Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
GIVES THEM CHARGE OF ABSALOM. (II Samuel 18:5-13)
Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom—This affecting charge, which the king gave to his generals, proceeded not only from his overwhelming affection for his children, but from his consciousness that this rebellion was the chastisement of his own crimes, Absalom being merely an instrument in the hand of retributive Providence;—and also from his piety, lest the unhappy prince should die with his sins unrepented of.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Samuel 18:5:
2 Samuel 18:5
1 Kings 2:5-6
Jeremiah 1:6
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