2 Samuel 8:7-11
shields <07982> [shields.]
Tebah <0984> [Betah.]
Probably the same as Bathne in Syria, between Bero‘ea and Hierapolis.
[Tibhath, Chun. Berothai.]
Berothai is probably the Barathena of Ptolemy, which he mentions, along with Sabe, as a city of Arabia Deserta, in the confines of the Palmyrenian district.
<03966> [exceeding.]
Toi <08583> [Toi.]
[Tou. Hamath.]
Joram ............................... brought <03141 03027> [Joram.]
[Hadoram. salute him. Heb. ask him of peace.]
blessing ...... victory <01288 03898> [to bless him.]
<0376> [had wars. Heb. was a man of wars. brought with him. Heb. in his hand were.]
King ........................... subdued <04428 03533> [Which.]
2 Samuel 8:1
Later <0310> [A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. An. Ex. Is. 451. And after.]
Metheg <04965> [Metheg-ammah. or, the bridle of Ammah.]
[Gath.]
In the parallel passage of Chronicles, we read, "David took Gath and her towns;" and it is probable, that Gath and its districts were called Metheg-ammah in David's time; which, being unusual or becoming obsolete, in the time of the author of the Chronicles, led him thus to explain it.
2 Samuel 18:7-8
army <05971> [the people.]
great <01419> [a great.]
20,000 <0505 06242> [twenty thousand men.]
[in the wood.]
That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood.
consumed more ...... devoured <0398 07235> [devoured more. Heb. multiplied to devour.]
2 Samuel 18:10-11
2 Samuel 1:26
love ......... love <0160> [thy love.]
2 Samuel 1:11-18
tore <07167> [rent.]
<0582> [likewise.]
afraid <03372> [How.]
reach out <07971> [stretch forth.]
Come <05066> [Go near.]
blood <01818> [Thy blood.]
mouth <06310> [mouth.]
chanted <06969> [lamented.]
taught <03925> [teach.]
Bow <07198> [bow.]
{Kasheth,} or the bow, was probably the title of the following threnody; so called, in the oriental style, because Saul's death was occasioned by that weapon, and because the bow of Jonathan, out of which "the arrow was shot beyond the lad," (1 Sa 20:36,) is celebrated in this song.
Book <05612> [the book.]
Yashar <03477> [Jasher. or, the upright.]
So LXX. [ ;] Targum, {siphra deooritha,} "the book of the law;" the Arabic, "the book of Ashee: this is the book of Samuel." This book was probably a collection of divine odes, written to commemorate remarkable events.
2 Samuel 1:2-8
third <07992> [the third.]
man <0376> [a man.]
clothes <0899> [clothes.]
dirt <0127> [and earth.]
[See on]
threw <05307> [he fell.]
coming <0935> [From.]
escaped <04422> [am I.]
How ... things <04100 01697> [How went. Heb. What was, etc.]
people ......... them <05971> [the people.]
know <03045> [How knowest.]
happened <07136> [As I happened.]
The story of this young man appears to be wholly a fiction, formed for the purpose of ingratiating himself with David, as the next probable successor to the crown. There is no fact in the case, except for the bringing of the diadem and bracelets of Saul, as a sufficient evidence of his death, which, as he appears to been a plunderer of the slain, he seems to have stripped from the dead body of the unfortunate monarch. It is remarkable, that Saul, who had forfeited his crown by his disobedience and ill-timed clemency with respect to the Amalekites, should now have the insignia of royalty stripped from his person by one of those very people.
Mount <02022> [mount.]
Saul <07586> [Saul.]
[Here am I. Heb. Behold me.]
Amalekite <06003> [an Amalekite.]
2 Samuel 1:2
third <07992> [the third.]
man <0376> [a man.]
clothes <0899> [clothes.]
dirt <0127> [and earth.]
[See on]
threw <05307> [he fell.]
2 Samuel 5:1
came <0935> [came.]
blood <06106> [we.]
