PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Samuel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 129,513 words · 374 reading sections
2 Samuel 12:14
2 Samuel 12:14 Ver. 14. Howbeit, because by this deed,.... This complicated wickedness, adultery with Bathsheba, and the murder of her husband, and occasioning the death of others: thou hast given great reason to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme; to insult over Israel, and the God of Israel, and to magnify their …
3,910 wordsSECTION 1822 Samuel 13:1
2 Samuel 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 13 This chapter relates some of the evils that were to arise out of David's house, and which were similar to the evils committed by him; the deflowering of his daughter, and the murder of his eldest son: the story is this; Amnon falls in love with Tamar, his sister, and gre…
455 wordsSECTION 1832 Samuel 13:2
2 Samuel 13:2 Ver. 2. And Amnon was so vexed,.... Distressed, straitened, and perplexed in his mind through unruly and unbridled lusts that raged in him: that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; as Antiochus son of Seleucus did for his mother in law Stratonice, who, to cure him of it, was delivered to him by his fathe…
222 wordsSECTION 1842 Samuel 13:3
2 Samuel 13:3 Ver. 3. But Amnon had a friend,.... Though in the issue his friendship proved his ruin: whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; so that they were own cousins, the same with Shammah, 1Sa 16:9; and Jonadab [was] a very subtle man; a very penetrating man into the dispositions of men…
91 wordsSECTION 1852 Samuel 13:4
2 Samuel 13:4 Ver. 4. And he said unto him, why [art] thou, [being] the king's son, lean from day today?.... Or "morning by morning", {w}; he was the king's eldest son, heir to the crown, fed at his table, had everything to make him gay and cheerful, and yet pined away; his flesh wasted {x}, his countenance waxed wan …
225 wordsSECTION 1862 Samuel 13:5
2 Samuel 13:5 Ver. 5. And Jonadab said unto him,.... Being a subtle man, he presently formed a scheme to relieve him, and open a way for the enjoyment of what he desired: lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick; feign thyself sick, pretend that thou art so, by lying down on the bed, and making complaints of o…
176 wordsSECTION 1872 Samuel 13:6
2 Samuel 13:6 Ver. 6. So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick,.... Took the advice of his cousin Jonadab, and acted according to it: and when the king was come to see him; as he quickly did, after he had heard of his illness: Amnon said unto the king; who perhaps inquired of his appetite, whether he could eat anyth…
193 wordsSECTION 1882 Samuel 13:7
2 Samuel 13:7 Ver. 7. Then David sent home to Tamar,.... Who perhaps was not in the king's palace, but at her brother Absalom's house, 2Sa 13:20; saying, go now to thy brother Amnon's house; who also had a separate house and equipage, being the king's son, and his eldest son: and dress him meat; such as he may desir…
67 wordsSECTION 1892 Samuel 13:8
2 Samuel 13:8 Ver. 8. So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house,.... In obedience to the king's commands, and in affection to her brother, with an innocent breast, having no suspicion of any design upon her chastity: (and he was laid down); upon a couch or bed in his chamber, as being sick as was pretended, into whi…
113 wordsSECTION 1902 Samuel 13:9
2 Samuel 13:9 Ver. 9. And she took a pan, and poured [them] out before him,.... Out of the frying pan, in which they were, into another dish; and all this was done in his presence, that he might see and know of what, and in what manner it was made, that his stomach might not recoil at it: but he refused to eat: for t…
116 wordsSECTION 1912 Samuel 13:10
2 Samuel 13:10 Ver. 10. And Amnon said unto Tamar, bring the meat into the chamber,.... An inner chamber, at a greater distance, where they might be more secret, and out of the reach of the hearing of any of his domestics: that I may eat of thine hand; this he pretended, though his design was of another kind: and Ta…
109 wordsSECTION 1922 Samuel 13:11
2 Samuel 13:11 Ver. 11. And when she had brought [them] unto him to eat,.... Not only into the chamber, but to the side of the bed or couch where he had laid himself, or sat, in a proper position to answer his purpose: he took hold of her; by the arm, or threw his hands about her: and said unto her, come, lie with m…
91 wordsSECTION 1932 Samuel 13:12
2 Samuel 13:12 Ver. 12. And she answered him, nay, my brother,.... Which carried in it a reason sufficient for her denial, that he was her brother, and she his sister, and therefore should not offer such an indignity to her: do not force me; which was another forbidding expression, signifying she would never freely y…
157 wordsSECTION 1942 Samuel 13:13
2 Samuel 13:13 Ver. 13. And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go?.... She desires him to consider hey reputation, which would be lost; was she to go into a corner, into a place the most private and retired, yet she would blush at the thought of the crime committed; and still less able would she be to lift up her fa…
302 wordsSECTION 1952 Samuel 13:14
2 Samuel 13:14 Ver. 14. Howbeit, he would not hearken unto her voice,.... His lust was so inflamed and enraged, that he could not attend to any arguments, though ever so forcible, that were offered to him: but being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her; whether she cried out or not, as the law directs in s…
