Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Forty years - An obvious clerical error, though a very ancient one for four years, which may date from Absalom' s return from Geshur, or from his reconciliation with David, or from the commencement of the criminal schemes to which II Samuel 15:1 refers.
Hebron - This, as having been the old capital of David' s kingdom and Absalom' s birthplace, was well chosen. It was a natural center, had probably many inhabitants discontented at the transfer of the government to Jerusalem, and contained many of the friends of Absalom' s youth. As the place of his birth (compare I Samuel 20:6), it afforded a plausible pretext for holding there the great sacrificial feast ("the serving the Lord," II Samuel 15:8), which Absalom pretended to have vowed to hold to the glory of God.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 15:7:
2 Samuel 18:18
Psalms 5:9
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