Chapter 15

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am 2980, bc 1024

Absalom 2Sam 12:11; Deut 17:16; 1Sam 8:11; 1Kgs 1:5, 1Kgs 1:33, 1Kgs 10:26-29; Ps 20:7; Prov 11:2; Prov 16:18, Prov 17:19; Jer 22:14-16


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rose up Job 24:14; Prov 4:16; Matt 27:1

came Heb. to come, Exod 18:14, Exod 18:16, Exod 18:26; 1Kgs 3:16-28


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thy matters Num 16:3, Num 16:13-14; Ps 12:2; Dan 11:21; 2Pet 2:10

there is etc. or, none will hear thee from the king downward, 2Sam 8:15; Exod 20:12, Exod 21:17; Prov 30:11, Prov 30:17; Ezek 22:7; Matt 15:4; Acts 23:5; 1Pet 2:17


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Oh that I Judg 9:1-5, Judg 9:29; Prov 25:6; Luke 14:8-11

I would do Prov 27:2; 2Pet 2:19


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took him Ps 10:9-10, Ps 55:21; Prov 26:25

and kissed 2Sam 14:33


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stole Prov 11:9; Rom 16:18; 2Pet 2:3


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am 2983, bc 1021, An, Ex, Is, 470

forty years As David reigned in the whole only forty years, this reading is evidently corrupt, though supported by the commonly printed Vulgate, LXX, and Chaldee. But the Syriac, Arabic, Josephus, Theodoret, the Sixtine edition of the Vulgate, and several manuscripts of the same version, read four years; and it is highly probable that arbaim, forty, is an error for arba, four, though not supported by any Hebrew manuscript yet discovered. Two of those collated by Dr. Kennicott, however, have yom, "day," instead of shanah, "year," i.e., forty days instead of forty years; but this is not sufficient to outweigh the other authorities. 2Sam 13:38; 1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:13

let me go 2Sam 13:24-27

pay 1Sam 16:2; Prov 21:27; Isa 58:4; Matt 2:8, Matt 23:14


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thy servant Gen 28:20-21; 1Sam 1:11, 1Sam 16:2; Ps 56:12; Eccl 5:4

Geshur 2Sam 13:37-38, 2Sam 14:23, 2Sam 14:32

I will serve Josh 24:15; Isa 28:15; Jer 9:3-5, Jer 42:20


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spies 2Sam 13:28, 2Sam 14:30

reigneth 2Sam 19:10; Job 20:5-29; Ps 73:18-19

Hebron 2Sam 2:1, 2Sam 2:11, 2Sam 3:2-3, 2Sam 5:5; 1Chr 11:3, 1Chr 12:23, 1Chr 12:38


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called 1Sam 9:13, 1Sam 16:3-5

their simplicity Gen 20:5; 1Sam 22:15; Prov 14:15, Prov 22:3; Matt 10:16; Rom 16:18-19


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Ahithophel 2Sam 15:31, 2Sam 16:20-23, 2Sam 17:14, 2Sam 17:23

David's Ps 41:9, Ps 55:12-14; Mic 7:5-6; John 13:18

Giloh Josh 15:51

while he offered Num 23:1, Num 23:14, Num 23:30; 1Kgs 21:9, 1Kgs 21:12; Ps 50:16-21; Prov 21:27; Isa 1:10-16; Titus 1:16

the people Ps 3:1-2, Ps 43:1-2


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The hearts 2Sam 15:6, 2Sam 3:36; Judg 9:3; Ps 62:9; Matt 21:9, Matt 27:22


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Arise 2Sam 19:9; Ps 3:1 *title

bring Heb. thrust, Ezek 46:18; Matt 11:12 *marg. Luke 10:15

and smite 2Sam 23:16-17; Ps 51:18, Ps 55:3-11, Ps 137:5-6


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Behold Prov 18:24; Luke 22:28-29; John 6:66-69, John 15:14

appoint Heb. choose


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the king Ps 3:1 *title

after him Heb. at his feet, Judg 4:10; 1Sam 25:27, 1Sam 25:42 *marg.

ten women 2Sam 12:11, 2Sam 16:21-22, 2Sam 20:3; Rom 12:2


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went forth Ps 3:1 *title Ps 3:2, Ps 66:12; Eccl 10:7


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Cherethites 2Sam 8:18, 2Sam 20:7, 2Sam 20:23; 1Sam 30:14; 1Kgs 1:38; 1Chr 18:17

Gittites 2Sam 15:19-22, 2Sam 6:10, 2Sam 18:2; 1Sam 27:3


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Ittai 2Sam 18:2; Ruth 1:11-13


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go up and down Heb. wander in going, Ps 56:8, Ps 59:15; Amos 8:12; Heb 11:37-38

seeing 1Sam 23:13

mercy 2Sam 2:6; Ps 25:10, Ps 57:3, Ps 61:7, Ps 85:10, Ps 89:14; Prov 14:22; John 1:17; 2Tim 1:16-18


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As the Lord 1Sam 20:3, 1Sam 25:26; 2Kgs 2:2, 2Kgs 2:4, 2Kgs 2:6, 2Kgs 4:30

surely Ruth 1:16-17; Prov 17:17, Prov 18:24; Matt 8:19-20; John 6:66-69; Acts 11:23; Acts 21:13; 2Cor 7:3