4,607 wordsSECTION 1962 Samuel 14:1
2 Samuel 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 14 This chapter relates that Joab, perceiving David's inclination to bring back Absalom, employed a wise woman of Tekoah to lay before him a feigned case of hers, drawn up by Joab, whereby this point was gained from the king, that murder might be dispensed with in her case,…
508 wordsSECTION 1972 Samuel 14:2
2 Samuel 14:2 Ver. 2. And Joab sent to Tekoah,.... Which Kimchi says was a city in the tribe of Asher, and others in the tribe of Benjamin, but it seems rather to be in the tribe, of Judah, 2Ch 11:5; according Jerom {s}, it was twelve miles from Jerusalem, though in another place {t} he says it was but nine; of this p…
393 wordsSECTION 1982 Samuel 14:3
2 Samuel 14:3 Ver. 3. And come to the king,.... At his palace, in the above condition and circumstances: and speak on this manner unto him; something to the following purpose he dictated to her: so Joab put the words in her mouth; the substance of what she should say; the fable she was to deliver as her own case mig…
138 wordsSECTION 1992 Samuel 14:4
2 Samuel 14:4 Ver. 4. And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king,.... Or after she had spoken to him, being introduced by Joab, as is probable; when she had saluted him with God save the king, or May the king live, or some such like expressions: she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance; to him as her…
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2 Samuel 14:5 Ver. 5. And the king said unto her, what aileth thee?.... Or what is thy case? What is the condition, and what the circumstances, that thou art in, which require help and assistance? intimating that he was ready to grant it on knowledge thereof; however, he was ready to hear what she had to say: and she…
153 wordsSECTION 2012 Samuel 14:6
2 Samuel 14:6 Ver. 6. And thy handmaid had two sons,.... Two are observed, that her case might suit with Amnon and Absalom: and they two strove together in the field; they quarrelled, and fought in the field, where there were no witnesses of what they did to each other; whereby she would suggest that Ammon was killed…
253 wordsSECTION 2022 Samuel 14:7
2 Samuel 14:7 Ver. 7. And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid,.... Who had sheltered her son, that slew his brother, from the avenger of blood; and not only the next akin, the avenger of blood, but even all the kindred and relations of the deceased, those of her husband's family rose up as one ma…
309 wordsSECTION 2032 Samuel 14:8
2 Samuel 14:8 Ver. 8. And the king said to the woman, go to thine house,.... Go home and make thyself easy: and I will give charge concerning thee; intimating that he would inquire into her case; and if it was as she had represented it, he would give orders that she should not be disturbed, or be obliged to deliver u…
77 wordsSECTION 2042 Samuel 14:9
2 Samuel 14:9 Ver. 9. And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, my lord and king,.... With much vehemence, and yet with great respect, fearing an inquisition into her case; which it would not bear, being a fable, and being very desirous of having sentence on it immediately pronounced: the iniquity [be] on me and on…
225 wordsSECTION 2052 Samuel 14:10
2 Samuel 14:10 Ver. 10. And the king said, whoever saith [ought] unto thee,.... Demanding her to deliver up her son to justice, and reproaching her for not doing it: bring him to me; give him in charge to a proper officer to be brought before me, and I shall chastise him for it: and he shall not touch thee any more;…
72 wordsSECTION 2062 Samuel 14:11
2 Samuel 14:11 Ver. 11. Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God,.... Who is a God gracious and merciful, and imitate him in showing mercy to the distressed; pitying their case, having compassion upon them, and relieving them, as she hoped he would commiserate her case, and provide for the sa…
272 wordsSECTION 2072 Samuel 14:12
2 Samuel 14:12 Ver. 12. Then the woman said, let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak [one] word unto my Lord the king,.... Having gained her point, and gotten a decree from him confirmed by an oath, that her son though he had killed his brother should not die; she proceeds to accommodate the parable, and apply it to th…
92 wordsSECTION 2082 Samuel 14:13
2 Samuel 14:13 Ver. 13. Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God?.... That they would be so wicked as to slay my son, or that they are the people of God that would slay Absalom; people so cruel could not be reckoned such, as the king's sons; so Abarbinel; who gives it as the sense of Eph…
380 wordsSECTION 2092 Samuel 14:14
2 Samuel 14:14 Ver. 14. For we must needs die,.... As all must, herself, the king, and his sons, and indeed all men; this is the common case and lot of men; particularly she insinuates that David must die, and that there must be a successor named, and perhaps a dispute would arise about one; which might be fatal, if A…
508 wordsSECTION 2102 Samuel 14:15
2 Samuel 14:15 Ver. 15. Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king,.... Of the case of Absalom, under a feigned one of hers: [it is] because the people have made me afraid; having heard of their whisperings, murmurings, and uneasiness among them, because Absalom was not sent for home, f…
197 wordsSECTION 2112 Samuel 14:16
