2 Samuel 6:1-23
Baalah in Judah <01184> [Baale.]
[Baalah, i.e., Kirjath-jearim.]
name <08034> [whose name, etc. or, at which the name, even the name of the]
Lord of hosts, was called upon.
sits enthroned <03427> [dwelleth.]
loaded <07392> [set, etc. Heb. made the ark of God to ride.]
<01390> [Gibeah. or, the hill.]
with <05973> [accompanying. Heb. with.]
David <01732> [David.]
<01265> [on all manner.]
This place should doubtless be corrected from the parallel place, 1 Ch 13:8; where, instead of {bechol ƒtzey beroshim,} which is literally, "with all trees or wood of fir," we read {bechol “z oovesheerim,} "with all their might, and with songs." This makes a good sense, while the former makes none: the LXX. have the same reading here, [en ischui, kai en odais.]
Nacon <05225> [Nachon's.]
[he is called Chidon. put forth.]
Even the Kohathites, who were appointed to carry the ark, after it was covered by the priests, were forbidden to touch it on pain of death; but Uzzah, who certainly was no priest, probably with some degree of irreverence, having presumed to lay his hand upon the ark, which perhaps was not covered, thus incurred the penalty due to his rashness.
[shook it. or, stumbled.]
he killed ................. God <05221 0430> [God smote.]
negligence <07944> [error. or, rashness.]
angry <02734> [displeased.]
attacked <06555> [made. Heb. broken. Perez-uzzah. that is, The breach of]
Uzzah.
afraid <03372> [afraid.]
ark <0727> [How shall.]
Obed-Edom <05654> [Obed-edom.]
Gittite <01663> [Gittite.]
Lord .............. Lord blessed <01288 03068> [the Lord blessed.]
ark ........... ark <0727> [because.]
David ....................... David ................... David <01732> [So David.]
carried <05375> [when they.]
ox <07794> [oxen.]
dancing <03769> [danced.]
[with all this.]
wearing <02296> [girded.]
David <01732> [David.]
shouting <08643> [with shouting.]
trumpets <06963> [the sound.]
ark <0727> [And as.]
Michal <04324> [Michal.]
despised <0959> [despised.]
brought <0935> [they brought.]
pitched <05186> [pitched. Heb. stretched. offered.]
David <01732> [as soon.]
blessing <01288> [he blessed.]
handed out <02505> [he dealt.]
member .......................... people <05971> [So all the.]
blessing <01288> [bless.]
Michal <04324> [Michal.]
distinguished <03513> [glorious.]
exposed <01540> [uncovered.]
We are only to understand by this expression that David had divested himself of his royal robes, in order to appear humble before the Lord, by assimilating himself to the condition of one of the priests or Levites: for we find that he was "girded with a linen ephod;" and consequently no part of his body was exposed, having only put off his outer garments. The terms uncovered or naked frequently mean no more than this in Scripture.
vulgar <07386> [vain fellows.]
exposed <01540> [shamelessly. or, openly.]
before ....... before ......... father ..... family <06440 01 01004> [before.]
chose <0977> [chose.]
celebrating <07832> [play.]
humiliate <07043> [more vile.]
<05869> [in mine.]
slave girls <0519> [maid-servants. or, handmaids. I be had.]
Michal <04324> [Michal.]
day <03117> [unto the day.]
2 Samuel 6:1
2 Samuel 15:1--17:27
Absalom <053> [A.M. 2980. B.C. 1024. Absalom.]
get up <07925> [rose up.]
bring <0935> [came. Heb. to come.]
claims <01697> [thy matters.]
king <04428> [there is, etc. or, none will hear thee from the king downward.]
make <07760> [Oh that I.]
just settlement <06663> [I would do.]
embrace .... kiss <02388 05401> [took him.]
kiss <05401> [and kissed.]
way ... won <01589> [stole.]
four years <0705 08141> [A.M. 2983. B.C. 1021. An. Ex. Is. 470. forty years.]
As David reigned in the whole only forty years, this reading is evidently corrupt, though supported by the commonly printed Vulgate, LXX., and Chaldee. But the Syriac, Arabic, Josephus, Theodoret, the Sixtine edition of the Vulgate, and several MSS. of the same version, read four years; and it is highly probable that {arbÆ’im,} forty, is an error for {arbÆ’,} four, though not supported by any Hebrew MS. yet discovered. Two of those collated by Dr. Kennicott, however, have {yom,} "day," instead of {shanah,} "year," i.e., forty days instead of forty years; but this is not sufficient to outweigh the other authorities.
<03212> [let me go.]
repay <07999> [pay.]
I <05650> [thy servant.]
Geshur <01650> [Geshur.]
serve <05647> [I will serve.]
spies <07270> [spies.]
rules <04427> [reigneth.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
invited <07121> [called.]
naively <08537> [their simplicity.]
Ahithophel <0302> [Ahithophel.]
David's <01732> [David's.]
Giloh <01542> [Giloh.]
offering <02076> [while he offered.]
people <05971> [the people.]
