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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

2 Samuel 20:4

Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, he was given orders to mobilize them for the purpose of punishing the rebel Sheba, and be thou here present, for David intended formally to appoint him commander-in-chief, 2 Samuel 19:13,

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See also 2 Samuel 20:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Samuel 20:4. _THEN SAID THE KING TO AMASA_] Thus he invests him with the command of the army, and sends him to collect the men of Judah, and to come back to receive his orders in relation to...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TO AMASA ... - Evidently feeling his way toward fulfilling the promise to Amasa (marginal reference)....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The pursuit of Sheba. Amasa murdered by Joab 4. _to Amasa_ The commission was given to Amasa in fulfilment of the promise privately made to him (ch. 2 Samuel 19:13). _Assemble me the men of Judah_ Cl...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _Amasa's Indolence._ 2 Samuel 20:4-9 4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. 5 So Amasa went to assemble _the men of_ Judah: but he ta...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 inst...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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 and...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TO AMASA. — Thus David begins the fulfilment of his promise of 2 Samuel 19:13. It proved an act of very doubtful expediency at this crisis....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֶל ־עֲמָשָׂ֔א הַזְע

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    PURSUING ANOTHER REBEL 2 Samuel 20:1 Like Shimei, Sheba belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. The old Saul-faction was always breaking out in rebellion, and Nathan's prediction that the sword would nev...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then said the king to (e) Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. (e) Who was his chief captain in Joab's place, (2 Samuel 19:13)....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Here, to be invested with the command over the army, and to pursue Seba. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) В¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. (5) So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time wh...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN SAID THE KING TO AMASA,.... Whom he had promised to make general of his army, 2 Samuel 19:13; and by the following order declared him such: ASSEMBLE ME THE MEN OF JUDAH WITHIN THREE DAYS; which...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. Ver. 4. _Within three days._] This task was long; the time short; but the necessity was pressing...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Assemble me the men of Judah_ David here made good his promise to Amasa, which was a great encouragement to others in the tribe of Judah to adhere to him. And by this means also the seditious Israeli...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    ASSEMBLE: _ Heb._ call...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    4-13 Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more plot there is in a sin, the worse it is. Joab contentedly sacrificed the interest both of the king and the kingdom to his personal revenge. But one would...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ASSEMBLE ME THE MEN OF JUDAH, and march in the head of them as their general, as I have promised thee, 2 SAMUEL 19:13. WITHIN THREE DAYS; which he supposed Amasa, having been their late general, could...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 20:4 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) Amasa H6021 Assemble H2199 (H8685) men H376 Judah H3063 three...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And there happened to be there a man of Belial._ REBELLION OF SHEBA This chapter is a relation of Sheba’s rebellion. 1. The trumpet of this new rebellion was a son of Belial, Sheba the son of Bichr...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ou

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:4 David had made AMASA commander in 2 Samuel 19:13, replacing Joab. THREE DAYS is a rather sho

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:3. “LIVING IN WIDOWHOOD.” _Lit. In widowhood of life_. Probably meaning so long as _their_ lifetime, or it may mean during the lifetime of David. “They were...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 2:17; 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 19:13...

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