1 Chronicles 14:1
HIRAM. See note on 2 Samuel 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIRAM. See note on 2 Samuel 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MORE WIVES. Compare 1 Chronicles 3:9; 2 Samuel 5:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN: of both sexes.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEELIADA. In 2 Samuel 5:16 called Eliada, which was. later name, perhaps changed from Beeliada because of the name "Baal", or lord, which, at first innocent, came to be associated with idolatry. See note on 1 Chronicles 8:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEK. search for. Hebrew. _bakkesh,_ especially to seek for blood or life. Compare 2 Samuel 4:11, "require". WENT OUT AGAINST THEM. 2 Samuel 5:17 says "went down to the hold". But this was earlier; for the later command was "thou shalt bestir thyself", which corresponds with the command "Go up" (1... [ Continue Reading ]
REPHAIM. Rapha. See note on 1 Chronicles 11:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. In 2 Samuel 5:19 it is Jehovah. Here, it is God's power as Creator. In 2 Samuel 5:19 it is Jehovah's faithfulness to David. Both pleas were in David's mind, and the accounts are complementary. Compare them in this narrative. Here, Elohim six times; Jehovah once. In. Sam... [ Continue Reading ]
LEFT THEIR GODS. Compare 1 Samuel 4:7. THEY WERE BURNED WITH FIRE. This is supplementary information. In 2 Samuel 5:21 David "took them away": i.e. to burn them, as recorded here.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIBEON. In 2 Samuel 5:25, Geba. But both places were close together, and the accounts are independent. GAZER. Gezer. See note on 1 Kings 9:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL NATIONS. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus), App-6, put for nations in all parts of the world.... [ Continue Reading ]