CHOOSE OUT. Septuagint and Vulgate read "choose for myself". MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. I WILL. Ahithophel manifests personal vengeance. See note on 2 Samuel 16:21 with 2 Samuel 17:11. THIS NIGHT. Compare Psalms 4:8; Psalms 4 is concerning inheritances. David's was in jeopardy (2 Samuel 17:2), b... [ Continue Reading ]
PLEASED. was good in the eyes of, AND. and [in the eyes of] all.... [ Continue Reading ]
CALL NOW. Hebrew "Call thou "(compare "thou", 2 Samuel 17:6); but Septuagint and Vulgate read "Call ye".... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNSEL... GIVEN. Hebrew counsel... counselled. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). the good counsel (but "not good "now).... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _gibborim._ App-14. CHAFED. bitter. MINDS. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
VALIANT MEN. sons of valour.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. Figure of speech _Parcemia._ App-6. THOU. thou thyself. Hebrew "thy face". Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, put to emphasise the whole person. to battle. Hebrew. _karat),_ never used of battle (which is _milhamah). Bikkrab,_ rendered "to battle", is an abbreviation for _bekirbah.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. EVIL. the evil. Heb, _ra`a_ '. App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
EN-ROGEL. Now the Virgin's Fount, on east side _of_ Ophel, or Jebus, from which the Zinnor runs up to the citadel. See note on 2 Samuel 5:8. Compare Joshua 15:7; Joshua 18:16, and App-68, on "Zion". A WENCH. a maidservant. Compare Matthew 26:69; Mark 14:66; Luke 22:56; John 18:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT DOWN. Wells mostly dry in summer.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. Probably misdirecting them.... [ Continue Reading ]
JORDAN. Compare Psalms 42:6 and Psa 42:43. both Pss. referring to this period.... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT HIS HOUSEHOLD IN ORDER. gave charge unto his household. HANGED HIMSELF. Not so much because his counsel was not, taken, but because his revenge was not taken on David (see note on 2 Samuel 11:3; 2 Samuel 16:21, and 2 Samuel 17:1), and that the conspiracy must fail. Same word in Matthew 27:5 as... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus). App-6. The whole put for the greater part... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE. set, or appointed. CAPTAIN OF. captain over. ITHRA AN ISRAELITE. Jether an Ishmeelite. See 1 Chronicles 2:17. WENT IN TO. Probably meaning seduced. If so, it would be during David's stay in Moab (1 Samuel 22:3; 1 Samuel 22:4 Abigail. David was probably half-brother to Abigail, and Zeruiah,... [ Continue Reading ]
NAHASH. Compare 2 Samuel 10:2. MACHIR. He had brought up Mephibosheth. Compare 2 Samuel 9:1... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6), 2 Samuel 17:28 and 2 Samuel 17:29, emphasising the items.... [ Continue Reading ]
BUTTER. Scarce in Lo-debar. Compare 2 Samuel 9:4. The word means place of "no pasture".... [ Continue Reading ]