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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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5. Absalom's Exile Ended, 2 Samuel 14:1-33.
_Joab and the Woman of Tekoah._ 2 Samuel 14:1-20
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart _was_
toward Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Teko...
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_THEN THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THE WOMAN, HIDE NOT FROM ME, I
PRAY THEE, THE THING THAT I SHALL ASK THEE. AND THE WOMAN SAID, LET MY
LORD THE KING NOW SPEAK._
No JFB commentary on these verses...
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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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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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וַ יַּ֣עַן הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר֙
אֶל
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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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(18) Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me,
I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let
my lord the king now speak. (19) And the king said, Is not...
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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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THEN THE KING ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THE WOMAN,.... Understanding
plainly what she meant by all this, that the case she brought was a
feigned one, and that the intention of it was to let him know the...
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Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I
pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my
lord the king now speak.
Ver. 18. _Then the king answered an...
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_The king said, Hide not from me_, &c. Observing the uncommon art and
dexterity of her address in the management of this affair, the king
immediately began to suspect it was a thing concerted between...
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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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Then the king answered and said unto the woman, since he had drawn his
own conclusions from the skill with which she presented her matter,
HIDE NOT FROM ME, I PRAY THEE, THE THING THAT I SHALL ASK THE...
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THE WISE WOMAN OF TEKOAH...
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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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1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his
clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state
of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of hi...
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2 Samuel 14:18 king H4428 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799)
woman H802 hide H3582 (H8762) anything...
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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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_And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman._
THE PARABLE OF THE WOMAN OF TEKOA
The contrast between this parable and the one preceding it is very
great. The parable of the ewe-lamb was spoken of by...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 14:1. “NOW JOAB,” etc. Most commentators attribute
Joab’s action in this matter to motives of self-interest. It appears
highly probably that Absalom was now th...
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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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1 Samuel 3:17; 1 Samuel 3:18; Jeremiah 38:14; Jeremiah 38:25...