2 Samuel 18:13

2 Samuel 1:15; 2 Samuel 1:16; 2 Samuel 14:19; 2 Samuel 14:20; 2 Samuel 4:10-12; Hebrews 4:13

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 18:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The man gives a remarkable incidental testimony to David’s sagacity and penetration (compare 2 Samuel 14:19 ), and to Joab’s known unscrupulousnes...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Samuel 18:1 to 1 Samuel 19:8 . Defeat and Death of Absalom. David's Grief (J). 2 Samuel 18:1-8 . Absalom's followers are defeated with gr...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

life . soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the ki...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Defeat and Death of Absalom 1. Numbered] rather, 'mustered.'
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Against me ] RV 'aloof.' Joab would have stood on one side and let his accomplice bear the brunt of the king's anger.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Against mine own life. — The English, like the Vulg., here follows the margin of the Hebrew; the LXX., in most MSS., following the text, has again...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIII. ABSALOM'S DEFEAT AND DEATH. 2 Samuel 18:1-18 . WHATEVER fears of defeat and destruction might occasionally flit across David's...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the End of an Unfilial Son 2 Samuel 18:1-15 Absalom's army was soon across the river under Amasa, David's nephew, 2 Samuel 17:25-26 . Though p...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The delay advised by Hushai resulted in multitudes gathering to David, and at last the day of battle between those loyal to him and Absalom's followe...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(10) And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. (11) And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, b...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life ,.... Or "soul"; he should not only have exposed his life to danger, but acted false...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I should have wrought falsehood against my own life Not only have been false and disobedient to the king, but should have betrayed my own life, and...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

David had taken full advantage of the delay that Hushai had counselled to Absalom, with large numbers of the people being gathered to David. Now the...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of Absalom. B. C. 1023. 9...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either, first, I should have been guilty of false and perfidious dealing against the king's express injunction, and that with the manifest hazard of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 18:1 . “David numbered,” etc. “The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of t...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 18:2 . A third part under Ittai, the Philistine general who had faithfully followed the fortunes of the king. 2 Samuel 18:6 . The wood...
The Biblical Illustrator

And David numbered the people that were with him. The fatal fight This chapter is a narrative of that fatal fight wherein Absalom the son, foug...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 18:1 And David numbered. The verb really means that he organized his army, and arranged it in companies and divisions...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The End of Absalom
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life, literally, "Had I dealt deceitfully against his life," by acting against the express...

¹³ Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 18:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

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

2 Samuel 18:13