2 Samuel 19:16-30
Shimei <08096> [Shimei.]
It appears that Shimei was a powerful chieftain in the land; for he had here in his retinue no less than a thousand men.
quickly <04116> [hasted.]
Ziba <06717> [Ziba.]
crossed ............ cross ............. crossed <05674> [And there.]
The LXX. connecting this the with preceding verse, render, [kai kateuthynan ton lordanen emposthen tou basileos, kai eleitourgesan ten leitourgian tou diabibasai ton basilea,] "and they made ready Jordan before the king, and did the necessary service to bring over the king;" and the Vulgate has, {et irrumpentes Jordanem, ante regem transierunt vada, ut traducerent domum regis,} "and breaking into Jordan, they passed the fords before the king, to bring over the king's household." Josephus says they prepared a bridge over the Jordan, to facilitate his passage.
whatever .... appropriate <05869 02896> [what he thought good. Heb. the good in his eyes. fell down.]
said <0559> [And said.]
lord ................ lord <0113> [Let not.]
recall <02142> [remember.]
<05753> [did perversely.]
don't ... it ... mind <07760 03820> [take it.]
come <0935> [I am come.]
Joseph <03130> [Joseph.]
Shimei <08096> [Shall not.]
cursed <07043> [cursed.]
sons <01121> [What have.]
anyone <0376> [shall there any man.]
die <04191> [Thou shalt.]
oath <07650> [sware.]
Mephibosheth <04648> [Mephibosheth.]
feet ... trimmed <06213 07272> [dressed his feet.]
Literally, made his feet, which seems to mean washing the feet paring the nails, and perhaps anointing or otherwise perfuming them, if not tinging the nails with henna; see Note on De 21:12. Sir John Chardin, in his MS. note on this place, informs us, that it is customary in the East to have as much care of the feet as the hands; and that their barbers cut and adjust the nails with a proper instrument, because they often go barefoot. The nails of the toes of the mummies inspected in London in 1763, of which an account is given in the Philosophical Transactions for 1764, seem to have been tinged with some reddish colour.
trimmed <06213> [trimmed.]
Literally, made his beard, which may mean, combing, curling, and perfuming it. But Mr. Morier says that they almost universally dye the beard black, by successive layers of a paste made of henna, and another made of the leaf of the indigo: the first tinging with an orange colour, and the next with a dark bottle green, which becomes jet black when exposed to the air for twenty-four hours.
go <01980> [Wherefore.]
saddled <02280> [I will saddle.]
servant .......... donkey ................ I <05650> [thy servant.]
slandered <07270> [slandered.]
angel <04397> [as an angel.]
no <03808> [were.]
death <04194 0582> [dead men. Heb. men of death.]
allowed <07896> [didst thou.]
ask <02199> [to cry.]
speaking <01696> [Why speakest.]
this .... Ziba <01697 06717> [Thou.]
<03947> [Yea.]
