Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:20
Mercy and truth be with thee - May God ever show thee mercy, as thou showest it to me, and his truth ever preserve thee from error and delusion! read more
사무엘하 15:16-23 Krv
Adam Clarke
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:23
The brook Kidron - This was an inconsiderable brook, and only furnished with water in winter, and in the rains. See John 18:1 . read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:13-18
David's flight from Jerusalem. "Arise! and let us flee" ( 2 Samuel 15:14 ). References : 1 . Leaving the palace, on receiving news from Hebron (after the harvest and vintage, 2 Samuel 16:1 ; 2 Samuel 17:28 ; Psalms 4:7 ). 2 . At "the Far House" (Beth-hammerhak), on the outskirts of the city ( 2 Samuel 15:17 ); and at "the olive tree in (on the road to) the wilderness of Judah" ( LXX .); the procession formed; Ittai the Gittite. 3 . Passing over the Kidron; the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:13-30
The facts are: 1 . David, being informed of the rising in favour of Absalom, calls upon his friends to flee from Jerusalem, in order to avoid its being smitten by a sudden attack. 2 . His servants being willing to go with him, he leads out his entire household, with the exception of a few to take care of the house. 3 . In his departure he is accompanied by his bodyguard, and the six hundred men which followed him from Garb. 4 . Observing Ittai in the company, he suggests that,... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:17
And tarried in a place that was far off; Revised Version, in Beth-merhak. "The Far House"—so we may translate this proper name—was probably not a dwelling, but a pavilion overlooking the Kidron valley; and here David halted his household until all were assembled, and arrangements made for their journey. Here, too, the bodyguard would gather, and they would cross the Kidron only when everything was ready for their orderly progress. Confusion at such a time would breed a panic and invite an... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:18
All the Gittites, air hundred men which came after him from Gath. The Septuagint reads "Gibborim," and without doubt these are the persons meant; but while they were styled Gibborim, the "mighties," for honour's sake, because of their prowess, they probably were popularly called David's Gittites, because they were the six hundred men who had formed his little army when he sought refuge with Achish, King of Gath (l Samuel 27:2; 30:9). They were not Philistines, but Israelites of desperate... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:19
Ittai the Gittite. Ittai was not one of the six hundred, though there was an Ittai among them, a Benjamite. He was a citizen of Gath, who had lately come ("yesterday," see 2 Samuel 15:20 ), with all his household of slaves and dependents, his clan, Hebrew, his taf —translated in 2 Samuel 15:22 his "little ones." He had evidently been a person of importance in his own country, whence he had been driven, perhaps by political troubles, and was now, therefore, an exile and a foreigner... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:19-22
( BETH - HAMMERHAK .) The devotedness of Ittai. "As Jehovah liveth," etc. ( 2 Samuel 15:21 ). In his flight from Jerusalem: 1 . David experienced much alleviation of his trouble; as in his flight from the court of Saul (nearly forty years before). He was not left alone ( 1 Samuel 22:1 , 1 Samuel 22:2 ). His "servants" gathered round him, and professed their readiness to follow him ( 2 Samuel 15:15 ). Halting with his household at "the Far House," he found himself... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:20
A farewell blessing. "Mercy and truth be with thee." Times of adversity are testing times. They try and make manifest the character both of the sufferer and of his friends. The base and the noble in men, their selfishness and their disinterestedness, their faithlessness and their fidelity, are revealed and heightened. David never appeared in better light (in all but, perhaps, courage) than at the fearful crisis when his son was usurping his throne and ready to take his life, and he himself... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:19
Thou art a stranger , and also an exile - Some suppose that Ittai was the son of Achish, king of Gath, who was very much attached to David, and banished from his father's court on that account. He and his six hundred men are generally supposed to have been proselytes to the Jewish religion. read more