2 Samuel 16:22

the top of the house. Compare 2 Samuel 11:2.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Soon after passing the summit of the Mt. of Olives David is met by Ziba, the servant of Meri-baal ( 2 Samuel 4:4 ), with a present of two asses laden...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

When king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out—Shimei—and cursed.— This vile and calumnious treatment of Shimei was one of the severest t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ziba, Shimei, and Ahithophel David, during his flight, is assisted by Ziba, but is cursed by Shimei. The cause of Absalom is promoted by the wise...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A tent upon the top of the house. — Nathan had foretold that the nature of David’s public punishment should correspond to the character of his secr...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXII. ABSALOM IN COUNCIL . 2 Samuel 16:15-23 ; 2 Samuel 17:1-14 ; 2 Samuel 17:23 . WE must now return to Jerusalem, and trace the cou...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the True King's Loyal Friend 2 Samuel 16:13-23 There are always some alleviations in our trials. Every cloud is edged with a silver or golden f...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

David's sorrows multiplied. Those recorded here are typical. Ziba, a man who for purely selfish reasons took advantage of temporary trouble to traduc...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. (21) And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house ,.... On the top of his father's palace; this, as houses in Jerusalem and Judea were, was buil...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. Ver. 22. Upo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So they spread a tent upon the top of the house Of the king's palace, the very place from whence David had gazed upon Bath-sheba: so that his sin w...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Passing over the mountain, David was met by Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who had with him two donkeys carrying a large provision of bread, raisi...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hushai Deceives Absalom; Ahithophel's Wicked Counsel. B. C. 1023....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Upon the top of the house, to wit, of the king's palace, the very place from whence David had spied and gazed upon Bath-sheba, 2 Samuel 11:2 . S...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:20 . “Give counsel,” etc. This is the first cabinet council on record.” (Jamieson) . 2 Samuel 16...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 16:3 . Where is thy master's son? Ziba had been servant to Jonathan. Here is another sad case superinduced by a civil war. Mephibosheth,...
The Biblical Illustrator

And Absalom, and all the people of the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem. Absalom in council When Absalom came to the city there was no trace of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 16:1 Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth . It is the misfortune of troubled times like those in which David found himself...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Counsel of Ahithophel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So they spread Absalom a tent, the tent commonly used as a protection against sun, wind, and rain, upon the top of the house, on the same roof wher...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 11:2 ; 2 Samuel 12:11 ; 2 Samuel 12:12 ; 2 Samuel 15:16 ; 2 Samuel 20:3 ; Ezekiel 24:7 ; Isaiah 3:9 ; Jeremiah 3:3 ; Jeremiah 8:12...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The top — Of the king's palace, the very place from whence David had gazed upon Bathsheba, 2 Samuel 11:2 , so that his sin was legible in the very...

²² So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 16:22

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 16:22