2 Samuel 20:18 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. ”

2 Samuel 20:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This was an old proverb. Abel, like Teman, and some other places, was once famous for the wisdom of its inhabitants 1 Kings 4:30-31 . The wise woman was herself a remnant of this traditional wisdo...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then she spake, saying, (l) They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter]. (l) She shows that the old custom was not to destroy...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 20. The Revolt of Sheba (J). 2 Samuel 20:1 f. The result of this altercation was a fresh rebellion under a Benjamite, Sheba ben Bichri. 2 Samuel 20:3 . The members of the king's...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

They shall , &c. Figure of speech Parcemia. App-6.
2 Samuel 20:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter . They shall surely ask counsel at Abel - This is a proverb...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then cried a wise woman, &c.— As Joab pressed the siege with all earnestness, a wise woman, who probably was governess of the city, (an office, though generally filled by men, yet sometimes a...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. They were wont to speak in old time. The translation...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Rebellion of Sheba Sheba takes advantage of the jealousy of the men of Israel to begin a rebellion, which, but for the prompt action of Joab, might have resulted in a disruption between Israel...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ask counsel at Abel. — The simplest and most obvious explanation is here the true one, viz., that Abel had become proverbial for its wisdom. An ancient Jewish interpretation, which has been incorpo...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

One Head Saves Many 2 Samuel 20:14-26 This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us of the value of presence of mind in a great crisis. She gave Joab to understand, fir...
2 Samuel 20:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The occasion invariably finds the man for evil as well as for good. Sheba seized the strife between Judah and Israel as an opportunity to attempt to divide the kingdom. David's hosts went forth agai...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. (17) And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou J...
2 Samuel 20:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then she spake, saying, they were wont to speak in old time ,.... It was a common saying, a proverbial expression among the ancient sages: saying, they shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel, and so t...
2 Samuel 20:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] at Abel: and so they ended [the matter]. Ver. 18. They shall surely ask counsel at Abel, ] q.d...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He answered, I do hear He did not despise her because she was a woman; but, as became a wise man, gave her a favourable audience, and attended to what she said. They shall surely ask counsel at Ab...
2 Samuel 20:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Satan is always ready to take advantage of such occasions among God's people, and he had a man there of worthless, ambitious character, Sheba, the son of Bichri was actually a Benjamite, not from any...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sheba Pursued. B. C. 1023. 14 And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel,...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

According to this translation the sense is, This city which thou art about to destroy is no mean and contemptible one, but so honourable and considerable for its wisdom, and the wise people in it, th...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:14 . “Abel.” Lit., meadow , and the name of several places in Palestine, but from its proximity to Beth-Maachah (with which it is sometimes joined,...
2 Samuel 20:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:1 . Sheba, a Benjamite, and a captain high in command under Absalom, in whose heart the embers of revolt were still burning. This man, seeing the anger of the tribes at not being calle...
2 Samuel 20:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then cried a wise woman out of the city. Abel’s oracle; or prudence and peaceableness I. The people in Abel of Bethmaachah are on the verge of ruin, for Joab is battering away at the walls. Soo...
2 Samuel 20:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 20:1 There happened to be there a man of Belial. The fierce words of the men of Judah led to evil results. It was a time when all wise and thoughtful persons would hav...
2 Samuel 20:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Sheba
2 Samuel 20:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 20:10 ; Deuteronomy 20:11
2 Samuel 20:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ask counsel — This city which thou art about to destroy, is no mean and contemptible one, but so honourable and considerable for its wisdom, that when any differences arose among any of the neighbo...

2 Samuel 20:18 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 20:18 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:18 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:18 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 20:18 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:18 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 20:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 20:18 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 20:18 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:18 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 20:18 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 20:18 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 20:18 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:18 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes