3<\/strong>. the man<\/em>, &c.] Lit. As the returning of all is the man whom thou seekest<\/em>. The return of all the people to thee will be ensured by the removal of David. If that is effected, there will be no civil war. Ahithophel’s use of the term “return” is a subtle flattery, implying that David’s followers were deserting their lawful sovereign. But the true text is not improbably preserved by the Sept.: “And I will cause all the people to return unto thee, as the bride returneth to her husband. Only one man’s life dost thou seek, and unto all the people there shall be peace.” The defection of the people is compared to the momentary desertion of a bride, who speedily returns to her husband.<\/p>\n The man whom thou seekest – <\/B>namely, David. Ahithophel means to say: If I can only smite David, there will be no civil war, all the people will peaceably submit.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 3<\/span>. The man whom thou seekest<\/B><\/I> is <\/B>as if all returned<\/B><\/I>] Only secure David, and all Israel will be on thy side. He is the soul of the whole; destroy him, and all the rest will submit.<\/P> <\/p>\n The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned, <\/B>i. e. the death of that man whom thou seekest to destroy is no less considerable to thee, than if all the people that follow him should desert him and return unto thee. <\/P> <\/p>\n And I will bring back all the people unto thee<\/strong>,…. Meaning not the people only that were with David, that he would make them prisoners, and bring them with him; for he before proposed to let them make their escape; but to reduce all Israel to the obedience of Absalom at once, by executing this scheme which he had formed:<\/p>\n the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned<\/strong>; meaning David, whom he speaks of contemptibly, and whose life it seems Absalom sought, as well as his crown; and he being dead, it would be all over at once with the people; they would immediately return to their own habitations, and yield obedience to Absalom as the rightful heir and successor; all depended on his death, he intimates: from whence it appears that Abarbinel is wrong in suggesting that Absalom did not design to take away the life of his father, only to secure the kingdom to himself in his father’s lifetime, who he understood had disposed of it by his will to Solomon; but here Ahithophel plainly declares the intention of Absalom, nor would he have proposed in plain terms to take away the king’s life, had Absalom been averse to it; and it is plain by what follows that the thing was pleasing to him:<\/p>\n [so] all the people shall be in peace<\/strong>; both parties coalesce under the government of Absalom, and live peaceably under it, and so an entire end of the war.<\/p>\n (3) Bring back all the people.<\/strong>This evil counsellor, with artful flattery, assumes that Absalom is the rightful king, and that the people who have gone off after David only need to be brought back to their allegiance.<\/p>\n 2Sa 17:3<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> That is, David being destroyed, the main business is performed; he is, as it were, the life of the whole body, and when he is taken off, the rest will of course return and submit themselves. Houbigant renders this verse, and I will cause all the people to return unto thee, as a spouse returneth to her husband; and then all things shall be at peace with the people: <\/em>in which he nearly follows the LXX. <\/p>\n 2Sa 17:3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.<\/p>\n Ver. 3. The man whom thou seekest.<\/strong> ] Ah, lewd lowly! could Absalom hear his dear father’s death thus contrived and endeavoured, and approve of the plot? Certe tu non occidisti patrem,<\/em> Certainly you did not kill your father, said Augustus to one that was brought before him for parricide. Lycurgus would make no law against it, as holding it impossible. But the devil had filled this man’s heart from corner to corner, as Act 5:2<\/span> , and torn out thence all childlike affection.<\/p>\n I will bring: 2Sa 3:21 <\/p>\n shall be: Isa 48:22, Isa 57:21, 1Th 5:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jdg 4:22 – and I will 2Sa 20:21 – his head<\/p>\n 17:3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee: {b} the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.<\/p>\n (b) Meaning David.<\/p>\n And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest [is] as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace. 3. the man, &c.] Lit. As the returning of all is the man whom thou seekest. 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Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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