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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 20:1-26

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 he had left in Jerusalem are condemned to pass the rest of their days in seclusion ( cf. 2 Samuel 16:21). 2 Samuel 20:4-2 Kings : . David bade his new commander-in-chief, Amasa, assemble the general levy of Judah by a given day; the day came, but Amasa and the army did not appear. A few days... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 20:14

He went; either, 1. Joab, who pursued Sheba through all the tribes as far as Abel. Or rather, 2. Sheba, who was last mentioned, who marched from tribe to tribe to stir them up to sedition; and to him the following words seem best to agree. Unto Abel, and to Beth-aachah, or rather, to Abel, even to Beth-maachah, i.e. unto Abel-beth-maachah, as this place is called here in the Hebrew text, 2 Samuel 20:15; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29, to distinguish it from other Abels; and to signify that this... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 20:14-26

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—2 Samuel 20:14. “Abel.” Lit., meadow, and the name of several places in Palestine, but from its proximity to Beth-Maachah (with which it is sometimes joined, 2 Samuel 20:15; 1 Kings 15:20; 2 Kings 15:29), known to be the present Christian village of Abilel-Kamh (wheat meadow) in the extreme north of the country.2 Samuel 20:15. “They.” “Him”. Evidently the first pronoun refers to Joab and his followers, and the second to Sheba. “A bank.” “The first preparation for... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 20:1-26

Chapter 20But 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 people to his cause.He said, We have no part with David, nor of the son of Jesse: every man to your tent, O Israel. [In other words he was calling for a rebellion against David.] And so every man of Israel left David, and went up to follow Sheba: but the men of Judah stuck with their... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 20:1-26

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 to bring back the king, took occasion to excite fresh revolt. The events seem to be fortuitous, but providence overruled them to teach David to depend on God, and not on man; to purge his kingdom of rebels, and to remind him of the innocent blood of the brave Uriah. 2 Samuel 20:3 . Ten... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 20:14

2Sa 20:14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. Ver. 14. And he went through all the tribes of Israel. ] First Sheba did, and then Joab at the heels of him, as our forces were at the heels of the gunpowder plotters, who fled from one county to another, after that they were discovered, but could not escape the divine vengeance: which the Greeks fitly call Aδραστεια , because it... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 20:14

Abel: Or rather, probably, Abel of Beth-Maachah, as in the next verse. It appears, from Joab having marched "through all the tribes of Israel," to have been situated in the northern confines of the land of Israel, and in the half tribe of Manasseh, east of Jordan, as that was the situation of Maachah, to which it belonged. This agrees with the situation of the Abila which Eusebius and Jerome place between Paneas, or Cesarea Philippi, and Damascus. Josephus says it was a fortified city, and a... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Samuel 20:14

And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.He — Sheba, who marched from tribe to tribe to stir them up to sedition.Abel — Unto Abel-beth-maachah, as this place is called here in the Hebrew text, verse15, to distinguish it from other Abels; and to signify, that this was that Abel which was in the northern border of Canaan towards that part of Syria called Maachah, 2 Samuel 10:8.Berites... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 20:14

14. Through all the tribes That is, all the tribes whose territory lay between Jerusalem and Abel, namely, Benjamin, Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali. Abel, and to Beth-maachah Called Abel of Beth-maachah in the next verse, and Abel-beth-maachah in 1 Kings 15:20, and 2 Kings 15:29. Beth-maachah was probably the district of which Abel was the chief city. This city was situated on a long oval mound, about twenty-five miles north of the Sea of Galilee, and identical... read more