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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
4 Regum 20:20
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Et ego tres sagittas mittam juxta eum, et jaciam quasi exercens me ad signum.
Respondensque Ioab ait: "Absit, absit hoc a me; non praecipito neque demolior.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Far be it: 2 Samuel 23:17, Job 21:16, Job 22:18
that I should: 2 Samuel 20:10, Proverbs 28:13, Jeremiah 17:9, Luke 10:29
Reciprocal: Genesis 44:7 - General 2 Samuel 17:16 - be swallowed 1 Kings 1:38 - the Cherethites Job 2:3 - destroy him Luke 6:41 - but 2 Corinthians 2:7 - swallowed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Joab answered and said, far be it from me, far be it from me,.... He repeats these words, to show how detestable it was to him to do what she suggested:
that I should swallow up or destroy; any in a violent and unrighteous manner, and especially a city of which she had given such a character for its greatness and worth, and for the peaceableness and fidelity of its inhabitants.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 2 Samuel 2:27-30.)
