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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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MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14.
CAST DUST. Hebrew "dusted him with dust". Figure of speech
_Polyptoton_ (App-6): i.e. cast much dust....
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David cursed by Shimei
5. _Bahurim_ See note on ch. 2 Samuel 3:16.
_Shimei_ See ch. 2 Samuel 19:16-23; 1 Kings 2:8-9. His connexion with
the clan of Saul accounts for the virulence of his hatred
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_on the hill's side_ See note on 2 Samuel 16:6....
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WHEN KING DAVID CAME TO BAHURIM, BEHOLD, THENCE CAME
OUT—SHIMEI—AND CURSED.— This vile and calumnious treatment of
Shimei was one of the severest trials of patience that ever human
magnanimity endured...
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AND AS DAVID AND HIS MEN WENT BY THE WAY, SHIMEI—CAST DUST— When
the Consul whom Dr. Pococke attended entered Cairo, the Doctor tells
us, "according to an _ancient custom of state,_ a man went before,...
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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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_AND AS DAVID AND HIS MEN WENT BY THE WAY, SHIMEI WENT ALONG ON THE
HILL'S SIDE OVER AGAINST HIM, AND CURSED AS HE WENT, AND THREW STONES
AT HIM, AND CAST DUST._
Went along on the hill's side over ag...
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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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וַ יֵּ֧לֶךְ דָּוִ֛ד וַ אֲנָשָׁ֖יו בַּ
†...
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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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THE TRUE KING'S LOYAL FRIEND
2 Samuel 16:13
There are always some alleviations in our trials. Every cloud is edged
with a silver or golden fringe. Shimei may curse, but Ittai swears
allegiance; Zado...
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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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_Earth, like a man in fury, Acts xxii. 23._...
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(13) And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on
the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw
stones at him, and cast dust. (14) And the king, and all the peop...
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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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AND AS DAVID AND HIS MEN WENT BY THE WAY,.... In the high road that
led to Bahurim, taking no notice of the cursing of Shimei, which made
him bolder and more impudent; here is a large pause in the Heb...
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And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the
hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones
at him, and cast dust.
Ver. 13. _And cursed as he went, and th...
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_Shimei went along on the hill's side_ David's patience but more
inflamed Shimei's insolence. And as David and his servants marched
along, Shimei kept pace with them upon the side of an adjacent hill;...
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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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ZIBA AND SHIMEI...
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And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the
hill's side over against him, separated from the army of David by the
valley, AND CURSED AS HE WENT, AND THREW STONES AT HIM, AND CAS...
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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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CAST DUST:
_ Heb._ dusted him with dust...
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5-14 David bore Shimei's curses much better than Ziba's flatteries;
by these he was brought to pass a wrong judgment on another, by those
to pass a right judgment on himself: the world's smiles are m...
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Not that he could reach him or hurt him with it; but only as an
expression of contempt. And the like is to be thought concerning the
stones, wherewith he could not think to reach David, when he was
en...
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DAVID IS CURSED BY A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL (2 SAMUEL 16:5).
We will have noted that up to this point each person who had
approached David had been evidence to him that YHWH was with him:
· The...
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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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_Shimei the son of Gera; he came forth, and cursed still as he came._
THE FORBEARANCE OF DAVID TOWARDS SHIMEI
I. The provocation David received.
1. The most irritating by which the patience of man w...
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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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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.—
2 Samuel 16:5. “BAHURIM.” (See note on 2 Samuel 3:16).
2 Samuel 16:6. “ON HIS RIGHT HAND,” etc. _i.e._, “On the right
and left of the king.” _(Keil)_....
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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 16:5; 2 Samuel 16:6; Acts 23:23...