2 Samuel 19
Charles Spurgeon · Citado em PreceptAustin
2 Samuel 19
Spurgeon - If your dear ones are dead you cannot restore them to life by your unbelief; and if they still survive, it will be a pity to be downcast and unbelieving when there is no occasion for it. ‘Your strength is to sit still.’ Remember that you are a Christian, and a Christian is expected to be more self-possessed than those who have no God to fly to. 2 Samuel 19:2 The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, "The king is grieved for his son." turned: Pr 16:15 Pr 19:12 2 Samuel 19 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries THE PEOPLE FOLLOW DAVID'S LEAD The victory that day was turned to mourning for (term of explanation) all the people, for the people heard it said that day, "The king is grieved for his son." - The war won but the victor mourning. There should have been rejoicing, but instead there was sadness. The NLT gives a good sense "As the troops heard of the king's deep grief for his son, the joy of that day's victory was turned into deep sadness." John Burroughs - The heaviest thing in the world is a heavy heart. 2 Samuel 19:3 So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle. into the city: 2Sa 19:32 17:24 stealth: Ge 31:27 2 Samuel 19 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries THE AGONY OF VICTORY! So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle - The NLT paraphrases it stating that the troops "crept back into the city as though they were ashamed and had been beaten in battle." David's grief and failure to receive the victory affect his followers, especially his troops, making them feel ashamed they had won a great victory! Imagine their morale. 2 Samuel 19:4 The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!" covered: 2Sa 15:30 O my son: It is allowed by competent critics that the lamentation of David over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly pathetic; and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repetition of the name of the deceased is common in the language of lamentation. 2Sa 18:33 2 Samuel 19 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passage: 2Sa 18:33 And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" DAVID'S LOUD LAMENTING The king covered his face and cried out (za'aq; Lxx - krazo - scream) with a loud (gadol - great in intensity) voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!" - Compare 2Sa 18:33 for repetition of "Absalom" and "my son," indicating David's multiplied, deep distress. Sorrows are visitors that come without invitation. -- C H Spurgeon
2 Samuel 19
Spurgeon adds "Perhaps you have been like Shimei, who cursed king David, and you are afraid that Jesus will never forgive you. But David forgave Shimei, and Jesus is ready to forgive you. He delighteth in mercy. I do believe that the harps of heaven never give to Christ such happiness as He has when He forgives the ungodly, and saith, ‘Thy sins are forgiven; go in peace.’” HALLELUJAH! AMEN! 2 Samuel 19:20 "For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore behold, I have come today, the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king." come: Ps 78:34-37 Jer 22:23 Ho 5:15 Joseph: 2Sa 19:9 16:5 Ge 48:14,20 1Ki 12:20,25 Ho 4:15-17 5:3 2 Samuel 19 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries SHIMEI COMES CLEAN! For your servant knows that I have sinned - Shimei does not "beat around the bush," but takes advantage of the truth in Pr 28:13b+ which says "he who confesses and forsakes them (transgressions) will find compassion." Charles Swindoll - Shimei said the three hardest words in the English language, “I have sinned.” They must have rung a bell in David’s mind. It hadn’t been too many years ago that he had said those same words to Nathan. Forgiveness comes easier when we remember times in our own past when we failed and were forgiven. Before we look at David’s response to this, let’s look at the other side of the equation and think about times we might have been in Shimei’s shoes. He’s not just some Old Testament character or caricature; his actions and reactions are real. We now know because we’ve all had similar experiences, haven’t we? We’ve done or said something that could easily offend another person. We now know what we did was wrong, and we know the other person is hung up on that. So the ball is in our court. It’s our serve. It’s now our move, and we need to come to terms with it, but that’s tough, isn’t it? And it’s even tougher when we know that we were 100 percent in the wrong. Well, that is where Shimei finds himself in this scene. Let’s turn once again to David’s side of the matter. After what Shimei had said to him earlier, David could have been indifferent to his confession. He could have just ignored him. Some people would do that . . . just sort of looked past him with a shrug. George Bernard Shaw wrote wise words, “The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity. . . .” Indifference is certainly not forgiveness. Indifference is RAGE controlled. So Shimei is spread out on the ground before David, saying, “I have sinned.” What he’s really saying is, “Will you please forgive me?” (from David A Man of Passion & Destiny) therefore behold, I have come today, the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king - Why does Shimei says the first of all the house of Joseph? The tribe of Benjamin may be considered "first" because of King Saul.