Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Samuel 18:3

3 But the people answered, Thou shall not go forth : for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us : [illegible: 1 word] now it is better that thou succour us out of the city .

For this was Absalom's great error, into which he was drawn by a Divine infatuation, and by Hushai's craft to go to Battel in his own person, which was the utter ruin of him and of his Cause.

Not onely for the Dignity of thy Person▪ but also for the importance of our common cause and concern, which, if thou art slain, is irrecoverably lost.

By sending us Supplies of Men, and Provisions of all sorts, as we have occasion; and by securing our retreat, if we be defeated. Or thus: not go along to the Battel with us, but onely go out with us, or accompany us out of the City (to incourage the Company) and then retire for thy own safety. And so it seems by the next Verse.

Marginal references: Chap. 21▪ [illegible: 1 word].; Heb. [illegible: 1 word] their heart on us.; Heb. a[illegible: 1+ letters] ten thousand of us.; Heb. be to succour.