2 Samuel 15:19-22 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:13-23

Here is, I. The notice brought to David of Absalom's rebellion, 2 Sam. 15:13. The matter was bad enough, and yet it seems to have been made worse to him (as such things commonly are) than really it was; for he was told that the hearts of the men of Israel (that is, the generality of them, at least the leading men) were after Absalom. But David was the more apt to believe it because now he could call to mind the arts that Absalom had used to inveigle them, and perhaps reflected upon it with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:19

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite ,.... Who was over the band of Gittites, the six hundred men, 2 Samuel 15:22 , wherefore goest thou also with us ? one should think the king should not have discouraged any from joining and following him, when his numbers were not very large, and the in such fear on account of Absalom: return to this place ; to Jerusalem, where his station was: and abide with the king ; with Absalom, who set himself up for king, and whom the people... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:20

Whereas thou camest but yesterday ,.... From Gath, or from an expedition he and his men had been on: should I this day make thee, go up and down with us ? wander up and down from place to place with David, when he was but just come off a journey, weary and fatigued: seeing I go whither I may ; where it will be most safe for me, I know not where; may be obliged to flee here and there, which would be very inconvenient to Ittai in his circumstances: return thou, and take back thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:21

And Ittai answered the king, and said ,.... With an oath, as follows: as the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth ; which he took to confirm what he after says, and to put an end to the debate between them: surely, in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be ; signifying that he would attend him wherever he went, hazard his life in his cause, and live and die with him. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:22

And David said unto Ittai, go, and pass over ,.... It being his resolution to abide with him, he urged him no more to depart, but bid him pass over the brook Kidron before him: and Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men ; the six hundred Gittites that were under his command: and all the little ones that were with him ; that belonged to him and his men, and no doubt their wives also. read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:13-23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:13-30

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:19-22

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