“ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. ”
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 Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. So Absalom dwelt ... Whatever error David committed in authorizing the recall of Absalom, he displayed great prudenc...
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...
(28) В¶ So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. (29) Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent a...
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem ,.... After his return from Geshur: and saw not the king's face ; all that time; which was owing either to the king's resentment of the fact committed...
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. Ver. 28. Dwelt two full years in Jerusalem. ] During which time he had used means, likely, to be reconciled, and admitted...
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 Return. B. C. 1029. 28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 14:26 . “He polled his head,” i.e. , cut his hair. “Two hundred shekels after the king’s weight.” The king’s shekel is probably a different weight fr...
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
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