2 Samuel 20:20

far be it. Repeated by Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Joab’s character is strongly brought out in the transaction. Politic, decided, bold, and unscrupulous, but never needlessly cruel or impulsive, or...
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

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. No JFB commentary on these verses.
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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

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Far be it from me. — Joab strongly disclaims the idea of any further harm to any one than the necessary destruction of the rebel Sheba. Joab’s char...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Ver. 20. Far be it, far be it from me. ] He utter...
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

A man of Mount Ephraim. Quest. How can this be so when he is called a Benjamite, 2 Samuel 20:1 ? Answ, Either he was a Benjamite by birth, bu...
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

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And Joab, struck by the sensibility of the argument, answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy, in a ruth...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:10 ; 2 Samuel 23:17 ; Jeremiah 17:9 ; Job 21:16 ; Job 22:18 ; Luke 10:29 ; Proverbs 28:13

²⁰ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 20:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 20:20