2 Samuel 14:14-28

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:1-20

Here is, I. Joab's design to get Absalom recalled out of banishment, his crime pardoned, and his attainder reversed, 2 Sam. 14:1. Joab made himself very busy in this affair. 1. As a courtier that was studious, by all ways possible, to ingratiate himself with his prince and improve his interest in his favour: He perceived that the king's heart was towards Absalom, and that, the heat of his displeasure being over, he still retained his old affection for him, and only wanted a friend to court him... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:21-27

Observe here, I. Orders given for the bringing back of Absalom. The errand on which the woman came to David was so agreeable, and her management of it so very ingenious and surprising, that he was brought into a peculiarly kind humour: Go (says he to Joab), bring the young man Absalom again, 2 Sam. 14:21. He was himself inclined to favour him, yet, for the honour of his justice, he would not do it but upon intercession made for him, which may illustrate the methods of divine grace. It is true... read more

Matthew Henry

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:14

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 Absalom was not recalled in his lifetime; and that Amnon must have died in a little time if he had not been killed by his brother; and Absalom, he must die also quickly, and therefore what signifies... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:15

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, fearing there would be an insurrection in the nation, or an invasion of it by Absalom at the request of his friends; in which he might be supported by the king of Geshur; or however that disputes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:16

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 blood, that neither he nor any other should destroy him; which would have been the destruction of her and her whole family out of the land of Israel, the land which God had chosen for his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:17

Then thine handmaid said, the word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable ,.... Or, "for rest" F17 למנחה "ad requiem", Pagninus, Montanus; "ad tranquillitatem", Tigurine version; "ad quietem", Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; 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 God, so is my lord the king ; as they are very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:18

Then the king answered and said unto the woman ,.... Understanding plainly what she meant by all this, that the case she brought was a feigned one, and that the intention of it was to let him know the sense of the people with respect to Absalom, and the recall of him: hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee ; he suspected that this was not a scheme of her own, but some considerable person had formed it, and made use of her to execute it, which was what he desired... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:19

And the king said, is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this ?.... That is, is not this done by the advice, assistance, and direction of Joab? did not he form this scheme for thee, and direct thee to this method, and put thee upon prosecuting it? and the woman answered and said, as thy soul liveth, my lord the king ; what I am about to say is as sure as thou art alive; though this may be only a wish that he might long live and be happy; nothing is more desirable than thy valuable... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 14:20

To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing ,.... Feigned a story in such form and manner as had been delivered to the king, that it might be accommodated and applied to the case of Absalom, and to transfer it in a figure to the king, to use the apostle's phrase, 1 Corinthians 4:8 , and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God ; as not only to understand the design of this fable or parable, but of such sagacity and penetration as to... read more

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