Absalom Ab'salom Clear Heart Inclined Joab Jo'ab King's Knoweth Longed Perceived Towards Turning Zeruiah Zeru'iah Zeruial
14:1 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's {a} heart [was] toward Absalom.
(a) That the king favoured him.
14:1 Was towards - He desired to see him, but was ashamed to shew kindness to one whom God's law and his own conscience obliged him to punish; he wanted therefore a fair pretence, which therefore Joab gave him.
14:1-20 We may notice here, how this widow pleads God's mercy, and his clemency toward poor guilty sinners. The state of sinners is a state of banishment from God. God pardons none to the dishonour of his law and justice, nor any who are impenitent; nor to the encouragement of crimes, or the hurt of others.
Absalom Ab'salom Clear Heart Inclined Joab Jo'ab King's Longed Perceived Towards Turning Zeruiah Zeru'iah
Absalom Ab'salom Clear Heart Inclined Joab Jo'ab King's Longed Perceived Towards Turning Zeruiah Zeru'iah
