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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
And the man said unto Joab,.... Disdaining his proposal:
though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand; or such a sum should be offered to me; the Arabic version is a million:
yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; to smite him, and slay him:
for in our hearing the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai; his three generals:
saying, beware that none touch the young man Absalom; so as to slay him; they were charged to abstain from it themselves, and to watch and observe others, and keep them from doing it.
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Gill, John. "Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:12". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". https:/
John Trapp Complete Commentary
2 Samuel 18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [shekels] of silver in mine hand, [yet] would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none [touch] the young man Absalom.
Ver. 12. Yet would I not put forth mine hand.] Because it would be as much as my life is worth. How mad, then, are they who for a few paltry shillings part with their precious souls!
“ Hoc Ithacus velit, hoc magno mercentur Achivi. ”
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Trapp, John. "Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:12". John Trapp Complete Commentary. https:/
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible
Or, take heed what (for so the Hebrew pronoun mi is sometimes used, as Jude 13:17) ye do with the young man. He expresseth David’s sense, though not his words.
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Poole, Matthew, "Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:12". Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible. https:/
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible
12.As the dew falleth — Covering all things, so that nothing on the ground escapes its touch.
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Whedon, Daniel. "Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:12". "Whedon's Commentary on the Bible". https:/
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
Save. Protestants, "beware that none touch the young man."
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Haydock, George Leo. "Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:12". "George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary". https:/
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
our hearing. See 2 Samuel 18:5
Beware that none touch = Watch any one who (would touch) the, &c. After "Watch", Septuagint, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate add "for my sake", as in 2 Samuel 18:5.
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Bullinger, Ethelbert William. "Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:12". "E.W. Bullinger's Companion bible Notes". https:/
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.- receive, etc
- Heb. weigh upon mine hand. in our hearing.
- Beware, etc
- Heb. Beware, whosoever ye be, of the, etc.
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Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:12". "The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https:/
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