George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Samuel 16:3
Father: a very improbable story, as the son of Jonathan was lame, and all Israel had declared for Absalom. (Menochius)
Father: a very improbable story, as the son of Jonathan was lame, and all Israel had declared for Absalom. (Menochius)
Verse 2 Samuel 16:3. _TO-DAY SHALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL_] What a base wretch was Ziba! and how unfounded was this accusation against the peaceable, loyal and innocent Mephibosheth!...
THY MASTER’S SON - Meaning Saul’s grandson 2 Samuel 9:6. David asks the question, evidently hurt at the apparent ingratitude of Mephibosheth. It is impossible to say whether Mephibosheth was quite gui...
6. THE SORROWS AND TESTINGS OF THE KING CHAPTER 16 _ 1. Lying Ziba (2 Samuel 16:1)_ 2. Shimei curses and stones David (2 Samuel 16:5) 3. Absalom enters Jerusalem (2 Samuel 16:15) 4
Soon after passing the summit of the Mt. of Olives David is met by Ziba, the servant of Meri-baal (2 Samuel 4:4), with a present of two asses laden with provisions. Ziba, representing that Meri-baal h...
HE SAID. This was slander. See 2 Samuel 19:24, and compare the two Structures....
_thy master's son_ Mephibosheth is called the son, i.e. grandson, of Ziba's lord Saul in ch. 2 Samuel 9:9. David was hurt by Mephibosheth's apparent ingratitude. _for he said, To day_, &c. That Ziba w...
2. The Role of Absalom in Jerusalem, 2 Samuel 16:1-23. _The People Divided._ 2 Samuel 16:1-14 And when David was a little past the top _of the hill,_ behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him,...
_AND THE KING SAID, AND WHERE IS THY MASTER'S SON? AND ZIBA SAID UNTO THE KING, BEHOLD, HE ABIDETH AT JERUSALEM: FOR HE SAID, TO DAY SHALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL RESTORE ME THE KINGDOM OF MY FATHER._ To...
ZIBA, SHIMEI, AND AHITHOPHEL David, during his flight, is assisted by Ziba, but is cursed by Shimei. The cause of Absalom is promoted by the wise counsel of Ahithophel....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 16 DAVID AND ZIBA V1 David had just passed the top of the hill. Ziba, who was Mephibosheth’s servant, met David. Ziba had a row of...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ אַיֵּ֖ה בֶּן
CHAPTER XXI. _ FROM JERUSALEM TO MAHANAIM._ 2 Samuel 16:1; 2 Samuel 17:15 and 2 Samuel 17:24. AS David proceeds on his painful journey, there flows from his heart a gentle current of humble contrite
A DAY THAT REVEALED CHARACTER 2 Samuel 16:1 There may have been some truth in Ziba's statement, but we should balance it with 2 Samuel 19:24. Shimei vented the spleen of the house of Saul. He probabl...
David's sorrows multiplied. Those recorded here are typical. Ziba, a man who for purely selfish reasons took advantage of temporary trouble to traduce an absent friend, was utterly despicable, and the...
(2) And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, tha...
In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 14 THROUGH 20. David's partiality for Absalom had yet other and more painful results, and heavy chastisements. It is painful to see the conqueror of Goliath d...
AND THE KING SAID, AND WHERE [IS] THY MASTER'S SON?.... The son of Saul, who was Ziba's master, meaning Mephibosheth: AND ZIBA SAID UNTO THE KING, BEHOLD, HE ABIDETH AT JERUSALEM; as there was reason...
And the king said, And where [is] thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. Ve...
_He said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore me_, &c. This was a fiction, but not badly contrived; for the family of David being so divided, and one part enraged against another, it was possible...
1 Ziba by presents and false suggestions, obtaineth his masters inheritance. 5 At Bahurim Shimei curseth Dauid. 9 Dauid with patience abstaineth, and restraineth others from reuenge. 15 Hushai insi...
And the king said, And where is thy master's son, Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan? AND ZIBAH, taking this opportunity to cast an unfounded suspicion upon his master, SAID UNTO THE KING, BEHOLD, HE A...
ZIBA AND SHIMEI...
Passing over the mountain, David was met by Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who had with him two donkeys carrying a large provision of bread, raisins and summer fruits, as well as a skin of wine. Qu...
1-4 Ziba belied Mephibosheth. Great men ought always to be jealous of flatterers, and to be careful that they hear both sides....
Which though it might seem a very unlikely thing, yet such vain expectations do often get into the minds of men; nor was it impossible, that when David's family was thus divided, and one part engaged...
2 Samuel 16:3 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) masters H113 son H1121 Ziba H6717 said H559 (H8799) king...
THE ARRIVAL OF ZIBA, SERVANT OF MEPHIBOSHETH (2 SAMUEL 16:1). We must recognise that at the precise time when Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, arrived with his provisions, David was not thinking str...
CONTENTS: False servant of Mephibosheth. Shimea curses David. Absalom takes Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, David, Abishai, Ziba, Shimei, Absalom, Hushai, Ahitophel. CONCLUSION: A humble and tender spir...
2 Samuel 16:3. _Where is thy master's son?_ Ziba had been servant to Jonathan. Here is another sad case superinduced by a civil war. Mephibosheth, a prince at the mercy of a covetous and a lying serva...
_And when David was a little past the top of the hill._ IMPATIENCE AND SUBMISSION Mephibosheth, it will be recollected, was the only son of Jonathan. Now, when David was a little past the top of the...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 16:1 ZIBA, the SERVANT OF MEPHIBOSHETH (the disabled grandson of Saul, whom David had taken into his care; see ch....
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:1. “MET HIM.” “Ziba had therefore gone on in advance of the army (as Hushai did) in order more easily to secure David’s attention after the first disorder w...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 16:1 ZIBA THE SERVANT OF MEPHIBOSHETH. It is the misfortune of troubled times like those in which David found himself, that unscrupulous men use them for selfish purposes. For tho...
And when David was a little past the top of the hill, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of donkeys that were loaded down with bread, raisins, summer fruits, a bottle of wine. Dav...
1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Samuel 19:24; 2 Samuel 9:10;...