2 Samuel 20:10; 2 Samuel 23:17; Jeremiah 17:9; Job 21:16; Job 22:18; Luke 10:29; Proverbs 28:13
Joab’s character is strongly brought out in the transaction. Politic, decided, bold, and unscrupulous, but never needlessly cruel or impulsive, or...
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...
far be it. Repeated by Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6.
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
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...
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.
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,...
Joab was utterly unscrupulous, but never wantonly cruel: cp. 2 Samuel 18:16 . 23-26. This list of officers concludes this part of the book. What...
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...
One Head Saves Many 2 Samuel 20:14-26 This wise woman, by her intervention, saved many lives, and reminds us of the value of presence of mind i...
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...
(20) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. (21) The matter is not so: but a man of mount Eph...
And Joab answered and said, far be it from me, far be it from me ,.... He repeats these words, to show how detestable it was to him to do what she s...
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...
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...
Sheba Pursued. B. C. 1023. 14 And he...
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...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:14 . “Abel.” Lit., meadow , and the name of several places in Palestine, but from its proximity to...
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,...
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...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 20:1 There happened to be there a man of Belial. The fierce words of the men of Judah led to evil results. It was a t...
The Death of Sheba
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...
20 And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.