2 Samuel 4:5-12
went.2Ch 24:25; 25:27; 33:24lay 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. 11:2; 1Ki 16:9; Pr 24:33,34; 1Th 5:3-7 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. under.2:23; 3:27; 20:10 took his head.1Sa 17:54; 31:9; 2Ki 10:6,7; Mt 14:11; Mr 6:28,29When those difficulties dispirit us which should rather invigorate us and sharpen our endeavours, we betray a carelessness of character which is soon taken advantage of by our more watchful neighbours. Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty and ruin. The idle soul is an easy prey to the destroyer. sought.1Sa 18:11; 19:2-11,15; 20:1; 23:15; 25:29; Ps 63:9,10; 71:24Mt 2:20the Lord.18:19,31; 22:48; Lu 18:7,8; Re 6:10; 18:20 who hath.Ge 48:16; 1Ki 1:29; Ps 31:5-7; 34:6,7,17,22; 71:23; 103:4; 106:10Ps 107:2; 2Ti 4:17,18 one.1:2-16thinking, etc. Heb. he was in his own eyes, as a bringer,etc. who thought, etc. or, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings. when wicked.1Ki 2:32; Pr 25:26; Hab 1:4,12; 1Jo 3:12require.3:27,39; Ge 9:5,6; Ex 21:12; Nu 35:31-34; Ps 9:12from.Ge 4:11; 6:13; 7:23; Ex 9:15; Ps 109:15; Pr 2:22; Jer 10:11 slew them.1:15; Ps 55:23; Mt 7:2hanged.21:9; De 21:22,23in the sepulchre.3:322 Kings 21:23-26
A.M. 3363. B.C. 641.12:20; 14:19; 15:25,30; 1Ki 15:27; 16:9; 2Ch 33:24,25 the people of the land slew.14:5made Josiah.11:17; 14:21; 1Sa 11:15; 2Sa 5:3; 1Ki 12:1,20; 2Ch 22:1; 26:1; 33:25 17; 20:20 in the garden.18Josiah.1Ki 13:5; Mt 1:102 Chronicles 24:25-26
great diseases.21:16,18,19; 22:6his own servants.2Ki 12:20; 14:19,20for the blood.21,22; Ps 10:14; Re 16:6the sons of Jehoiada.Houbigant reads, "the sons of Jehoiada;" but perhaps Joash slew some other sons of Jehoiada. not.16; 21:20; 28:27 Zabad. or, Jozachar.2Ki 12:21Shimrith. or, Shomer.2 Chronicles 25:27-28
A.M. 3194. B.C. 810. after the time.15:2following. Heb. after. made. Heb. conspired.24:25; 2Ki 14:19Lachish.Jos 10:31 the city of Judah. that is, the city of David, as it is.2Ki 14:20Psalms 55:23
O God.7:15,16; 58:9; 59:12,13pit.Pr 15:11; 27:20; Isa 38:17bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days.Heb. men of bloods and deceit shall not halve their days. 5:6; 2Sa 3:27; 20:9,10; 1Ki 2:5,6; 2Sa 3:27; 20:9,10; 1Ki 2:5,6Job 15:32; Pr 10:27; Ec 7:17; Mt 27:4,5Romans 11:22
therefore.2:4,5; 9:22,23; Nu 14:18-22; De 32:39-43; Jos 23:15,16; Ps 58:10,11Ps 78:49-52; 136:15-22; Isa 66:14severity.The term severity [apotomia ,] from [apo ,] from, and [temno,] to cut off, properly denotes excision, cutting off, as the gardener cuts off, with a pruning knife, dead boughs, or luxuriant stems. if thou.2:7; Lu 8:15; Joh 8:31; 15:4-10; Ac 11:23; 14:22; 1Co 15:2Ga 6:9; 1Th 3:5,8; Heb 3:6,14; 10:23,35-39; 1Jo 2:19; Jude 1:20,21otherwise.Eze 3:20; 18:24; 33:17-19; Mt 3:9,10; Joh 15:2; Re 2:5
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