6<\/strong>. Do therefore according to thy wisdom<\/em> ] Compare 1Ki 2:9<\/span>. The wisdom to which David in both cases alludes is a politic method of bringing these men to do something for which they might be put to death. Such men were specially dangerous in the court of a young king.<\/p>\n his hoar head<\/em> ] Most likely Joab was already an old man not much younger than David himself. This may account for some of the freedom of his speech to the king.<\/p>\n go down<\/em> to the grave in peace<\/em> ] The advice is put in a more direct form in 1Ki 2:9<\/span>, concerning Shimei, ‘Bring his hoar head down to the grave with blood.’<\/p>\n The Hebrew construction (the jussive after not ) seems to imply a suggestion rather than a direct command. ‘I recommend you not to let,’ &c.<\/p>\n His hoar head – <\/B>Joab, though the nephew of David, was probably not very greatly his junior, David being the youngest of the family, and Zeruiah, as is most likely, one of the eldest.<\/P><\/p>\n Verse 6<\/span>. Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.<\/B><\/I>] It would have been an insult to justice not to have taken the life of Joab. David was culpable in delaying it so long; but probably the circumstances of his government would not admit of his doing it sooner. According to the law of God, Joab, having murdered Abner and Amasa, should die. And had not David commanded Solomon to perform this act of justice, he could not have died in the approbation of his Maker.<\/P> <\/p>\n According to thy wisdom, <\/B>i.e. what in reason and justice thou seest fit. For though I was forced to forbear him when it was in a manner out of my power to punish him, yet I never forgave him; and therefore do thou wisely and severely examine all his actions, and particularly this last rebellion, and punish him according to his demerits. <\/P> Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace; <\/B>though he be old, having been the general of the army forty years, yet do not suffer him to die a natural death, but cut him off by the sword of justice. <\/P> <\/p>\n 6. Do . . . according to thywisdom<\/B>Joab’s immense popularity with the army required thatany proceedings instituted against him should be taken with greatprudence and deliberation.<\/P><\/p>\n Do therefore according to thy wisdom<\/strong>,…. Which though young began to appear in him, even in the life of his father; he therefore exhorts him to use the wisdom he had, and take the first and fittest opportunity to cut him off for his former murders and late treason, as a dangerous man to his government and the peace of it:<\/p>\n and let not his hoary head go down to the grave in peace<\/strong>; that is, let him not die a natural, but a violent death; and let not his grey hairs be any argument for sparing him, or any reason for delaying the taking of him off, because he would in course die quickly; for he must be now an old man, as old as David, or perhaps older; since he had been his general forty years, even all the time of his reign; see 2Sa 2:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n 6<\/strong>. <\/strong> His hoar head <\/strong> Gray hairs are venerable, but the hoary headed sinner is not to be saved by his whitened locks. Joab was doubtless younger than David, but still far gone in years. We need not deny that David had feelings of personal revenge towards this man who had injured him so much, for we are not to look for the saintliness required by the New Testament in even the noble David. This dying charge, however, was evidently not the offspring of personal revenge, but a measure of administrative wisdom.<\/p>\n “<\/strong> Do therefore according to your wisdom, and do not let his hoar head go down to Sheol in peace.” <\/p>\n He therefore advised Solomon to act wisely in accordance with the situation as he knew it and, as soon as he reckoned that he had acceptable grounds, to ensure that Joab was executed. He was not to allow him to reach old age, or die naturally (i.e. he was not to allow his hoar head go down to the grave world in ‘peace’, that is, in a state of wellbeing) for he was too dangerous an enemy to have around. He would need to be watched carefully and dealt with the moment he stepped out of line (an attitude that Joab himself had demonstrated towards others) <\/p>\n There is no good reason for doubting that David did actually give this advice. No one knew Joab like David did, and he was clearly fearful of what he knew Joab to be capable of, especially as, by siding with Adonijah without consulting the king, he had shown whose side he was on (that too had been a betrayal of David). And he wanted Solomon to know it as well. He was not going into details on the rights and wrongs of the matter. He was simply indicating what kind of a man Joab was. He wanted Solomon to be fully aware that Joab was a man of blood, and that now that he had revealed his hand as a supporter of Adonijah it could only act as a danger signal for Solomon. It indicated that Joab had no sense of loyalty towards Solomon, in contrast with his attitude towards David. <\/p>\n In view of Joab’s loyal, if somewhat stained, service to David these words of David might appear somewhat surprising. But we should note that David was not calling for his immediate execution. He was simply warning Solomon that here was a man who needed to be closely watched and despatched if and when (as he had no doubt that he would) he stepped out of line. For we must remember that Joab had been commander-in-chief of the hosts of Israel for many years, and still was (1Ki 2:35<\/span>), and was thus a man of great influence and power in the kingdom. He was thus capable of doing great harm. He was the kind of man who, if he did not feel a sense of total loyalty, would be an ever constant danger, able almost to stir up rebellion at will. That was why Solomon, while leaving him in his exalted position, was to be sure that he watched him carefully and acted decisively if he strayed out of line. David did not want Solomon to be think that because of the relationship that he himself had with Joab, he was a man to be trusted (in contrast with Benaiah). <\/p>\n 1Ki 2:6<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> David’s dying order was an order worthy of a good king, and fit to be given in the last moments of his life. The crimes which drew down this punishment upon Joab, have already been expatiated upon in the course of these notes. Many reasons concurred to prevent David’s calling him to an account; but it is plain, that he could not, consistently with the law, have forgiven him, if he had been so inclined. His deferring his punishment so long, was no reason why he should always do it. Reasons of state prevented its being inflicted before, and reasons of state required its being put in execution at this juncture. In time of war it was dangerous to attempt it, on account of the power, influence, and military skill of Joab; in a time of peace it was safe, because Joab’s power was then upon the decline. Joab was ambitious, enterprising, and restless, and, not having proved very loyal to the father, might have practised the same perfidy against the son; who, being young, and scarcely settled in his throne, might have suffered from his treachery, his want of fidelity, and his ambitious views, which were insatiable. We may consider this transaction in another light: we may consider Joab as relative to David in his public capacity. Now David, in his public capacity, was king of Israel: Joab, in his public capacity, stood related to him as his general, and assisted him, and adhered to him in his extremities. David therefore, in his public capacity, was obliged by the laws of God and man to punish assassinations and murders; and Joab in his public capacity too, as general, was an assassin and murderer; and therefore, David in his <\/em>public capacity, as king, was obliged to punish Joab with death in his public capacity as general, assassin, and murderer. Though Joab had been his faithful general, and frequently assisted David in his extremities, private obligations are in their nature inferior, and ought to give way to public ones; and the yielding up of such an offender to public justice, when personal obligations might have been pleaded in his favour, was a nobler sacrifice in its nature, and renders David’s character as a prince the more illustrious. In this light we must commend the master, who died meditating and ordering the punishment of a servant, who, by basely stabbing two worthier men than himself, forfeited the protection of his king and country, and cancelled all the obligations which could arise from his former services. It should be added, that whatever Joab’s past services were to David, and however faithfully he had formerly been attached to him, yet he had now been engaged in a conspiracy to depose him, and to set aside the intended succession to the crown, and had actually proclaimed Adonijah king, during his father’s life. This was adding rebellion to murder. What was David to do? Was he to have forgiven him at his last hours, in order to manifest his own charity? No! For if a prince’s charity influences him, living or dying, to pardon repeated offences, inconsistent with the public safety, it is folly and weakness, and not virtuous charity; it is cruelty to his people, instead of real generosity and goodness. David had not this charity, and it heightens his character that he had not. His last charge to Solomon shews his inviolable regard to justice, by positively ordering the execution of a murderer too powerful for himself to punish; and he would neither have been a wise nor a righteous prince had he forgotten or failed to do it. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n 1Ki 2:6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n Ver. 6. Do therefore according to thy wisdom,<\/strong> ] q.d., <\/em> He is of a turbulent spirit, and will be apt enough to give thee just occasion to fall upon him. See that it be thoroughly done, for it lieth upon my conscience, that he hath hitherto passed unpunished. Of his adultery and murder we hear not a word, because he had made a thorough peace with God for those sins in his lifetime; he had compounded with his judge, &c.: but the cases of Joab and Shimei troubled him on his death bed. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n And let not his hoar head, &c.<\/strong> ] Let him be well punished, though he is now old, and hath done great exploits.<\/p>\n the grave. Hebrew. Sheol. App-35. Note “the”, not “a”. Compare 1Ki 2:9. <\/p>\n grave <\/p>\n Heb. “Sheol,” (See Scofield “Hab 2:5”). <\/p>\n according: 1Ki 2:9, Pro 20:26 <\/p>\n let: 1Ki 2:28-34, Gen 9:6, Num 35:33, Pro 28:17, Ecc 8:11, Isa 65:20 <\/p>\n in: Gen 42:38, 2Ki 22:20, Psa 37:37, Isa 48:22, Isa 57:2, Isa 57:21 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 35:20 – if he thrust Deu 19:12 – General 2Sa 3:39 – the Lord 2Sa 14:19 – of Joab 2Sa 20:10 – he smote 1Ki 3:12 – I have given Psa 55:23 – bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days Mat 5:21 – and<\/p>\n 1Ki 2:6. Do therefore according to thy wisdom What in reason and justice thou seest to be fit. For though I was forced to forbear him, I never forgave him. Let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace Punish him according to his demerits. This dying order of David, says Dr. Dodd, referring to Dr. Chandler, was an order worthy of a good king, and fit to be given in the last moments of his life. The crimes which drew down this punishment upon Joab, have already been expatiated upon. Many reasons concurred to prevent Davids calling him to an account; but it is plain he never forgot nor forgave his crime: nay, he could not, consistently with the law, have forgiven him if he had been inclined to it. His deferring his punishment so long, was no reason why he should always do it. Reasons of state prevented its being inflicted before, and reasons of state required its being put in execution at this juncture. In time of war it was dangerous to attempt it, on account of the power, influence, and military skill of Joab; in time of peace it was safe, because Joabs power was then upon the decline, and his services were unnecessary. Joab was ambitions, enterprising, and restless, and having not proved very loyal to the father, might have practised the same perfidy against the son; who being young, and scarcely settled in his throne, might have suffered from his treachery, his want of fidelity, and his ambitions views, which were insatiable.<\/p>\n Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. 6. Do therefore according to thy wisdom ] Compare 1Ki 2:9. 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