(2 Samuel 5:11-25). David at Jerusalem. Two Philistine Attacks repulsed The Chronicler derives this ch. from Samuel but gives it in a setting of his own. To agree with Samuel it should immediately follow 1 Chronicles 11:9 and should immediately precede 1 Chronicles 13:1. In Samuel the two attempts... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hiram_ Other forms of this name are _Huram_and (1 Kings 5:10; 1 Kings 5:18) _Hirom_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hiram's [first] Embassy to David The dislocation of the narrative mentioned in the last note has concealed the occasion of Hiram's embassy. The narrative of 2 Samuel 5:9-11 suggests that Hiram heard of the building works which David was carrying on at Jerusalem and so sent materials and workmen to... [ Continue Reading ]
_confirmed him king … was lift up … because of his people Israel_ R.V. ESTABLISHED HIM KING … WAS EXALTED … FOR HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL'S SAKE (cp. 2 Samuel 5:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
3 7 (1 Chronicles 3:5-8 and 2 Samuel 5:13-16). David's Family in Jerusalem 3. _moe wives_ In 2 Samuel 5:13 _more concubines and wives_. The Chronicler is inclined to omit or modify statements which tend to David's discredit. _moe = more_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_these_are _the names_ The names seem better preserved here than in either of the parallel passages; cp. notes on 1 Chronicles 3:5-8. _Shammua … Solomon_ All these four are attributed to Bathshua (Bath-sheba) in 1 Chronicles 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Samuel 5:17-25). The Double Repulse of the Philistines 8. _over all Israel_ in 2 Samuel 5:17, _over Israel_. In both passages the reference is no doubt to the later anointing by the whole people (2 Samuel 5:3). _all the Philistines_ The Philistines were thoroughly alarmed at finding all Israel... [ Continue Reading ]
_spread themselves_ R.V. MADE A RAID. In fact both renderings are right; the Philistines scattered themselves in search of spoil. _the valley of Rephaim_ to be identified probably with the shallow valley, now called Beḳâ-a, across which runs the road from Jerusalem to Beth-lehem (_Bädeker_, p. 120)... [ Continue Reading ]
_inquired of God_ probably by means of Urim and Thummim. Cp. Kirkpatrick's notes on 1 Samuel 10:22; 1 Samuel 23:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Baal-perazim_ probably to be identified with the _Mount Perazim_of Isaiah 28:21, but the situation is unknown. _like the breaking forth of waters_ R.V. LIKE THE BREACH OF WATERS, i.e. like the breach made by waters. Probably the scene of the victory was a hill deeply scarred with water-courses. Th... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when they had left their gods there, David_etc.] R.V. AND THEY LEFT THEIR GODS THERE; AND DAVID etc. _David gave a commandment, and they were burnt_ In 2 Samuel 5:21 (R.V.) _David and his men took them away_. The Law (Deuteronomy 7:5; Deuteronomy 7:25) enjoined that graven images were to be bu... [ Continue Reading ]
_yet again_ This invasion of "all the Philistines" (1 Chronicles 14:8) was too serious to be repelled by a single defeat. _spread themselves abroad_ R.V. MADE A RAID (as 1 Chronicles 14:9). _in the valley_ in 2 Samuel 5:22, _in the valley of Rephaim_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Therefore David_ R.V. AND DAVID. _Go not up_ R.V. THOU SHALT NOT GO UP. _Go not up after them_ In 2 Samuel 5:23 the words _after them_are connected with the following verb: _Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them_. In Samuel the command is to assail the rear of the enemy, in Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
_a sound of going_ R.V. THE SOUND OF MARCHING. Targ. _the sound of angels coming to thy help_. LXX. _the sound of shaking_. _thou shalt go out to battle_ Samuel has a more vivid phrase, _thou shalt bestir thyself_. _smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer_ This victory was deci... [ Continue Reading ]