Sāmǔĕrjìxià 20:6

6 Dàwèi duì yà bǐ shāi shuō , xiànzaì kǒngpà bǐ jī lì de érzi Shìbā jiā haì yú wǒmen bǐ Yēshālóng gèng shèn. nǐ yào daìlǐng nǐ zhǔ de púrén zhuīgǎn tā , miǎndé tā dé le jiāngù chéng , duǒbì wǒmen .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 20:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 20:6

And David said to Abishai
For it seems he would have nothing to say to Joab, being displeased with him for slaying Absalom, and having removed him from his posts; and therefore speaks to the next officer in his army, Abishai; though Josephus ^F16 says, he addressed himself to Joab, contrary to the express words of the text:

now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than [did] Absalom;
gain a greater party, and give more trouble to subdue him, unless suppressed in time:

take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him;
without waiting for Amasa, and the troops he was assembling; delays in such a case as an insurrection being dangerous, which ought to be nipped in the bud, and crushed as soon as possible; in order to which, he bids him take his servants that were about him, his bodyguards, and pursue Sheba:

lest he get him fenced cities;
where he may secure himself, and hold out a siege a long time, and give a great deal of trouble:

and escape us;
for the present; or "escape our eyes", as the "Keri", or marginal reading is; we shall lose sight of him, and not know which way he is gone, if he is not pursued quickly.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 6.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 20:6 In-Context

4 Wáng duì yà Mǎsā shuō , nǐ yào zaì sān rì zhī neì jiāng Yóudà rén zhāo jù le lái , nǐ yĕ huí dào zhèlǐ lái .

5 Yà Mǎsā jiù qù zhāo jù Yóudà rén , què dān yán guō le wáng suǒ xiàn de rìqī .

6 Dàwèi duì yà bǐ shāi shuō , xiànzaì kǒngpà bǐ jī lì de érzi Shìbā jiā haì yú wǒmen bǐ Yēshālóng gèng shèn. nǐ yào daìlǐng nǐ zhǔ de púrén zhuīgǎn tā , miǎndé tā dé le jiāngù chéng , duǒbì wǒmen .

7 Yuē yē de rén hé jī lì tí rén , Bǐlì tí rén , bìng suǒyǒude yǒng shì , dōu gēn zhe yà bǐ shāi , cóng Yēlùsǎlĕng chū qù zhuīgǎn bǐ jī lì de érzi Shìbā .

8 Tāmen dào le Jībiàn de dà pánshí nàli , yà Mǎsā lái yíngjiē tāmen . nàshí Yuēyē chuān zhe zhàn yǐ , yào shù peì dāo de daìzi , dāo zaì qiào neì . Yuēyē qián xíng , dāo cóng shāo neì diào chūlai .