2 Samuel 18:14 BSB — MannaFest

2 Samuel 18:14

But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

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ASV

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

KJV

Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I may not tarry thus with thee - He had nothing to say in vindication of the purpose he had formed. Thrust them through the heart of Absalom - He was determined to make sure work, and therefore he pierced his heart. Joab should have obeyed the king’s commandment: and yet the safety of the state required the sacrifice of Absalom. But independently of this, his life was quadruply forfeited to the law: - 1. In having murdered his brother Amnon. 2. In having excited an insurrection in the state.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

I know not whether Joab can be justified in this direct disobedience to the command of his sovereign; was this to deal gently with the young man? Would David have suffered him to do it if he had been upon the spot?

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Being a violation of the expressed wish, as well as of all the fond paternal feelings of David, it must have been deeply offensive to the king, nor was it ever forgotten (1Ki 2:5); and yet there is the strongest reason for believing that Joab, in doing it, was actuated by a sincere regard to the interests of David, both as a man and a monarch.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יוֹאָ֔ב	yo.'Av	Joab	H3097 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
כֵ֖ן	khen	thus	H3651 →
אֹחִ֣ילָה	'o.Chi.lah	I will wait	H3176 →
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ	le.fa.Nei.kha	<to> before you	H6440 →
וַיִּקַּח֩	vai.yi.Kach	and he took	H3947 →
שְׁלֹשָׁ֨ה	she.lo.Shah	three	H7969 →
שְׁבָטִ֜ים	she.va.Tim	spears	H7626 →
בְּכַפּ֗וֹ	be.kha.Po	in hand his	H3709 →
וַיִּתְקָעֵם֙	vai.yit.ka.'Em	and he thrust them	H8628 →
בְּלֵ֣ב	be.Lev	in [the] heart of	H3820 →
אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם	'av.sha.Lom	Absalom	H53 →
עוֹדֶ֥נּוּ	o.De.nu	still he	H5750 →
חַ֖י	chai	[was] alive	H2416 →
בְּלֵ֥ב	be.Lev	in [the] heart of	H3820 →
הָאֵלָֽה׃	ha.'e.Lah	the oak	H424 →

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Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
leads to
- Jonah 1:17
  Now the LORD had appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the fish.
- Matthew 27:63–64
  “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’
- John 2:19
  Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
- Matthew 17:23
  They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.
- Matthew 16:21
  From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must…
Through
Psalms 45:5
Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
leads to
- Psalms 21:12
  For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
- Numbers 24:8
  God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
- Psalms 38:2
  For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

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