2 Samuel 15:19 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. ”

2 Samuel 15:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then said the king to (l) Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile. (l) Who as some write was...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 15:1 to 2 Samuel 16:14 . Revolt of Absalom. Flight of David (J). 2 Samuel 15:1-6 . Absalom makes himself popular by professing an interest in the litigation of the people. 2 Samu...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

strainger . foreigner.
2 Samuel 15:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. Thou art a stranger, and also a...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ittai the Gittite— The Jews say, that this Ittai was the son of king Achish, and that, being obliged to quit Gath on account of his attachment to David, he came to offer him his services at the hea...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. No JFB commentary on thes...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rebellion of Absalom His party is so strong that David is obliged to flee from Jerusalem. He is joined by Ittai the Gittite, and by Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and by Hushai the Archite. T...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ittai the Gittite. — The patronymic must here be understood literally, since David calls him “a stranger and also an exile;” he had but comparatively recently ( 2 Samuel 15:20 ) attached himself to...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Loyal Stranger 2 Samuel 15:13-23 David was conscious of ill desert; hence his resolve to flee. How different his bearing now from that great hour when Goliath fell before him! Ah, conscienc...
2 Samuel 15:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

That Absalom's attitude of obeisance before David was feigned is proved by his conspiracy. That Joab cared nothing personally for Absalom is evident from his refusal to see him any further. Absalom's...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. (20) Whereas thou camest but...
2 Samuel 15:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A SPECIMEN OF NOBLENESS ‘Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king; for thou art a stranger, and also an exile,’ etc....
2 Samuel 15:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite ,.... Who was over the band of Gittites, the six hundred men, 2 Samuel 15:22 ; wherefore goest thou also with us ? one should think the king should not hav...
2 Samuel 15:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile. Ver. 19. Then said the king...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite , &c. He seems to have been the commander of those six hundred men before mentioned. And the Jews make him the son of Achish, king of Gath, who, they say,...
2 Samuel 15:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Absalom knew how to take full advantage of his outward acceptance by his father Now there was no difficulty in beginning to exalt himself in the eyes of Israel. His chariots and horses and fifty men...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Flight. B. C. 1023. 13 And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Return to thy place; either, first, To thy native country of Gath, where thou wilt be remote from our broils. Or, secondly, To Jerusalem, where thy settled abode now is. And abide, or, or abide...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Learns Of The Rebellion And Flees Jerusalem While Absalom Enlists The Services of Ahithophel ( 2 Samuel 15:12-31 ). Once messengers had gone out throughout Israel, and preparations had begun...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 15:1 . “After this.” Keil, Erdmann and Thenius attach the idea of immediateness to the Hebrew adverb here used, but other scholars consider this doubt...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19-21 I. We have in this passage a remarkable instance of the spirit of true patriotism, all the more remarkable because, in one sense, patriotism is not quite the word to apply to Itt...
2 Samuel 15:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 15:7 . After forty years. Some contend that this refers to the time when David was secretly anointed; but as no other record is dated from that time, Josephus seems right in saying “four...
2 Samuel 15:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Absalom; or, the fast young man The Bible resembles a portrait gallery adorned with the faces of remarkable historic m...
2 Samuel 15:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 15:1 After this. The Hebrew is a more precise phrase than that on which we have commented on 2 Samuel 10:1 and 2 Samuel 13:1 , and implies that Absalom began his de...
2 Samuel 15:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Flight of David
2 Samuel 15:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 18:2 ; Ruth 1:11-13
2 Samuel 15:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy place — To Jerusalem, where thy settled abode now is. The king — With Absalom who is now made king. An exile — Not much concerned in our affairs, and therefore not fit to be involved in our tro...

2 Samuel 15:19 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 15:19 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 15:19 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 15:19 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 15:19 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 15:19 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 15:19 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 15:19 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 15:19 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes