Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
2 Kings (2 Samuel) Chapter 15
Overview
Sa2 15:1, Absalom, by fair speeches and courtesies, steals the hearts of Israel; Sa2 15:7, Under pretence of a vow, he obtains leave to go to Hebron; Sa2 15:10, He makes there a great conspiracy; Sa2 15:13, David upon the news flees from Jerusalem; Sa2 15:19, Ittai will not leave him; Sa2 15:24, Zadok and Abiathar are sent back with the ark; Sa2 15:30, David and his company go up mount Olivet weeping; Sa2 15:31, He curses Ahithophel's counsel; Sa2 15:32, Hushai is sent back with instructions.
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Absalom: Sa2 12:11; Deu 17:16; Sa1 8:11; Kg1 1:5, Kg1 1:33, Kg1 10:26-29; Psa 20:7; Pro 11:2; Pro 16:18, Pro 17:19; Jer 22:14-16
rose up: Job 24:14; Pro 4:16; Mat 27:1
came: Heb. to come, Exo 18:14, Exo 18:16, Exo 18:26; Kg1 3:16-28
thy matters: Num 16:3, Num 16:13, Num 16:14; Psa 12:2; Dan 11:21; Pe2 2:10
there is: etc. or, none will hear thee from the king downward, Sa2 8:15; Exo 20:12, Exo 21:17; Pro 30:11, Pro 30:17; Eze 22:7; Mat 15:4; Act 23:5; Pe1 2:17
Oh that I: Jdg 9:1-5, Jdg 9:29; Pro 25:6; Luk 14:8-11
I would do: Pro 27:2; Pe2 2:19
took him: Psa 10:9, Psa 10:10, Psa 55:21; Pro 26:25
and kissed: Sa2 14:33
stole: Pro 11:9; Rom 16:18; Pe2 2:3
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forty years: As David reigned in the whole only forty years, this reading is evidently corrupt, though supported by the commonly printed Vulgate, LXX, and Chaldee. But the Syriac, Arabic, Josephus, Theodoret, the Sixtine edition of the Vulgate, and several manuscripts of the same version, read four years; and it is highly probable that arbaim, forty, is an error for arba, four, though not supported by any Hebrew manuscript yet discovered. Two of those collated by Dr. Kennicott, however, have yom, "day," instead of shanah, "year," i.e., forty days instead of forty years; but this is not sufficient to outweigh the other authorities. Sa2 13:38; Sa1 16:1, Sa1 16:13
let me go: Sa2 13:24-27
pay: Sa1 16:2; Pro 21:27; Isa 58:4; Mat 2:8, Mat 23:14
thy servant: Gen 28:20, Gen 28:21; Sa1 1:11, Sa1 16:2; Psa 56:12; Ecc 5:4
Geshur: Sa2 13:37, Sa2 13:38, Sa2 14:23, Sa2 14:32
I will serve: Jos 24:15; Isa 28:15; Jer 9:3-5, Jer 42:20
reigneth: Sa2 19:10; Job 20:5-29; Psa 73:18, Psa 73:19
Hebron: Sa2 2:1, Sa2 2:11, Sa2 3:2, Sa2 3:3, Sa2 5:5; Ch1 11:3, Ch1 12:23, Ch1 12:38
called: Sa1 9:13, Sa1 16:3-5
their simplicity: Gen 20:5; Sa1 22:15; Pro 14:15, Pro 22:3; Mat 10:16; Rom 16:18, Rom 16:19
Ahithophel: Sa2 15:31, Sa2 16:20-23, Sa2 17:14, Sa2 17:23
David's: Psa 41:9, Psa 55:12-14; Mic 7:5, Mic 7:6; Joh 13:18
Giloh: Jos 15:51
while he offered: Num 23:1, Num 23:14, Num 23:30; Kg1 21:9, Kg1 21:12; Psa 50:16-21; Pro 21:27; Isa 1:10-16; Tit 1:16
the people: Psa 3:1, Psa 3:2, Psa 43:1, Psa 43:2
The hearts: Sa2 15:6, Sa2 3:36; Jdg 9:3; Psa 62:9; Mat 21:9, Mat 27:22
Arise: Sa2 19:9; Psa 3:1 *title
bring: Heb. thrust, Eze 46:18; Mat 11:12 *marg. Luk 10:15
and smite: Sa2 23:16, Sa2 23:17; Psa 51:18, Psa 55:3-11, Psa 137:5, Psa 137:6
Behold: Pro 18:24; Luk 22:28, Luk 22:29; Joh 6:66-69, Joh 15:14
appoint: Heb. choose
the king: Psa 3:1 *title
after him: Heb. at his feet, Jdg 4:10; Sa1 25:27, Sa1 25:42 *marg.
ten women: Sa2 12:11, Sa2 16:21, Sa2 16:22, Sa2 20:3; Rom 12:2
went forth: Psa 3:1 *title Psa 3:2, Psa 66:12; Ecc 10:7
Cherethites: Sa2 8:18, Sa2 20:7, Sa2 20:23; Sa1 30:14; Kg1 1:38; Ch1 18:17
Gittites: Sa2 15:19-22, Sa2 6:10, Sa2 18:2; Sa1 27:3
Ittai: Sa2 18:2; Rut 1:11-13
go up and down: Heb. wander in going, Psa 56:8, Psa 59:15; Amo 8:12; Heb 11:37, Heb 11:38
seeing: Sa1 23:13
mercy: Sa2 2:6; Psa 25:10, Psa 57:3, Psa 61:7, Psa 85:10, Psa 89:14; Pro 14:22; Joh 1:17; Ti2 1:16-18
As the Lord: Sa1 20:3, Sa1 25:26; Kg2 2:2, Kg2 2:4, Kg2 2:6, Kg2 4:30
surely: Rut 1:16, Rut 1:17; Pro 17:17, Pro 18:24; Mat 8:19, Mat 8:20; Joh 6:66-69; Act 11:23; Act 21:13; Co2 7:3
and all the little: Sir John Chardin informs us,in a manuscript note on this place, that it is usual with the greatest part of the eastern people, especially the Arabs, to carry their whole family with them when they go to war. Sa2 15:22
all the country: Rom 12:15
the brook: The brook Kidron, which is but a few paces broad, runs along the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of Jerusalem, to the south-west corner of the city, and then, turning to the south-east, empties itself into the Dead Sea. Like the Ilissus, it is dry at least nine months in the year, being only furnished with water in the winter, and after heavy rains. its bed is narrow and deep, which indicates that it must formerly have been the channel for waters which have found some other, and probably subterraneous course.
Kidron: Kg1 2:37; Joh 18:1, Cedron
the wilderness: Sa2 16:2; Mat 3:1, Mat 3:3; Luk 1:80
Zadok: Sa2 15:27, Sa2 15:35, Sa2 8:17, Sa2 20:25; Kg1 1:8, Kg1 2:35, Kg1 4:2-4; Ch1 6:8-12; Eze 48:11
bearing: Sa2 6:13; Num 4:15, Num 7:9; Jos 3:3, Jos 3:6, Jos 3:15-17, Jos 4:16-18, Jos 6:4, Jos 6:6; Sa1 4:3-5, Sa1 4:11; Ch1 15:2
Carry back: Sa2 12:10, Sa2 12:11; Sa1 4:3-11; Jer 7:4
he will bring: Psa 26:8, Psa 27:4, Psa 27:5, Psa 42:1, Psa 42:2, Psa 43:3, Psa 43:4, Psa 63:1, Psa 63:2, Psa 84:1-3, Psa 84:10, Psa 122:1, Psa 122:9; Isa 38:22
I have not, Sa2 22:20; Num 14:8; Kg1 10:9; Ch2 9:8; Isa 42:1, Isa 62:4; Jer 22:28, Jer 32:41; Mat 1:10
let: Jdg 10:15; Sa1 3:18; Job 1:20, Job 1:21; Psa 39:9
a seer: Sa2 24:11; Sa1 9:9; Ch1 25:5
return: Sa2 15:34, Sa2 15:36, Sa2 17:17
Sa2 15:23, Sa2 16:2, Sa2 17:1, Sa2 17:16
the ascent: Zac 14:4; Luk 19:29, Luk 19:37, Luk 21:37, Luk 22:39; Act 1:12
mount Olivet: Mount Olivet, so called from its abounding with olive trees, is situated east of Jerusalem, being separated from it only by the valley of Jehoshaphat and the brook Kidron. Josephus says it is five stadia, i.e., 625 geometrical paces from Jerusalem; and St. Luke (Act 1:12) says it is a Sabbath day's journey, or about eight stadia distant, i.e., to the summit. It forms part of a ridge of limestone hills, extending from north to south for about a mile; and it is described as having three, or, according to others, four summits; the central and highest of which overlooks the whole of the city, over whose streets and walls the eye roves as if in the survey of a model.
and wept as he went up: Heb. going up and weeping, Psa 42:3-11, Psa 43:1, Psa 43:2, Psa 43:5; Luk 19:41
his head covered: This custom was only practised by persons in great distress, or when convicted of great crimes. Thus Darius, when informed by Tyriotes, the eunuch, that his queen was dead, and that she had suffered no violence from Alexander, covered his head, and wept a long time; then throwing off the garment that covered him, he thanked the gods for Alexander's moderation and justice. Sa2 19:4; Est 6:12; Jer 14:3, Jer 14:4
barefoot: Isa 20:2, Isa 20:4; Eze 24:17, Eze 24:23
weeping: Psa 126:5, Psa 126:6; Mat 5:4; Rom 12:15; Co1 12:26
Ahithophel: Sa2 15:12; Psa 3:1, Psa 41:9, Psa 55:12, Psa 55:14; Mat 26:14, Mat 26:15; Joh 13:18
turn the counsel: Sa2 16:23, Sa2 17:14, Sa2 17:23; Job 5:12, Job 12:16-20; Isa 19:3, Isa 19:11-25; Jer 8:8, Jer 8:9; Co1 1:20, Co1 3:18-20; Jam 3:15
the top: Sa2 15:30; Kg1 11:7; Luk 19:29
he worshipped: Kg1 8:44, Kg1 8:45; Job 1:20, Job 1:21; Psa 3:3-5, Psa 3:7, Psa 4:1-3, Psa 50:15, Psa 91:15
Hushai: Sa2 16:16-19
Archite: Jos 16:2
then thou: Sa2 19:35
return: Sa2 15:20; Jos 8:2; Mat 10:16
as I have been: Sa2 16:16-19
then mayest: Sa2 17:5-14
thou shalt tell: Sa2 17:15, Sa2 17:16
their two sons: Sa2 15:27, Sa2 17:17, Sa2 18:19-33
Absalom: Sa2 16:15