2 Samuel 14:16 Ver. 16. For the king will hear,.... She was fully persuaded of it, as now he had heard her: to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [that would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God; he had given his word and his oath that he would deliver her son from the avenger of…
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2 Samuel 14:17 Ver. 17. Then thine handmaid said, the word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable,.... Or, "for rest" {q}; what will give ease and satisfaction not only to her, but to all the people of Israel, when they shall hear of the king's intention and resolution to bring back Absalom: for as an angel of …
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2 Samuel 15:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 15 This chapter relates how that Absalom by various artful methods stole away the hearts of the people of Israel, 2Sa 15:1; that pretending a vow he had made, he got leave of the king to go to Hebron to perform it, 2Sa 15:7; where he formed a considerable conspiracy, 2Sa 15…
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2 Samuel 15:2 Ver. 2. And Absalom rose up early,.... Every morning, to show how diligent and industrious he should be, and closely apply himself to business, was he in any office trader the king, and especially when he should be king himself; this he did to ingratiate himself into the affections of the people: and st…
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2 Samuel 15:3 Ver. 3. And Absalom said unto him,.... After some further talk, and finding he had a suit at law to bring on, and either seeing it drawn up in writing, or hearing his account of it, at once declared, without hearing the other party: see, thy matters [are] good and right; thy cause is a good cause, and i…
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2 Samuel 15:4 Ver. 4. Absalom said, moreover,.... To the same persons, at the same time: oh that I were made judge in the land; by which it appears that he had no office under the king; partly either because of his crime, and so not thought fit, and partly because he appeared to be an ambitious aspiring man, and so i…
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2 Samuel 15:5 Ver. 5. And it was [so], that when any man came nigh [to him] to do him obeisance,.... To pay his respects, and bow to him, as being the king's son, a prince of the blood, and heir to the crown, as was supposed: he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him; he put out his hand and shook hands wit…
132 wordsSECTION 2182 Samuel 15:6
2 Samuel 15:6 Ver. 6. And in this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment,.... Told them there was none to be had, wished that he was in office to administer it to them, and behaved in the above loving manner towards them: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel; got the affection…
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2 Samuel 15:7 Ver. 7. And it came to pass after forty years,.... Or four years; so long it was from the reconciliation of Absalom to David, as Josephus {f} says; and so read Theodoret on the place, the Syriac and Arabic versions: but some say it was either forty years from the time Israel first had a king; and which m…
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2 Samuel 15:8 Ver. 8. For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria,.... When at his grandfather's court there: saying, if the Lord will bring me again indeed to Jerusalem; which he might be sincerely desirous of: then I will serve the Lord; but it is a question whether he ever made a vow to this purp…
95 wordsSECTION 2212 Samuel 15:9
2 Samuel 15:9 Ver. 9. And the king said unto him, go in peace,.... He gave him leave to go, and wished happiness and prosperity might attend him: so he arose and went to Hebron; with a company of men, whose number is after mentioned.…
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2 Samuel 15:10 Ver. 10. But Absalom sent spies throughout all the land of Israel,.... To sound the disposition of the people towards him, to insinuate things into their minds in favour of him, and to improve every opportunity of recommending him to their esteem and affections: saying, as soon as ye hear the sound of …
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2 Samuel 15:11 Ver. 11. And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, [that were] called,.... Invited by him to go with him and partake of his peace offerings, as the payment of his vow in Hebron; part of which was made a feast of for his friends, whomsoever he should think fit to invite, as he did to the nu…
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2 Samuel 15:12 Ver. 12. And Absalom sent for Ahithophel, the Gilonite, David's counsellor,.... To advise with about this treasonable affair he was engaged in, and to get out of him David's secrets, who was reckoned the best counsellor in the land; and he might rather hope he would come to him, if he was the grandfathe…
260 wordsSECTION 2252 Samuel 15:13
2 Samuel 15:13 Ver. 13. And there came a messenger to David,.... Perhaps one of the two hundred that went with Absalom, ignorant of his design; which, when discovered, he disapproved of, and got away from him, and came to David, and informed him how things were: saying, the hearts of the men of Israel are after Absal…
