2 Samuel 14:1

וַיֵּדַע יוֹאָב בֶּן ־ צְרֻיָה כִּֽי ־ לֵב הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל ־ אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

In Context

2וַיִּשְׁלַח יוֹאָב תְּקוֹעָה וַיִּקַּח מִשָּׁם אִשָּׁה חֲכָמָה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ הִֽתְאַבְּלִי ־ נָא וְלִבְשִׁי ־ נָא בִגְדֵי ־ אֵבֶל וְאַל ־ תָּסוּכִי שֶׁמֶן וְהָיִית כְּאִשָּׁה זֶה יָמִים רַבִּים מִתְאַבֶּלֶת עַל ־ מֵֽת ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 2:18וַיִּֽהְיוּ ־ שָׁם שְׁלֹשָׁה בְּנֵי צְרוּיָה יוֹאָב וַאֲבִישַׁי וַעֲשָׂהאֵל וַעֲשָׂהאֵל קַל בְּרַגְלָיו כְּאַחַד הַצְּבָיִם אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׂדֶֽה ׃

2 Samuel 19:4וַיִּתְגַּנֵּב הָעָם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לָבוֹא הָעִיר כַּאֲשֶׁר יִתְגַּנֵּב הָעָם הַנִּכְלָמִים בְּנוּסָם בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה ׃

Proverbs 29:26רַבִּים מְבַקְשִׁים פְּנֵי ־ מוֹשֵׁל וּמֵיְהוָה מִשְׁפַּט ־ אִֽישׁ ׃

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 14:1

How Absalom threw himself out of his royal father's protection and favour we read in the foregoing chapter, which left him an exile, outlawed, and proscribed; in this chapter we have the arts that were used to bring him and his father together again, and how, at last, it was done, which is here recorded to show the folly of David in sparing him and indulging him in his wickedness, for which he was soon after severely corrected by his unnatural rebellion. I. Joab, by bringing a feigned issue (as the lawyers speak)… Read the whole commentary →

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