2 Samuel 21:1
FAMINE. One of the thirteen mentioned. See note on Genesis 12:10. YEAR AFTER YEAR. the year after that year: i.e. 932. David being now fifty-eight. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
FAMINE. One of the thirteen mentioned. See note on Genesis 12:10. YEAR AFTER YEAR. the year after that year: i.e. 932. David being now fifty-eight. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIBEONITES. Compare Joshua 9:3; Joshua 9:16; Joshua 9:17. NOW. Note the Figure of speech _Parenthesis.App-6._ WERE. they [were]. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
COASTS. borders.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
MICHAL. Some codices, cited in the _Massorah,_ with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Merab", as in 1 Samuel 18:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. lords, or masters (Hebrew. _baalim). Compare_ 1 Samuel 31:10; 1 Samuel 31:13. STREET. The open space by the gate (2 Chronicles 32:6; Nehemiah 8:1; Nehemiah 8:3; Nehemiah 8:16). WHEN. in the day.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND JONATHAN. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Septuagint, read "the bones of Jonathan". ALL. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "according to all". GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAR AGAIN. 930-923 B.C. WAXED FAINT. David was now sixty.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIANT. Rapha. See App-23 and App-25, THOUGHT TO HAVE SLAIN, or, said he would _slay._... [ Continue Reading ]
LIGHT. lamp. Compare Genesis 15:17; 1 Kings 15:4.Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20, though not the same word in Genesis 15:17,... [ Continue Reading ]
GOB. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "Nob".... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BROTHER OF GOLIATH. Omit the italics, and understand another giant of the same name as the Goliath of 1 Samuel 17. STAFF. Hebrew "wood", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for what was made from it. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEFIED. reproached.... [ Continue Reading ]