2 Samuel 15:37
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...
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. The men of Israel - These words are wanting in the Cha...
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...
The men of Israel— The Syriac version omits these words; and Dr. Kennicott informs us, that they are not found in any of the manuscripts at Cambrid...
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel,...
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...
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...
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...
David's sorrows multiplied. Those recorded here are typical. Ziba, a man who for purely selfish reasons took advantage of temporary trouble to traduc...
(15) В¶ And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. The rebellion was become very formidable by t...
And Absalom, and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem ,.... At the same time that David and his people came to Bahurim; which, as Jo...
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. Ver. 15. The men of Israel. ] Perhaps the deputies...
Absalom and all the people came to Jerusalem Probably a considerable time before David reached the banks of Jordan, to which he was marching. When...
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...
Hushai Deceives Absalom; Ahithophel's Wicked Counsel. B. C. 1023....
No text from Poole on this verse.
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. ,...
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,...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 16:1 Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth . It is the misfortune of troubled times like those in which David found himself...
And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, the men who had cast their lot with the rebellious son of David, and Ahithophe...
The Counsel of Ahithophel
15 And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.