2 Samuel 20:19

a city and. mother. a city,. mother city, too. Figure of speech Hendiadys (App-6): i.e.. metropolitan city.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am one ... - The woman speaks in the name of the whole city, which she means to say was peaceable and loyal.
Arno Geneva Study Bible

I [am (m) one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up t...
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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the i...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then cried a wise woman, &c.— As Joab pressed the siege with all earnestness, a wise woman, who probably was governess of the city, (an offic...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the i...
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,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A city and a mother ] i.e. a mother-city, a metropolis.
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

(16) Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. (17) And when he...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel ,.... Her meaning is, that she was of a city which consisted of peaceable and faithfu...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I [am one of them that are] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the i...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I am one of them that are peaceable , &c. She speaks in the name of the whole city, which was of a peaceable spirit, and had been faithful to Da...
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

Sheba Pursued. B. C. 1023. 14 And he...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, I (to wit, the city of Abel, in whose name and person she speaks this) am one of the peaceable and faithful cities of Israel. Whatsoever Sheba...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Then cried a wise woman out of the city. Abel’s oracle; or prudence and peaceableness I. The people in Abel of Bethmaachah are on the verge of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel, for she speaks in the name of the entire city. Thou seekest to destroy a city and a moth...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:54 ; 1 Samuel 26:19 ; 1 Timothy 2:2 ; 2 Corinthians 5:4 ; 2 Samuel 17:16 ; 2 Samuel 21:3 ; Deuteronomy 32:9 ; Exodus 19:5 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A mother — Great cities are commonly called mothers; as lesser towns or villages subject to them, and depending upon them, are called their daughte...

¹⁹ I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 20:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary 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

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 20:19