<03820> [The hearts.]
Come on <06965> [Arise.]
bring <05080> [bring. Heb. thrust.]
kill <05221> [and smite.]
servants <05650> [Behold.]
decides <0977> [appoint. Heb. choose.]
king ................ king <04428> [the king.]
king ............. foot .... king <07272 04428> [after him. Heb. at his feet.]
set out <03318> [went forth.]
Kerethites <03774> [Cherethites.]
Gittites <01663> [Gittites.]
Ittai <0863> [Ittai.]
wander around <05128 03212> [go up and down. Heb. wander in going.]
going ..... go ..... go <01980> [seeing.]
loyal love <02617> [mercy.]
Lord <03068> [As the Lord.]
wherever <04725> [surely.]
dependents <02945> [and all the little.]
Sir John Chardin informs us,in a MS. note on this place, that it is usual with the greatest part of the eastern people, especially the Arabs, to carry their whole family with them when they go to war.
land <0776> [all the country.]
Valley <05158> [the brook.]
The brook Kidron, which is but a few paces broad, runs along the valley of Jehoshaphat, east of Jerusalem, to the south-west corner of the city, and then, turning to the south-east, empties itself into the Dead Sea. Like the Ilissus, it is dry at least nine months in the year, being only furnished with water in the winter, and after heavy rains: its bed is narrow and deep, which indicates that it must formerly have been the channel for waters which have found some other, and probably subterraneous course.
Kidron <06939> [Kidron.]
[Cedron. the wilderness.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
carrying <05375> [bearing.]
back <07725> [Carry back.]
back <07725> [he will bring.]
dwelling <05116> [habitation.]
[I have not.]
<06213> [let.]
seer <07200> [a seer.]
back <07725> [return.]
Mount <04608> [the ascent.]
Olives <02132> [mount Olivet.]
Mount Olivet, so called from its abounding with olive trees, is situated east of Jerusalem, being separated from it only by the valley of Jehoshaphat and the brook Kidron. Josephus says it is five stadia, i.e., 625 geometrical paces from Jerusalem; and St. Luke (Ac 1:12) says it is a Sabbath day's journey, or about eight stadia distant, i.e., to the summit. It forms part of a ridge of limestone hills, extending from north to south for about a mile; and it is described as having three, or, according to others, four summits; the central and highest of which overlooks the whole of the city, over whose streets and walls the eye roves as if in the survey of a model.
going up ........ weeping .... went ......................... weeping .... went up <05927 01058> [and wept as he went up. Heb. going up and weeping.]
head ... covered ................. heads covered <02645 07218> [his head covered.]
This custom was only practised by persons in great distress, or when convicted of great crimes. Thus Darius, when informed by Tyriotes, the eunuch, that his queen was dead, and that she had suffered no violence from Alexander, covered his head, and wept a long time; then throwing off the garment that covered him, he thanked the gods for Alexander's moderation and justice.
feet were bare <03182> [barefoot.]
weeping ............................ weeping <01058> [weeping.]
Ahithophel .................. Ahithophel <0302> [Ahithophel.]
Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
advice <06098> [turn the counsel.]
summit ..................... head <07218> [the top.]
worship <07812> [he worshipped.]
Hushai <02365> [Hushai.]
Arkite <0757> [Archite.]
clothes torn <07167 03801> [coat rent.]
burden <04853> [then thou.]
back <07725> [return.]
father's <01> [as I have been.]
counter <06565> [then mayest.]
tell <05046> [thou shalt tell.]
two sons <01121 08147> [their two sons.]
friend <07463> [friend.]
Absalom <053> [Absalom.]
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.]
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.]
master's <0113> [where is.]
[Today.]
Mephibosheth's <04648> [Behold.]
bow ...... find <07812 04672> [I humbly beseech thee. Heb. I do obeisance.]
Bahurim <0980> [Bahurim.]
This place is supposed to be the same as Almon, (Jos 21:18,) and Almeth, (1 Ch 6:60,) a city of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, and apparently not far from Olivet.
named <08034> [whose name.]
extended ........ came out <03318> [he came, etc. or, he still came forth and cursed. cursed.]
man ... bloodshed .... man <0376 01818> [bloody man. Heb. man of blood.]
man ..... wicked man <0376 01100> [man of Belial.]
punished <07725> [returned.]
blood .................................... bloodshed <01818> [the blood.]
blood ........... rule ................ Disaster ........... bloodshed <04427 07451 01818> [thou, etc. or, thee in thy evil.]
Abishai <052> [Abishai.]
dead dog <03611 04191> [dead dog.]
curse <07043> [curse.]
go over <05674> [let me go.]
sons <01121> [What have.]
curses ......... Curse <07043> [so let him.]
said ................... said ........ say <0559> [Who shall.]
son <01121> [Behold.]
flesh and blood <03318> [came forth.]
trying <01245> [seeketh.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
<05869> [affliction. or, tears. Heb. eye. requite.]
curses <07043> [cursed.]
dirt <06083 06080> [cast dust. Heb. dusted him with dust.]
