Longed to go forth: This phrase should be read as “longed after Absalom.” The literal meaning is to be “consumed in going forth,” which carr…

The soul of King David. —The words, "the soul of," are not in the original, and the most opposite interpretations have been given …

And [the soul of] King David longed to go forth unto Absalom ,
&c.] In like manner it is supplied and paraphrased in…

Jonadab was as guilty of Ammon's death as of his sin; those who counsel us to do wickedly prove to be such false friends. Instead of loathing Absal…