2 Samuel 19:8-20:26 NTV

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:1-15

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—2 Samuel 19:1. Comp. 2 Samuel 18:33. The purpose of the informant was, “it seems, to explain to Joab and the army why the king did not come forth to greet his returning victorious warriors.” (Erdmann.)2 Samuel 19:2-3. “These men’s hearty participation in the sorrow of their beloved king, for whom they had perilled their lives, soon changed into gloomy dissatisfaction at the fact that the king, absorbed in his private grief, did not deign to bestow a look upon... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:1-43

Chapter 19David's grief for his son Absalom. David was there in his chamber wailing over Absalom.So they told Joab, David's really wailing over Absalom's death. And Joab came unto David and he said, All right now David let's cut this out. He said, These men have gone out and hazard their lives for you. And they've brought you victory over your enemies. But now they are sneaking back into town like they were criminals because of your great grief for Absalom, you're actually making them ashamed... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 19:1-43

2 Samuel 19:13 . Say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone. It is probable that Amasa had refused to fight against David; at least he had not distinguished himself in the rebellion. David, in making Amasa captain general, was desirous to humble the unjustifiable ascendancy of Joab. 2 Samuel 19:29 . Thou and Ziba divide the land. This was a breach of David’s covenant with Jonathan. Ziba had done great services for David in this war by his sons and his servants; but he had falsely... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 19:8-30

2 Samuel 19:8-30Then the king arose and sat in the gate.The restoration of DavidDavid, in his extreme and protracted sorrow for the death of Absalom, forgot to do justice to the attachment, sacrifices, and victorious valour of his friends. At news of this great and inopportune grief--no song of victory! no clear-shining eyes, no erect triumphant bearing!--“the people gat them by stealth that day into the city as people, being ashamed, steal away when they flee in battle.” A perilous ingratitude... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:8

2Sa 19:8 Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent. Ver. 8. Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. ] Though thus harshly roused out of his passions and rattled up, as we call it, he showeth himself gentle and persuadable: he sat in the gate and did justice, which was an excellent means to allay his passions: neither henceforth... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 19:8

sat in the gate: How prudently and mildly David took the reproof and counsel given him! He shook off his grief, anointed his head, and washed his face, that he might not appear unto men to mourn, and then made his appearance at the gate of the city, which was the public place of resort for the hearing of causes and giving judgment, as well as a place to ratify special bargains. Thither the people flocked to congratulate him on his and their safety, and that all was well. When we are convinced... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 19:1-8

DAVID REPROVED BY JOAB, 2 Samuel 19:1-8. The stern and chivalrous Joab was highly indignant at the king’s grief. His nature was incapable of sympathy with the tender, paternal emotions of a soul like David’s, and with him the notion of crushing the rebellion and at the same time dealing tenderly with the arch-rebel, was the height of absurdity. He saw, too, that it was high time for David to turn his attention to the affairs of state, for such unmanly grief on a day of victory might lead to... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 19:8

8. Arose, and sat in the gate He left that chamber in the tower where he had poured out his grief, (2 Samuel 18:33,) and sat in the court between the two gates, near where the multitude of the people passed. He obeyed Joab, but never forgot the offence of this reproof. See 2 Samuel 19:13, and 1 Kings 2:5-6. All the people This phrase, so common throughout the historical books of the Old Testament, is not to be taken anywhere in its utmost literal sense, but is equivalent to multitudes... read more

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:1-15

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:1-43

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 19:1-43

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 19:8-30

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 19:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 19:1-8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 19:8

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