And one of Joab’s men stood by him, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
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Interpretation
Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more plot there is in a sin, the worse it is.
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This thought runs through 2 Samuel 20:8-12.
Glossary
- David Person
- Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25 .
- Joab Person
- Jehovah is his father. (1. ) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign ( 2 Sam. 2:13 ; 10:7 ; 11:1 ; 1 Kings 11:15 ).