2 Samuel 19:1
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
COVERED HIS FACE. Symbol of mourning. Occurs only here. MY SON... MY SON. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis.App-6._ Compare 2 Samuel 18:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIFE... LIVES. soul... souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13 and note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECLARED. made clear.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. Note the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis_ (App-6), to emphasise the completeness of Joab's reasoning. COMFORTABLY. Hebrew. _al-leb,_ to the heart. Compare Isaiah 40:2. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. Note this name for Absalom's forces (2 Samuel 17:24; 2 Samuel 17:26; 2 Samuel 18:6; 2 Samuel 18:7). MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. RDRT rdrs rdrw5 rdrcf1 rdrr rdrs rdrw15 rdrcf1 rdrb rdrs rdrw10 rdrcf1... [ Continue Reading ]
the king. Note the Figure of speech _Anadiplosis_ (App-6), "bringing back the king. And the king".... [ Continue Reading ]
ART... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. MY BONE, &c.: i.e. my near relation. my nephew (2 Samuel 17:20). Son of David's sister Abigail (1 Chronicles 2:17.) GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
GILGAL. Here Samuel renewed the kingdom. 1 Samuel 11:14. Compare Joshua 5:9; Joshua 9:6; Joshua 10:6; 1 Samuel 7:16; 1 Samuel 15:33. TO GO. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "to go down". Compare 2 Samuel 19:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHIMEI. Compare 2 Samuel 16:5 A. the Evidently. prominent Benjamite.... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Hebrew. _` avah._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSEPH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for the two tribes (Ephraim and Manasseh), or for the ten tribes, Israel (Amos 6:6, Amo 6:15. Amos 6:6; Obadiah 1:18; Zechariah 10:6). Compare 2 Samuel 19:43. In Psalms 80:1 with Psalms 81:5, Joseph is put for the twelve tribes.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABISHAI. Always impetuous. 1 Samuel 26:8; 1 Samuel 16:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHAT HAVE. TO DO... ? See note on 2 Samuel 16:10. ADVERSARIES. Hebrew Satan. SHALL... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. FOR DO NOT.... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis.App-6._... [ Continue Reading ]
SON. grandson. NEITHER DRESSED, &c.. symbol and proof of great grief:... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SADDLE. Septuagint reads "Saddle for me the ass".. command which Ziba disobeyed, and went off himself instead. But was there only _one ass_ in Jerusalem? See note on 2 Samuel 19:29 TO. with.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR ALL, &c. Some codices, 'with one early printed edition, read "When in all the house of my father were none other than dead men". DEAD MEN. Hebrew men of death: i.e. doomed men. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. WHAT RIGHT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), to emphasise the free grace of David.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SAID. Compare 2 Samuel 9:10. David Revelation 16:4, and falls back on 2 Samuel 9:10. THOU AND ZIBA. Compare 2 Samuel 16:4. THE LAND: i.e. Saul's estate.... [ Continue Reading ]
FORASMUCH. now that.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOW LONG... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN... ?... CAN... ? Figure of speech _Anaphora.App-6._ EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL... HALF. A whole-hearted act on the part of Judah: and. half-hearted act on the part of Israel. This explains what follows.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]