John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 20:8
When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon ,.... Which, according to Josephus F18 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 7. , was forty furlongs, or five miles from Jerusalem: what this great stone was, whether an obelisk, or what, is not certain; one of the greatest stones we read of was that which Semiramis cut out of the mountains of Armenia, which was an hundred thirty feet long, and twenty five broad and thick F19 Diodor. Sic. l. 2. p. 100. Vid. ib. p. 53. Herodot. Euterpe,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 20:4-13
We have here Amasa's fall just as he began to rise. He was nephew to David (2 Sam. 17:25), had been Absalom's general and commander-in-chief of his rebellious army, but, that being routed, he came over into David's interest, upon a promise that he should be general of his forces instead of Joab. Sheba's rebellion gives David an occasion to fulfil his promise sooner than he could wish, but Joab's envy and emulation rendered its fulfillment of ill consequence both to him and David. I. Amasa has... read more