From Reformation to Reformation

Verse 30: [1]   And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up ( Heb. going up, and weeping [2] ), and ( 2 Sam....

Verse 19: [1]   Then said the king to ( 2 Sam. 18:2 ) Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and...

Verse 13: [1]   And there came a messenger to David, saying, ( 2 Sam. 15:6; Judg. 9:3 ) The hearts of the men of Israel are after...

Verse 8: [1]   ( 1 Sam. 16:2 ) For thy servant ( Gen. 28:20, 21 ) vowed a vow ( 2 Sam. 13:38 ) while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying,...

I.  The Years of this period, by a rougher calculation, are reckoned at three hundred and seventy.  For, it is evident, that to the...

[ 1023 BC ]  Verse 7: [1]   And it came to pass ( 1 Sam. 16:1 ) after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me...

[ 1024 BC ]  Verse 1: [1]   And ( 2 Sam. 12:11 ) it came to pass after this, that Absalom ( 1 Kings 1:5 ) prepared him chariots and...

Absalom stealeth the hearts of Israel , 1-6 .  Under pretence of a vow obtaineth leave to go to Hebron:  there with Ahithophel’s aid he...

Verse 21: [1]   And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing:  go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. [ And...

Verse 12: [1]   Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king.  And he said, Say on. [ Let...

[ 1027 BC ]  Verse 1: [1]   Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was ( 2 Sam. 13:39 ) toward Absalom. [ Joab,...

Joab suborning a widow of Tekoah by a parable to incline the king’s heart to fetch home Absalom, bringeth him to Jerusalem, but not into...

Verse 30: [1]   And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king’s...

I.  The Chronology of this period, which is the fourth for us and numbers four hundred and forty-one years, has not a few difficulties,...

Verse 20: [1]   And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon ( Heb. Aminon [2] ) thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace,...

[ circa  1032 BC ]  Verse 1: [1]   And it came to pass after this, ( 2 Sam. 3:2, 3 ) that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister,...

Ammon loveth his sister Tamar; ravisheth her; then hateth and driveth her away , 1-19 .  Absalom entertaineth and revengeth her with...

Verse 31: [1]   And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of...

Verse 26: [1]   And ( 1 Chron. 20:1 ) Joab fought against ( Deut. 3:11 ) Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. [ He...

[ 1033 BC ]  Verse 24: [1]   And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her:  and ( Matt. 1:6 ) she bare...