Verse 6
6. His hoar head Gray hairs are venerable, but the hoary headed sinner is not to be saved by his whitened locks. Joab was doubtless younger than David, but still far gone in years. We need not deny that David had feelings of personal revenge towards this man who had injured him so much, for we are not to look for the saintliness required by the New Testament in even the noble David. This dying charge, however, was evidently not the offspring of personal revenge, but a measure of administrative wisdom.
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