Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 20:12
And 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.
12. all the people ] Here and in 2Sa 20:13, the troops which Amasa had been mustering.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
All the people … – i. e., the levies which Amanda had been leading to Jerusalem; they were irresolute as to what they should do, and the stoppage at Amasas body very nearly led to their refusing to follow Joab. But upon the prompt removal and hiding of the body they passed on and followed Joab, their old captain.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
2Sa 20:12
And when the man maw that all the people stood still.
Horror at sight of a slaughtered man
What unutterable, illimitable pity it seems that our horror at the corpse of a slaughtered man should not have been made just so much stronger as to render war impossible! It looks as if human nature has been within half an inch of escaping that Upas tree of all evils (Chas. Buxton.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 12. Amasa wallowed in blood] It is very likely that Amasa did not immediately die; I have known instances of persons living several hours after their bowels had been shed out.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Wallowed, Heb. rolled himself, being in the pangs of death; yet having so much life left as to move himself a little, though not to raise himself up from his place.
In blood; in his own blood, which was shed there.
All the people, to wit, the soldiers which were upon their march.
Stood still; wondering at the spectacle, and inquiring into the author and occasion of it.
He removed Amasa out of the highway into the field; perceiving that it both incensed them against Joab, and hindered the kings present service.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway,…. By which it seems, that though the wound was mortal, and of which he died, that as yet there was life in him, and through the pain he was in, and the pangs of death on him, he rolled himself about in his own blood in the high road, where the fact was committed:
and when the man saw that all the people stood still; gazing at the shocking sight, and could not be prevailed upon to go on:
he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field; which was adjoining to it:
and cast a cloth upon him; that the body might not be seen:
when he saw that everyone that came by him stood still; and so retarded the people in their march, to prevent which he took the above method, and it was a very prudent one.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(12) The people stood still.These were probably the very people whom Amasa had just been gathering from Judah and Benjamin. Whoever they may have been, they were naturally overcome and paralysed for the moment at the sight of the great leader whom the king had just promoted wallowing in his blood. Joabs warrior, seeing the effect of their consternation, removed and concealed the body, and the pursuit then went on.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
12. Stood still Horror-stricken at the ghastly sight, as formerly at the sight of the murdered Asahel, (2Sa 2:23😉 and probably many were in doubt as to who was now their captain.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Sa 20:12 And 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.
Ver. 12. And Amasa wallowed in blood. ] Beating himself, and sprunting in the last pangs of death. Thus God punished him for his rebellion against his uncle, though David had both pardoned and preferred him.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Sa 17:25, Psa 9:16, Psa 55:23, Pro 24:21, Pro 24:22
Reciprocal: 2Sa 2:23 – stood still 2Sa 20:13 – the highway