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and all the little Sir John Chardin informs us,in a manuscript note on this place, that it is usual with the greatest part of the eastern people, especially the Arabs, to carry their whole family with them when they go to war. 2Sam 15:22


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all the country Rom 12:15

the brook The brook Kidron, which is but a few paces broad, runs along the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of Jerusalem, to the south-west corner of the city, and then, turning to the south-east, empties itself into the Dead Sea. Like the Ilissus, it is dry at least nine months in the year, being only furnished with water in the winter, and after heavy rains. Its bed is narrow and deep, which indicates that it must formerly have been the channel for waters which have found some other, and probably subterraneous course.

Kidron 1Kgs 2:37; John 18:1, Cedron

the wilderness 2Sam 16:2; Matt 3:1, Matt 3:3; Luke 1:80


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Zadok 2Sam 15:27, 2Sam 15:35, 2Sam 8:17, 2Sam 20:25; 1Kgs 1:8, 1Kgs 2:35, 1Kgs 4:2-4; 1Chr 6:8-12; Ezek 48:11

bearing 2Sam 6:13; Num 4:15, Num 7:9; Josh 3:3, Josh 3:6, Josh 3:15-17, Josh 4:16-18, Josh 6:4, Josh 6:6; 1Sam 4:3-5, 1Sam 4:11; 1Chr 15:2


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Carry back 2Sam 12:10-11; 1Sam 4:3-11; Jer 7:4

he will bring Ps 26:8, Ps 27:4-5, Ps 42:1-2, Ps 43:3-4, Ps 63:1-2, Ps 84:1-3, Ps 84:10, Ps 122:1, Ps 122:9; Isa 38:22

habitation 2Sam 6:17, 2Sam 7:2


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I have not, 2Sam 22:20; Num 14:8; 1Kgs 10:9; 2Chr 9:8; Isa 42:1, Isa 62:4; Jer 22:28, Jer 32:41; Matt 1:10

let Judg 10:15; 1Sam 3:18; Job 1:20-21; Ps 39:9


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a seer 2Sam 24:11; 1Sam 9:9; 1Chr 25:5

return 2Sam 15:34, 2Sam 15:36, 2Sam 17:17


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2Sam 15:23, 2Sam 16:2, 2Sam 17:1, 2Sam 17:16


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the ascent Zech 14:4; Luke 19:29, Luke 19:37, Luke 21:37, Luke 22:39; Acts 1:12

mount Olivet Mount Olivet, so called from its abounding with olive trees, is situated east of Jerusalem, being separated from it only by the valley of Jehoshaphat and the brook Kidron. Josephus says it is five stadia, i.e., 625 geometrical paces from Jerusalem; and St. Luke (Acts 1:12) says it is a Sabbath day's journey, or about eight stadia distant, i.e., to the summit. It forms part of a ridge of limestone hills, extending from north to south for about a mile; and it is described as having three, or, according to others, four summits; the central and highest of which overlooks the whole of the city, over whose streets and walls the eye roves as if in the survey of a model.

and wept as he went up Heb. going up and weeping, Ps 42:3-11, Ps 43:1-2, Ps 43:5; Luke 19:41

his head covered This custom was only practised by persons in great distress, or when convicted of great crimes. Thus Darius, when informed by Tyriotes, the eunuch, that his queen was dead, and that she had suffered no violence from Alexander, covered his head, and wept a long time; then throwing off the garment that covered him, he thanked the gods for Alexander's moderation and justice. 2Sam 19:4; Esth 6:12; Jer 14:3-4

barefoot Isa 20:2, Isa 20:4; Ezek 24:17, Ezek 24:23

weeping Ps 126:5-6; Matt 5:4; Rom 12:15; 1Cor 12:26


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Ahithophel 2Sam 15:12; Ps 3:1, Ps 41:9, Ps 55:12, Ps 55:14; Matt 26:14-15; John 13:18

O Lord Ps 55:15, Ps 109:3

turn the counsel 2Sam 16:23, 2Sam 17:14, 2Sam 17:23; Job 5:12, Job 12:16-20; Isa 19:3, Isa 19:11-25; Jer 8:8-9; 1Cor 1:20, 1Cor 3:18-20; Jas 3:15


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the top 2Sam 15:30; 1Kgs 11:7; Luke 19:29

he worshipped 1Kgs 8:44-45; Job 1:20-21; Ps 3:3-5, Ps 3:7, Ps 4:1-3, Ps 50:15, Ps 91:15

Hushai 2Sam 16:16-19

Archite Josh 16:2

coat rent 2Sam 1:2, 2Sam 13:19


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then thou 2Sam 19:35


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return 2Sam 15:20; Josh 8:2; Matt 10:16

as I have been 2Sam 16:16-19

then mayest 2Sam 17:5-14


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thou shalt tell 2Sam 17:15-16


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their two sons 2Sam 15:27, 2Sam 17:17, 2Sam 18:19-33


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friend 2Sam 16:16; 1Chr 27:33

Absalom 2Sam 16:15


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