21<\/strong>. a man of mount Ephraim<\/em> ] The name “mount Ephraim,” applied to the central mountainous district of Palestine, was extended southwards so as to include part of the territory of Benjamin. See note on 1Sa 1:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 21<\/span>. His head shall be thrown to thee<\/B><\/I>] Thus it appears she had great sway in the counsels of the city; and that the punishment of a state rebel was then, what it is now in this kingdom, beheading<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n A man of Mount Ephraim.<\/B> <\/P> Quest.<\/B> How can this be so when he is called a Benjamite, 2Sa 20:1<\/span>? <\/P> Answ<\/B>. Either he was a Benjamite by birth, but dwelt in the tribe of Ephraim, as many did upon several occasions dwell out of their own tribes; or Mount Ephraim was a place in Benjamin, which might be so called, either because it was upon the borders of Ephraim, and looked towards it; or from some notable action or event of the Ephraimites in that place. Compare 1Sa 18:6<\/span>. Hath lift up his hand, <\/B>i.e. taken up arms, or raised rebellion. His head shall be thrown, <\/B>to thee over the wall; which she undertook, because she knew the present temper and great fears of the citizens, and soldiers too; and that considering their evident and extreme danger, they were generally desirous of peace, from which they were restrained only by Shebas authority and interest; and therefore did not doubt by Gods blessing upon her wise counsel to effect it, as indeed she did. And it is not unlikely that this woman might be a governess in that city for though this office was commonly performed by men, yet were not the women wholly excluded, but sometimes employed in the government; as we see in Deborah, who judged Israel, Jdg 4:4<\/span>; and queen Athaliah, 2Ki 11<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n The matter [is] not so<\/strong>,…. I am not come with the army against this city with any ill will to it, and with an intention to destroy it: the case is this,<\/p>\n but a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name<\/strong>; for though he was by birth a Benjaminite, his dwelling was in Mount Ephraim in that tribe; unless there was a place of this name in the tribe of Benjamin, so called from any memorable event there, as the wood of Ephraim, 2Sa 18:6<\/span>. This same man, says Joab,<\/p>\n hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David<\/strong>; is in rebellion against the king, even so great and good a king as David; he has lifted up his hand, and blown a trumpet to draw off men from David, and after himself; he has committed acts of hostility and treason; he has drawn his sword, and raised an insurrection and rebellion in the nation:<\/p>\n deliver him only, and I will depart from the city<\/strong>: he did not desire any of his followers to be delivered up, only himself, knowing the rebellion would cease upon the delivery of him; and being unwilling that the blood of any Israelite should be shed, whom he had unawares drawn into this rebellion, and who he knew would return to their own cities upon this:<\/p>\n and the woman said unto Joab, behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall<\/strong>; she knew the fright the inhabitants of the city were in, and how disposed they were to do anything to save their city; she knew what influence she had among them, and how weak Sheba’s party was, and therefore could assure Joab that this should be done.<\/p>\n (21) Mount Ephraim.<\/strong>The range of hills so called because much of it lay in the tribe of Ephraim, although extending south into Benjamin.<\/p>\n 21<\/strong>. <\/strong> Mount Ephraim <\/strong> Which extended into the territory of Benjamin. See note on Jdg 17:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Sa 20:21 The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.<\/p>\n Ver. 21. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.<\/strong> ] Spiritually the case is ours, saith a right reverend writer. a<\/em> Every man’s breast is as a city enclosed. Every sin is a traitor that lurketh within those walls. God calleth to us for Sheba’s head, neither hath he any quarrel to us for our person, but for our sin. If we love the head of our traitor above the life of our soul, we shall justly perish in the vengeance. We cannot be more willing to part with our sins, than our merciful God is to withdraw his judgments. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Bp. Hall, Contempl.<\/p>\n mount = hill country. <\/p>\n Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n a man: 2Sa 20:1, Jdg 2:9, Jdg 7:24, 2Ki 5:22, Jer 4:15, Jer 50:19 <\/p>\n by name: Heb. by his name <\/p>\n lifted: 2Sa 23:18, 1Sa 24:6, 1Sa 26:9 <\/p>\n his head: 2Sa 17:2, 2Sa 17:3, 2Ki 10:7, Jdg 18:4-8 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jdg 4:9 – into Jdg 9:53 – woman Jdg 9:55 – General Jdg 20:13 – deliver 2Sa 20:11 – He that 1Ki 11:27 – lifted up Luk 6:41 – but<\/p>\n 2Sa 20:21. A man of mount Ephraim He is said before, 2Sa 20:1, to be of the tribe of Benjamin. Either, therefore, he lived in mount Ephraim, or a place in Benjamin is here called so, probably because it was upon the borders of Ephraim, or for some notable action or event of the Ephraimites in that place. His head shall be thrown to thee Which she undertook, because she knew the present temper of the citizens and soldiers too. And it is not unlikely that this woman might be a governess in that city. For, though this office was commonly performed by men, yet women were sometimes employed in the government; as we see in Deborah, who judged Israel, Jdg 4:4.<\/p>\n 20:21 The {n} matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.<\/p>\n (n) Hearing his fault, he gave in to reason, and required only he that was instigator of the treason.<\/p>\n The matter [is] not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, [even] against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. 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