2 Samuel 20:5

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He tarried - The cause of Amasa’s delay is not stated. It may have been the unwillingness of the men of Judah to place themselves under his order...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. No JFB commentary on this ver...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

He tarried ] The reason is unknown.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He tarried longer. — No cause is assigned for this, and various conjectures have been made. The simplest explanation may be drawn from the fact tha...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pursuing Another Rebel 2 Samuel 20:1-13 Like Shimei, Sheba belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. The old Saul-faction was always breaking out in r...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) В¶ Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. (5) So Amasa went to assemble the men o...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah ,.... To gather, them together out of their several tribes, and bring them to Jerusalem: but he tarri...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So Amasa went to assemble [the men of] Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. Ver. 5. But he tarried longer....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Assemble me the men of Judah David here made good his promise to Amasa, which was a great encouragement to others in the tribe of Judah to adhere t...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amasa's Death. B. C. 1023. 4 Then sa...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Either because the people, being wearied out by the late civil war, were not forward to engage in another; or because the soldiers had more affection...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 20:3 . “Living in widowhood.” Lit. In widowhood of life . Probably meaning so long as their lifetim...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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,...
The Biblical Illustrator

And there happened to be there a man of Belial. Rebellion of Sheba This chapter is a relation of Sheba’s rebellion. 1. The trumpet of this n...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Murder of Amasa
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah; but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him, he delayed beyond the three days give...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:8 ; 2 Samuel 19:13
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tarried — Either, because the people being wearied out by the late war, were not forward to engage in another: or because the soldiers had more aff...

⁵ So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 20:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary 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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 20:5