2 Samuel 14:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

• 1 Samuel 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philist…
• 2 Samuel 19:27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes…
• 2 Samuel 14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, t…
• 1 Kings 3:9 Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge thi…
• Hebrews 5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and…
• Job 6:30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?
• Proverbs 27:21 As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise.
• Proverbs 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Dictionary and topics

• David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
• Joab — Jehovah is his father. (1.) One of the three sons of Zeruiah, David’s sister, and “captain of the host” during the whole of David’s reign (2 Sam. 2:13; 10:7; 11:1; 1 Kings 11:15). His father’s name…
• Absalom · Is permitted by David to return to — Is permitted by David to return to
• Angel (A Spirit) · .Are wise — .Are wise
• Dishonesty · .Joab’s guile in securing Absalom’s return — .Joab’s guile in securing Absalom’s return
• Flattery · .By the woman of Tekoah — .By the woman of Tekoah
• Intercession · .Joab for Absalom — .Joab for Absalom
• Joab · .Procures the return of Absalom to — .Procures the return of Absalom to
• Kindness · .Joab to Absalom — .Joab to Absalom
• Obsequiousness · .The woman of Tekoah — .The woman of Tekoah
• Tact · Joab’ s trick in obtaining David’ s consent to the return of Absalom — Joab’ s trick in obtaining David’ s consent to the return of Absalom

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).