撒母耳记下 18:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

王吩咐約押、亞比篩和以太說：“為我的緣故，你們要寬待那年輕人押沙龍。”王為押沙龍吩咐眾將領的話，眾人都聽到了。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
王 嘱 咐 约 押 、 亚 比 筛 、 以 太 说 ： 你 们 要 为 我 的 缘 故 宽 待 那 少 年 人 押 沙 龙 。 王 为 押 沙 龙 嘱 咐 众 将 的 话 ， 兵 都 听 见 了 。

Contextual Overview

¹ David counted his men and placed over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. ² He sent the troops out in three groups. Joab commanded one-third of the men. Joab's brother Abishai son of Zeruiah commanded another third. And Ittai from Gath commanded the last third. King David said to them, "I will also go with you." ³ But the men said, "You must not go with us! If we run away in the battle, Absalom's men won't care. Even if half of us are killed, Absalom's men won't care. But you're worth ten thousand of us! You can help us most by staying in the city." ⁴ The king said to his people, "I will do what you think is best." So the king stood at the side of the gate as the army went out in groups of a hundred and a thousand. ⁵ The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, "Be gentle with young Absalom for my sake." Everyone heard the king's orders to the commanders about Absalom. ⁶ David's army went out into the field against Absalom's Israelites, and they fought in the forest of Ephraim. ⁷ There David's army defeated the Israelites. Many died that day—twenty thousand men. ⁸ The battle spread through all the country, but that day more men died in the forest than in the fighting.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deal gently: 2 Samuel 16:11, 2 Samuel 17:1-4, 2 Samuel 17:14, Deuteronomy 21:18-21, Psalms 103:13, Luke 23:34

all the people: 2 Samuel 18:12

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:6 - to Abishai 2 Samuel 18:14 - thrust them 2 Samuel 18:20 - because 2 Samuel 19:1 - General 1 Kings 2:5 - Joab Philemon 1:10 - my son

Cross-References

Genesis 19:8
Look! I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. I will give them to you, and you may do anything you want with them. But please don't do anything to these men. They have come to my house, and I must protect them."

Genesis 33:10
Jacob said, "No! Please! If I have pleased you, then accept the gift I give you. I am very happy to see your face again. It is like seeing the face of God, because you have accepted me.

Judges 6:18
Please wait here until I come back to you. Let me bring my offering and set it in front of you." And the Lord said, "I will wait until you return."

Judges 13:15
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord , "We would like you to stay awhile so we can cook a young goat for you."

Judges 19:5
On the fourth day they got up early in the morning. The Levite was getting ready to leave, but the woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself by eating something. Then go."

Psalms 104:15
You give us wine that makes happy hearts and olive oil that makes our faces shine. You give us bread that gives us strength.

Isaiah 3:1
Understand this: The Lord God All-Powerful will take away everything Judah and Jerusalem need— all the food and water,

Matthew 6:11
Give us the food we need for each day.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king commanded Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai,.... His three generals, to whom he had committed his army divided into three parts:

saying, [deal] gently for my sake with the young man, [even] with Absalom; he does not call him his son, being in rebellion against him, but the young man, who was young, and rash, and foolish, and so to be pitied; his request is, that they would spare him, and not take away his life, when in their power; that they would not aim at him, and push him hard, and fall upon him with wrath and fury; but if he fell into their hands, to take him alive, and bring him away, and not put him to death. This flowed from a natural affection to him, and a concern for the welfare of his soul, that he might not die in this sin; and also from a consciousness that it was for his own sins that he was raised up to rebel against him; and he seems to speak as if he was certain that the battle would go for him, and against Absalom; and which he might conclude from the answer of prayer he had in defeating the counsel of Ahithophel:

and all the people heard when he gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom; not only the three generals, but all the captains of hundreds and thousands, and this was heard by the common soldiers as well as by the people of the city that were spectators on this occasion, see 2 Samuel 18:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 18:5. Deal gently - with the young man — David was the father of this worthless young man; and is it to be wondered at that he feels as a father? Who in his circumstances, that had such feelings as every man should have, would have felt, or acted otherwise?