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Verse 2 Samuel 15:20. _MERCY AND TRUTH_ BE _WITH THEE._] May God ever
show thee mercy, as thou showest it to me, and his truth ever preserve
thee from error and delusion!...
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THOU CAMEST BUT YESTERDAY - Meaning, “Thou art not a native
Israelite, but only a sojourner for a few years, it is not reason
therefore that thou shouldst share my calamities. Return to thy place,
thy...
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5. ABSALOM'S CONSPIRACY AND DAVID'S FLIGHT
CHAPTER 15
_ 1. Absalom steals the hearts of the men of Israel (2 Samuel 15:1)_
2. His conspiracy (2 Samuel 15:7)
3. The flight of the king (2 Samue
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2 Samuel 15:1 to 2 Samuel 16:14. REVOLT OF ABSALOM. FLIGHT OF DAVID
(J).
2 Samuel 15:1. Absalom makes himself popular by professing an interest
in the litigation of the people....
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MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.
TRUTH. faithfulness. Septuagint and Syriac read "Jehovah will deal
with thee in lovingkindness and faithfulness"....
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_I go whither I may_ Not knowing where he might find a home, as in the
old days of his flight from Saul. Cp. 1 Samuel 23:13.
_take back thy brethren: mercy and truth_be _with thee_ The Hebrew as
it st...
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The fidelity of Ittai
19. _Ittai the Gittite_ A distinguished Philistine who had quite
recently (2 Samuel 15:20) migrated from his home with his family and
followers (2 Samuel 15:22) to enter David's...
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_David's Flight._ 2 Samuel 15:14-28
14 And David said unto all his servants that _were_ with him at
Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not _else_ escape from
Absalom: make speed to depar...
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_THEN SAID THE KING TO ITTAI THE GITTITE, WHEREFORE GOEST THOU ALSO
WITH US? RETURN TO THY PLACE, AND ABIDE WITH THE KING: FOR THOU ART A
STRANGER, AND ALSO AN EXILE._
No JFB commentary on these vers...
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THE REBELLION OF ABSALOM
His party is so strong that David is obliged to flee from Jerusalem.
He is joined by Ittai the Gittite, and by Zadok and Abiathar the
priests, and by Hushai the Archite. The...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 15
ABSALOM MAKES A SECRET PLAN AGAINST KING DAVID
V1 After this, Absalom got a *chariot and some horses. He also got 50
men who ra...
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תְּמֹ֣ול ׀ בֹּואֶ֗ךָ וְ הַ יֹּ֞ום
_אֲנִֽיעֲךָ֤_† עִמָּ֨נוּ֙
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THE LOYAL STRANGER
2 Samuel 15:13
David was conscious of ill desert; hence his resolve to flee. How
different his bearing now from that great hour when Goliath fell
before him! Ah, conscience doth ma...
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That Absalom's attitude of obeisance before David was feigned is
proved by his conspiracy. That Joab cared nothing personally for
Absalom is evident from his refusal to see him any further. Absalom's...
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Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up
and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take
back thy (m) brethren: mercy and (n) truth [be] with thee.
(m...
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_The Lord. Hebrew, "mercy and truth with thee." As thou hast acted
towards me, so mayest thou be rewarded. (Haydock)_...
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(19) Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou
also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou
art a stranger, and also an exile. (20) Whereas thou camest but...
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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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_A SPECIMEN OF NOBLENESS_
‘Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also
with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king; for thou art a
stranger, and also an exile,’ etc....
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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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WHEREAS THOU CAMEST [BUT] YESTERDAY,.... From Gath, or from an
expedition he and his men had been on:
SHOULD I THIS DAY MAKE THEE, GO UP AND DOWN WITH US? wander up and
down from place to place with...
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Whereas thou camest [but] yesterday, should I this day make thee go up
and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take
back thy brethren: mercy and truth [be] with thee.
Ver. 20. _...
