2 Samuel 17:17-29
17:17 a Jonathan and Ahimaaz: See 15:27 b, 36 c.• The location of En-rogel is uncertain, but it cannot have been too far east of Jerusalem.
Summary for 2Sam 17:18-20: 17:18-20 d Bahurim was the home of Shimei, the pro-Saul Benjaminite (16:5 e; 19:16 f). Shimei’s cursing of David at Bahurim reflected David’s decline, while the escape of Ahimaaz and Jonathan pictured the hope of David’s resurgence.
17:23 g hanged himself: Ahithophel foresaw David’s victory and Absalom’s undoing, and he preferred to die by his own hand rather than by David’s.
17:24 h Mahanaim, once the capital city of Ishbosheth and Abner (2:8 i, 12 j, 29 k), became David’s base of operations.
17:25 l According to 1 Chr 2:15-16 m, Abigail and Zeruiah were David’s sisters. But since Abigail is called the daughter of Nahash, she and Zeruiah were apparently David’s half sisters (Nahash was probably their father; his widow would then have married Jesse and given birth to David and his brothers).
17:27 n Shobi was probably the brother of Hanun, who had humiliated David’s messengers after the death of Nahash (ch 10 o; see study note on 10:1-5).
• Makir was Mephibosheth’s host before David summoned him (9:4-5 p).
• Barzillai of Gilead was probably not the same as Barzillai from Meholah (21:8 q).
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