CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 22:1. This Psalm, with a few unimportant variations, is identical with the eighteenth in the Psalter. Wordsworth suggests that the modifications which there appear, where the title has “to the chief musician,” may be accounted for from the circumstance that in... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 22:20. “LARGE PLACE.” Lit. _the broad_, a condition of freedom and safety in contrast with the straits and dangers of the past. 2 Samuel 22:21. _The Lord rewarded_, or, requited. Alexander in Psalms 18 translates the verbs of this clause into the future tens... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 22:29. “LAMP.” “While _light_ is always the symbol of good fortune and well-being (Job 18:5), the burning lamp denotes the source of lasting happiness and joyful strength.” (Job 18:6; Psalms 132:17; compare Isaiah 42:3; Isaiah 43:17). (_Erdmann_.) 2 Samuel 22... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Samuel 22:41. “THE NECK,” or “THE BACK.” Made them turn to flee. (See Exodus 23:27.) 2 Samuel 22:43. “AS THE DUST.” “This language may be only expressive of that contempt in which ancient conquerors were wont to indulge when speaking of their foes. But it is literally true that they might soon be... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES 2 Samuel 22:47. “THE LORD LIVETH.” In contrast to imaginary gods or dead idols. Some modern expositors understand this to be equivalent to the acclamation uttered at the coronation of an earthly monarch, but Keil, Alexander, Erdrnann, and others, point out that this wo... [ Continue Reading ]