2 Samuel 15:32-37; 2 Samuel 19:25; Deuteronomy 32:6; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24
And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this thy kindness to thy (i) friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? (i) Meaning, David.
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 said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend?
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...
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.
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...
(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...
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...
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 frien...
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...
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....
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...
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 16:17 I. This inquiry rebukes all merely exclamatory loyalty. II. It rebukes all cheap loyalty. III. It calls us sharply to practical l...
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...
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...
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 Counsel of Ahithophel
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...
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?