Calves. Many translate the Hebrew, "cheese of kine." (Theodotion) --- "Calves fed with milk." (Haydock) --- Wilderness, where they had been; unless this be placed out of its natural order. (Calmet) --- The value of a present depends greatly on the time when it is made. (Haydock) --- "How much dost thou esteem a hospitable reception in a wilderness?" &c. (Seneca, Ben. vi. 15.)
CHEESE OF KINE - Or, as others, “milch cows,” which is more in accordance with the context, being coupled with “sheep,” and is more or less borne out etymologically by the Arabic. God’s care for David...
7. ABSALOM, AHITOPHEL, AND HUSHAI CHAPTER 17 _ 1. The counsel of Ahitophel and Hushai (2 Samuel 17:1)_ 2. The counsel made known to David (2 Samuel 17:15) 3. Ahitophel commits suicide (2 Sam
DAVID COMES TO MAHANAIM (J). 2 Samuel 17:15. Meanwhile David was in constant communication with his agents in Jerusalem through Jonathan and Ahimaaz. But one day, apparently when the news of Ahithoph...
BUTTER. Scarce in Lo-debar. Compare 2 Samuel 9:4. The word means place of "no pasture"....
_butter_ Curdled milk is probably meant, called _leben_by the modern Arabs, and greatly esteemed as a refreshing drink. Cp. Judges 5:25. _cheese of kine_ So the Targum explains a word which occurs he...
Loyal reception of David at Mahanaim 27. _when David was come to Mahanaim_ The narrative is continued from 2 Samuel 17:24. What follows happened immediately on David's arrival there. _Shobi the son o...
BROUGHT BEDS, AND BASONS, &C.— Dr. Russell tells us, "that _burgle_ is very commonly used among the Christians of Aleppo;" and in a note he informs us, "that this burgle is _wheat boiled,_ then bruise...
_David Helped by the Gileadites._ 2 Samuel 17:25-29 25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa _was_ a man's son, whose name _was_ Ithra an Israelite, that went in to...
_AND HONEY, AND BUTTER, AND SHEEP, AND CHEESE OF KINE, FOR DAVID, AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, TO EAT: FOR THEY SAID, THE PEOPLE IS HUNGRY, AND WEARY, AND THIRSTY, IN THE WILDERNESS._ In th...
THE FALL OF AHITHOPHEL Absalom follows the advice of Hushai rather than that of Ahithophel, who thereupon hangs himself. David retreats to Mahanaim....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 17 AHITHOPHEL AND HUSHAI ADVISE ABSALOM V1 Then Ahithophel said to Absalom, ‘Let me choose 12 000 men. I will go and chase David t...
CHEESE OF KINE. — A word occurring only here, and of uncertain meaning. The English follows the Chald., Syr., and Rabbinic interpretation; the Vulg. has “fat calves,” and Theod. “sucking calves.”...
וּ דְבַ֣שׁ וְ חֶמְאָ֗ה וְ צֹאן֙ וּ
THE HELPERS OF THE KING 2 Samuel 17:15 The two young men were narrowly watched, and had it not been for the deception practiced on Absalom's servants by the mistress of the house at Bahurim, they wou...
Ahithophel counseled immediate war-like activity. As David had not gone far, and could not have gathered round him any large number of men, let a company be sent to capture him, and that immediately....
REFLECTIONS READER! let not this chapter pass away from our review, until that we have first gathered from it those gracious instructions, the HOLY GHOST so kindly gives us in it. Do you not behold, i...
(24) Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. (25) And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, w...
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 HONEY AND BUTTER,.... Honey was much in use with the ancients; Homer b speaks of it as a part of the provisions at a feast, and as food with which persons were nourished and brought up; and the an...
_Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels_ All manner of household stuff; _and wheat, and barley, and flour, and corn_ That is, various kinds of provision, which they now wanted. _For they said,...
1 Ahithophels counsell is ouerthrowen by Hushais, according to Gods appointment. 15 Secret intelligence is sent vnto Dauid. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himselfe. 25 Amasa is made captaine. 27 Dauid at M...
and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, a milk-food on the order of cottage cheese, FOR DAVID, AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM, TO EAT; FOR THEY SAID, THE PEOPLE IS HUNGRY AND WEAR...
DAVID IN THE COUNTRY EAST OF JORDAN...
Ahithophel discerned clearly that if Absalom was to gain any victory over David he must strike quickly. Satan knows that the only way to establish the anti-christ in power is to destroy the true Chris...
22-29 Ahithophel hanged himself for vexation that his counsel was not followed. That will break a proud man's heart which will not break a humble man's sleep. He thought himself in danger, concluding...
i.e. Having been IN THE WILDERNESS; which is an easy and common ellipsis. Or, because of (so the Hebrew particle _beth_ is oft used) _the wilderness_, which they have passed through, in which provisio...
2 Samuel 17:29 honey H1706 curds H2529 sheep H6629 cheese H8194 herd H1241 David H1732 people H5971 eat H398 ...
CONTENTS: Conflicting counsel of Ahitophel and Hushai. CHARACTERS: God, David, Absalom, Ahitophel, Hushai, Shobi, Machir, Barzillai, Ahimaaz, Jonathan, Amasa, Joab. CONCLUSION: It is to the comfort...
2 Samuel 17:17. _En-rogel_ was near Jerusalem. Joshua 15:7. 2 Samuel 17:21. _Thus hath Ahithophel counselled._ This disclosure of Absalom's plans saved David from being surprised, and drove him across...
_When David was come to Mahanaim._ MAHANAIM, OR HOSTS OF ANGELS (with Genesis 32:27; Genesis 32:29):--Let us go even unto Mahanaim and see these great sights. First, let us go with Jacob and see the...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 17:24 From the place where he crossed the Jordan River (see 2 Samuel 16:14), David had traveled another 37 miles (59 km) north....
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 17:27 MAHANAIM, a city in the deep canyon of the Jabbok River, is where Saul’s son Ish-bosheth had set up his capital before David became king ...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 17:25. “AN ISRAELITE.” Rather, as in 1 Chronicles 2:17, an _Ishmaelite_. He was an illegitimate son. “From the description here given of Abigail as a daughter...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 17:1 LET ME NOW CHOOSE OUT TWELVE THOUSAND MEN. The advice of Ahithophel was such as would have made success almost certain. The rebellion had taken David by surprise, and he was...
Last week we left David in very sad shape. His son Absalom had rebelled against him, had gone down to Hebron and had gathered Israel to his support, who he had gradually been enticing away from his fa...
1 Samuel 17:18; 2 Samuel 16:14; 2 Samuel 16:2; 2 Samuel 17:2;...
In — Having been in the wilderness. Thus God sometimes makes up to his people that comfort from strangers, which they are disappointed of in their own families....