Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 16:12
It may be; he speaks doubtfully, because he was conscious that by his sins he had forfeited all his claim to God's promises. The Lord will look on mine affliction with an eye of commiseration.
It may be; he speaks doubtfully, because he was conscious that by his sins he had forfeited all his claim to God's promises. The Lord will look on mine affliction with an eye of commiseration.
HIS CURSING - Another reading has “my curse,” i. e., the curse that has fallen upon me. David recognizes in every word and action that he was receiving the due reward of his sin, and that which Nathan...
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...
LOOK ON MINE AFFLICTION. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the _Sopherim_ (App-33). The primitive text reads "Jehovah will behold with His eye". This was thought to be too anthropomorphic, an...
David cursed by Shimei 5. _Bahurim_ See note on ch. 2 Samuel 3:16. _Shimei_ See ch. 2 Samuel 19:16-23; 1 Kings 2:8-9. His connexion with the clan of Saul accounts for the virulence of his hatred
_mine affliction_ This reading is supported by the Sept. and Vulg. and is probably right. Cp. Psalms 25:18. The _Qrî_has _mine eye_, which is explained to mean _my grief_, but the expression is unpara...
DISCOURSE: 321 DAVID’S PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE 2 Samuel 16:5. And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of...
WHEN KING DAVID CAME TO BAHURIM, BEHOLD, THENCE CAME OUT—SHIMEI—AND CURSED.— This vile and calumnious treatment of Shimei was one of the severest trials of patience that ever human magnanimity endured...
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,...
_IT MAY BE THAT THE LORD WILL LOOK ON MINE AFFLICTION, AND THAT THE LORD WILL REQUITE ME GOOD FOR HIS_ _ IT MAY BE THAT THE LORD WILL LOOK ON MINE AFFLICTION, AND THAT THE LORD WILL REQUITE ME GOOD FO...
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...
LOOK ON MINE AFFLICTION. — The English here follows the LXX. and Vulg. The Hebrew margin has _mine eye,_ but the text has _my iniquity,_ which is probably the true sense. David expresses the hope that...
אוּלַ֛י יִרְאֶ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה _בְּ_†_עֵינִ֑י_† וְ הֵשִׁ֨יב...
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...
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will (g) requite me good for his cursing this day. (g) Meaning, that the Lord will send comfort to his, when they are oppressed...
_Affliction, of which he makes a sort of sacrifice, being convinced that God will not reject the contrite and humble heart, Psalm l. 19. (Calmet)_...
(9) Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. (10) And the king said, What have I to do 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...
IT MAY BE THAT THE LORD WILL LOOK ON MINE AFFLICTION,.... Through the rebellion of his son, and now aggravated by the cursing of Shimei; that is, with an eye of pity and commiseration, and deliver him...
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. Ver. 12. _It may be the Lord will look on mine affliction._] Heb., On mine eye,...
_It may be the Lord will look on mine affliction_, &c. He means that, although this was a chastisement from God upon him, yet if he bore it as became him, it might become a means of mercy to him. His...
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...
ZIBA AND SHIMEI...
It may be that the Lord will look on mine affliction, on the guilt of sins which David really had, since he felt that he had deeply offended the Lord, though not in the matter mentioned by Shimei, AND...
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...
AFFLICTION: Or, tears: _Heb._ eye...
5-14 David bore Shimei's curses much better than Ziba's flatteries; by these he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by those to pass a right judgment on himself: the world's smiles are m...
2 Samuel 16:12 LORD H3068 look H7200 (H8799) affliction H5869 (H8675) H6040 LORD H3068 repay H7725 ...
DAVID IS CURSED BY A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL (2 SAMUEL 16:5). We will have noted that up to this point each person who had approached David had been evidence to him that YHWH was with him: · The...
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...
_Let him alone, let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him._ THE GROUNDS OF DAVID’S FORBEARANCE TOWARDS SHIMEI David, in his adversity, receives from Shimei an undeserved, cruel, and most irritating...
_Shimei the son of Gera; he came forth, and cursed still as he came._ THE FORBEARANCE OF DAVID TOWARDS SHIMEI I. The provocation David received. 1. The most irritating by which the patience of man w...
_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...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:5. “BAHURIM.” (See note on 2 Samuel 3:16). 2 Samuel 16:6. “ON HIS RIGHT HAND,” etc. _i.e._, “On the right and left of the king.” _(Keil)_....
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 Peter 4:12; 1 Samuel 1:11; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:7;...