John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 5. Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me , etc.] In slaying Absalom, contrary to his orders, and in behaving insolently towards him on account of his mourning for him, and at other times; but as these things might not be personally known to Solomon, only by hearsay, this may respect his disloyalty towards him, in joining with Adonijah, who set himself up for king in his lifetime, and without his knowledge and consent; or it may respect the instances next mentioned, in which he did injury to the interest, honour, and character of David: [and] , or “even”, what he did to the two captains of the host of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew ; to Abner who was under Ishbosheth, and Amasa under David, who had not only the promise of the post, but was actually in it when Joab slew him; and indeed out of envy to him for it: and shed the blood of war in peace ; when they were at peace with him, as if they had been in open war; and even under a pretence of friendship to them, asking of their peace and welfare, as if he meant nothing less than to behave peaceably towards them; hence the Targum is, “whom he slew in craftiness:” and put the blood of war upon the girdle that [was] about his loins , and in his shoes that [were] in his feet ; which particularly respects the affair of Amasa, whose blood he shed with his sword, that dropped out of its scabbard, girded upon his loins, and into which he put it again, all over bloody, and wore it girded upon his loins; and which he also stooped for when it fell, as if he was going to unloose or buckle his shoes, and into which the blood ran down when he stabbed him; and after this barbarous action marched on without any shame or remorse, with his bloody sword on his loins, and the blood of the murdered in his shoes.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-11 - These dying counsels concerning Joab and Shimei, did not come from personal anger, but for the security of Solomon's throne, which was the murders he had committed, but would readily repeat them to carry an purpose; though long reprieved, he shall be reckoned with at last. Tim does not wear out the guilt of any sin, particularly of murder Concerning Shimei, Hold him not guiltless; do not think him any tru friend to thee, or thy government, or fit to be trusted; he has no les malice now than he had then. David's dying sentiments are recorded, a delivered under the influence of the Holy Ghost, 2Sa 23:1-7. The Lor discovered to him the offices and the salvation of that glorious personage, the Messiah, whose coming he then foretold, and from whom he derived all his comforts and expectations. That passage gives a decide proof that David died under the influence of the Holy Ghost, in the exercise of faith and hope.
Original Hebrew וגם1571 אתה859 ידעת3045 את853 אשׁר834 עשׂה6213 לי יואב3097 בן1121 צרויה6870 אשׁר834 עשׂה6213 לשׁני8147 שׂרי8269 צבאות6635 ישׂראל3478 לאבנר74 בן1121 נר5369 ולעמשׂא6021 בן1121 יתר3500 ויהרגם2026 וישׂם7760 דמי1818 מלחמה4421 בשׁלם7965 ויתן5414 דמי1818 מלחמה4421 בחגרתו2290 אשׁר834 במתניו4975 ובנעלו5275 אשׁר834 ברגליו׃7272