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_Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite_, &c. He seems to have been
the commander of those six hundred men before mentioned. And the Jews
make him the son of Achish, king of Gath, who, they say, out...
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1 Absalom, by faire speeches and courtesies, stealeth the hearts of
Israel.
7 Vnder pretence of a vow he obtaineth leaue to go to Hebron.
10 He maketh there a great conspiracie.
13 Dauid vpon the n...
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Whereas thou camest but yesterday, having cast his fortunes with David
but recently, SHOULD I THIS DAY MAKE THEE GO UP AND DOWN WITH US?
SEEING I GO WHITHER I MAY, RETURN THOU, AND TAKE BACK THY BRETH...
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THE FLIGHT OF DAVID...
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Absalom knew how to take full advantage of his outward acceptance by
his father Now there was no difficulty in beginning to exalt himself
in the eyes of Israel. His chariots and horses and fifty men t...
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MAKE THEE GO UP AND DOWN WITH US?:
_ Heb._ make thee wander in going?...
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13-23 David determined to quit Jerusalem. He took this resolve, as a
penitent submitting to the rod. Before unrighteous Absalom he could
justify himself, and stand out; but before the righteous God h...
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THOU CAMEST BUT YESTERDAY; by which it may be gathered that these were
not the Israelitish soldiers which went with David to Gath, and came
up with him from thence to Hebron, which was above thirty ye...
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2 Samuel 15:20 came H935 (H8800) yesterday H8543 wander H3212 (H8800)
down H5128 (H8686) (H8675)...
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DAVID LEARNS OF THE REBELLION AND FLEES JERUSALEM WHILE ABSALOM
ENLISTS THE SERVICES OF AHITHOPHEL (2 SAMUEL 15:12).
Once messengers had gone out throughout Israel, and preparations had
begun in Hebro...
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2 Samuel 15:19
I. We have in this passage a remarkable instance of the spirit of true
patriotism, all the more remarkable because, in one sense, patriotism
is not quite the word to apply to Ittai, for...
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CONTENTS: Absalom steals the love of ten tribes. David's flight.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Ittai, Zadok, Abiathar, Hushai,
Ahimaaz, Jonathan, Ahitophel.
CONCLUSION: He who steals one heart aw...
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2 Samuel 15:7. _After forty years._ Some contend that this refers to
the time when David was secretly anointed; but as no other record is
dated from that time, Josephus seems right in saying “four yea...
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_Arise and let us flee._
DAVID’S FLIGHT
The motive for the flight was probably a patriotic one. David would
not, let the city be destroyed by civil war. Like Louis Philippe, he
could: not hear to sh...
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_Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before
him._
ABSALOM; OR, THE FAST YOUNG MAN
The Bible resembles a portrait gallery adorned with the faces of
remarkable historic men,...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 15:1 The account of Absalom’s rebellion
against David is divided into six parts: (1) Absalom’s conspiracy
and proclaiming himself king (2 Samuel 15:1); (2) David’s escape
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 15:18 The CHERETHITES and the PELETHITES
are David’s bodyguard (2 Samuel 8:18). The...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.
2 Samuel 15:1. “AFTER THIS.” Keil, Erdmann and Thenius attach the
idea of _immediateness_ to the Hebrew adverb here used, but other
scholars consider this doubtful. The...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 15:1
AFTER THIS. The Hebrew is a more precise phrase than that on which we
have commented on 2 Samuel 10:1 and 2 Samuel 13:1, and implies that
Absalom be
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And Absalom went out from the gate of the city, and when people would
come from Israel to bring a matter for judgment, he would say, Oh what
a shame that my father wouldn't appoint me as judge in Isra...
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1 Samuel 23:13; 2 Samuel 2:6; 2 Timothy 1:16; Amos 8:12; Hebrews 11:3
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Brethren — Thy countrymen the Gittites, 2 Samuel 15:18. Mercy, &c.
— Since I am now unable to recompense thy kindness and fidelity to
me, my hearty prayer to God is, that he would shew to thee his mer...