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

“ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. ”

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

Joab’s character is strongly brought out in the transaction. Politic, decided, bold, and unscrupulous, but never needlessly cruel or impulsive, or even revengeful. No life is safe that stands in hi...
2 Samuel 20:20 - 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 20:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

far be it. Repeated by Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
2 Samuel 20:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
2 Samuel 20:20 - 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 20:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Samuel 20:20 - 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 20:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Far be it from me. — Joab strongly disclaims the idea of any further harm to any one than the necessary destruction of the rebel Sheba. Joab’s character “is strongly brought out in the transaction....
2 Samuel 20:20 - 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 20:20 - 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 20:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. (21) The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted...
2 Samuel 20:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Joab answered and said, far be it from me, far be it from me ,.... He repeats these words, to show how detestable it was to him to do what she suggested: that I should swallow up or destroy ;...
2 Samuel 20:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Ver. 20. Far be it, far be it from me. ] He utterly disclaimeth and disavoweth all such bloodthirst...
2 Samuel 20:20 - 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 20:20 - 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 20:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A man of Mount Ephraim. Quest. How can this be so when he is called a Benjamite, 2 Samuel 20:1 ? Answ, Either he was a Benjamite by birth, but dwelt in the tribe of Ephraim, as many did upon...
2 Samuel 20:20 - 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 20:20 - 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 20:20 - 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 20:20 - 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 20:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

2 Samuel 20:10 ; 2 Samuel 23:17 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; Job 21:16 ; Job 22:18 ; Luke 10:29 ; Proverbs 28:13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 20:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 20:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 20:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Samuel 20:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge