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Text -- 2 Samuel 15:34 (NET)

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15:34 But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Absalom the son of David and Maacah
 · Ahithophel a man from Giloh; father of Eliam, the father of Bathsheba


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Zadok | Strategy | SAMUEL, BOOKS OF | Rebellion | Prudence | Lies and Deceits | JUDAH, KINGDOM OF | Israel | Hushai | HITHERTO | Friendship | Diplomacy | David | Chronicles, Books of | Children | Ahithophel | Absalom | AHIMAAZ | more
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Word/Phrase Notes
Wesley , TSK

Word/Phrase Notes
Poole , Haydock , Gill

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, Geneva Bible

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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: 2Sa 15:34 - -- That is, as faithful to thee, as I have been to thy father. David's suggesting this crafty counsel must be reckoned amongst his sins. Nevertheless God...

That is, as faithful to thee, as I have been to thy father. David's suggesting this crafty counsel must be reckoned amongst his sins. Nevertheless God was pleased to direct this evil advice to a good end.

TSK: 2Sa 15:34 - -- return : 2Sa 15:20; Jos 8:2; Mat 10:16 as I have been : 2Sa 16:16-19 then mayest : 2Sa 17:5-14

return : 2Sa 15:20; Jos 8:2; Mat 10:16

as I have been : 2Sa 16:16-19

then mayest : 2Sa 17:5-14

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: 2Sa 15:34 - -- i.e. I will be as faithful to thee as I have been to thy father; which he neither was nor ought to be; and therefore the profession of this was grea...

i.e. I will be as faithful to thee as I have been to thy father; which he neither was nor ought to be; and therefore the profession of this was great dissimulation. And David’ s suggesting this crafty counsel may be reckoned amongst his errors; which, proceeding from a violent temptation, and his present and pressing straits, God was pleased mercifully to pardon, and to direct this evil advice to a good end.

Haydock: 2Sa 15:34 - -- Defeat; ( dissipabis ) "render of no effect." (Haydock) --- Thus princes keep spies in an enemy's country. (Calmet)

Defeat; ( dissipabis ) "render of no effect." (Haydock) ---

Thus princes keep spies in an enemy's country. (Calmet)

Gill: 2Sa 15:34 - -- But if thou return to the city,.... To the city of Jerusalem, from whence it seems he came: and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as...

But if thou return to the city,.... To the city of Jerusalem, from whence it seems he came:

and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as he was by usurpation, and by the proclamation of the people with him. David directs him to address him thus, that he might have no suspicion of him, having been an old friend of his:

as I have been thy father's servant hitherto; perhaps in the character of a counsellor, as it should seem, since as such he was afterwards employed by Absalom:

so will I now also be thy servant; in whatsoever thou shall please to employ me under thee:

then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel; for being taken into Absalom's service, and made one of his counsellors, he would be privy to the advice of Ahithophel, and so be able to work against him.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

Geneva Bible: 2Sa 15:34 But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy ( u ) servant, O king; [as] I [have been] thy father's servant hitherto, so [will]...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: 2Sa 15:1-37 - --1 Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel.7 Under pretence of a vow, he obtains leave to go to Hebron.10 He makes there ...

MHCC: 2Sa 15:31-37 - --David prays not against Ahithophel's person, but against his counsel. He prayed this, in firm belief that God has all hearts in his hand, and tongues ...

Matthew Henry: 2Sa 15:31-37 - -- Nothing, it seems, appeared to David more threatening in Absalom's plot than that Ahithophel was in it; for one good head, in such a design, is wort...

Keil-Delitzsch: 2Sa 15:32-34 - -- On David's arrival at the height where people were accustomed to worship, i.e., upon the top of the Mount of Olives, the Archite Hushai came to mee...

Constable: 2Sa 9:1--20:26 - --VI. DAVID'S TROUBLES chs. 9--20 Chapters 9-20 contrast with chapters 2-8 in that this later section is negative ...

Constable: 2Sa 13:1--20:26 - --C. David's Rejection and Return chs. 13-20 This is the longest literary section in the Court History of ...

Constable: 2Sa 15:1--20:26 - --2. Absalom's attempt to usurp David's throne chs. 15-20 Absalom was never Yahweh's choice to suc...

Constable: 2Sa 15:13-37 - --David's flight from Jerusalem 15:13-37 The people of Israel had formerly given the kingd...

Guzik: 2Sa 15:1-37 - --2 Samuel 15 - Absalom's Rebellion A. Absalom's deceptive take-over. 1. (1-6) Absalom steals the hearts of the men of Israel. After this it happene...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: 2 Samuel (Book Introduction) THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF SAMUEL. The two were, by the ancient Jews, conjoined so as to make one book, and in that form could be called the Book o...

JFB: 2 Samuel (Outline) AN AMALEKITE BRINGS TIDINGS OF SAUL'S DEATH. (2Sa. 1:1-16) DAVID LAMENTS SAUL AND JONATHAN. (2Sa 1:17-27) DAVID, BY GOD'S DIRECTION, GOES UP TO HEBRO...

TSK: 2 Samuel 15 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Sa 15:1, Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel; 2Sa 15:7, Under pretence of a vow, he obtains leave to g...

Poole: 2 Samuel 15 (Chapter Introduction) SAMUEL CHAPTER 15 Absalom stealeth the hearts of Israel, 2Sa 15:1-6 . Under pretence of a vow obtaineth leave to go to Hebron: there with Ahithophe...

MHCC: 2 Samuel (Book Introduction) This book is the history of the reign of king David. It relates his victories, the growth of the prosperity of Israel, and his reformation of the stat...

MHCC: 2 Samuel 15 (Chapter Introduction) (2Sa 15:1-6) Absalom's ambition. (2Sa 15:7-12) His conspiracy. (2Sa 15:13-23) David leaves Jerusalem. (2Sa 15:24-30) David sends back the ark. (2S...

Matthew Henry: 2 Samuel (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Book of Samuel This book is the history of the reign of king David. We had in the foregoing ...

Matthew Henry: 2 Samuel 15 (Chapter Introduction) Absalom's name signifies " the peace of his father," yet he proves his greatest trouble; so often are we disappointed in our expectations from the...

Constable: 2 Samuel (Book Introduction) Introduction Second Samuel continues the history begun in 1 Samuel. Please see my comments regarding 2 Samuel's title, d...

Constable: 2 Samuel (Outline) Outline (Continued from notes on 1 Samuel) V. David's triumphs chs. 1-8 ...

Constable: 2 Samuel 2 Samuel Bibliography Achtemeier, Paul J., and Elizabeth Achtemeier. The Old Testament Roots of Our Faith. Phil...

Haydock: 2 Samuel (Book Introduction) THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL; otherwise called, THE SECOND BOOK OF KINGS. INTRODUCTION. This Book contains the transactions of David till the end ...

Gill: 2 Samuel (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO 2 SAMUEL This book, in many copies of the Hebrew Bible, is carried on without any new title put unto it; the reason of it is, becau...

Gill: 2 Samuel 15 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 15 This chapter relates how that Absalom by various artful methods stole away the hearts of the people of Israel, 2Sa...

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