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2 Samuele 20:6

Listen to 2 Samuele 20:6
6 Laonde Davide disse ad Abisai: Ora Seba, figliuolo di Bicri, ci farĂ  peggio che Absalom; prendi tu la gente del tuo signore, e perseguita Seba; che talora egli non si trovi alcune cittĂ  forti, e scampi dagli occhi nostri.

2 Samuele 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.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 11. sect. 6.
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2 Samuele 20:6 In-Context

4 Poi il re disse ad Amasa: Adunami la gente di Giuda infra tre giorni, e tu ritrovati qui presente.
5 Amasa dunque andò per adunare que’ di Giuda; ma tardò oltre al termine che il re gli avea posto.
6 Laonde Davide disse ad Abisai: Ora Seba, figliuolo di Bicri, ci farĂ  peggio che Absalom; prendi tu la gente del tuo signore, e perseguita Seba; che talora egli non si trovi alcune cittĂ  forti, e scampi dagli occhi nostri.
7 Così uscirono fuori dietro a lui la gente di Ioab, ed i Cheretei, ed i Peletei, e tutti gli uomini di valore; ed uscirono di Gerusalemme, per perseguitar Seba, figliuolo di Bicri.
8 E come furono presso alla gran pietra ch’è in Gabaon, Amasa venne loro incontro. Or Ioab avea cinto il manto onde era vestito; e sopra esso la cintura della spada ch’era attaccata, pendendo sopra i suoi lombi nel fodero. Ed egli si fece avanti, e quella cadde.
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