1 a For certein of the Reubenites, Gadites, & of the halfe tribe, colde not beare the insolencie of the sonne against the father, & therefore joyned with Dauid.
3 b Signifying, that a good gouernour oght to be so deare vnto his people, that they wil rather lose their liues, then that oght shulde come vnto him.
9 / This is a terrible example of God vengeance against them that are rebels or disobedient to their parents.
9 ! Absalom is hanged slaine, and cast in a pit.
20 g For Joab bare a good affection to Ahimaaz, & douted how Dauid wold take the reporte of Absaloms death.
27 i He had had experience of his fidelitie, {Chap. 17,21}
33 l Because he considered bothe the judgement of God against his sinne, & colde not, otherwise hide his fatherly affection toward his sonne.
33 ! Dauid lamenteth the death of Absalom.