2 Samuel 15:32 NIV

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 15:32

the top . Doubtless a high place where God was worshipped. Nob was near where the Tabernacle once stood. God . Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 . behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . Hushai. David's friend. Compare 2 Samuel 15:37 ; 2 Samuel 16:16 . 1 Chronicles 27:33 . Archite . Probably -a native of Archi, on frontier of Benjamin and Ephraim. coat = the long tunic with sleeves. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:32

HUSHAI PLANNED TO FRUSTRATE THE COUNSEL OF AHITHOPHEL"When David came to the summit, where God is worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet with him with his coat rent and earth upon his head. David said to him, "If you go with me, you will be a burden to me. But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, `I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. Are not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 15:32

2 Samuel 15:32. Behold, Hushai the Archite came— When David heard that Ahithophel was among the conspirators, he saw his danger in all its strength. A hot-headed young man, high in vanity, extravagant in hope, and easily overset with success, was not an object of much terror to a man of David's great experience and consummate wisdom; but the prowess, popularity, and numbers of such a man, conducted by the calm skill and prudence of an Ahithophel, was sufficient matter of just fear. David,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 15:32

32. when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped—looking towards Jerusalem, where were the ark and tabernacle. Hushai the Archite—A native of Archi, on the frontiers of Benjamin and Ephraim ( :-). Comparing the prayer against Ahithophel with the counsel to Hushai, we see how strongly a spirit of fervent piety was combined in his character with the devices of an active and far-seeing policy. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 15:13-37

David’s flight from Jerusalem 15:13-37The people of Israel had formerly given the kingdom to David as a gift (2 Samuel 5:1-3), but now they took that gift from him (2 Samuel 15:13). [Note: Gunn, "David and . . .," p. 22.] David knew that Absalom was popular with the people. Evidently he fled Jerusalem to save his own life and to spare the capital from destruction. Perhaps Absalom planned to destroy David’s capital as well as to kill the king and reassert Judean supremacy. Clearly David planned... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:1-37

The Rebellion of AbsalomHis party is so strong that David is obliged to flee from Jerusalem. He is joined by Ittai the Gittite, and by Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and by Hushai the Archite. The king, however, orders Zadok, Abiathar, and Hushai to return to Jerusalem.1. Fifty men to run before him] Such runners have always formed part of royal state in the East: cp. 1 Kings 1:5; 1 Kings 18:46. 2. Rose] rather, ’used to rise,’ and stand by the gate so as to meet all who went in or out.7.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 15:32

(32) Where he worshipped God.—Rather, where men worship. The original indicates a customary act. David had taken the road over the crest of the Mount of Olives, and there, in all probability, was one of those “high places” which abounded in Israel.Hushai the Archite.—His place is mentioned in Joshua 16:2 as on the border between Ephraim and Benjamin, and he may have been at his own home when the rebellion broke out. His coming appears as the beginning of the answer to David’s prayer in 2 Samuel... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 15:1-37

5. Absalom’s Conspiracy and David’s Flight CHAPTER 15 1. Absalom steals the hearts of the men of Israel (2 Samuel 15:1-6 ) 2. His conspiracy (2 Samuel 15:7-12 ) 3. The flight of the king (2 Samuel 15:13-37 ) The beautiful prince gradually prepared for the great conspiracy of which we read now and which made of his own father the Lord’s anointed, an exile. Chariots and horses with fifty men to run before him won no doubt the admiration of the people. His evident interest in their... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:1-37

Absalom knew how to take full advantage of his outward acceptance by his father Now there was no difficulty in beginning to exalt himself in the eyes of Israel. His chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him (v.1) were all intended as a show of his importance. If David was troubled by this, we read nothing of it. More than this, Absalom was adept in influencing the people personally. Others ought to have seen through his activities, and to have warned David, but he got away with his... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:1-37

O, ABSALOM , MY SON , MY SON ! LUST, MURDER AND DECEIT (2 Samuel 13:0 ) In the preceding lesson judgments were foretold as coming on David, and we are entering on that part of his career when the prediction is fulfilled in earnest. The foulness of this chapter we would not dwell upon more than we can help. Tamar of course, while sister to Absalom, was half-sister to Amnon, the two young men being sons of David by different wives. “A garment of divers colours” (2 Samuel 13:18 ) might be... read more