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Scofield's Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24

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 Scripture. Rather it would seem that had David at this time taken Absalom into intimacy, the rebellion might have been averted.

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See also 2 Samuel 14:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SO JOAB AROSE AND WENT TO GESHUR, AND BROUGHT ABSALOM TO JERUSALEM._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ יִסֹּ֣ב אֶל ־בֵּיתֹ֔

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE RECONCILIATION EFFECTED...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 14:24 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) return H5437 (H8735) house H1004 see H7200 (H8799) face...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:24 HE IS NOT TO COME INTO MY PRESENCE. David’s forgiveness is incomplete, as Absalom complains in v. 2 Samuel 14:32. David is unwilling

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 14:28; 2 Samuel 3:13; Exodus 10:28; Genesis 43:3; Revel

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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....

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