Bible Commentaries
2 Samuel 16

Verse 17

2 Samuel 16:17

I. This inquiry rebukes all merely exclamatory loyalty.

II. It rebukes all cheap loyalty.

III. It calls us sharply to practical loyalty.

Parker, Fountain, April 21st, 1881.

References: 2 Samuel 17:1-3 . F.W. Krummacher, David King of Israel, p. 420. 2 Samuel 17:2 . Parker, vol. vii., p. 240. 2 Samuel 17:23 . Preacher's Monthly, vol. vi., p. 181. 2 Samuel 17:27-29 . Spurgeon, Sermons , vol. xxvi., No. 1544; Homiletic Quarterly, vol. iv., p. 108. 2Sam 17-19. Parker, vol. vii., p. 183. 2 Samuel 18:3 . Ibid., p. 241. 2 Samuel 18:14 , 2 Samuel 18:15 . R. Tuck, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xvi., p. 4. 2 Samuel 18:17 . Preacher's Monthly, vol. v., p. 313. 2 Samuel 18:23 . Spurgeon, Evening by Evening, p. 31. 2 Samuel 18:29 . Ibid., Sermons, vol. xxiv., No. 1433; Homiletic Magazine, vol. xiv., p. 108. 2 Samuel 18:31 . F. W. Krummacher, David the King of Israel, p. 434. 2 Samuel 18:33 . J. Van Oosterzee, Year of Salvation, vol. ii., p. 465; Clergyman's Magazine, vol. xiv., p. 21. 2 Samuel 19:2 . Parker, vol. vii., p. 194. 2 Samuel 19:10 . Spurgeon, Sermons, vol. xiv., No. 808. 2 Samuel 19:14 , 2 Samuel 19:15 . F. W. Krummacher, David the King of Israel, p. 434. 2 Samuel 19:15 . J. M. Neale, Sermons for the Church Year, vol. i., p. 260.