2 Samuel 4:5-6
<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.
getting <03947> [as though.]
It is still the custom of the East, according to Dr. Perry, to allow the soldiers a certain quantity of corn, with other articles of provision, together with some pay: and as it was the custom also to grind the corn, as needed, at the break of day, these two captains very naturally went the day before to the palace, where the king's stores appear to have been kept, to fetch wheat, in order to distribute it to the soldiers under them, to be ground at the accustomed hour in the morning. The princes of the East, in those days, as appears from the history of David, reposed on their couches till the cool of the evening: they therefore came in the heat of the day, when they knew their master would be resting on his bed; and as it was a necessary to have the corn before it was needed, their coming at this time, though it might be earlier than usual, excited no suspicion.
stomach <02570> [under.]
2 Samuel 16:11
son <01121> [Behold.]
flesh and blood <03318> [came forth.]
trying <01245> [seeketh.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
2 Samuel 16:1
When .... gone a short <05674 04592> [little past.]
Ziba <06717> [Ziba.]
couple <06776> [with a couple.]
summer fruit <07019> [summer.]
These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account.
container <05035> [a bottle.]
2 Samuel 15:25-27
back <07725> [Carry back.]
back <07725> [he will bring.]
dwelling <05116> [habitation.]
[I have not.]
<06213> [let.]
seer <07200> [a seer.]
back <07725> [return.]
2 Samuel 16:9
Abishai <052> [Abishai.]
dead dog <03611 04191> [dead dog.]
curse <07043> [curse.]
go over <05674> [let me go.]
2 Samuel 16:2
Ziba ........ Ziba <06717> [What meanest.]
The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting any thing to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood. .# 15:1 19:26 Jud 5:10 10:4
attendants <05288> [for the young.]
exhausted <03287> [that such.]
2 Samuel 9:1
extend kindness <06213 02617> [shew him.]
2 Samuel 12:20
got <06965> [arose.]
put on oil <05480> [anointed.]
house ............ palace <01004> [the house.]
2 Samuel 21:1
famine <07458> [A.M. 2986. B.C. 1018. An. Ex. Ex. Is. 473. a famine.]
inquired <01245> [enquired. Heb. sought the face, etc. of the Lord.]
Saul <07586> [It is.]
Saul <07586> [Saul.]
Psalms 144:10
<05414> [that giveth.]
delivers <08668> [salvation. or, victory.]
<06475> [who delivereth.]
