2 Samuel 15:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:13 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Judges 9:3
And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.
2 Samuel 15:6
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Matthew 27:22
Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
2 Samuel 3:36
And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

Topics

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13-23)

Here is, I. The notice brought to David of Absalom’s rebellion, 2 Sam. 15:13. The matter was bad enough, and yet it seems to have been made worse to him (as such things commonly are) than really it was; for he was told that the hearts of the men of Israel (that is, the generality of them, at least the leading men) were after Absalom. But David was the more apt to believe it because now he could ca…