It was an ancient custom, in those warm and arid countries, to lay the dust before a person of distinction, by sprinkling the ground with water. Dr. Pococke and the consul were treated with this respect when they entered Cairo. The same custom is alluded to in the well-known fable of Ph‘drus, in which a slave is represented going before Augustus and officiously laying the dust. To throw dust in the air while a person was passing was therefore an act of great disrespect; to do so before a sovereign prince, an indecent outrage. But it is probable that Shimei meant more than disrespect and outrage to this afflicted king. Sir John Chardin informs us, that in the East, in general, those who demand justice against a criminal throw dust upon him, signifying that he ought to be put in the grave: and hence the common imprecation among the Turks and Persians, "Be covered with earth," or, "Earth be upon thy head."
[there.]
Absalom <053> [Absalom.]
Long live ... king Long live ... king <02421 04428> [God save the king. Heb. let the king live.]
loyalty <02617> [Is this thy.]
go <01980> [why wentest.]
serve <06440> [should I not serve.]
Give .... advice <03051 06098> [Give counsel.]
Have sex <0935> [Go in.]
father's ....................... father <01> [unto thy.]
repulsive <0887> [abhorred.]
father's ....................... father <01> [thy father.]
support <03027> [then shall.]
support <03027> [the hands.]
roof <01406> [the top.]
<0935> [went in.]
<0376> [as if.]
prophetic <0430 01697> [oracle of God. Heb. word of God.]
advice ................. advice <06098> [so was.]
The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.
advice ................. advice <06098> [all the counsel.]
David <01732> [both.]
Then .... go <06965> [I will arise.]
night <03915> [this night.]
exhausted <03023> [weary.]
kill <05221> [I will smite.]
bring ..... back <07725> [I will bring.]
unharmed <07965> [shall be.]
idea <01697> [the saying.]
seemed ..... idea ... Absalom <03474 053 05869> [pleased Absalom well. Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom.]
Hushai <02365> [Hushai.]
say <06310> [he saith. Heb. is in his mouth.]
said ...... what ......... advice <0559 01697> [saying. Heb. word.]
<03289> [given. Heb. counselled. not good.]
soldiers <01368> [mighty men.]
dangerous <05315 04751> [chafed in their minds. Heb. bitter of soul.]
bear <01677> [as a bear.]
father .... men ........................ father .... experienced <01 0376> [thy father is.]
hiding <02244> [he is hid.]
one ........ other similar <0259 05307> [some.]
similar <05307> [over thrown. Heb. fallen.]
lion-hearted <03820> [heart.]
virtually melt away <04549> [utterly melt.]
father <01> [thy father.]
bravest soldier ............................ brave <02428> [and they which.]
Israel <03478> [all Israel.]
sand <02344> [as the sand.]
lead <01980> [thou go. Heb. they face, or presence, go, etc. in thine.]
wherever ................................... one <04725 0259> [in some place.]
<05168> [we will light.]
This is a very beautiful and expressive figure. The dew in Palestine, and other warm climates, falls fast, sudden, and heavy; and it falls upon every spot of earth, so that not a blade of grass escapes it. It is therefore no inapt emblem of a numerous and active army; and it was, perhaps, for this reason that the Romans called their light armed forces {rorarii.}
take up ropes <05375 02256> [bring ropes.]
In the same manner the king of Maturan, in Java, proposed pulling down a tower which the Dutch had built, by making his people and elephants pull at a number of chains, and ropes of cocoa-nut bark, thrown around it.
pebble <01571 06872> [one small.]
Lord .............. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
had <06680> [appointed. Heb. commanded.]
frustrate <06565> [to defeat.]
advice ....... better .... advice ............. advice <06098 02896> [good counsel.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
spend <03885> [Lodge.]
cross over <05674> [but speedily.]
overwhelmed <01104> [be swallowed.]
Jonathan <03083> [Jonathan.]
staying <05975> [stayed.]
En Rogel <05883> [En-rogel.]
Bahurim <0980> [Bahurim.]
covering ... spread <04539 06566> [spread a covering.]
what ... had done <01697> [the thing.]
crossed over <05674> [They be gone.]
searched <01245> [when they had sought.]
Get <06965> [Arise.]
Ahithophel <0302> [thus hath Ahithophel.]
crossed ................ crossed <05674> [and they passed.]
left <05737> [there lacked.]
When ... realized <07200> [saw.]
he <06213> [followed. Heb. done. his city.]
had ............. house ...... setting ... household <06680 01004> [put his household in order. Heb. gave charge concerning his house.]
hanged <02614> [and hanged.]
Mahanaim <04266> [Mahanaim.]
Amasa ............. Amasa <06021> [Amasa.]
Jether <03501> [Ithra.]
[Jether the Ishmaelite. Abigail. Heb. Abigal. Nahash. or,]
Jesse.
land <0776> [land of the Gilead.]
son ... Nahash ...... Ammonites .... son <01121 05176> [the son of Nahash.]
Makir <04353> [Machir.]
Barzillai <01271> [Barzillai.]
