_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER THIS, THAT ABSALOM PREPARED HIM CHARIOTS AND HORSES, AND FIFTY MEN TO RUN BEFORE HIM._ Prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him, х_ RAATSIYM_ (H7323)] - running footmen. Persons of quality, who ride on horseback, and still more those who are conve... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABSALOM ROSE UP EARLY, AND STOOD BESIDE THE WAY OF THE GATE: AND IT WAS SO, THAT WHEN ANY MAN THAT HAD A CONTROVERSY CAME TO THE KING FOR JUDGMENT, THEN ABSALOM CALLED UNTO HIM, AND SAID, OF WHAT CITY ART THOU? AND HE SAID, THY SERVANT IS OF ONE OF THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL._ Absalom rose up early,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABSALOM SAID UNTO HIM, SEE, THY MATTERS ARE GOOD AND RIGHT; BUT THERE IS NO MAN DEPUTED OF THE KING TO HEAR THEE._ There is no man deputed of the king to hear thee х_ WªSHOMEEA`_ (H8085) _ 'EEYN_ (H369) _ LªKAA _ (H3807a) _ MEE'EET_ (H853) _ HAMELEK_ (H4428)] there is none made (appointed) to... [ Continue Reading ]
_ABSALOM SAID MOREOVER, OH THAT I WERE MADE JUDGE IN THE LAND, THAT EVERY MAN WHICH HATH ANY SUIT OR CAUSE MIGHT COME UNTO ME, AND I WOULD DO HIM JUSTICE!_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS AFTER FORTY YEARS, THAT ABSALOM SAID UNTO THE KING, I PRAY THEE, LET ME GO AND PAY MY VOW, WHICH I HAVE VOWED UNTO THE LORD, IN HEBRON._ After forty years. It is generally admitted that an error has here crept into the text, and that instead of х_ 'ARBAA`IYM_ (H705)], "forty",... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THY SERVANT VOWED A VOW WHILE I ABODE AT GESHUR IN SYRIA, SAYING, IF THE LORD SHALL BRING ME AGAIN INDEED TO JERUSALEM, THEN I WILL SERVE THE LORD._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT ABSALOM SENT SPIES THROUGHOUT ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL, SAYING, AS SOON AS YE HEAR THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET, THEN YE SHALL SAY, ABSALOM REIGNETH IN HEBRON._ Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel. These emissaries were to sound the inclinations of the people, to further the int... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WITH ABSALOM WENT TWO HUNDRED MEN OUT OF JERUSALEM, THAT WERE CALLED; AND THEY WENT IN THEIR SIMPLICITY, AND THEY KNEW NOT ANY THING._ Two hundred men ... that were called - from their quality, reputation, and high standing, such as would create an impression that the king patronized the movem... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ABSALOM SENT FOR AHITHOPHEL THE GILONITE, DAVID'S COUNSELLOR, FROM HIS CITY, EVEN FROM GILOH, WHILE HE OFFERED SACRIFICES. AND THE CONSPIRACY WAS STRONG; FOR THE PEOPLE INCREASED CONTINUALLY WITH ABSALOM._ Absalom sent for Ahithophel - who he knew was ready to join the revolt, through disgust... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE CAME A MESSENGER TO DAVID, SAYING, THE HEARTS OF THE MEN OF ISRAEL ARE AFTER ABSALOM._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID UNTO ALL HIS SERVANTS THAT WERE WITH HIM AT JERUSALEM, ARISE, AND LET US FLEE; FOR WE SHALL NOT ELSE ESCAPE FROM ABSALOM: MAKE SPEED TO DEPART, LEST HE OVERTAKE US SUDDENLY, AND BRING EVIL UPON US, AND SMITE THE CITY WITH THE EDGE OF THE SWORD._ David said ... Arise and let us flee.