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Verse 2 Samuel 18:14. _I MAY NOT TARRY THUS WITH THEE_] He had nothing
to say in vindication of the purpose he had formed.
_THRUST THEM THROUGH THE HEART OF ABSALOM_] He was determined to make
sure w...
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I MAY NOT TARRY ... - i. e., lose time in such discourse....
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8. THE CIVIL WAR AND ABSALOM'S DEATH
CHAPTER 18
_ 1. The battle in the forest of Ephraim (2 Samuel 18:1)_
2. The death of Absalom (2 Samuel 18:9)
3. The tidings of his death and David's grief ...
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1 SAMUEL 18:1 TO 1 SAMUEL 19:8. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM. DAVID'S
GRIEF (J).
2 SAMUEL 18:1. Absalom's followers are defeated with great slaughter.
Nothing is known as to the battle-field, the Fore...
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DARTS. clubs. Hebrew. _shebet,_. club _with a_ long spike at the end.
Still used in Palestine....
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_three darts_ Since the word used means elsewhere _rods_or
_staves_(Exodus 21:20; 2 Samuel 23:21), and the wounds inflicted were
not at once mortal, it seems that Joab struck Absalom brutally with
poi...
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Absalom's Death
9. _And Absalom_, &c. AND ABSALOM HAPPENED TO FIND HIMSELF IN THE
PRESENCE OF DAVID'S SERVANTS: NOW ABSALOM WAS RIDING UPON HIS MULE,
AND THE MULE, &c. In the course of the flight, Abs...
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AND HE TOOK THREE DARTS, &C.— Joab's killing Absalom was a direct,
deliberate, cowardly murder, and a treasonable murder too against the
express orders of the king, and in open defiance and contempt o...
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_The Death of Absalom._ 2 Samuel 18:9-18
9And 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...
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_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 dart...
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18:14 spears (c-15) Lit. 'rods (staves).' body, (d-24) Lit. 'into the
midst (heart) of Absalom.'...
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THE DEFEAT AND DEATH OF ABSALOM
1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 18
DAVID’S MEN DEFEAT AND KILL ABSALOM
V1 David counted the soldiers who were with him. He appointed men to
command groups of 1000...
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I MAY NOT TARRY THUS. — Joab evidently feels the home-thrusts made
by the man in the argument, but, determined on his deed of violence,
he sees that it is worse than useless to delay. His act was simp...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יֹואָ֔ב לֹא ־כֵ֖ן
אֹחִ֣ילָה לְ
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CHAPTER XXIII.
_ ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH._
2 Samuel 18:1.
WHATEVER fears of defeat and destruction might occasionally flit
across David's soul between his flight from Jerusalem and the battle
in...
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THE END OF AN UNFILIAL SON
2 Samuel 18:1
Absalom's army was soon across the river under Amasa, David's nephew,
2 Samuel 17:25. Though political reasons constrained David to flight,
his heart bled for...
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The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David,
and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's
followers arrived. Two men attract our attention, David an...
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_Sight. Hebrew, "I will not tarry thus with thee." I will not stand to
refute these reasons, nor imitate thy example. (Haydock)_...
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(10) And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw
Absalom hanged in an oak. (11) And Joab said unto the man that told
him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smit...
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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 SAID JOAB, I MAY NOT TARRY THUS WITH THEE,.... It is not worth
while to talk with thee any longer, nor must I lose time, and neglect
my opportunity; I do not desire you to go and smite him, I wil...
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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.
Ver. 14. _And thru...
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_I may not tarry thus with thee_ I must not lose time in contending
with thee, till I let the occasion slip. _And thrust them through the
heart of Absalom_ Not through the part properly so called, (fo...
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1 Dauid viewing the armies in their march, giueth them charge of
Absalom.
6 The Israelites are sore smitten in the wood of Ephraim.
9 Absalom hanging in an Oke, is slaine by Ioab, and cast into a pi...
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Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee, losing time in this
discussion, instead of doing what he considered necessary. AND HE TOOK
THREE DARTS IN HIS HAND, wooden staffs sharpened to he weapon...
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THE END OF ABSALOM...
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David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled
to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David.
Now the time comes for war with Absalom, who has considered...
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WITH THEE:
_ Heb._ before thee
MIDST:
_ Heb._ heart...
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9-18 Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed,
forsaken of heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's
abhorrence of rebellion against parents. Nothing can preserve men fro...
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2 Samuel 18:14 Joab H3097 said H559 (H8799) linger H3176 (H8686) you
H6440 took H3947 (H8799) three...
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CONTENTS: Battle of Mount Ephriam. Slaying of Absalom.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Joab, Abishai, Ittai, Ahimaaz, a
Cushite.
CONCLUSION: Those who exalt themselves shall be abased. It never pay...
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2 Samuel 18:2. _A third part under Ittai,_ the Philistine general who
had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king.
2 Samuel 18:6. _The wood of Ephraim_ lay beyond Jordan, and was not in
the lot o...
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_And David numbered the people that were with him._
THE FATAL FIGHT
This chapter is a narrative of that fatal fight wherein Absalom the
son, fought with David his father for the kingdom of Israel....
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 18:1. “DAVID NUMBERED,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of
Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their
chieftains.”—_(Jamieson.)_ Josephus says the army nu...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 18:1
AND DAVID NUMBERED. The verb really means that he organized his army,
and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all
Israel to him, there would be some d...
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So David numbered the people that were with him, and he set the
captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds. And David
sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, a t...
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1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Samuel 18:5; Judges 4:21; Judges 5:26; Judges 5