(3) And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.
This act was highly proper, on account of Absalom's incestuous conduct. Alas! what evils have sprung out of the corrupt lusts of our poor, fallen nature!
Verse 2 Samuel 20:3. _THE TEN WOMEN_] He could not well divorce them; he could not punish them, as they were not in the transgression; he could no more be familiar with them, because they had been de...
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 ...
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...
David's return to Jerusalem 3. _living in widowhood_ Either IN WIDOWHOOD FOR LIFE, or as the Targum explains it, IN WIDOWHOOD WHILE THEIR HUSBAND WAS STILL ALIVE. Since they had been appropriated by...
THE KING TOOK THE TEN WOMEN HIS CONCUBINES, &C.— As soon as David arrived at Jerusalem, one of his first cares was to remove those _concubines,_ or secondary wives, whom Absalom had so scandalously ab...
V. DAVID'S LAST DAYS AND SONG, 2 Samuel 20:1 to 2 Samuel 24:25. 1. The Reorganization of the Kingdom, 2 Samuel 20:1-26. _Sheba's Revolt._...
_AND DAVID CAME TO HIS HOUSE AT JERUSALEM; AND THE KING TOOK THE TEN WOMEN HIS CONCUBINES, WHOM HE HAD LEFT TO KEEP THE HOUSE, AND PUT THEM IN WARD, AND FED THEM, BUT WENT NOT IN UNTO THEM. SO THEY WE...
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...
See 2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 16:21; 2 Samuel 16:22....
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....
LIVING IN WIDOWHOOD. — This was the necessary result, under the system of polygamy, of what had happened. The clause may be understood as “in widowhood of life,” as in our version, or “in widowhood of...
וַ יָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֣ד אֶל ־בֵּיתֹו֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒...
CHAPTER XXVII. _ THE INSURRECTION OF SHEBA._ 2 Samuel 19:41; 2 Samuel 20:1. DAVID was now virtually restored to his kingdom; but he had not even left Gilgal when fresh troubles began. The jealousy b...
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...
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...
Widowhood, or celibacy, (Menochius) like nuns. (Grotius; Salien) --- David could not with propriety approach to them, (Estius) as they resembled his daughters-in-law; (Leviticus xviii. 15.; Menochius)...
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...
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...
AND DAVID CAME TO HIS HOUSE AT JERUSALEM,.... His palace there, which was in that part of the city called the fort of Zion, and city of David: AND THE KING TOOK THE TEN WOMEN [HIS] CONCUBINES, WHOM H...
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women [his] concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they w...
_But went not in unto them_ He looked upon them as become impure to him, having been defiled by his son. _They were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood_ Being royal wives, it was no...
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...
And David came to his house at Jerusalem, after the outbreak of this rebellion; AND THE KING TOOK THE TEN WOMEN, HIS CONCUBINES, WHOM HE HAD LEFT TO KEEP THE HOUSE, 2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 16:21, AND...
THE MURDER OF AMASA...
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...
WARD: _ Heb._ a house of ward SHUT UP: _ Heb._ bound LIVING IN WIDOWHOOD: _ Heb._ in widowhood of life...
1-3 One trial arises after another for our good, till we reach the place where sin and sorrow are for ever done away. Angry disputers misunderstand or misconstrue one another's words; proud men will h...
PUT THEM IN WARD; partly, because they had not vigorously opposed Absalom's lustful desire, as they should have done, even with the hazard of their lives; and partly, lest the sight of them should ren...
2 Samuel 20:3 David H1732 came H935 (H8799) house H1004 Jerusalem H3389 king H4428 took H3947 (H8799) ten...
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...
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...
_And there happened to be there a man of Belial._ REBELLION OF SHEBA This chapter is a relation of Sheba’s rebellion. 1. The trumpet of this new rebellion was a son of Belial, Sheba the son of Bichr...
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
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 20:3 The TEN CONCUBINES are those whom Absalom had claimed in 2 Samuel 16:22....
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...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 16:21; 2 Samuel 16:22; Genesis 40:3...