1Sa 22:8-23, 23:19-23, 2Sa 3:7-11, 4:5-12, Pro 20:8, 25:23 | TSK | STEP | sheweth me. Heb. uncovereth mine ear. that my son.

1 Samuel 22:8-23

sheweth me. Heb. uncovereth mine ear.

that my son.

Doeg.He is also said to be "the chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul;" and the Septuagint intimates that he was over the mules of Saul. He may have been what we call the king's equerry or groom.

21:7; Ps 52:1; *title

Ps 52:1-5; Pr 19:5; 29:12; Eze 22:9; Mt 26:59-61

Ahimelech.

21:1-15

Ahitub.

he enquired.

13,15; 23:2,4,12; 30:8; Nu 27:21

him victuals.

21:6-9

sent to call.

Ro 3:15

thou son.

7,13

Here I am. Heb. Behold me.

2Sa 9:6; Isa 65:1

Why have.

8; Ps 119:69; Am 7:10; Lu 23:2-5

And who.

19:4,5; 20:32; 24:11; 26:23; 2Sa 22:23-25; Pr 24:11,12; 31:8,9

the king's.

13; 17:25; 18:27

goeth.

18:13; 21:2

Did I then.He seems to intimate, that his enquiring now for David was no new thing, having often done so before, without ever being informed it was wrong in itself or displeasing to the king.

the servant.

Ge 20:5,6; 2Sa 15:11; 2Co 1:12; 1Pe 3:16,17

less or more. Heb. little or great.

25:36

Thou shalt.

14:44; 20:31; 1Ki 18:4; 19:2; Pr 28:15; Da 2:5,12; 3:19,20; Ac 12:19

thou, and.

De 24:16; Es 3:6; Mt 2:16

footmen. or, guard. Heb. runners.

8:11; 2Sa 15:1; 1Ki 1:5

slay the priests.

13; 20:33; 25:17; 1Ki 18:4

would not.

14:45; Ex 1:17; 2Ki 1:13,14; Ac 4:19

Doeg.

he fell.

2Ch 24:21; Ho 5:11; 7:3; Mic 6:16; Zep 3:3; Ac 26:10,11

fourscore.The LXX. read, [tria kosious kai pente andras,] "three hundred and five men;" and Josephus, "three hundred and eighty-five men." Probably the eighty-five were priests and the three hundred the families of the priests; three hundred and eighty-five being the whole population of Nob.

2:30-33,36; 3:12-14

a linen ephod.

2:28; Ex 28:40

Nob.

9,11; 21:1; Ne 11:32; Isa 10:32

men.

15:3,9; Jos 6:17,21; Ho 10:14; Jas 2:13

with the edge.This is one of the worst acts of Saul's life: his malice was implacable, and his wrath cruel; and there is no motive of justice or policy by which such a barbarous massacre can be justified.

one.

23:6; 30:7; 2Sa 20:25; 1Ki 2:26,27

escaped.

2:33; 4:12; Job 1:15-17,19

I have occasioned.

21:1-9; Ps 44:22

he that seeketh.

1Ki 2:26; Mt 24:9; Joh 15:20; 16:2,3; Heb 12:1-3

but with me.

Joh 10:28-30; 17:12; 18:9

1 Samuel 23:19-23

the Ziphites.

22:7,8; 26:1; Ps 54:1; *title

Ps 54:3,4; Pr 29:12

Hachilah.Calmet states, that Hachilah was a mountain about ten miles south of Jericho, where Jonathan Maccabæus built the castle of Massada, west of the Dead Sea, and not far from En-gedi.

26:1,3

on the south. Heb. on the right hand. Jeshimon. or, thewilderness. Eusebius places Jeshimon ten miles south of Jericho, near the Dead Sea; which agrees extremely well with the position of Hachilah, as stated by Calmet.

all the desire.

De 18:6; 2Sa 3:21; Ps 112:10; Pr 11:23

our part.

1Ki 21:11-14; 2Ki 10:5-7; Ps 54:3; Pr 29:26

22:8; Jud 17:2; Ps 10:3; Isa 66:5; Mic 3:11

haunt is. Heb. foot shall be.

Job 5:13

take knowledge.

Mr 14:1,10,11; Joh 18:2,3

I will search.

2Sa 17:11-13; 1Ki 18:10; Pr 1:16; Ro 3:15,16

the thousands.

Nu 10:36; Mic 5:2

2 Samuel 3:7-11

Rizpah.

21:8-11

Wherefore.This action of Abner's seems a most evident proof that he intended to seize on the government; and it was so understood by Ish-bosheth; see Parallel Texts.

gone in.

12:8; 16:21,22; 1Ki 2:17,21,22

Abner.

Ps 76:10; Mr 6:18,19

Am I a dog's head.This was a proverbial expression among the Hebrews to denote whatever was deemed worthless and contemptible. Something similar to this was the answer of the Turkish commander at Beer, on the Euphrates, to a request made to see the castle. "Do they," said he, "take me for a child, or an ass's head, that they would feed me with sweet meats, and dupe me with a bit of cloth? No, they shall not see the castle."

9:8; 16:9; De 23:18; 1Sa 24:14,15; 2Ki 8:13

do shew.

9,18; 5:2; 1Sa 15:28; Ps 2:1-4; Isa 37:23; Ac 9:4,5

So do God.

35; 19:13; Ru 1:17; 1Sa 3:17; 14:44; 25:22; 1Ki 19:2

as the Lord.

1Sa 15:28; 16:1-13; 28:17; 1Ch 12:23; Ps 89:3,4,19,20,35-37

from Dan.

17:11; 24:2; Jud 20:1; 1Ki 4:25

because.

2 Samuel 4:5-12

went.

2Ch 24:25; 25:27; 33:24

lay 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; 71:24

Mt 2:20

the 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; 106:10

Ps 107:2; 2Ti 4:17,18

one.

1:2-16

thinking, 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 3:12

require.

3:27,39; Ge 9:5,6; Ex 21:12; Nu 35:31-34; Ps 9:12

from.

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 7:2

hanged.

21:9; De 21:22,23

in the sepulchre.

3:32

Proverbs 20:8

26; 16:12; 29:14; 1Sa 23:3,4; 2Sa 23:4; Ps 72:4; 92:9; 99:4; 101:6-8

Isa 32:1

Proverbs 25:23

north.

Job 37:22

driveth, etc. or, bringeth forth rain; so doth a backbitingtongue an angry countenance. Monconys says, that when travelling on the second of January, 1648, from Tripoli in Syria, between Lebanon and the sea, it rained without ceasing, while the north wind blew directly in his face.

so.

26:20; Ps 15:3; 101:5; Ro 1:30; 2Co 12:20