2 Samuel 16:15--17:29
Absalom <053> [Absalom.]
Long live ... king Long live ... king <02421 04428> [God save the king. Heb. let the king live.]
loyalty <02617> [Is this thy.]
go <01980> [why wentest.]
serve <06440> [should I not serve.]
Give .... advice <03051 06098> [Give counsel.]
Have sex <0935> [Go in.]
father's ....................... father <01> [unto thy.]
repulsive <0887> [abhorred.]
father's ....................... father <01> [thy father.]
support <03027> [then shall.]
support <03027> [the hands.]
roof <01406> [the top.]
<0935> [went in.]
<0376> [as if.]
prophetic <0430 01697> [oracle of God. Heb. word of God.]
advice ................. advice <06098> [so was.]
The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.
advice ................. advice <06098> [all the counsel.]
David <01732> [both.]
Then .... go <06965> [I will arise.]
night <03915> [this night.]
exhausted <03023> [weary.]
kill <05221> [I will smite.]
bring ..... back <07725> [I will bring.]
unharmed <07965> [shall be.]
idea <01697> [the saying.]
seemed ..... idea ... Absalom <03474 053 05869> [pleased Absalom well. Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom.]
Hushai <02365> [Hushai.]
say <06310> [he saith. Heb. is in his mouth.]
said ...... what ......... advice <0559 01697> [saying. Heb. word.]
<03289> [given. Heb. counselled. not good.]
soldiers <01368> [mighty men.]
dangerous <05315 04751> [chafed in their minds. Heb. bitter of soul.]
bear <01677> [as a bear.]
father .... men ........................ father .... experienced <01 0376> [thy father is.]
hiding <02244> [he is hid.]
one ........ other similar <0259 05307> [some.]
similar <05307> [over thrown. Heb. fallen.]
lion-hearted <03820> [heart.]
virtually melt away <04549> [utterly melt.]
father <01> [thy father.]
bravest soldier ............................ brave <02428> [and they which.]
Israel <03478> [all Israel.]
sand <02344> [as the sand.]
lead <01980> [thou go. Heb. they face, or presence, go, etc. in thine.]
wherever ................................... one <04725 0259> [in some place.]
<05168> [we will light.]
This is a very beautiful and expressive figure. The dew in Palestine, and other warm climates, falls fast, sudden, and heavy; and it falls upon every spot of earth, so that not a blade of grass escapes it. It is therefore no inapt emblem of a numerous and active army; and it was, perhaps, for this reason that the Romans called their light armed forces {rorarii.}
take up ropes <05375 02256> [bring ropes.]
In the same manner the king of Maturan, in Java, proposed pulling down a tower which the Dutch had built, by making his people and elephants pull at a number of chains, and ropes of cocoa-nut bark, thrown around it.
pebble <01571 06872> [one small.]
Lord .............. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
had <06680> [appointed. Heb. commanded.]
frustrate <06565> [to defeat.]
advice ....... better .... advice ............. advice <06098 02896> [good counsel.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
spend <03885> [Lodge.]
cross over <05674> [but speedily.]
overwhelmed <01104> [be swallowed.]
Jonathan <03083> [Jonathan.]
staying <05975> [stayed.]
En Rogel <05883> [En-rogel.]
Bahurim <0980> [Bahurim.]
covering ... spread <04539 06566> [spread a covering.]
what ... had done <01697> [the thing.]
crossed over <05674> [They be gone.]
searched <01245> [when they had sought.]
Get <06965> [Arise.]
Ahithophel <0302> [thus hath Ahithophel.]
crossed ................ crossed <05674> [and they passed.]
left <05737> [there lacked.]
When ... realized <07200> [saw.]
he <06213> [followed. Heb. done. his city.]
had ............. house ...... setting ... household <06680 01004> [put his household in order. Heb. gave charge concerning his house.]
hanged <02614> [and hanged.]
Mahanaim <04266> [Mahanaim.]
Amasa ............. Amasa <06021> [Amasa.]
Jether <03501> [Ithra.]
[Jether the Ishmaelite. Abigail. Heb. Abigal. Nahash. or,]
Jesse.
land <0776> [land of the Gilead.]
son ... Nahash ...... Ammonites .... son <01121 05176> [the son of Nahash.]
Makir <04353> [Machir.]
Barzillai <01271> [Barzillai.]
bedding <04904> [beds.]
These no doubt consisted of skins of beasts, mats, carpets, and such like.
basins <05592> [basons. or, cups.]
{Sappoth,} probably wooden bowls, such as the Arabs still eat out of, and knead their bread in.
pottery utensils <03627 03335> [earthen vessels.]
{Keley yotzair}, literally, "vessels of the potter." So when Dr. Perry visited the temple of Luxor in Egypt, he says, "We were entertained by the Caliph here with great civility and favour; he sent us, in return of our presents, several sheep, a good quantity of eggs, {bardacks,}" etc. The {bardacks,} he informs us, were earthen vessels, used "to cool and refresh their water in, by means of which it drinks very cool and pleasant in the hottest seasons of the year." See Harmer, ch. vi.
wheat <02406> [wheat.]
Mr. Jones says, "Travellers use {zumeet, tumeet,} and {limereece.} {Zumeet} is flour mixed with honey, butter, and spice; {tumeet} is flour done up with organ oil: and {limereece} is flour mixed with water, for drink. This quenches thirst much better than water alone, satisfies a hungry appetite; cools and refreshes tired and weary spirits," etc.
cheese <01241 08194> [cheese of kine.]
<01732> [for David.]
<0398> [to eat.]
people <05971> [The people.]
desert <04057> [in the wilderness.]
