Against Israel - This implies that the revolt was largely that of the ten tribes, Saul’s party, against the kingdom.

The wood of E…

The wood of Ephraim. —No wood of Ephraim on the eastern side of the Jordan is mentioned elsewhere in Scripture. Yet it is…

So the people went out into the field against Israel
Josephus ^F5 calls it a great field, with a wood behi…

How does David render good for evil! Absalom desired that only David be struck down; David desired that only Absalom be spared. This seems to be a …