friend: 2 Samuel 16:16; 1 Chronicles 27:33
Absalom: 2 Samuel 16:15
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2 Samuel 15:37
2 Samuel 15:37
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2 Samuel 15 — Overview2 Samuel 15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleAbsalom's name signifies "the peace of his father," yet he proves his
greatest trouble; so often are we disappointed in our expectations from
the creature. The sword entailed upon David's house had hitherto been…2 Samuel 15 — Overview2 Samuel 15 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge2 Samuel 15:1, Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel; 2 Samuel 15:7, Under pretence of a vow, he obtains leave to go to Hebron; 2 Samuel 15:10, He makes there a great conspiracy; 2 Samuel…2 Samuel 15 — Overview2 Samuel 15 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter relates how that Absalom by various artful methods stole away the hearts of the people of Israel, 2Sa 15:1; that pretending a vow he had made, he got leave of the king to go to Hebron to perform it, 2Sa…2 Samuel 15:31-372 Samuel 15:31-37 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleNothing, 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
worth a thousand good hands. Absalom was himself no politician, but…2 Samuel 15:372 Samuel 15:37 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSo Hushai David's friend came into the city,.... The city of Jerusalem, by the direction and persuasion of David, and in obedience to him, in order to serve him to the uttermost:and Absalom came into Jerusalem: just at…