2 Samuel 14:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. ”

2 Samuel 14:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let him not see my face - We are not told why David adopted this half-measure. Possibly Bath-sheba’s influence may have been exerted to keep Absalom in disgrace for the sake of Solomon.
2 Samuel 14:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the king said, Let him (o) turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. (o) Covering by this his affection, and showing...
2 Samuel 14:24 - 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 14:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. Let him not see my face - He would not at once restor...
2 Samuel 14:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let him turn to his own house, &c.— This discountenance and rebuke, which Absalom received from his father, was certainly little enough to signify the king's abhorrence of his late cruel reveng...
2 Samuel 14:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 14:24 - 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 14:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Let him not see my face. — David allowed Absalom’s return, but forbade him his presence. The former had been done in weakness, the latter through a sense of justice. The effect of this half measure...
2 Samuel 14:24 - 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 14:24 - 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 14:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(24) And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. (25) But in all Israel there was none to be so m...
2 Samuel 14:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said ,.... Very probably to Joab, when he informed him of Absalom's being come to Jerusalem: let him turn to his own house ; depart from the king's palace, where Joab had brought him,...
2 Samuel 14:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. Ver. 24. Let him turn to his own house. ] This was...
2 Samuel 14:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The king said, Let him turn to his own house Although the king so far forgave Absalom as to recall him from exile, yet he forbade him to see his face. For his affection to him did not so blind his...
2 Samuel 14:24 - 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 14:24 - 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 14:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Let him not see my face; lest whilst he showed some mercy to Absalom, he should seem to approve of his sin, and thereby wound his own conscience, and lose his honour, and encourage him and others t...
2 Samuel 14:24 - 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 14:24 - Scofield Reference Notes

saw not the king's face Not so had God taught David to forgive. Legalists have thought Absalom's wilfulness to have been due to over-indulgence on the part of David. There is no such intimatio...
2 Samuel 14:24 - 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 14:24 - 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 14:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Reconciliation Effected
2 Samuel 14:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:28 ; 2 Samuel 3:13 ; Exodus 10:28 ; Genesis 43:3 ; Revelation 22:4
2 Samuel 14:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Let him turn — Lest whilst be shewed some mercy to Absalom, he should seem to approve of his sin. Likewise by this means Absalom might be drawn to a more thorough humiliation and repentance.

2 Samuel 14:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:24 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Samuel 14:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 14:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes