAD PUT ON WAS GIRDED UNTO HIM, AND UPON IT A GIRDLE WITH A SWORD FASTENED UPON HIS LOINS IN THE SHEATH THEREOF; AND AS HE WENT FORTH IT FELL OUT._ Amasa went before them. Having collected some... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB SAID TO AMASA ART THOU IN HEALTH MY BROTHER? AND JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD WITH THE RIGHT_ _ AND JOAB SAID TO AMASA, ART THOU IN HEALTH, MY BROTHER? AND JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD WITH THE RIGHT HAND TO KISS HIM._ Took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. This act, com... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT AMASA TOOK NO HEED TO THE SWORD THAT WAS IN JOAB'S HAND: SO HE SMOTE HIM THEREWITH IN THE FIFTH RIB, AND SHED OUT HIS BOWELS TO THE GROUND, AND STRUCK HIM NOT AGAIN; AND HE DIED. SO JOAB AND ABISHAI HIS BROTHER PURSUED AFTER SHEBA THE SON OF BICHRI._ Smote him ... in the fifth rib. The seat of... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ONE OF JOAB'S MEN STOOD BY HIM, AND SAID, HE THAT FAVOURETH JOAB, AND HE THAT IS FOR DAVID, LET HIM GO AFTER JOAB._ He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. On the fall of Amasa, Joab of his own accord, assumed the command; and it is a striking proof of his unri... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND AMASA WALLOWED IN BLOOD IN THE MIDST OF THE HIGHWAY. AND WHEN THE MAN SAW THAT ALL THE PEOPLE STOOD STILL, HE REMOVED AMASA OUT OF THE HIGHWAY INTO THE FIELD, AND CAST A CLOTH UPON HIM, WHEN HE SAW THAT EVERY ONE THAT CAME BY HIM STOOD STILL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE WENT THROUGH ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL UNTO ABEL, AND TO BETH-MA'ACHAH, AND ALL THE BERITES: AND THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, AND WENT ALSO AFTER HIM._ He went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel - beating up for recruits. But there the prompt marches of Joab overtook and hemmed him i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY CAME AND BESIEGED HIM IN ABEL OF BETH-MA'ACHAH, AND THEY CAST UP A BANK AGAINST THE CITY, AND IT STOOD IN THE TRENCH: AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH JOAB BATTERED THE WALL, TO THROW IT DOWN._ Abel of Beth-maachah - or Abel-maim (the meadow of waters) (cf. 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29;... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ THEN CRIED A WISE WOMAN. The appeal of this woman, who, like Deborah, was probably a judge or governess of the place, was a strong one.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN HE WAS COME NEAR UNTO HER, THE WOMAN SAID, ART THOU JOAB? AND HE ANSWERED, I AM HE. THEN SHE SAID UNTO HIM, HEAR THE WORDS OF THINE HANDMAID. AND HE ANSWERED, I DO HEAR._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SHE SPAKE, SAYING, THEY WERE WONT TO SPEAK IN OLD TIME, SAYING, THEY SHALL SURELY ASK COUNSEL AT ABEL: AND SO THEY ENDED THE MATTER._ They were wont to speak in old time. The translation on the margin gives a better meaning, which is to this effect: When the people saw thee lay siege to Abel,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 ... and a mother in Israel. The woman might mean herself by the use of this last expression, which is ap... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOAB ANSWERED AND SAID, FAR BE IT, FAR BE IT FROM ME, THAT I SHOULD SWALLOW UP OR DESTROY._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW JOAB WAS OVER ALL THE HOST OF ISRAEL: AND BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA WAS OVER THE CHERETHITES AND OVER THE PELETHITES:_ Now Joab was over all the host. David, whatever his private wishes, found that he possessed not the power of removing Josh; so, winking at the murder of Amasa, he re-establi... [ Continue Reading ]