Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Samuel 18:1-2
DAVID REVIEWING THE ARMIES. (II Samuel 18:1-4)
David numbered the people that were with him—The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains, so that, although without money to pay any troops, David soon found himself at the head of a considerable army. A pitched battle was now inevitable. But so much depending on the life of the king, he was not allowed to take the field in person; and he therefore divided his forces into three detachments under Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, the commander of the foreign guards.
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