12And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still.
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My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: …
The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-13)We have here Amasa’s fall just as he began to rise. He was nephew to David (2 Sam. 17:25), had been Absalom’s general and commander-in-chief of his rebellious army, but, that being routed, he came over into David’s interest, upon a promise that he should be general of his forces instead of Joab. Sheba’s rebellion gives David an occasion to fulfil his promise sooner than he could wish, but Joab’s e…
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