2 Samuel 15:13

And there came a messenger to David,.... Perhaps one of the two hundred that went with Absalom, ignorant of his design; which, when discovered, he disapproved of, and got away from him, and came to…

The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom - It is very difficult to account for this general defection of the people. Several reasons are given:

1. David was old or afflicted, and could not…

Here is, I. The notice brought to David of Absalom's rebellion, Sa2 15:13. The matter was bad enough, and yet it seems to have been made worse to him (as such things commonly are) than really it was;…

The king's flight from Jerusalem

For the Psalms written during the Flight see Introd. ch. VIII. § 6, p. 48.