1 Kings 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. ”

1 Kings 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His hoar head - Joab, though the nephew of David, was probably not very greatly his junior, David being the youngest of the family, and Zeruiah, as is most likely, one of the eldest.
1 Kings 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Death of David; Solomon Established on his Throne. The main source of this chapter is the same as that of 1, but interspersed are Deuteronomic additions ( 1 Kings 2:3 f., 1 Kings 2:10-12 ; 1 Kin...
1 Kings 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the grave. Hebrew. Sheol . App-35. Note "the", not "a". Compare 1 Kings 2:9 .
1 Kings 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace - It would have been an insult to justice not to hav...
1 Kings 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace— David's dying order was an order worthy of a good king, and fit to be given in the last moments of his life. The crimes which drew down this pun...
1 Kings 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. Do therefore according to thy wisdom. Joab's immense popularity with the army required that any...
1 Kings 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David's last Will and Testament The recital of David's last charge to Solomon and his death is followed by an account of the execution of Adonijah, Joab, and Shimei. 3, 4. Cp. Deuteronomy 17 ;...
1 Kings 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

New Responsibilities for the New King 1 Kings 2:1-9 1 Chronicles 28:1-21 ; 1 Chronicles 29:1-30 should be read as coming between this and the preceding chapter. It was with a ripe knowledge...
1 Kings 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the last charge of David there was first a recognition of the sphere of Solomon's safety. In all probability his personal influence had been great with his son, but now he was going "the way of al...
1 Kings 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he...
1 Kings 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Do therefore according to thy wisdom ,.... Which though young began to appear in him, even in the life of his father; he therefore exhorts him to use the wisdom he had, and take the first and fittes...
1 Kings 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. Ver. 6. Do therefore according to thy wisdom, ] q.d., He is of a turbulent spirit, and will be a...
1 Kings 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Do therefore according to thy wisdom What in reason and justice thou seest to be fit. For though I was forced to forbear him, I never forgave him. Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in pea...
1 Kings 2:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DAVID'S LAST WORDS TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) As David was about to die, his words to Solomon have serious significance. Just as Paul ( 2 Timothy 4:1-6 ) and Peter ( 2 Peter 1:12-15 ) were concerned abo...
1 Kings 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Dying Charge; David's Death and Burial. B. C. 1015. 1 Now the days of David drew...
1 Kings 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

According to thy wisdom, i.e. what in reason and justice thou seest fit. For though I was forced to forbear him when it was in a manner out of my power to punish him, yet I never forgave him; and t...
1 Kings 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 2:5 . Shed the blood of war in peace; i.e. , murderously slew the inoffensive; shed, in peace, blood which should only flow in war. Put the blood of w...
1 Kings 2:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

grave Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
1 Kings 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Kings 2:1-11 I. In this passage we notice the calmness and quietude of spirit with which David looked forward to the termination of his earthly career. In order to place ourselves in the positio...
1 Kings 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 2:5 . Thou knowest what Joab did to me. David does not mention Absalom, but that was the deed that touched his heart; the blood of Abner and of Amasa still cried to heaven. 1 Kings 2:9 ....
1 Kings 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE LAST WORDS AND DEATH OF DAVID .—The death of David, and of course the charge which preceded it, did not follow immediately (as the casual reader might be tempted to s...
1 Kings 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of David
1 Kings 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:28-34 ; 1 Kings 2:9 ; 2 Kings 22:20 ; Ecclesiastes 8:11 ; Genesis 42:38 ; Genesis 9:6 ; Isaiah 48:22 ; Isaiah 57:2 ; Isaiah 57:21 ; Isaiah 65:20 ; Numbers 35:33 ; Proverbs 20:26...
1 Kings 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Do therefore — That is, what in reason and justice thou seest fit. For tho' I was forced to forbear him, yet I never forgave him; punish him according to his demerits.

1 Kings 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 2:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 2:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

1 Kings 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Kings 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes