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Verse 2 Samuel 14:9. _THE INIQUITY_ BE _ON ME_] She intimates that, if
the king should suppose that the not bringing the offender to the
assigned punishment might reflect on the administration of just...
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THE INIQUITY BE ON ME ... - Compare the principle in Genesis 9:5;
Numbers 35:30. The woman therefore says, if there is any such guilt in
sparing my son, may it rest upon me and my house, not on David...
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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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INIQUITY. Hebrew. _` avah._ See App-44....
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_the iniquity be on me_, &c. If there is any guilt in thus leaving
bloodshed unavenged, may I and my family bear the punishment. She
wishes to lead the king up to a more definite promise, before she
a...
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MY LORD, O KING, THE INIQUITY BE ON ME, &C.— The king having told
the woman that she might return to her house, and leave the care of
her business to him, she adds, with great address, that if she had...
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5. Absalom's Exile Ended, 2 Samuel 14:1-33.
_Joab and the Woman of Tekoah._ 2 Samuel 14:1-20
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart _was_
toward Absalom.
2 And Joab sent to Teko...
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_AND THE WOMAN OF TEKOAH SAID UNTO THE KING, MY LORD, O KING, THE
INIQUITY BE ON ME, AND ON MY FATHER'S HOUSE: AND THE KING AND HIS
THRONE BE GUILTLESS._
The woman ... said ... O king, the iniquity b...
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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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THE INIQUITY _be_ ON ME] i.e. if the king is breaking the law of God,
she is willing to bear the punishment: cp. Genesis 9:6....
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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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THE INIQUITY BE ON ME_ — i.e.,_ if there be any wrong in thus
condoning blood-guiltiness, let the responsibility rest on me.
Although the king has granted her request, the woman seeks to prolong
the i...
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וַ תֹּ֜אמֶר הָ אִשָּׁ֤ה הַ
תְּקֹועִית֙ אֶל
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CHAPTER XVIII.
_ ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK_
2 Samuel 13:38 - 2 Samuel 14:1.
GESHUR, to which Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon, accompanied
in all likelihood by the men who had slain hi...
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JOAB'S PLEA FOR THE FUGITIVE
2 Samuel 14:1
Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom.
Were the two sworn together to hatch a great plot? Or was Absalom
shrewdly using Joab t...
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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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Guiltless, if the murderer be not brought to execution. I am willing
to bear all the blame and punishment. (Calmet) --- Abigail and Rebecca
speak in the same manner, 1 Kings xxv. 24., and Genesis xxvi...
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(2) And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said
unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now
mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as...
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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 WOMAN OF TEKOAH SAID UNTO THE KING, MY LORD AND KING,.... With
much vehemence, and yet with great respect, fearing an inquisition
into her case; which it would not bear, being a fable, and bei...
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And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the
iniquity [be] on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his
throne [be] guiltless.
Ver. 9. _The iniquity be on me,_] _q.d., _...
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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 woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the
iniquity be on me and on my father's house, namely, in case some wrong
should be connected with the fact that the unintentional murder...
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THE WISE WOMAN OF TEKOAH...
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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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1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his
clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state
of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of hi...
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The sense is, either, first, this, If I do not inform thee aright, and
thou thereby be drawn to give an unrighteous sentence on my behalf, I
am willing to bear the whole blame of it before God, and me...
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2 Samuel 14:9 woman H802 Tekoa H8621 said H559 (H8799) king H4428 lord
H113 king H4428 iniquity H5771 fathers
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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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_And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman._
THE PARABLE OF THE WOMAN OF TEKOA
The contrast between this parable and the one preceding it is very
great. The parable of the ewe-lamb was spoken of by...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 14:8 Perhaps David already suspects that
Joab is involved in the woman’s coming to him, so he deliberately
uses the vague word ANYONE in v....
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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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1 Kings 2:33; 1 Samuel 25:24; 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 3:29;...
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Be guiltless — If through thy forgetfulness or neglect of this my
just cause, my adversaries prevail and destroy my son, my desire is,
that God would not lay it to the king's charge, but rather to me...