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Verse 2 Samuel 14:24. _LET HIM NOT SEE MY FACE._] He would not at once
restore him to favour, though he had now remitted his crime; so that
he should not die for it. It was highly proper to show this...
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LET HIM NOT SEE MY FACE - We are not told why David adopted this
half-measure. Possibly Bath-sheba’s influence may have been exerted
to keep Absalom in disgrace for the sake of Solomon....
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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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_let him not see my face_ To recall Absalom without giving him a full
pardon was a most dangerous policy. It could not fail to irritate him.
It may be inferred from 2 Samuel 14:29_; 2 Samuel 14:31_tha...
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Joab sent to bring Absalom back
21. _I have done this thing_ I have granted thy wish and restored
Absalom to favour. The "read" text or _Qrî_has _thou hast done_, but
the "written" text or _Kthîbh_(s...
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LET HIM TURN TO HIS OWN HOUSE, &C.— This discountenance and rebuke,
which Absalom received from his father, was certainly little enough to
signify the king's abhorrence of his late cruel revenge upon...
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_David Recalls Absalom._ 2 Samuel 14:21-33
21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go
therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
22 And Joab fell to the ground on his fa...
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_SO JOAB AROSE AND WENT TO GESHUR, AND BROUGHT ABSALOM TO JERUSALEM._
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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LET HIM NOT SEE MY FACE. — David allowed Absalom’s return, but
forbade him his presence. The former had been done in weakness, the
latter through a sense of justice. The effect of this half measure wa...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ יִסֹּ֣ב אֶל
־בֵּיתֹ֔
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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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And the king said, Let him (o) turn to his own house, and let him not
see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the
king's face.
(o) Covering by this his affection, and showing s...
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_Face, though he lived in Jerusalem. (Calmet) --- This was done, in
order that he might enter seriously into himself, and avoid similar
excesses. (Menochius) --- He felt this privation more than exile...
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(24) And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not
see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the
king's face. (25) But in all Israel there was none to be so mu...
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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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AND THE KING SAID,.... Very probably to Joab, when he informed him of
Absalom's being come to Jerusalem:
LET HIM TURN TO HIS OWN HOUSE; depart from the king's palace, where
Joab had brought him, and...
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And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see
my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's
face.
Ver. 24. _Let him turn to his own house._] This was a...
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_The king said, Let him turn to his own house_ Although the king so
far forgave Absalom as to recall him from exile, yet he forbade him to
see his face. For his affection to him did not so blind his e...
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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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And the king, still unable to forget the crime which Absalom had
committed, SAID, LET HIM TURN TO HIS OWN HOUSE, AND LET HIM NOT SEE MY
FACE. David's forgiveness was not yet perfect, it lacked sinceri...
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THE RECONCILIATION EFFECTED...
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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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21-24 David was inclined to favour Absalom, yet, for the honour of his
justice, he could not do it but upon application made for him, which
may show the methods of Divine grace. It is true that God ha...
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LET HIM NOT SEE MY FACE; lest whilst he showed some mercy to Absalom,
he should seem to approve of his sin, and thereby wound his own
conscience, and lose his honour, and encourage him and others to
s...
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2 Samuel 14:24 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) return H5437 (H8735) house
H1004 see H7200 (H8799) face...
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SAW NOT THE KING'S FACE
Not so had God taught David to forgive. Legalists have thought
Absalom's wilfulness to have been due to over-indulgence on the part
of David. There is no such intimation in Sc...
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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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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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2 Samuel 14:28; 2 Samuel 3:13; Exodus 10:28; Genesis 43:3; Revel
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Let him turn — Lest whilst be shewed some mercy to Absalom, he
should seem to approve of his sin. Likewise by this means Absalom
might be drawn to a more thorough humiliation and repentance....