Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 15:13

13 ▪ And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

The generality of the people are for him. Which is not strange, considering, either, first, David, whose many mis[illegible: 1+ letters]arriages had greatly lost him in the hearts of his people. Or, Secondly, The people, whose temper is generally unstable, weary of old things, and desirous of changes, and apt to expect great benefits thereby. Or, Thirdly, Absalom, whose noble Birth, and singular Beauty, and most obliging Carriage, and ample Promises, had won the peoples hearts, considering also that he was David's first-born, to whom the Kingdom of right belonged, and yet that David intended to give away his right to Solomon, which the people thought might prove the occasion of a civil and dreadful War, which hereby they designed to prevent. Or, Fourthly, The Just and Holy God, who ordered and over-ruled all these things for David's chastisement, and the instruction and terror of sinners in all future Ages.