2Sa 13:4-6, 16:21-23, 17:4, Est 1:21, 3:9-10, Mat 14:6 | TSK | STEP | Why art. lean. Heb. thin. from day to day. Heb. morning by morning.I love. my brother.

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.

all the counsel.

17:14,23; Job 5:12; 28:28; Jer 4:22; 8:9; Mt 11:25; Lu 16:8; Ro 1:22

1Co 3:19,20; Jas 3:13-18

both.

15:12; Ec 10:1

2 Samuel 17:4

the saying.

1Sa 18:20,21; 23:21; Es 5:14; Ro 1:32

pleased Absalom well. Heb. was right in the eyes of Absalom.

2Ch 30:4; Es 1:21

Esther 1:21

pleased the king. Heb. was good in the eyes of the king.

19; 2:4; Ge 41:37

Esther 3:9-10

that they may be destroyed. Heb. to destroy them. and Iwill pay. Heb. and I will weigh.

Ge 23:16Here Haman is obliged to acknowledge that there would be a loss to the revenue, which he was willing to make up out of his own property. Ten thousand talents of silver, counted by the Babylonish talent, amount to 2,119,000£.; but reckoned by the Jewish talent, they amount to double that sum. In those days, silver and gold were more plentiful than at present; and we have many instances of individuals possessing almost incredible riches. Herodotus relates, that when Xerxes went into Greece, Pythius the Lydian had 2,000 talents of silver, and 4,000,000 of gold darics, which unitedly amount to nearly 5,500,000£. Plutarch tells us, that after Crassus had dedicated the tenth of all he had to Hercules, he entertained the Roman people at 10,000 tables, and distributed to every citizen as much corn as was sufficient for three months; and, after all these expenses, he had 7,100 Roman talents left, which amount to more than 1,500,000£. Lentulus the augur is said to have possessed no less than 3,333,333£. 6s. 8d. Apicius was worth more than 916,671£ 13s. 4d.; and, after having spent in his kitchen 833,333£ 6s. 8d. he considered the remainder too little for his support, and poisoned himself!

ten thousand.

Mt 18:24

took.

8:2,8; Ge 41:42

enemy. or, oppressor.

7:6

Matthew 14:6

birth-day.

Ge 40:20; Es 1:2-9; 2:18; Da 5:1-4; Ho 1:5,6; Mr 6:21-23

the daughter.

22:24

danced.

Es 1:10-12

before them. Gr. in the midst.