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2 Samuel 18:13
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wrought: 2 Samuel 1:15, 2 Samuel 1:16, 2 Samuel 4:10-12
for there is no: 2 Samuel 14:19, 2 Samuel 14:20, Hebrews 4:13
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 28:9 - wherefore
Cross-References
He did not need anyone to tell him what a person was like. He already knew.
and neded not that eny man shuld testify of man. For he knewe what was in man.
and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
and didn't need anyone to tell him what people were like. For he himself knew what was in every person.in a person">[fn]1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Matthew 9:4; Mark 2:8; John 6:64; 16:30; Acts 1:24; Revelation 2:23;">[xr]
and because He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, for He Himself knew what was in mankind.
He did not need anyone to tell him about people, because he knew what was in people's minds.
and because he didn't need that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
And needed not that any should testify concerning man: for he knew what was in man.
and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
and because he didn't need for anyone to testify concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life,.... Or "soul"; he should not only have exposed his life to danger, but acted falsely to the king, by going contrary to his orders; yea, would have done that which was contrary to his own conscience; and if he had buoyed himself up with the hope of impunity, or of a reward, he should have found himself mistaken; the textual reading is, "against his life" l, or "soul", the life of Absalom, by taking it away:
for there is no matter hid from the king; this, though done ever so secretly, would have come to his knowledge by some means or another, and then I should have incurred his displeasure, and suffered for it:
and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against [me]; to accuse and bring him to justice; he would have been so far from protecting him, that he would have been the first man that would have insisted on it that he should be punished for it; or why dost not thou thyself set thyself against him, and smite him? thou mayest if thou pleasest, yonder he hangs, go and smite him.
l בנפשו εν τη ψυχη αυτου, Sept. "contra animam illius", Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The man gives a remarkable incidental testimony to David’s sagacity and penetration (compare 2 Samuel 14:19), and to Joab’s known unscrupulousness.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Samuel 18:13. Thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. — This is a strong appeal to Joab's loyalty, and respect for the orders of David; but he was proof against every fine feeling, and against every generous sentiment.