2 Samuel 18:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devouredb more people that day than the sword devoured. ”

2 Samuel 18:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The battle was scattered - Probably Absalom’s forces were far more numerous than David’s; but, most likely by Joab’s skillful generalship, the field of battle was such that numbers did not tell,...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:1 to 1 Samuel 19:8 . Defeat and Death of Absalom. David's Grief (J). 2 Samuel 18:1-8 . Absalom's followers are defeated with great slaughter. Nothing is known as to the battle-f...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the face . Figure of speech Pleonasm, with Prosopopceia. App-6. devoured. Hebrew "multiplied to devour", to emphasise the great number. Figure of speech Prosopopaia. App-6.
2 Samuel 18:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. The wood devoured more people - It is generally supposed that,...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. The wood devoured more people ... than the sword. The...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Defeat and Death of Absalom 1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'
2 Samuel 18:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The wood devoured more. — The battle and the pursuit covered a wide range of country; more were slain in the pursuit through the wood, both by accident and by the sword, than in the actual battle i...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIII. ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH. 2 Samuel 18:1-18 . WHATEVER fears of defeat and destruction might occasionally flit across David's soul between his flight from Jerusalem and the bat...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the End of an Unfilial Son 2 Samuel 18:1-15 Absalom's army was soon across the river under Amasa, David's nephew, 2 Samuel 17:25-26 . Though political reasons constrained David to flight, his...
2 Samuel 18:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David, and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's followers arrived. Two men attract our attention, David a...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; (7) Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a grea...
2 Samuel 18:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country ,.... Or the warriors were scattered, as the Targum; Absalom's soldiers, their ranks were broken, and they were thrown into the ut...
2 Samuel 18:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. Ver. 8. And the wood devoured more people that day. ] While...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The battle was scattered over all the country In that neighbourhood; both in the field and in the wood. The wood devoured more people than the sword Some think the wood is said to devour them bec...
2 Samuel 18:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David. Now the time comes for war with Absalom, who has considere...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preparations for Battle. B. C. 1023. 1 And David numbered the people that were with hi...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The battle was there scattered, i. e. the warriors being beaten in the fight, fled, and were dispersed; the abstract being put for the concrete, as poverty is put for poor men , 2 Kings 24:14...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 18:1 . “David numbered,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains.”— (Jamieson.) Josephus says the...
2 Samuel 18:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 18:2 . A third part under Ittai, the Philistine general who had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king. 2 Samuel 18:6 . The wood of Ephraim lay beyond Jordan, and was not in the...
2 Samuel 18:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

And David numbered the people that were with him. The fatal fight This chapter is a narrative of that fatal fight wherein Absalom the son, fought with David his father for the kingdom of Israel...
2 Samuel 18:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 18:1 And David numbered. The verb really means that he organized his army, and arranged it in companies and divisions. As Absalom gathered all Israel to him, there wou...
2 Samuel 18:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Absalom
2 Samuel 18:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 20:30 ; Exodus 15:10 ; Joshua 10:11 ; Judges 5:20 ; Judges 5:21 ; Psalms 3:7 ; Psalms 43:1
2 Samuel 18:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The wood — More people died in the wood, either through hunger, and thirst, and weariness: or, by the wild beasts, whereof great numbers were there, which, though they were driven away from the pla...

2 Samuel 18:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 18:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 18:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 18:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 18:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 18:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 18:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 18:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 18:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 18:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 18:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 18:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 18:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 18:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 18:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes