2 Samuel 18:6
forest ... Ephraim <0669 03293> [wood of Ephraim.]
The wood of Ephraim was evidently beyond Jordan, and apparently not far from Mahanaim; and it is supposed to be the place where the Ephraimites were slain by Jephthah.
2 Samuel 2:17
Abner <074> [Abner.]
2 Samuel 3:1
war ... prolonged <04421 0752> [long war.]
house ...... house ........... house <01004> [between.]
David David ... becoming steadily ......... becoming increasingly <01980 01732> [David waxed.]
2 Samuel 8:6
garrisons <05333> [garrisons.]
subjects <05650> [became.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
2 Samuel 18:7-8
army <05971> [the people.]
great <01419> [a great.]
20,000 <0505 06242> [twenty thousand men.]
[in the wood.]
That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood.
consumed more ...... devoured <0398 07235> [devoured more. Heb. multiplied to devour.]
2 Samuel 19:2
victory <08668> [victory. Heb. salvation, or, deliverance. turned.]
2 Samuel 21:15
Philistines .............. Philistines <06430> [the Philistines.]
David ........... David ... exhausted <01732 05774> [and David waxed faint.]
2 Samuel 21:18
Sibbekai <05444> [Sibbechai.]
Saph <05593> [Saph. or, Sippai.]
Rapha <07497> [the giant. or, Rapha.]
2 Samuel 23:11
<08048> [Shammah.]
[Shammoth the Harorite. the Philistines.]
<02416> [into a troop. or, for foraging.]
2 Samuel 8:2
defeated <05221> [he smote.]
measure ... off ... put <04058> [measured.]
Moabites ............................... Moabites <04124> [And so.]
brought tribute <04503 05375> [brought gifts.]
2 Samuel 11:27
mourning <060> [And when, etc.]
The whole of her conduct indicates that she observed the form, without feeling the power of sorrow. She lost a captain, and got a king for her husband: and therefore, {Lacrymas non sponte cadentes effudit; gemitusque expressit pectore laeto;} "She shed reluctant tears; and forced out groans from a joyful breast!"
brought .... palace <0622 01004> [fetched her.]
what <01697> [But the thing.]
<03415> [displeased. Heb. was evil in the eyes of.]
2 Samuel 12:3
little <06996 0259> [one little.]
food <06595> [meat. Heb. morsel. lay in his.]
2 Samuel 12:30
took <03947> [took.]
weighed <04948> [the weight.]
If this talent was only seven pounds, as Whiston says, David might have carried it on his head with little difficulty; but this weight, according to common computation, would amount to nearly 114 pounds! Some, therefore, think, that {mishkelah} should be taken for its value, not weight; which renders it perfectly plain, as the worth of the crown will be about 5,074œ. 15s. 7d. sterling. The ancients mention several such large crowns, made more for sight than use. Athen‘us describes a crown of gold that was 24 feet in circumference; and mentions others that were two, some four, and others five feet deep. Pliny takes notice of some that were no less than eight pounds weight. Besides the crown usually worn, it was customary for kings, in some nations, to have such large ones as described, either hung or supported over the throne, where they sat at their coronation or other solemn occasions.
great deal <03966 07235> [in great abundance. Heb. very great.]
2 Samuel 21:19-20
Elhanan <0445> [Elhanan, etc.]
Instead of [y`ry 'rgym byt hlchmy 't glyt,] of the text, we should certainly read, as in the parallel text, "and Elhanan the son of Jair, slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath."
Jair <03296> [Jaare-oregim. or, Jair.]
Goliath <01555> [Goliath.]
battle <04421> [yet a battle.]
Rapha <07497> [the giant. or, Rapha.]
2 Samuel 24:9
800,000 ......... 500,000 <08083 03967 0505> [eight hundred thousand.]