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2 Samuel 15:14 Ver. 14. And David said unto all his servants that [were] with him at Jerusalem,.... His courtiers and ministers of state, the officers of his household, as many of them as were with him in the city; for some of them very probably were in the country, as Ahithophel was, and some might be along with Absa…
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2 Samuel 15:15 Ver. 15. And the king's servants said unto the king,.... In answer to him, and to show that they were quite conformable to his pleasure: behold, thy servants [are ready to do] whatsoever my lord the king shalt appoint; or "choose" {k}, whether to prepare to fight, and defend him and the city, or to dep…
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2 Samuel 15:16 Ver. 16. And the king went forth,.... Which determined the case: and all his household after him family and his court; they followed his example, and attended him in his flight: and the king left ten women, [which were] concubines, to keep the house; not to defend it, which they were unable to do, but…
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2 Samuel 15:17 Ver. 17. And the king went forth,.... From Jerusalem; which is repeated, that it might be observed in what a hurry and fright he was:and all the people after him; his family, court, and servants, and as many of the people of Jerusalem as chose to go with him:and tarried at a place that was afar off; whe…
3,079 wordsSECTION 2302 Samuel 16:1
2 Samuel 16:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 16 In this chapter is an account of Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, getting his inheritance by misrepresentation of him, and by presents to David, 2Sa 16:1; and of Shimei's cursing David as he passed along, which David bore patiently, and would not suffer others to aveng…
252 wordsSECTION 2312 Samuel 16:2
2 Samuel 16:2 Ver. 2. And the king said unto Ziba, what meanest thou by these?.... Are they to be said, or are they presents? and Ziba said, the asses [be] for the king's household to ride on; for himself, his wives, and children, his courtiers, and the principal officers of his house; it being usual in those times a…
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2 Samuel 16:3 Ver. 3. And the king said, and where [is] thy master's son?.... The son of Saul, who was Ziba's master, meaning Mephibosheth: and Ziba said unto the king, behold, he abideth at Jerusalem; as there was reason for it, since he was lame of both his feet, 2Sa 9:13, though he could have rode upon an ass, and…
169 wordsSECTION 2332 Samuel 16:4
2 Samuel 16:4 Ver. 4. Then said the king to Ziba, behold, thine [are] all that [pertaineth] to Mephibosheth,.... Being forfeited to the king by an overt act of treason as they had been before by the rebellion of Ishbosheth, but had been graciously restored to Mephibosheth; and had it been true what Ziba suggested, it …
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2 Samuel 16:5 Ver. 5. And when King David came to Bahurim,.... The Targum is, Alemath, perhaps the same that is said to be a city of the Levites, given unto them out of the tribe of Benjamin, 1Ch 6:60 for the man next described, who was of this place, was a Benjaminite, 2Sa 19:16; See Gill on "2Sa 3:16"; David was not…
223 wordsSECTION 2352 Samuel 16:6
2 Samuel 16:6 Ver. 6. And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of King David,.... Not that he was within the reach of them, or could hurt them, by casting them at them; but this he did to show his contempt of them, and to intimate that they deserved to be stoned, and especially David, at whose adultery he …
118 wordsSECTION 2362 Samuel 16:7
2 Samuel 16:7 Ver. 7. And thus said Shimei, when he cursed, come out, come out,.... Or rather, "go out, go out" {t}; that is, out of the nation, where he deserved not to live, as he judged, and out of the kingdom, which he had usurped, as he supposed; and the repeating the words not only denotes his vehement desire to…
163 wordsSECTION 2372 Samuel 16:8
2 Samuel 16:8 Ver. 8. The Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul,.... Which he would suggest was shed by David, or, however, that he was the cause of its being shed; as if he had stirred up the Philistines to that battle in which Saul and his sons were slain, and had an hand secretly in the de…
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2 Samuel 16:9 Ver. 9. Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king,.... A sister's son of his, and a general in the army, who could not bear to hear the king abused in this manner: why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? be suffered to do it with impunity; a "dog" he calls him, because of his vileness …
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2 Samuel 16:10 Ver. 10. And the king said, what have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?.... It seems as if Joab, the brother of Abishai, joined with him in this request to have leave to take off the head of Shimei; and though David had to do with them as his relations, his sister's sons, and as they were generals i…
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2 Samuel 16:11 Ver. 11. And David said to Abishai, and all his servants,.... In order to make them easy, and reconcile them to this usage of him: behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life; meaning Absalom: how much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it]? who was not only of the same tribe that Sa…
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