2 Samuel 2:1
ENQUIRED. Probably by Urim and Thummim, in the breastplate of Abiathar the High Priest, who was with David (1 Samuel 22:20). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENQUIRED. Probably by Urim and Thummim, in the breastplate of Abiathar the High Priest, who was with David (1 Samuel 22:20). THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANOINTED DAVID. Aged thirty years. See note on 1 Samuel 16:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
The 20th _Seder_ ends here. See note on p. 366.... [ Continue Reading ]
VALIANT. Sons of valour.... [ Continue Reading ]
ISH-BOSHETH. man of shame: i.e. the idol " _Baal_ ". In 1 Chronicles 8:33. Esh-baal.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton_ (App-6) in 2 Samuel 2:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIBEON. Abner's city, in Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:29; 1 Chronicles 8:30; 1 Chronicles 9:35; 1 Chronicles 9:36).... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUNG MEN. common soldiers. PLAY. make sport.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHICH PERTAINED. Septuagint and Syriac read "pertaining".... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. WILD ROE. as one of the gazelles which are in the field.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD STILL: i. e, with horror at the sight.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. I (with Art.) spoken. Supply the _Ellipsis_ (App-6) thus: "spoken [the words which caused the provocation], surely". Compare 2 Samuel 2:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
BITHRON. the ravine.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]