2 Samuel 14:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? ”

2 Samuel 14:31 - 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 14:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
2 Samuel 14:31 - 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 14:31 - 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 14:31 - 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 14:31 - 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 14:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house ,.... Provoked at what he had done, and to know the reason of it; and which was answering Absalom's end: and said unto him, wherefore have thy...
2 Samuel 14:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto [his] house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? Ver. 31. Then Joab arose. ] Then he came speedily. Affliction hath whipp...
2 Samuel 14:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joab arose and came to Absalom It may seem strange that so furious a man as Joab should not immediately revenge himself by ordering Absalom's fields to be burned, or in some such way; but he was so...
2 Samuel 14:31 - 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 14:31 - 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 14:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Samuel 14:31 - 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 14:31 - 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 14:31 - 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 14:31 - 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 14:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Reconciliation Effected

2 Samuel 14:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:31 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 14:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann