2 Samuel 20:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. ”

2 Samuel 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He tarried - The cause of Amasa’s delay is not stated. It may have been the unwillingness of the men of Judah to place themselves under his orders, or it may have been caused by a wavering or hes...
2 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
2 Samuel 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He tarried longer. — No cause is assigned for this, and various conjectures have been made. The simplest explanation may be drawn from the fact that, in 2 Samuel 20:8 , Amasa is met on his return...
2 Samuel 20:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pursuing Another Rebel 2 Samuel 20:1-13 Like Shimei, Sheba belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. The old Saul-faction was always breaking out in rebellion, and Nathan's prediction that the sword w...
2 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) В¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. (5) So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time w...
2 Samuel 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah ,.... To gather, them together out of their several tribes, and bring them to Jerusalem: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed...
2 Samuel 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. Ver. 5. But he tarried longer. ] Either through his own remissness, or the peopl...
2 Samuel 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Assemble me the men of Judah David here made good his promise to Amasa, which was a great encouragement to others in the tribe of Judah to adhere to him. And by this means also the seditious Israel...
2 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amasa's Death. B. C. 1023. 4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah...
2 Samuel 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either because the people, being wearied out by the late civil war, were not forward to engage in another; or because the soldiers had more affection to Joab than to their new general, to whose ill c...
2 Samuel 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:3 . “Living in widowhood.” Lit. In widowhood of life . Probably meaning so long as their lifetime, or it may mean during the lifetime of David. “T...
2 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

And there happened to be there a man of Belial. Rebellion of Sheba This chapter is a relation of Sheba’s rebellion. 1. The trumpet of this new rebellion was a son of Belial, Sheba the son of...
2 Samuel 20:5 - 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 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Murder of Amasa
2 Samuel 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:8 ; 2 Samuel 19:13
2 Samuel 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tarried — Either, because the people being wearied out by the late war, were not forward to engage in another: or because the soldiers had more affection to Joab, than to their new general.

2 Samuel 20:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 20:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 20:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 20:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 20:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 20:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 20:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 20:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 20:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 20:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes