2 Samuel 15:3-6 ASV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:1-6

Absalom is no sooner restored to his place at court than he aims to be in the throne. He that was unhumbled under his troubles became insufferably proud when they were over; and he cannot be content with the honour of being the king's son, and the prospect of being his successor, but he must be king now. His mother was a king's daughter; on that perhaps he valued himself, and despised his father, who was but the son of Jesse. She was the daughter of a heathen king, which made him the less... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:3

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 if it could be heard by proper persons there is no doubt but things would go on thy side, and thou wouldest carry thy cause: but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee ; the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:4

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 it was thought not safe to put him into any office: that every man that hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice ; at once, without any further trouble, or coming... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:5

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 with him, or took him about the neck and kissed him, and by this free, familiar, affable, and courteous manner, strangely won upon and gained the affections of the people, as follows. Fortunatus... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:6

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 affections of the people in a private and clandestine manner, and robbed the king of them, who had the best right unto them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:6

So Absalom stole the hearts - His manner of doing this is circumstantially related above. He was thoroughly versed in the arts of the demagogue; and the common people, the vile mass, heard him gladly. He used the patriot's arguments, and was every thing of the kind, as far as promise could go. He found fault with men in power; and he only wanted their place, like all other pretended patriots, that he might act as they did, or worse. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:1-12

The shady side of human nature. The facts are: 1 . Absalom sets up a large domestic establishment with a semblance of royalty. 2 . Rising early in the morning of each day, he is first to meet the suitors for judgment at the gate of the city, and seizes the occasion for insinuating that there is defect in the king's provision for the administration of justice. 3 . He also professes to manifest sympathy with suitors by expressing the wish that he were in a position to do them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:1-12

( JERUSALEM , HEBRON .) The rebellion of Absalom. About twelve years had elapsed since David's fall into sin. One of its effects was the rebellion of Absalom. The history of this event—most critical for the theocratic monarchy, and "revealing the thoughts of many hearts"—sheds a clear light upon the condition of Israel. "We seem to know all the people; the natural manners and vivid outbursts of feeling make the scene stand out with a kind of homely poetry." In it we discern the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:6

Absalom stole the hearts. By professing anxiety to devote himself to the hearing and deciding of the people's causes, by flattering each one with the assurance that his case was so good that it needed only a hearing to be decided in his favour, and by his affability, made the more charming and irresistible by his personal beauty, he won the love of the people almost without their knowing how devoted they had become to him. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 15:3

To flatter each man by pronouncing a favorable verdict in his case, to excite a sense of grievance and discontent by censuring the king for remissness in trying the causes brought before him by his subjects, and to suggest a sure and easy remedy for all such grievances, namely, to make Absalom king; all this, coupled with great affability and courtesy, which his personal beauty and high rank made all the more effective, were the arts by which Absalom worked his way into favor with the people,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 15:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 15:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 15:3

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