2 Samuel 2:12
Mahanaim <04266> [A.M. 2951. B.C. 1053. An. Ex. Is. 438. Mahanaim.]
Gibeon <01391> [Gibeon.]
2 Samuel 3:15
Paltiel <06409> [Phaltiel.]
[Phalti.]
2 Samuel 2:8
Abner <074> [Abner.]
[Saul's host. Heb. the host which was Saul's. Ish-bosheth.]
[Esh-baal. Mahanaim.]
2 Samuel 2:15
2 Samuel 4:5
<03212> [went.]
rest <04904 07901> [lay on a bed.]
It is customary, in all hot countries, to travel or work very early and very late, and to rest at noon, at which time the heat most prevails.
2 Samuel 4:8
sought <01245> [sought.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
2 Samuel 2:10
years ............ two years <08141 08147> [two years.]
Houbigant proposes to read {shesh shanah,} "six years" instead of {shetayim shanim,} "two years," of the text, which he contends is a solecism; for, in pure Hebrew, the words should be {shetayim shanah;} and this is the reading of twenty MSS.; but two is acknowledged by all the versions and MSS. yet collated.
2 Samuel 3:14
Ish-bosheth <0378> [Ish-bosheth.]
[and hundred.]
2 Samuel 4:12
them ... death .... cut <02026 07112> [slew them.]
hung <08518> [hanged.]
tomb <06913> [in the sepulchre.]
2 Samuel 3:8
Abner <074> [Abner.]
head .... dog <03611 07218> [Am I a dog's head.]
This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. "Do they," said he, "take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle."
demonstrating <06213> [do shew.]
