11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. …
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11)Here is the sin and punishment of an evil man. 1. His sin. He is an evil man indeed that seeks all occasions to rebel against God, and the government God has set over him, and to contradict and quarrel with those about him. Quaerit jurgia—He picks quarrels ; so some. There are some that are actuated by a spirit of opposition, that will contradict for contradiction-sake, that will go on frowardly i…
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