2 Samuel 14:4

spake to the king. Many codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "came in unto the king".

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 14:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Spake - Seems to be an accidental error for came, which is found in many manuscipts and versions. Help - literally, save (see the margin). It...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 14. The Return of Absalom (J). 2 Samuel 14:1-8 . Joab perceives the king's longing for his son (p. 67), and sends to him a woman of T...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Absalom's Return from Geshur After waiting for two years, Absalom forces Joab to use his influence to bring about a reconciliation between him and...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Spake to the king. — Many MSS. and the LXX., Vulg., and Syriac have came to the king. The difference is immaterial.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XVIII. ABSALOM BANISHED AND BROUGHT BACK 2 Samuel 13:38-39 - 2 Samuel 14:1-33 . GESHUR, to which Absalom fled after the murder of Am...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joab's Plea for the Fugitive 2 Samuel 14:1-17 Joab had ends of his own to serve in securing the return of Absalom. Were the two sworn together...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opinions widely differ over why Joab set himself to bring Absalom back. The most probable reason- is that he "perceived that the king's heart was tow...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king ,.... Or after she had spoken to him, being introduced by Joab, as is probable; when she had saluted...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. Ver. 4. She fell on...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David's concern for Absalom became known to Joab. Joab was a man not too concerned about truth and justice, but rather about the outward prosperity o...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joab's Stratagem in Absalom's Favour; The Art of Joab. B. C. 1029....
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 14:1 . “Now Joab,” etc. Most commentators attribute Joab’s action in this matter to motives of self-in...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 14:2 . Tekoah; a city of Judah, twelve miles south of Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 11:6 . 2 Samuel 14:6 . The one smote the other, probab...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 14:1 The king's heart was toward Absalom. Again there is a diversity of view as to the right rendering. The prepositi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wise Woman of Tekoah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when the woman of Tekoah, in accordance with the instructions received, spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 20:41 ; 1 Samuel 25:23 ; 2 Kings 6:26-28 ; 2 Samuel 1:2 ; Job 29:12-14 ; Luke 18:3-5

⁴ And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help,a O king.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 14:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 14:4