2 Samuel 14:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. ”

2 Samuel 14:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have (n) done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. (n) I have granted your request.
2 Samuel 14:21 - 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 14:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. I . Some codices read "thou".
2 Samuel 14:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. And the king said unto Joab - It appears that Joab was present at the time when the w...
2 Samuel 14:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. No JFB commentary on these...
2 Samuel 14:21 - 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 14:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I have done. — This is the Hebrew text; the margin has thou hast done. The former is simply a form of granting Joab’s request; the latter would convey an implied censure on Joab’s stratagem, alth...
2 Samuel 14:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Restored Though Unrepentant 2 Samuel 14:18-33 Joab knew perfectly that David was well pleased to recall Absalom, in response, as it appeared, to the request of the most powerful of his subjects...
2 Samuel 14:21 - 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 14:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(21) В¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. (22) And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked...
2 Samuel 14:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said unto Joab ,.... Who was present, or but at a little distance, waiting the issue of this affair: behold now I have done this thing ; have agreed to recall Absalom, at the suit of...
2 Samuel 14:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. Ver. 21. And the king said unto Joab. ] Who was present, it seemeth, when this wom...
2 Samuel 14:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king said unto Joab Joab seems to have stood in some part of the room all the while the woman was addressing the king; who, therefore, now turned himself from her to him as the principal agent...
2 Samuel 14:21 - 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 14:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Absalom's Recalled. B. C. 1029. 21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have don...
2 Samuel 14:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I have done this thing, in compliance with thy desire; although in truth it was according to his own desire. He overlooks the woman in this grant, because she was but Joab's instrument in it. The...
2 Samuel 14:21 - 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 14:21 - 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 14:21 - 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 14:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the king said unto Joab, Behold, now, I have done this thing, in fulfilling the request preferred through the woman of Tekoah; go, therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
2 Samuel 14:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 14:39 ; 2 Samuel 14:11 ; Mark 6:26

2 Samuel 14:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 14:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 14:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge