2 Samuel 17:7-13
<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.]
Proverbs 21:30
Isaiah 19:11-13
officials <08269> [the princes.]
Zoan <06814> [Zoan.]
stupid <01197> [brutish.]
one <01121> [I am.]
where oh ..... wise <0335 0645 02450> [where are thy.]
tell ..... find <05046 03045> [let them.]
officials ... Zoan ..... officials <06814 08269> [princes of Zoan.]
Memphis <05297> [Noph.]
rulers <06438> [stay. or, governors. Heb. corners.]
