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Text -- 2 Samuel 20:9 (NET)

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20:9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Amasa son of David's sister Abigail and Jether the Ishmaelite,prince of Ephraim under Ahaz
 · Joab son of Zeruiah, David's sister; commander of King David's army,son of Seraiah son of Kenaz of Judah; grand nephew of Caleb of Moses' time,a man whose descendants returned from exile in Babylon,ancestor of a family group who returned from exile headed by Obadiah the son of Jehiel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: Sheba | SAMUEL, BOOKS OF | Rebellion | LEASING | Kiss | Joab | JUDAH, KINGDOM OF | Israel | Insurrection | Homicide | HEALTH | Gibeon | GREETING | David | Confidence | Bichri | BEARD | Assassination | Amasa | Abishai | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: 2Sa 20:9 - -- As the manner of ancient times was, when they saluted one another.

As the manner of ancient times was, when they saluted one another.

JFB: 2Sa 20:9 - -- This act, common with two friends on meeting when one of them returns from a journey, indicates respect as well as kindliness, and the performance of ...

This act, common with two friends on meeting when one of them returns from a journey, indicates respect as well as kindliness, and the performance of it evinced the deep hypocrisy of Joab, who thereby put Amasa off his guard. No wonder, then, that while this act of friendly gratulation after long absence occupied Amasa's attention, he did not perceive the sword that was in Joab's left hand. The action of Joab was indeed a high compliment, but neither suspicious nor unusual and to this compliment, Amasa paying attention and no doubt returning it with suitable politeness, he could little expect the fatal event that Joab's perfidy produced.

TSK: 2Sa 20:9 - -- Art thou : Psa 55:21; Pro 26:24-26; Mic 7:2 took Amasa : Thevenot says, that among the Turks it is a great affront to take one by the beard, unless it...

Art thou : Psa 55:21; Pro 26:24-26; Mic 7:2

took Amasa : Thevenot says, that among the Turks it is a great affront to take one by the beard, unless it be to kiss him, in which case they often do it. D’ Arvieux, describing an assembly of Arab emirs at an entertainment, says, ""After the usual civilities, caresses, kissings of the beard, and of the hand, which every one gave and received according to his rank and dignity, they sat down upon mats.""The doing this by the Arab emirs corresponds with the conduct of Joab, and illustrates this horrid assassination.

to kiss him : Mat 26:48, Mat 26:49; Luk 22:47, Luk 22:48

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: 2Sa 20:9 - -- As the manner of ancient times was, when they kissed and saluted one another.

As the manner of ancient times was, when they kissed and saluted one another.

Haydock: 2Sa 20:9 - -- God, &c. Literally, "Hail, my brother." (Haydock) --- Kiss him. "In former times it was the custom, in Greece, for supplicants to touch the chin...

God, &c. Literally, "Hail, my brother." (Haydock) ---

Kiss him. "In former times it was the custom, in Greece, for supplicants to touch the chin, (Pliny, [Natural History?] xi. 45.) having the left hand upon the person's knees. (Homer, Iliad A.) The touched a woman's cheeks; (Euripides, Hecuba.) or, among the Hebrews, her chin, Canticle of Canticles ii. 6. The Turks and Arabs still kiss the beard, with the utmost reverence. (Thevenot xxii.; Darvieux, chap. vii.) (Calmet)

Gill: 2Sa 20:9 - -- And Joab said to Amasa,.... In a friendly manner, with all the air of pleasantry and good humour: art thou in health, my brother? this looked like...

And Joab said to Amasa,.... In a friendly manner, with all the air of pleasantry and good humour:

art thou in health, my brother? this looked like a friendly salutation to ask of his health, and wish him it, and a loving appellation to call him brother; though they were near of kin, sisters' children, and so own cousins; thus he addressed him, to cover his design:

and Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him: as was usual for the eastern people to do when they addressed and saluted one another in an affectionate way, and as the Turks and Arabs do to this day, as travellers relate. Barthius t has collected passages from the Greek poets, which show it to be a custom, that when a man asked a favour of another, he caught hold of his beard with the right hand, and of his knee with the left; and in such a posture Joab might easily do what follows.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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TSK Synopsis: 2Sa 20:1-26 - --1 By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba makes a party in Israel.3 David's ten concubines are put in confinement for life.4 Amasa, made captain over Judah,...

MHCC: 2Sa 20:4-13 - --Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more plot there is in a sin, the worse it is. Joab contentedly sacrificed the interest both of the king and the k...

Matthew Henry: 2Sa 20:4-13 - -- We have here Amasa's fall just as he began to rise. He was nephew to David (2Sa 17:25), had been Absalom's general and commander-in-chief of his reb...

Keil-Delitzsch: 2Sa 20:1-22 - -- Sheba's Rebellion. - 2Sa 20:1. There happened to be a worthless man there, named Sheba , a Benjaminite. He blew the trumpet, and said, "We have no ...

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 20:1-22 - --The rebellion of Sheba 20:1-22 "The account of Sheba's rebellion against David serves as...

Guzik: 2Sa 20:1-26 - --2 Samuel 20 - The Rebellion of Sheba A. David returns to Jerusalem and to an insurrection. 1. (1-2) Sheba's rebellion. And there happened to be th...

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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 20 (Chapter Introduction) Overview 2Sa 20:1, By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba makes a party in Israel; 2Sa 20:3, David’s ten concubines are put in confinement for life; ...

Poole: 2 Samuel 20 (Chapter Introduction) SAMUEL CHAPTER 20 By occasion of this quarrel Sheba stirreth up Israel to sedition, 2Sa 20:1,2 . David’ s ten concubines are shut up in perpet...

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 20 (Chapter Introduction) (2Sa 20:1-3) Sheba's rebellion. (2Sa 20:4-13) Amasa slain by Joab. (2Sa 20:14-22) Sheba takes refuge in Abel. (2Sa 20:23-26) David's officers.

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 20 (Chapter Introduction) How do the clouds return after the rain! No sooner is one of David's troubles over than another arises, as it were out of the ashes of the former, ...

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 20 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 20 This chapter gives an account of a new rebellion raised by Sheba, 2Sa 20:1; of David's shutting up his concubines ...

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