“ So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. ”
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...
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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.
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...
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...
(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...
So Joab arose and went to Geshur ,.... Where Absalom was with his grandfather, the king of the place; see 2 Samuel 13:37 ; and brought Absalom to Jerusalem ; from thence, which, according to Bunt...
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. Ver. 23. And brought Absalom to Jerusalem. ] Where, though he escaped the lash of the law, yet not the furies of his own conscie...
So Joab went, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem “Well pleased, we may be assured, to be at once the messenger of his prince's mercy to the heir apparent of his crown, and the instrument of their rec...
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...
Absalom's Recalled. B. C. 1029. 21 And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have don...
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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 14:2 . 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...
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,"...
The Reconciliation Effected
2 Samuel 13:37 ; 2 Samuel 3:3