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Verse 2 Samuel 20:21. _HIS HEAD SHALL BE THROWN TO THEE_] Thus it
appears she had great sway in the counsels of the city; and that the
punishment of a state rebel was then, what it is now in this king...
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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 ...
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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...
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MOUNT. hill country.
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
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_a man of mount Ephraim_ The name "mount Ephraim," applied to the
central mountainous district of Palestine, was extended southwards so
as to include part of the territory of Benjamin. See note on 1 S...
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Sheba besieged in Abel-Beth-Maachah
14. _And he went_ Joab marched rapidly northward, gathering forces as
he went.
_unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah_ Abel was apparently near
Beth-Maachah, which is not...
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_Sheba's Death._ 2 Samuel 20:14-23
14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to
Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together,
and went also after him.
15 And...
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_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....
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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...
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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....
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MOUNT EPHRAIM. — The range of hills so called because much of it lay
in the tribe of Ephraim, although extending south into Benjamin....
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לֹא ־כֵ֣ן הַ דָּבָ֗ר כִּ֡י אִישׁ֩ מֵ
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ONE HEAD SAVES MANY
2 Samuel 20:14
This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us
of the value of presence of mind in a great crisis. She gave Joab to
understand, first, that...
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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...
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The (n) matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son
of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even]
against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the ci...
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(20) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I
should swallow up or destroy. (21) The matter is not so: but a man of
mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted...
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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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THE MATTER [IS] NOT SO,.... I am not come with the army against this
city with any ill will to it, and with an intention to destroy it: the
case is this,
BUT A MAN OF MOUNT EPHRAIM, SHEBA THE SON OF...
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_A man of mount Ephraim_ He is said before, 2 Samuel 20:1, to be of
the tribe of Benjamin. Either, therefore, he lived in mount Ephraim,
or a place in Benjamin is here called so, probably because it w...
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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...
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The matter is not so, he had no intention of being willfully cruel;
BUT A MAN OF MOUNT EPHRAIM, SHEBA, THE SON OF BICHRI, BY NAME, HATH
LIFTED UP HIS HAND AGAINST THE KING, EVEN AGAINST DAVID; DELIVER...
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THE DEATH OF SHEBA...
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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...
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BY NAME:
_ Heb._ by his name...
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14-22 Justly is that place attacked, which dares to harbour a
traitor; nor will the heart fare better which indulges rebellious
lusts, that will not have Christ to reign over them. A discreet woman,...
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A MAN OF MOUNT EPHRAIM. QUEST. How can this be so when he is called a
Benjamite, 2 SAMUEL 20:1 ? ANSW. Either he was a Benjamite by birth,
but dwelt in the tribe of Ephraim, as many did upon several o...
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2 Samuel 20:21 That H1697 man H376 mountains H2022 Ephraim H669 Sheba
H7652 son H1121 Bichri H1075 name H8034 rai
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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...
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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...
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_Then cried a wise woman out of the city._
ABEL’S ORACLE; OR PRUDENCE AND PEACEABLENESS
I. The people in Abel of Bethmaachah are on the verge of ruin, for
Joab is battering away at the walls. Soon hi...
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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
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:16 The WOMAN is WISE (v. 2 Samuel
20:16), skilled in choosing a strategy to avert destructi
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 20:14. “ABEL.” _Lit., meadow_, and the name of several
places in Palestine, but from its proximity to Beth-Maachah (with
which it is sometimes joined, 2 Samuel...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 24:6; 1 Samuel 26:9; 2 Kings 10:7; 2 Kings 5:22; 2 Samuel
17:2
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Ephraim — Probably mount Ephraim was a place in Benjamin so called,
either because it was upon the borders of Ephraim or for some notable
action or event of the Ephraimites in that place. His head — W...