To Amasa ... - Evidently feeling his way toward fulfilling the promise to Amasa.

To Amasa. Thus, David begins the fulfilment of his promise of 2 Samuel 19:13. It proved an act of very doubtful expedi…

Then said the king to Amasa
Whom he had promised to make general of his army, (2 Samuel 19:13) ; and by …

Joab barbarously murdered Amasa. The more premeditation there is in a sin, the worse it is. Joab contentedly sacrificed the interests of both the k…