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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. A
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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 trumped...
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Absalom readmitted to David's presence through Joab's mediation
29. _he would not come to him_ Not choosing to incur David's
displeasure by visiting Absalom while he was still in disgrace....
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ABSALOM SENT FOR JOAB— The reader who is little versed in courts
will naturally be surprised to see Joab so zealous to get Absalom
recalled from exile, and to observe him afterwards so cold and
indiff...
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_David Recalls Absalom._ 2 Samuel 14:21-33
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go
therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his fa...
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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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Joab had risked a good deal in sending the woman of Tekoah, and he did
not choose to venture a second attempt....
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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 A...
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HE WOULD NOT COME. — Joab felt that he had already gone far enough
in procuring Absalom’s return, and, as he still continued under the
displeasure of the king, he was not disposed to do anything more....
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וַ יִּשְׁלַ֨ח אַבְשָׁלֹ֜ום אֶל
־יֹואָ֗ב לִ שׁ
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RESTORED THOUGH UNREPENTANT
2 Samuel 14:18
Joab knew perfectly that David was well pleased to recall Absalom, in
response, as it appeared, to the request of the most powerful of his
subjects. But Joa...
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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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(28) В¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not
the king's face. (29) Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent
him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent ag...
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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
d...
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THEREFORE ABSALOM SENT FOR JOAB, TO HAVE SENT HIM TO THE KING,.... To
introduce him into his presence, being uneasy to be thus confined at
his own house, and not suffered to come to court:
BUT HE WOU...
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_Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he
would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he
would not come._
Ver. 29. _But he would not come to him._] As...
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_Absalom sent for Joab_ This vain young man, whose only excellence
seems to have been his singular beauty, weary with being so long
detained in that confinement and obscurity, so mortifying to his
pri...
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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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Therefore Absalom sent for Joab to have sent him to the king, to have
this unbearable relation terminated; BUT HE WOULD NOT COME TO HIM,
probably in order not to incur the king's displeasure: AND WHEN...
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THE RECONCILIATION EFFECTED...
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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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28-33 By his insolent carriage toward Joab, Absalom brought Joab to
plead for him. By his insolent message to the king, he gained his
wishes. When parents and rulers countenance such characters, they...
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TO HAVE SENT HIM TO THE KING; that by his mediation he might be
admitted into the king's favour and presence. HE WOULD NOT COME;
partly, because perceiving David's affections to be cold to Absalom,
he...
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2 Samuel 14:29 Absalom H53 sent H7971 (H8799) Joab H3097 send H7971
(H8800) king H4428 would H14 ...
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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 Ellenbo...
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_Absalom sent for Joab _. .. _ but he would not come to him._
THE BARLEY-FIELD ON FIRE
Absalom had fled from Jerusalem under fear of David’s anger; he was
after a time permitted to return, but he was...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:28 ABSALOM is dissatisfied with being
kept away by David. He wants to be either executed or restored to the
royal household (v. 2
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 14:26. “HE POLLED HIS HEAD,” _i.e._, cut his hair. “TWO
HUNDRED SHEKELS AFTER THE KING’S WEIGHT.” The king’s shekel is
probably a different weight from the sac...
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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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2 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 14:31; Esther 1:12; Matthew 22:3...