2 Samuel 14:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help,a O king. ”

2 Samuel 14:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spake - Seems to be an accidental error for came, which is found in many manuscipts and versions. Help - literally, save (see the margin). It is the same cry as Hosanna, i. e. save now Psalm...
2 Samuel 14:4 - 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 14:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

spake to the king . Many codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "came in unto the king".
2 Samuel 14:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
2 Samuel 14:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 14:4 - 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 14:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Spake to the king. — Many MSS. and the LXX., Vulg., and Syriac have came to the king. The difference is immaterial.
2 Samuel 14:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII. ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK 2 Samuel 13:38-39 - 2 Samuel 14:1-33 . GESHUR, to which Absalom fled after the murder of Amnon, accompanied in all likelihood by the men who...
2 Samuel 14:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joab's Plea for the Fugitive 2 Samuel 14:1-17 Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom. Were the two sworn together to hatch a great plot? Or was Absalom shrewdly usi...
2 Samuel 14:4 - 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 14:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be a...
2 Samuel 14:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king ,.... Or after she had spoken to him, being introduced by Joab, as is probable; when she had saluted him with God save the king, or May the king live,...
2 Samuel 14:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. Ver. 4. She fell on her face to the ground, &c. ] And so she insi...
2 Samuel 14:4 - 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 14:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab's Stratagem in Absalom's Favour; The Art of Joab. B. C. 1029. 1 Now Joab the son of...
2 Samuel 14:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Samuel 14:4 - 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 14:4 - 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 14:4 - 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 14:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wise Woman of Tekoah
2 Samuel 14:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:41 ; 1 Samuel 25:23 ; 2 Kings 6:26-28 ; 2 Samuel 1:2 ; Job 29:12-14 ; Luke 18:3-5

2 Samuel 14:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 14:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 14:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 14:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 14:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 14:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 14:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 14:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 14:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 14:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge