Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The man gives a remarkable incidental testimony to David’s sagacity and insight (Compare to 2 Samuel 14:19), and to Joab’s known unscru…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Against my own life. —The English, like the Vulgate, here follows the margin of the Hebrew; the Septuagint, in most manuscripts, f…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against my own
life
Or "soul"; he should no…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Let young people look upon Absalom, hanging on a tree, accursed, forsaken by heaven and earth; there let them read the Lord's abhorrence of rebelli…

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