forty
Some authorities read "four."
Forty years - An obvious clerical error, though a very ancient one for four years, which may date from Absalom’s return from Geshur, or from his...
And it came to pass after (e) forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD,...
2 Samuel 15:1 to 2 Samuel 16:14 . Revolt of Absalom. Flight of David (J). 2 Samuel 15:1-6 . Absalom makes himself popular by professing an in...
forty years : i.e. from David's anointing ( 1 Samuel 16:13 ): i.e. 974-934. my vow, which. have vowed. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). my...
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in H...
After forty years— Or rather, after four years. The Syriac and Arabic, whom Houbigant follows, read after four years. As there is no event from...
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD,...
The Rebellion of Absalom His party is so strong that David is obliged to flee from Jerusalem. He is joined by Ittai the Gittite, and by Zadok and...
Forty years ] This is obviously a mistake. Some versions read 'four.'
After forty years. — The reading is certainly incorrect. Absalom was born after David began his reign in Hebron, and his whole reign was only forty...
CHAPTER XIX. ABSALOM'S REVOLT 2 Samuel 15:1-12 . WHEN Absalom obtained from his father the position he had so eagerly desired at Jerusalem, he...
the Plot of the Ambitious Son 2 Samuel 15:1-12 David's government had become lax. Many causes were awaiting trial. Cases demanding his royal de...
That Absalom's attitude of obeisance before David was feigned is proved by his conspiracy. That Joab cared nothing personally for Absalom is evident...
(7) В¶ And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LOR...
And it came to pass after forty years ,.... Or four years; so long it was from the reconciliation of Absalom to David, as Josephus f says; and so re...
After forty years That is, as some say, from the change of the government into a monarchy, which change took place about ten years before David beg...
Absalom knew how to take full advantage of his outward acceptance by his father Now there was no difficulty in beginning to exalt himself in the eyes...
Absalom's Rebellion. B. C. 1023. 7 A...
After forty years. Quest. Whence are these to be computed? Answ . Not from Absalom's birth; for he was born in Hebron some considerable time after...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 15:1 . “After this.” Keil, Erdmann and Thenius attach the idea of immediateness to the Hebrew adverb...
2 Samuel 15:7 . After forty years. Some contend that this refers to the time when David was secretly anointed; but as no other record is dated fro...
Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. Absalom; or, the fast young man The Bible resembles a portrait galle...
I pray thee let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord. Diplomatic insincerity Of royal dissemblers like Absalom history record...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 15:1 After this. The Hebrew is a more precise phrase than that on which we have commented on 2 Samuel 10:1 and 2 S...
The Insurrection Begun
And it came to pass after forty years, about four gears after Absalom's return to Jerusalem, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go...
1 Samuel 16:1 ; 1 Samuel 16:13 ; 1 Samuel 16:2 ; 2 Samuel 13:24-27 ; 2 Samuel 13:38 ; Isaiah 58:4 ; Matthew 2:8 ; Matthew 23:14 ; Proverbs 2...
After forty years — From the change of the government, into a monarchy, which was about ten years before David began to reign. So this fell out abo...
7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.