2 Samuel 14:30

Listen to 2 Samuel 14:30
30 Entonces dijo a sus siervos: Bien sab茅is las tierras de Joab junto a mi lugar, donde tiene sus cebadas; id, y prenderles fuego; y los siervos de Absal贸n prendieron fuego a las tierras.

2 Samuel 14:30 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 14:30

Therefore he said unto his servants
That did his business for him in the field, in keeping his flocks, and tilling his ground:

see Joab's field is near mine:
for great personages in those days attended to husbandry:

and he hath barley there, go and set it on fire;
it being ripe, and so capable of being fired, and therefore must be some time in March or April, when barley harvest began; he served Joab as Samson did the Philistines, ( Judges 15:4 ) ; which shows him to be a bold, and revengeful, and ungrateful man, to use his friend, and the general of the king's army, after this manner:

and Absalom's servants set the field on fire;
as their master had bid them, and which is no wonder; for as they murdered Ammon at his command, they would not stop at burning Joab's field, when he bid them do it; see ( 2 Samuel 13:28 2 Samuel 13:29 ) .

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2 Samuel 14:30 In-Context

28 Y estuvo Absal贸n por espacio de dos a帽os en Jerusal茅n, y no vio el rostro del rey.
29 Y mand贸 Absal贸n por Joab, para enviarlo al rey; mas no quiso venir a 茅l; ni aunque envi贸 por segunda vez, quiso 茅l venir.
30 Entonces dijo a sus siervos: Bien sab茅is las tierras de Joab junto a mi lugar, donde tiene sus cebadas; id, y prenderles fuego; y los siervos de Absal贸n prendieron fuego a las tierras.
31 Se levant贸 por tanto Joab, y vino a Absal贸n a su casa, y le dijo: 驴Por qu茅 han puesto fuego tus siervos a mis tierras?
32 Y Absal贸n respondi贸 a Joab: He aqu铆, yo he enviado por ti, diciendo que vinieses ac谩, a fin de enviarte yo al rey a que le dijeses: 驴Para qu茅 vine de Gesur? Mejor me fuera estar a煤n all谩. Vea yo ahora la cara del rey; y si hay en m铆 pecado, m谩teme.
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