AT THE TIME, &c.: i. e, the next spring. CHILDREN. sons. RABBAH. The capital of Ammon (Deuteronomy 3:11.Joshua 13:25; Joshua 13:25). BUT DAVID TARRIED. Note contrast with "kings" going forth, above, and this word "But".... [ Continue Reading ]
WASHING. bathing. Probably in the court below.... [ Continue Reading ]
BATH-SHEBA. Called Bath-shua, 1 Chronicles 3:5. ELIAM. Called "Ammiel", 1 Chronicles 3:5. The son of Ahithophel (2 Samuel 23:34). URIAH. One of David's faithful soldiers (2 Samuel 23:39. Married the daughter of Eliam (2 Samuel 11:3), who was the son of Ahithophel (2 Samuel 23:34). This relationship... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. and when. PURIFIED. Compare Leviticus 15:18. It is possible to be more punctilious about the ceremonial Law than the moral Law.... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT AND TOLD: that David might shield her from the death penalty (Leviticus 20:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
DOOR. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY SOUL. thou (emph.) Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. MEN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh.App-14._... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM. from off, as in 2 Samuel 11:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUBBESHETH (Judges 9:1). Jerubbaal. Baal-lord, Bosheth. shame; changed by Holy Ghost here to suit his idolatry (Judges 8:27), and now David's sin.. woman, one of the ten deaths caused by. woman. See note, Judges 4:21, PIECE. upper piece. MILLSTONE. One of the "despised" things used. See note on... [ Continue Reading ]
ENTERING. entrance.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISPLEASE THEE. be evil in thine eyes. This event put David in Joab's power, which Joab freely used. David was not tongue-tied in 2 Samuel 3:29. but from now he had to endure Joab's insolence, being too suspicious to trust him, and too weak to dismiss him. Compare 2 Samuel 14:19; 2 Samuel 19:7; 1 Ki... [ Continue Reading ]
MOURNED. made lamentations.... [ Continue Reading ]
SENT. Not till nine months after. THE _ LORD_. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]