John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 19:27

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king, etc.] By suggesting that he stayed at Jerusalem with a view to the kingdom, hoping that the quarrel between David and Absalom would issue in the restoration of it to his father’s family; which was a mere calumny, he having had no such thought, nor was there any foundation for it: but my lord the king [is] an angel of God; for understanding and wisdom, to discern the falsehood of such suggestions: do therefore [what is] good in thine eyes; condemn him or acquit him; reject him or receive him into favour; he entirely submitted himself to him, to do with him as seemed good in his sight.

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