2 Samuel 20:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name,f hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. ”

2 Samuel 20:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The (n) matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the c...
2 Samuel 20:21 - 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 20:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mount . hill country. Behold . Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
2 Samuel 20:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city....
2 Samuel 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mount Ephraim. — The range of hills so called because much of it lay in the tribe of Ephraim, although extending south into Benjamin.
2 Samuel 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The matter [is] not so ,.... I am not come with the army against this city with any ill will to it, and with an intention to destroy it: the case is this, but a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son...
2 Samuel 20:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city....
2 Samuel 20:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A man of mount Ephraim He is said before, 2 Samuel 20:1 , to be of the tribe of Benjamin. Either, therefore, he lived in mount Ephraim, or a place in Benjamin is here called so, probably because i...
2 Samuel 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - 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 20:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Sheba
2 Samuel 20:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 24:6 ; 1 Samuel 26:9 ; 2 Kings 10:7 ; 2 Kings 5:22 ; 2 Samuel 17:2 ; 2 Samuel 17:3 ; 2 Samuel 20:1 ; 2 Samuel 23:18 ; Jeremiah 4:15 ; Jeremiah 50:19 ; Judges 18:4-8 ; Judges 2:9...
2 Samuel 20:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ephraim — Probably mount Ephraim was a place in Benjamin so called, either because it was upon the borders of Ephraim or for some notable action or event of the Ephraimites in that place. His head...

2 Samuel 20:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 20:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 20:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 20:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 20:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 20:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 20:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 20:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 20:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes