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2Sa_19:5 And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
Ver. 5. And Joab came into the house to the king.] For by this time, it seemeth, he had got home to his house or quarters, having first vented his passion in the chamber over the gate, but not wholly eased himself of it.
Thou hast shamed this day, &c.] A rough and rude reproof, such as David could never digest, {a} though for the present he prudently gave place to it, and said little: At manet alta mente repostum. Josephus addeth, that he asked him if he were not ashamed to be thus affected with sorrow for a son that had been of so hostile a mind against him; and bade him come forth and speak friendly to the people, and give them thanks, threatening that if he did not, he would give the army and kingdom to another. The truth is, Joab had some reason to speak, and much of that he speaketh stands with good reason; but byssina verba, better language to his sovereign, had better becomed him.
{a} Mountfort, Earl of Leicester, gave our Henry III the lie. - Dan. Hist., 172.