Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:5

5 Wáng zhǔfu Yuēyē , yà bǐ shāi , yǐ taì shuō , nǐmen yào wèi wǒde yuángù kuān dāi nà shàonián rén Yēshālóng . wáng wèi Yēshālóng zhǔfu zhòng jiāng de huà , bīng dōu tīngjian le .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:5

And the king commanded Joab, and Abishai, and Ittai
His three generals, to whom he had committed his army divided into three parts:

saying, [deal] gently for my sake with the young man, [even] with
Absalom;
he does not call him his son, being in rebellion against him, but the young man, who was young, and rash, and foolish, and so to be pitied; his request is, that they would spare him, and not take away his life, when in their power; that they would not aim at him, and push him hard, and fall upon him with wrath and fury; but if he fell into their hands, to take him alive, and bring him away, and not put him to death. This flowed from a natural affection to him, and a concern for the welfare of his soul, that he might not die in this sin; and also from a consciousness that it was for his own sins that he was raised up to rebel against him; and he seems to speak as if he was certain that the battle would go for him, and against Absalom; and which he might conclude from the answer of prayer he had in defeating the counsel of Ahithophel:

and all the people heard when he gave all the captains charge
concerning Absalom;
not only the three generals, but all the captains of hundreds and thousands, and this was heard by the common soldiers as well as by the people of the city that were spectators on this occasion, see ( 2 Samuel 18:12 ) .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:5 In-Context

3 Jūn bīng què shuō , nǐ bùkĕ chū zhàn . ruò shì wǒmen taópǎo , dírén bì bù jiè yì . wǒmen zhèn wáng yī bàn , dírén yĕ bù jiè yì . yīnwei nǐ yī rén qiáng shì wǒmen wàn rén , nǐ bù rú zaì chéng lǐ yùbeì bāngzhu wǒmen .

4 Wáng xiàng tāmen shuō , nǐmen yǐwéi zĕnyàng hǎo , wǒ jiù zĕnyàng xíng . yúshì wáng zhàn zaì chéng mén páng , jūn bīng huò bǎi huò qiā dì ái cì chū qù le .

5 Wáng zhǔfu Yuēyē , yà bǐ shāi , yǐ taì shuō , nǐmen yào wèi wǒde yuángù kuān dāi nà shàonián rén Yēshālóng . wáng wèi Yēshālóng zhǔfu zhòng jiāng de huà , bīng dōu tīngjian le .

6 Bīng jiù chū dào tiānyĕ yíng zhe Yǐsèliè rén , zaì Yǐfǎlián shùlín lǐ jiāo zhàn .

7 Yǐsèliè rén baì zaì Dàwèi de púrén miànqián . nà rì zhèn wáng de shén duō , gòng yǒu èr wàn rén .