John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:30
Therefore he said unto his servants ,.... That did his business for him in the field, in keeping his flocks, and tilling his ground: see Joab's field is near mine : for great personages in those days attended to husbandry: and he hath barley there, go and set it on fire ; it being ripe, and so capable of being fired, and therefore must be some time in March or April, when barley harvest began; he served Joab as Samson did the Philistines, Judges 15:4 ; which shows him to be a bold,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:28-33
Three years Absalom had been an exile from his father-in-law, and now two years a prisoner at large in his own house, and, in both, better dealt with than he deserved; yet his spirit was still unhumbled, his pride unmortified, and, instead of being thankful that his life is spared, he thinks himself sorely wronged that he is not restored to all his places at court. Had he truly repented of his sin, his distance from the gaieties of the court, and his solitude and retirement in his own house,... read more