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2 Samuel 20:18 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 20 · verse 18
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.2 Samuel 20:18 · King James Version
2 Samuel 20:18 in context
16Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.
17And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
19I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- surelyshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- spakeʼâmarto sayH559 →
- endedtâmamto complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitiveH8552 →
- wontdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- timeriʼshôwnfirst, in place, time or rankH7223 →
- AbelʼÂbêlAbel, the name of two places in PalestineH59 →
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We have here the conclusion of Sheba's attempt. I. The rebel, when he had rambled over all the tribes of Israel, and found them not so willing, upon second thoughts, to follow him, as they had been upon a sudden provocation to desert David (having only picked up a few like himself, that sided with him), at length…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-22