2 Samuel 19:24
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.
2 Samuel 19:2
victory <08668> [victory. Heb. salvation, or, deliverance. turned.]
2 Samuel 1:1
David ........ he <01732> [when David.]
Ziklag <06860> [Ziklag.]
Esther 4:1-4
done <06213> [all that.]
tore <07167> [rent.]
ashes <0665> [with ashes.]
crying out <02199> [and cried.]
Mordecai gave every demonstration of the most poignant grief. Nor did he hide this from the city; and the Greek says that he uttered these words aloud: [Airetai ethnos meden edikekos,] "A people is going to be destroyed who have done no evil."
each .... province <04082> [in every province.]
considerable mourning <060 01419> [great mourning.]
It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided.
weeping <01065> [weeping.]
Sackcloth ... ashes ... characteristic ... many <03331 08242 0665 07227> [many lay in sackcloth and ashes. Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many.]
eunuchs <05631> [chamberlains. Heb. eunuchs.]
accept <06901> [but he received it not.]
Esther 5:1
third <07992> [on the.]
royal attire ..................... royal ..... palace <04438> [royal.]
inner <06442> [inner.]
sitting <03427> [sat.]
Isaiah 61:3
turban <06287> [beauty.]
oil <08081> [the oil.]
garment <04594> [the garment.]
called <07121> [called.]
reveal ... splendor <06286> [that he.]
Isaiah 61:10
greatly rejoice <07797> [will greatly.]
clothes <03847> [for.]
bridegroom ............... bride <02860 03618> [as a.]
turban .... priest <03547 06287> [decketh himself. Heb. decketh as a priest.]
jewelry <03627> [with her.]
Jeremiah 52:32-33
kindly ..... gave <02896 05414> [kindly unto him. Heb. good things with him.]
gave <05414> [set.]
Gave him a more respectable seat than any of the captive princes.
took off <08138> [changed.]
Presented him with a caftan, or robe, as a mark of favour, as is still the practice in the East.
daily <08548> [he did.]
