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2 Samuel 20:19 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 20 · verse 19
I 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?2 Samuel 20:19 · King James Version
2 Samuel 20:19 in context
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.
21The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritancenachălâhproperly, something inheritedH5159 →
- peaceableshâlamto be safeH7999 →
- faithfulʼâmanproperly, to build up or supportH539 →
- seekestbâqashto search outH1245 →
- destroymûwthto dieH4191 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
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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