2 Samuel 20:25

Sheva. — This officer is called Seraiah in 2 Samuel 8:17. Nearly all the officers mentioned here are the same as in 2 Samuel 8:16-18, where see the Notes.

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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 Bich...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

scribe , or secretary. Compare 2 Samuel 8:17 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: Shevah was scribe - The king's secretary.
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,...
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 i...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(23) В¶ Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: (24) And Adoram w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Sheva [was] scribe ,.... Either the same with Benaiah, or he was dead or removed, and Sheva was put in his place, see 2 Samuel 8:17 ; and Zad...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Sheva [was] scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests: Ver. 25. And Sheva was scribe. ] The same with that Seraiah, 2Sa 8:17 or else s...
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 so...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Court. B. C. 1023. 23 Now Jo...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
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...
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,...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Death of Sheba
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and Sheva was scribe, secretary of state; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 18:16 ; 1 Kings 4:4 ; 2 Samuel 8:17

²⁵ And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 20:25

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:25