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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 20:20 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 20:20 |
Strong Concordance |
And Joab [03097] answered [06030] and said [0559], Far be it [02486], far be it [02486] from me, that I should swallow up [01104] or destroy [07843]. |
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King James |
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Joab's character is strongly brought out in the transaction. Politic, decided, bold, and unscrupulous, but never needlessly cruel or impulsive, or even revengeful. No life is safe that stands in his way, but from policy he never sacrifices the most insignificant life without a purpose. (Compare Sa2 2:27-30.) |
27 And Joab [03097] said [0559], As God [0430] liveth [02416], unless [03884] thou hadst spoken [01696], surely then in the morning [01242] the people [05971] had gone up [05927] every one [0376] from following [0310] his brother [0251].
28 So Joab [03097] blew [08628] a trumpet [07782], and all the people [05971] stood still [05975], and pursued [07291] after [0310] Israel [03478] no more, neither fought [03898] they any more [03254].
29 And Abner [074] and his men [0582] walked [01980] all that night [03915] through the plain [06160], and passed over [05674] Jordan [03383], and went through [03212] all Bithron [01338], and they came [0935] to Mahanaim [04266].
30 And Joab [03097] returned [07725] from following [0310] Abner [074]: and when he had gathered [06908] all the people [05971] together [06908], there lacked [06485] of David's [01732] servants [05650] nineteen [08672] [06240] men [0376] and Asahel [06214].