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Verse 2 Samuel 20:12. _AMASA WALLOWED IN BLOOD_] It is very likely
that Amasa did not immediately die; I have known instances of persons
living several hours after their bowels had been shed out....
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ALL THE PEOPLE ... - i. e., the levies which Amanda had been leading
to Jerusalem; they were irresolute as to what they should do, and the
stoppage at Amasa’s body very nearly led to their refusing to...
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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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_all the people_ Here and in 2 Samuel 20:13, the troops which Amasa
had been mustering....
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The pursuit of Sheba. Amasa murdered by Joab
4. _to Amasa_ The commission was given to Amasa in fulfilment of the
promise privately made to him (ch. 2 Samuel 19:13).
_Assemble me the men of Judah_ Cl...
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HE SMOTE HIM— This action was attended with the highest perfidy and
insolence. Many reasons concurred to prevent David's calling him to an
account now; particularly his power, authority, and interest...
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_Joab Assassinates Amasa. 2 Samuel 20:10-13_
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that _was_ in Joab's hand: so he
smote him therewith in the fifth _rib,_ and shed out his bowels to the
ground, and st...
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_AND AMASA WALLOWED IN BLOOD IN THE MIDST OF THE HIGHWAY. AND WHEN THE
MAN SAW THAT ALL THE PEOPLE STOOD STILL, HE REMOVED AMASA OUT OF THE
HIGHWAY INTO THE FIELD, AND CAST A CLOTH UPON HIM, WHEN HE S...
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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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THE PEOPLE STOOD STILL. — These were probably the very people whom
Amasa had just been gathering from Judah and Benjamin. Whoever they
may have been, they were naturally overcome and paralysed for the...
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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...
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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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_A certain. Hebrew, "the man" stationed by Joab, near the body, to
inform those who passed, that he had been justly slain. Josephus,
([Antiquities?] vii. 10,) who observes, that this crime of Joab
pro...
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(11) And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth
Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. (12) And Amasa
wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the m...
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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 AMASA WALLOWED IN BLOOD IN THE MIDST OF THE HIGHWAY,.... By which
it seems, that though the wound was mortal, and of which he died, that
as yet there was life in him, and through the pain he was i...
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And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the
man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the
highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he sa...
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_One of Joab's men stood by him_ By the command of his master, who
knew that this would occasion disorder among Amasa's soldiers, and
therefore left a man there on purpose to deliver the following
mes...
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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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And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway, a conspicuous
object. AND WHEN THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN LEFT BEHIND BY JOAB SAW THAT ALL
THE PEOPLE STOOD STILL, HE REMOVED AMASA OUT OF THE HIGHWA...
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THE MURDER OF AMASA...
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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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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...
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WALLOWED, Heb. _rolled himself_, being in the pangs of death; yet
having so much life left as to move himself a little, though not to
raise himself up from his place. IN BLOOD; in his own blood, which...
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2 Samuel 20:12 Amasa H6021 wallowed H1556 (H8706) blood H1818 middle
H8432 highway H4546 man H376 saw H7200 ...
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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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_And when the man maw that all the people stood still._
HORROR AT SIGHT OF A SLAUGHTERED MAN
What unutterable, illimitable pity it seems that our horror at the
corpse of a slaughtered man should not...
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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 20:11 The PEOPLE who are addressed in v. 2
Samuel 20:11 and who STOPPED at the sight of...
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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...
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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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2 Samuel 17:25; Proverbs 24:21; Proverbs 24:22; Psalms 55:23;...
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Stood still — Wondering at the spectacle, and enquiring into the
author and occasion of it. Removed — Perceiving, that it both
incensed them against Joab and hindered the king's service. Cast a
cloth...