2/25/2024 0 Comments Wat seuns wil weetPut the blood of war upon his girdle - Meaning “The blood of Amasa spirited all over the girdle to which the sword of Joab was attached and the sandals on his feet were reddened with the stains left by the falling corpse.Ek hoop nie ek mors jou tyd met hierdie brief nie … eintlik is dit ‘n hulpkreet … van ‘n ma van ‘n jong vlieënier wat nou al maande sukkel om werk te kry. David allowed his ascendancy, but he chafed against it, finding this “son of Zeruiah,” in particular “too hard” for him (margin reference). He treated him with scant respect, taking important steps without his orders 2 Samuel 3:26, remonstrating with him roughly and rudely 2 Samuel 2:24-25, almost betraying his secrets 2 Samuel 11:19-21, and, where he disliked the orders given him, disobeying them 1 Chronicles 21:6. But besides these flagrant misdemeanours, he seems to have offended David by a number of little acts. Another serious crime was his support of the treasonable attempt of Adonijah 1 Kings 1:7. ![]() Joab‘s chief offence against David, besides his two murders, was no doubt his killing Absalom 2 Samuel 18:14. The maxim of “them of old time,” whether Jews or Gentiles, was “Love your friends and hate your enemies” (see Matthew 5:43) and David perhaps was not in this respect in advance of his age. ![]() They were only the best men of their several ages and nations. ![]() We must not expect Gospel morality from the saints of the Old Testament. In his directions with respect to certain important persons, David, anxious for the security of his young successor‘s kingdom, allows old animosities to revive, and is willing to avenge himself indirectly and by deputy, though he had been withheld by certain scruples from taking vengeance in his own person. ![]() What he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew to Abner who was under Ishbosheth, and Amasa under David, who had not only the promise of the post, but was actually in it when Joab slew him and indeed out of envy to him for it:Īnd shed the blood of war in peace when they were at peace with him, as if they had been in open war and even under a pretence of friendship to them, asking of their peace and welfare, as if he meant nothing less than to behave peaceably towards them hence the Targum is,Īnd put the blood of war upon the girdle that was about his loins,Īnd in his shoes that were in his feet which particularly respects the affair of Amasa, whose blood he shed with his sword, that dropped out of its scabbard, girded upon his loins, and into which he put it again, all over bloody, and wore it girded upon his loins and which he also stooped for when it fell, as if he was going to unloose or buckle his shoes, and into which the blood ran down when he stabbed him and after this barbarous action marched on without any shame or remorse, with his bloody sword on his loins, and the blood of the murdered in his shoes. In slaying Absalom, contrary to his orders, and in behaving insolently towards him on account of his mourning for him, and at other times but as these things might not be personally known to Solomon, only by hearsay, this may respect his disloyalty towards him, in joining with Adonijah, who set himself up for king in his lifetime, and without his knowledge and consent or it may respect the instances next mentioned, in which he did injury to the interest, honour, and character of David: Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me. Concordances: - Nave's Topical Bible - Amasa David Death Evil for Good Friends Homicide Ingratitude Jether Joab Malice Retaliation Will Thompson Chain Reference - Amasa Torrey's Topical Textbook - Girdles Malice Punishments Shoes ĭictionaries: - American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abner Joab Murder Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joab Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing Murder Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Preaching Easton Bible Dictionary - Girdle Jether Joab Solomon Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abner Joab Judges Murder Holman Bible Dictionary - Amasa Apron Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abner Adonijah Jether Joab Reuben Solomon Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amasa Jether Joab 1910 New Catholic Dictionary - canticle People's Dictionary of the Bible - Solomon Talent Smith Bible Dictionary - Da'vid Murder Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Feet Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Goel Įncyclopedias: - Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amasa Ithra Jether Joab Ner The Jewish Encyclopedia - Amasa
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