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING'S SERVANTS SAID UNTO THE KING, BEHOLD, THY SERVANTS ARE READY TO DO WHATSOEVER MY LORD THE KING SHALL APPOINT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL HIS SERVANTS PASSED ON BESIDE HIM; AND ALL THE CHERETHITES, AND ALL THE PELETHITES, AND ALL THE GITTITES, SIX HUNDRED MEN WHICH CAME AFTER HIM FROM GATH, PASSED ON BEFORE THE KING._ All the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, х_ HA-KªREETIY_ (H3774) _ WªKAAL_ (H3605) _ HA-PªLEETIY _ (H643... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN SAID THE KING TO ITTAI THE GITTITE, WHEREFORE GOEST THOU ALSO WITH US? RETURN TO THY PLACE, AND ABIDE WITH THE KING: FOR THOU ART A STRANGER, AND ALSO AN EXILE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID TO ITTAI, GO AND PASS OVER. AND ITTAI THE GITTITE PASSED OVER, AND ALL HIS MEN, AND ALL THE LITTLE ONES THAT WERE WITH HIM._ Ittai ... pass over ... and all the little ones that were with him. It is characteristic of Oriental people that they carry their whole family along with them... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ALL THE COUNTRY WEPT WITH A LOUD VOICE, AND ALL THE PEOPLE PASSED OVER: THE KING ALSO HIMSELF PASSED OVER THE BROOK KIDRON, AND ALL THE PEOPLE PASSED OVER, TOWARD THE WAY OF THE WILDERNESS._ The brook Kidron - a winter torrent that flows through the valley between the city and the eastern side... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LO ZADOK ALSO, AND ALL THE LEVITES WERE WITH HIM, BEARING THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF GOD: AND THEY SET DOWN THE ARK OF GOD; AND ABIATHAR WENT UP, UNTIL ALL THE PEOPLE HAD DONE PASSING OUT OF THE CITY._ Zadok also, and all the Levites ... bearing the ark. Knowing the strong religious feelings o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING SAID UNTO ZADOK, CARRY BACK THE ARK OF GOD INTO THE CITY: IF I SHALL FIND FAVOUR IN THE EYES OF THE LORD, HE WILL BRING ME AGAIN, AND SHEW ME BOTH IT, AND HIS HABITATION:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEE, I WILL TARRY IN THE PLAIN OF THE WILDERNESS, UNTIL THERE COME WORD FROM YOU TO CERTIFY ME._ I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness х_ Bª`ARBOWT_ (H6160) _ HAMIDBAAR_ (H4057)] - in the plains (Arabahs) of the wilderness. Stanley (Smith's 'Dictionary,' article 'David') renders it, 'at the... [ Continue Reading ]
_ZADOK THEREFORE AND ABIATHAR CARRIED THE ARK OF GOD AGAIN TO JERUSALEM: AND THEY TARRIED THERE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID WENT UP BY THE ASCENT OF MOUNT OLIVET, AND WEPT AS HE WENT UP, AND HAD HIS HEAD COVERED, AND HE WENT BAREFOOT: AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WAS WITH HIM COVERED EVERY MAN HIS HEAD, AND THEY WENT UP, WEEPING AS THEY WENT UP._ The ascent of mount Olivet - so called from its olive groves. Its si... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ONE TOLD DAVID, SAYING, AHITHOPHEL IS AMONG THE CONSPIRATORS WITH ABSALOM. AND DAVID SAID, O LORD, I PRAY THEE, TURN THE COUNSEL OF AHITHOPHEL INTO FOOLISHNESS._ O Lord ... turn the counsel of Ahithophel. This senator being the mainstay of the conspiracy, his defection stung David most acutely... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN DAVID WAS COME TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNT, WHERE HE WORSHIPPED GOD, BEHOLD,_ _ HUSHAI THE ARCHITE CAME TO MEET HIM WITH HIS COAT RENT, AND EARTH UPON HIS HEAD:_ Top of the mount, where he worshipped - looking toward Jerusalem, where were the ark and tabernacle. HUSHAI... [ Continue Reading ]