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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 19:43

We have ten parts; they say but ten, though strictly there were eleven; either because they accounted Joseph (which comprehends both Ephraim and Manasseh under it) for one tribe, as it is sometimes reckoned; or because Simeon, whose lot lay within the tribe of Judah, were joined with them in this action. In the king, i.e. in the kingdom, and the management of the affairs of it; the word king being put for kingdom, as it is 2 Chronicles 23:20; Isaiah 23:15; Daniel 7:17; Hosea 10:15. Or, in the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:1-15

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—2 Samuel 19:1. Comp. 2 Samuel 18:33. The purpose of the informant was, “it seems, to explain to Joab and the army why the king did not come forth to greet his returning victorious warriors.” (Erdmann.)2 Samuel 19:2-3. “These men’s hearty participation in the sorrow of their beloved king, for whom they had perilled their lives, soon changed into gloomy dissatisfaction at the fact that the king, absorbed in his private grief, did not deign to bestow a look upon... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:16-40

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—2 Samuel 19:16. “Came down.” From the mountainous table-land into the Jordan valley.” (Erdmann.)2 Samuel 19:17. “A thousand men.” “To show what force he could raise for or against the king.” (Jamieson.) “They show the consideration which Shimei enjoyed in the tribe of Benjamin. and testify that a change had taken place in the former hostile feeling of this tribe towards David, comp. 2 Samuel 19:31.” (Erdmann.)2 Samuel 19:17. “Went over.” Rather, “they hasted or... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:41

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—“There.” “In Gilgal, at the assembly of the tribes; the word indicates directly the place; indirectly the time of the following history.” (Erdmann). “A man of Belial.” A worthless man. “He was,” says Luther, “one of the great rogues of the high nobility, who had a large retinue among the people, and consideration or name, as Catiline in Rome.” “A Benjamite.” “Probably one of the rabid Sauline party, if he were not, as is possible, of Saul’s own family.” (Erdmann)... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:18

2 Samuel 19:18 According to old heathen mythology, there was a fabled river called Acheron, which the souls of the dead must cross. Its waters were muddy and bitter, and old Charon, who ferried them over, obliged each one to pay a sum of money for the passage. In this fable there is a remnant of sound belief in the existence of the soul, after it has left the body, in another state of being. The very river which the dead are represented as crossing has its counterpart in the language which... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:31-40

2 Samuel 19:31-40 (see also 2 Samuel 17:27-29 ; 1 Kings 2:7 ; Jeremiah 41:17 ; Ezra 2:61 ) I. We have here a man who knows that he is old, but who is not distressed by the thought of it. There are old men who do not know that they are old, or who seek to suppress their knowledge of it. Few things in the world are so pleasant as the sight of such a conscious, cheerful, hopeful old age as that of Barzillai, certain that it has not long to stay, but interested to the last in the best things... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Samuel 19:34

DISCOURSE: 323THE SHORTNESS OF LIFE A GROUND FOR INDIFFERENCE TO THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD2 Samuel 19:34. And Barzillai said the king, How long have I to live?GREAT virtues rarely, if ever, exist alone: the soul that gives them birth is actuated by a principle, which is generally, though perhaps not universally, operative. We behold in the history before us an instance of great generosity towards David and his attendants, in their flight from Absalom. And we have a no less amiable instance of... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:1-43

Chapter 19David's grief for his son Absalom. David was there in his chamber wailing over Absalom.So they told Joab, David's really wailing over Absalom's death. And Joab came unto David and he said, All right now David let's cut this out. He said, These men have gone out and hazard their lives for you. And they've brought you victory over your enemies. But now they are sneaking back into town like they were criminals because of your great grief for Absalom, you're actually making them ashamed... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 19:1-43

2 Samuel 19:13 . Say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone. It is probable that Amasa had refused to fight against David; at least he had not distinguished himself in the rebellion. David, in making Amasa captain general, was desirous to humble the unjustifiable ascendancy of Joab. 2 Samuel 19:29 . Thou and Ziba divide the land. This was a breach of David’s covenant with Jonathan. Ziba had done great services for David in this war by his sons and his servants; but he had falsely... read more

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