2 Samuel 14:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. ”

2 Samuel 14:29 - 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 14:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come.
2 Samuel 14:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Absalom sent for Joab— The reader who is little versed in courts will naturally be surprised to see Joab so zealous to get Absalom recalled from exile, and to observe him afterwards so cold and ind...
2 Samuel 14:29 - 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 14:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He would not come. — Joab felt that he had already gone far enough in procuring Absalom’s return, and, as he still continued under the displeasure of the king, he was not disposed to do anything mo...
2 Samuel 14:29 - 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 14:29 - 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 14:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
2 Samuel 14:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king ,.... To introduce him into his presence, being uneasy to be thus confined at his own house, and not suffered to come to court: but he...
2 Samuel 14:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. Ver. 29. But he would not come to him. ] A...
2 Samuel 14:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Absalom sent for Joab This vain young man, whose only excellence seems to have been his singular beauty, weary with being so long detained in that confinement and obscurity, so mortifying to his pr...
2 Samuel 14:29 - 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 14:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Absalom's Return. B. C. 1029. 28 So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw...
2 Samuel 14:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To have sent him to the king; that by his mediation he might be admitted into the king's favour and presence. He would not come; partly, because perceiving David's affections to be cold to Absalo...
2 Samuel 14:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 14:29 - 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 14:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Absalom sent for Joab . .. but he would not come to him. The barley-field on fire Absalom had fled from Jerusalem under fear of David’s anger; he was after a time permitted to return, but he...
2 Samuel 14:29 - 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 14:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Reconciliation Effected
2 Samuel 14:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 14:30 ; 2 Samuel 14:31 ; Esther 1:12 ; Matthew 22:3

2 Samuel 14:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:29 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 14:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 14:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge