2 Samuel 16:17

And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Ver. 17. Is this thy kindness to thy friend?] He saith not, To my father: for so he should have tacitly taxed himself of far greater ingratitude, and fouler disloyalty, than he had done Hushai.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 16:17

Arno Geneva Study Bible

And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to thy (i) friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? (i) Meaning, David.
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

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
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

(16) And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Absalom said to Hushai, [is] this thy kindness to thy friend ?.... Meaning to David; though he would not mention his name, nor his title, nor ev...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Doth this action answer that profession of friendship which thou hast hitherto made to him? He speaks thus only...
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

Is this thy kindness to thy friend? doth this action answer that profession of greatest friendship which thou hast hitherto made to him? Dost thou...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:5 . “Bahurim.” (See note on 2 Samuel 3:16 ). 2 Samuel 16:6 . “On his right hand,” etc. i.e. ,...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 16:17 I. This inquiry rebukes all merely exclamatory loyalty. II. It rebukes all cheap loyalty. III. It calls us sharply to practical l...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Is this thy kindness to thy friend? The character of Christ as a friend, and the inquiry He often proposes to each of His disciples Friendship...
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

And Absalom, who was astonished and even suspicious at this greeting, said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 15:32-37 ; 2 Samuel 19:25 ; Deuteronomy 32:6 ; Proverbs 17:17 ; Proverbs 18:24
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Is this — Doth this action answer that profession of friendship which thou hast hitherto made to him? He speaks thus only to try him. And he saith,...

¹⁷ And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 16:17

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

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

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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 16:17