Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
2 Samuel 20:9
took Amasa by the beard It is said to be still customary among the Arabs and Turks to lay hold of a person's beard in giving him the kiss of welcome.
took Amasa by the beard It is said to be still customary among the Arabs and Turks to lay hold of a person's beard in giving him the kiss of welcome.
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 ...
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...
ART THOU... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD—TO KISS HIM— Those, among the Arabs, who are more intimately acquainted, or of equal age and dignity, mutually kiss the _hand,_ the _head,_ or _shoulder_ of each other, sa...
_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...
_AND JOAB SAID TO AMASA ART THOU IN HEALTH MY BROTHER? AND JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD WITH THE RIGHT_ _ AND JOAB SAID TO AMASA, ART THOU IN HEALTH, MY BROTHER? AND JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD WITH...
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...
TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD.. TO KISS HIM] This is said to be still an Arab custom....
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....
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יֹואָב֙ לַ עֲמָשָׂ֔א הֲ שָׁלֹ֥ום
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...
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...
_God, &c. Literally, "Hail, my brother." (Haydock) --- Kiss him. "In former times it was the custom, in Greece, for supplicants to touch the chin, (Pliny, [Natural History?] xi. 45.) having the left h...
(8) When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins i...
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...
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...
AND JOAB SAID TO AMASA,.... In a friendly manner, with all the air of pleasantry and good humour: [ART] THOU IN HEALTH, MY BROTHER? this looked like a friendly salutation to ask of his health, and wi...
And Joab said to Amasa, [Art] thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. Ver. 9. _Art thou in health, my brother?_] Of all kinds of revenge that is...
_Joab took Amasa by the beard_ As the manner of ancient times was when they saluted one another, and, it appears, is still a custom among some of the eastern people, who take one another by the chin o...
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...
THE MURDER OF AMASA...
And Joab, apparently with sincere friendliness, SAID TO AMASA, ART THOU IN HEALTH, MY BROTHER? AND JOAB TOOK AMASA BY THE BEARD WITH THE RIGHT HAND TO KISS HIM, drawing down his face with a caressing...
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...
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...
As the manner of ancient times was, when they kissed and saluted one another....
2 Samuel 20:9 Joab H3097 said H559 (H8799) Amasa H6021 health H7965 brother H251 Joab H3097 took H270 ...
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...
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...
_Art thou in health, my brother?_ THE SOUL’S HEALTH The sickness of the soul is the evil of all evils, and one in comparison with which mere bodily pain is nothing. Whether sin be regarded as a disea...
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
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:8 Readers are not told why AMASA was in GIBEON instead of in Judah. The SWORD falls out of Joab’s BELT, but when h
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...
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...
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...
Luke 22:47; Luke 22:48; Micah 7:2; Matthew 26:48; Matthew 26:49;...
Beard — As the manner of ancient times was, when they saluted one another....