Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
2 Samuel 16:4
I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace. — Literally, I bow myself down; let me find favour.
I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace. — Literally, I bow myself down; let me find favour.
Verse 2 Samuel 16:4. _THINE_ ARE _ALL_] This conduct of David was very rash; he spoiled an honourable man to reward a villain, not giving himself time to look into the circumstances of the case. But...
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...
_Behold, thine are all_, &c. David was rash and hasty in thus treating his grant to Mephibosheth as forfeited by treason without a word of inquiry. This unreflecting impetuosity was a marked fault of...
BEHOLD, THINE ARE ALL THAT PERTAINED UNTO MEPHIBOSHETH— David, too rashly credulous, although of an unsuspected servant against the son of a tried friend, and too hastily resenting his imagined ingrat...
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,...
_THEN SAID THE KING TO ZIBA, BEHOLD, THINE ARE ALL THAT PERTAINED UNTO MEPHIBOSHETH. AND ZIBA SAID, I HUMBLY BESEECH THEE THAT I MAY FIND GRACE IN THY SIGHT, MY LORD, O KING._ No JFB commentary on th...
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 יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ צִבָ֔א הִנֵּ֣ה
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...
_All. In the East, crimes are generally punished with the loss of goods. (Calmet) --- Kings. He intimates that he had not spoken against his master, with a design to obtain his effects. (Menochius)_...
(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...
THEN SAID THE KING TO ZIBA, BEHOLD, THINE [ARE] ALL THAT [PERTAINETH] TO MEPHIBOSHETH,.... Being forfeited to the king by an overt act of treason as they had been before by the rebellion of Ishbosheth...
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee [that] I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. Ver. 4. _Behold, th...
_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...
Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth; all the latter's lands were to be transferred to Ziba for this supposed act of loyalty, whereas, in reality, Ziba wa...
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...
I HUMBLY BESEECH: _ Heb._ I do obeisance...
1-4 Ziba belied Mephibosheth. Great men ought always to be jealous of flatterers, and to be careful that they hear both sides....
THINE ARE ALL THAT PERTAINED UNTO MEPHIBOSHETH; a rash sentence, and unrighteous, to condemn a man unheard, upon the single testimony of his accuser and servant. But David's mind was both clouded by t...
2 Samuel 16:4 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) Ziba H6717 Mephibosheth H4648 Ziba H6717 said H559 (H8799) humbly...
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...
2 Samuel 14:10; 2 Samuel 14:11; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 14:4;...
Behold — A rash sentence, and unrighteous to condemn a man unheard, upon the single testimony of his accuser, and servant. Find grace — Thy favour is more to me, than this gift; which, as a token of t...