“ So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. ”
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...
So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. Absalom came into Jerusalem - It is very probable that he and his partisans were not far from the city when David left it...
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...
the Friends of the Fleeing King 2 Samuel 15:24-37 Outside the story of our Lord, the Bible records nothing more admirable than David's behavior as he passed through this thicket of thorns. He n...
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...
(32) And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: (33) Unto...
So Hushai David's friend came into the city ,.... The city of Jerusalem, by the direction and persuasion of David, and in obedience to him, in order to serve him to the uttermost: and Absalom came...
So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. Ver. 37. So Hushai David's friend.] This was honos aulicus proper to Hushai: but such honour have all the saints. Joh...
They have there with them their two sons Not in Jerusalem, but in a place near it, to which they could easily send upon occasion. So Hushai came into the city Where, it is likely, he waited for t...
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...
David's Request to Hushai. B. C. 1023. 31 And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is...
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YHWH Answers David's Prayer In The Person Of Hushai The Archite ( 2 Samuel 15:32-37 ). Having prayed that YHWH would turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness in the eyes of Absalom, David m...
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 15:7 . 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...
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...
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...
Hushai goes to Jerusalem
1 Chronicles 27:33 ; 2 Samuel 16:15 ; 2 Samuel 16:16
Absalom came, &c. — How soon do royal cities and royal palaces change their masters? But we look for a kingdom which cannot be moved.