2 Samuel 17:1-4 ESV

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 17:3

The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned, i. e. the death of that man whom thou seekest to destroy is no less considerable to thee, than if all the people that follow him should desert him and return unto thee. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:1-24

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 17:1. “This night,” “The night following David’s flight and Absalom’s entrance into Jerusalem, as we may see very clearly from 2 Samuel 17:16.” (Keil)2 Samuel 17:3. “Bring back.” “Ahithophel regards Absalom’s government as the only lawful one to which those fugitives must submit; their flight is in his eyes an act of insubordination, from which they are to be brought back.”—(Erdmann and others). “The man whom thou seekest,” etc. This is a very obscure... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:1-29

Last week we left David in very sad shape. His son Absalom had rebelled against him, had gone down to Hebron and had gathered Israel to his support, who he had gradually been enticing away from his father. When he felt that he had enough strength, he announced his kingdom, and began moving with his troops towards Jerusalem.David, rather than having a direct confrontation with his son Absalom, began to flee from Jerusalem with a great company of people with him. Leaving the city of Jerusalem,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 17:1-29

2 Samuel 17:17 . En-rogel was near Jerusalem. Joshua 15:7-8. 2 Samuel 17:21 . Thus hath Ahithophel counselled. This disclosure of Absalom’s plans saved David from being surprised, and drove him across the Jordan, where he received strength in Gilead, and supplies from Shobi, viceroy of the Ammonites. In this case wisdom was more than might. The royal person is safer to be surrounded with pious men, than with an assembly of atheists. 2 Samuel 17:25 . Amasa, whose mother was David’s... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:1

2Sa 17:1 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: Ver. 1. Moreover, Ahithophel said unto Absalom. ] This was a second politic indeed, but pestilent counsel, given by Ahithophel to Absalom, stirring him up to parricide; and offering his best service as a captain and commander, which in counsellors and politicians is not ordinary. And pursue after David this night. ] He knew well that celerity in war is... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:2

2Sa 17:2 And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that [are] with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: Ver. 2. And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed. ] That indeed had been the ready way to win. Hannibal when he could have taken Rome, would not; when he would, could not. a The Protestant princes of Germany lost a fair opportunity at Ingolstadt, August 13, 1546, which they never afterwards could... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:3

2Sa 17:3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace. Ver. 3. The man whom thou seekest. ] Ah, lewd lowly! could Absalom hear his dear father’s death thus contrived and endeavoured, and approve of the plot? Certe tu non occidisti patrem, Certainly you did not kill your father, said Augustus to one that was brought before him for parricide. Lycurgus would make no law against it, as holding it... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:4

2Sa 17:4 And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. Ver. 4. And the saying pleased Absalom well. ] Heb., Was right in the eyes of Absalom, &c. Nam quae recta sunt placent. a Man is a rational creature: and everywise man will be mancipium rationis, ruled by reason, in matters of greatest consequence especially. Howbeit, all men are mutable, as appeareth in that this counsel, while so applauded, was so soon again misliked. a Vat. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 17:1

I will arise: Proverbs 1:16, Proverbs 4:16, Isaiah 59:7, Isaiah 59:8 this night: Psalms 3:3-Deuteronomy :, Psalms 4:8, Psalms 109:2-Numbers : Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:3 - Absalom 2 Samuel 13:5 - Lay thee 2 Samuel 15:28 - General 2 Samuel 16:11 - seeketh 2 Samuel 17:21 - thus hath Ahithophel 2 Samuel 18:5 - Deal gently Esther 5:14 - the thing Psalms 31:13 - while Psalms 38:12 - lay snares Psalms 43:1 - the deceitful Psalms 55:9 - divide Psalms 55:10 - Day Psalms 71:4 - out of the Psalms 71:10... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 17:2

weary: 2 Samuel 16:14, Deuteronomy 25:18 I will smite: 1 Kings 22:31, Zechariah 13:7, Matthew 21:38, Matthew 26:31, John 11:50, John 18:4-Ruth : Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:1 - his hands 2 Samuel 17:29 - to eat 2 Samuel 18:3 - if we flee 2 Samuel 20:21 - his head Nehemiah 4:11 - They shall not Psalms 25:19 - Consider Psalms 35:8 - into Psalms 55:10 - Day Psalms 64:2 - secret Psalms 71:4 - out of the Psalms 109:16 - he remembered Psalms 124:7 - Our soul James 3:6 - a world read more

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 17:3

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:1-24

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:1-29

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 17:1-29

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:1

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:2

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:3

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 17:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 17:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 17:2

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