Chapter 18:
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2 Samuel 18
18:1 And David
a
numbered the people that [were] with him, and set captains of thousands and
captains of hundreds over them.
(
a) For certain of the Reubenites, Gadites, and
of the half tribe could not bear the insolence of the son against the father,
and therefore joined with David.
18:3 But the people
answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for
us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but b
now [thou art] worth ten thousand of us: therefore now [it is] better that thou
succour us out of the city.
(b) Signifying that a good governor is so dear to
his people that they would rather lose their lives than have anything happen
to him.
18:6
So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the c
wood of Ephraim;
(c) So called, because the Ephraimites (as some
say) fed their cattle beyond Jordan in this wood.
18:16
And Joab d blew the trumpet, and the
people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
(d) For he had pity on the people, who were
seduced by Absalom's flattery.
18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into
a great e pit in the wood, and laid a
very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
(e) Thus God turned his vain glory to shame.
18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken
and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the king's dale: for he
said, I have no f son to keep my name in
remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto
this day, Absalom's place.
(f) It seemed that God had punished him by taking
away his children, (2 Samuel
14:27).
18:20 And Joab said
unto him, Thou g shalt not bear tidings
this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear
no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
(g) For Joab bore a good affection to Ahimaaz and
doubted how David would take the report of Absalom's death.
18:24
And David sat between the two h gates:
and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up
his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.
(h) He sat in the gate of the city of Mahanaim.
18:27
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the
running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a i
good man, and cometh with good tidings.
(i) He had experienced his fidelity, (2 Samuel
17:21).
18:29 And the king
said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the
king's k servant, and [me] thy
servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what [it was].
(k) That is, Cushi, who was an Ethiopian.
18:33
And the king was much l moved, and went
up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my
son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom,
my son, my son!
(l) Because he considers both the judgment of God
against his sin, and could not otherwise hide his fatherly affection for his
son.
Chapter 18:
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