2 Samuel 14:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. ”

2 Samuel 14:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's (a) heart [was] toward Absalom. (a) That the king favoured him.
2 Samuel 14:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14. The Return of Absalom (J). 2 Samuel 14:1-8 . Joab perceives the king's longing for his son (p. 67), and sends to him a woman of Tekoa (p. 31), about 5 miles S. of Beth-lehem, with...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom.
2 Samuel 14:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Samuel 14:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Absalom's Return from Geshur After waiting for two years, Absalom forces Joab to use his influence to bring about a reconciliation between him and his father.
2 Samuel 14:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XIV. (1) Was toward Absalom. — This, like the last verse of the previous chapter, may be understood in either of two opposite senses: either David’s heart yearned for Absalom (as the Authorised...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII. ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK 2 Samuel 13:38-39 - 2 Samuel 14:1-33 . GESHUR, to which Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon, accompanied in all likelihood by the men who...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joab's Plea for the Fugitive 2 Samuel 14:1-17 Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom. Were the two sworn together to hatch a great plot? Or was Absalom shrewdly usi...
2 Samuel 14:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opinions widely differ over why Joab set himself to bring Absalom back. The most probable reason- is that he "perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom." There is certainly a strange fascina...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The afflictions of David are not over, and therefore in this chapter we are presented with the preliminary step leading to a new scourge. By the ministry of Joab methods are adopted for a r...
2 Samuel 14:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah ,.... The general of David's army: perceived that the king's heart [was] towards Absalom ; and longed to have him returned, though he knew not how to bring it about wit...
2 Samuel 14:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart [was] toward Absalom. Ver. 1. Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived, ] sc., By probable signs; as being a cunning old courtier, and l...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That the king's heart was toward Absalom That he longed to see him, and have him restored to his country; but was ashamed to show kindness to one whom God's law and his own conscience obliged him t...
2 Samuel 14:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David's concern for Absalom became known to Joab. Joab was a man not too concerned about truth and justice, but rather about the outward prosperity of the kingdom of Israel, for he knew that his own...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab's Stratagem in Absalom's Favour; The Art of Joab. B. C. 1029. 1 Now Joab the son of...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 14 Joab suborning a widow of Tekoah by a parable to incline the king's heart to fetch home Absalom, bringeth him to Jerusalem, but not into David's sight, 2 Samuel 14:1-24 . Abs...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 14:1 . “Now Joab,” etc. Most commentators attribute Joab’s action in this matter to motives of self-interest. It appears highly probably that Absalom wa...
2 Samuel 14:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:2 . Tekoah; a city of Judah, twelve miles south of Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 11:6 . 2 Samuel 14:6 . The one smote the other, probably with some weapon, or sharp instrument. The lord...
2 Samuel 14:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 14:1 The king's heart was toward Absalom. Again there is a diversity of view as to the right rendering. The preposition does not usually mean "toward," but "against,"...
2 Samuel 14:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now, Joab, the son of Zeruiah, perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom, or, more exactly, against Absalom; David continued in his aversion to the slayer of the crown prince.
2 Samuel 14:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 2:16 ; 2 Samuel 13:39 ; 2 Samuel 18:33 ; 2 Samuel 19:2 ; 2 Samuel 19:4 ; 2 Samuel 2:18 ; Proverbs 29:26
2 Samuel 14:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Was towards — He desired to see him, but was ashamed to shew kindness to one whom God's law and his own conscience obliged him to punish; he wanted therefore a fair pretence, which therefore Joab g...

2 Samuel 14:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 14:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 14:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes