Online Resource Library
Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadJohn Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 11:25 - 11:25
(Show All Books | Show All Chapters)
This Chapter Verse Commentaries:
2Sa_11:25 Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.
Ver. 25. Let not this thing displease thee.] Thus he smootheth up Joab, slights the slaughter of so many gallant men, and deeply dissembleth with the messenger, to the intent that neither his cruel command, nor Joab’s fawning obedience, may be discovered. But was this David? O quantum mutatus!
For the sword devoureth one as well as another.] Heb., So and such; lords and losels {lowlies} together. Mars est áëëïðñïóáëëïò : down they go pell-mell, without difference.