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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...
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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)
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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...
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I HUMBLY BESEECH THEE THAT I MAY FIND GRACE. — Literally, _I bow
myself down; let me find favour.
_...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ צִבָ֔א
הִנֵּ֣ה
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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
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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...
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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...
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_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)_...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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ZIBA AND SHIMEI...
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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...
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I HUMBLY BESEECH:
_ Heb._ I do obeisance...
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1-4 Ziba belied Mephibosheth. Great men ought always to be jealous of
flatterers, and to be careful that they hear both sides....
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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...
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2 Samuel 16:4 king H4428 said H559 (H8799) Ziba H6717 Mephibosheth
H4648 Ziba H6717 said H559 (H8799) humbly...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Samuel 14:10; 2 Samuel 14:11; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 14:4;...
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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...