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.
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2 Samuel 15:34
2 Samuel 15:34
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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 15:342 Samuel 15:34 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgereturn: 2 Samuel 15:20; Joshua 8:2; Matthew 10:16
as I have been: 2 Samuel 16:16-19
then mayest: 2 Samuel 17:5-14