2Sa 4:2-12, 2Ki 8:14, 10:6-9, Psa 41:9, Mic 7:5-6, Mat 26:23, Mar 14:20 | TSK | STEP

‏ 2 Samuel 4:2-12

captains.

3:22; 2Ki 5:2; 6:23

other. Heb. second. Beeroth.

Jonathan.

when the tidings.

Mephibosheth.

Meribbaal.

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

‏ 2 Kings 8:14

He told me.

10; 5:25; Mt 26:16

‏ 2 Kings 10:6-9

If ye be mine. Heb. If ye be for me.

9:32; Mt 12:30; Lu 9:50

take ye.

Nu 25:4

See on

1Ki 21:8-11

your master's sons.

De 5:9; Jos 7:24,25; Job 21:19; Isa 14:21,22; Re 2:20-23

which brought them up."The rich," says Mr. Morier, "hire a {dedeh,} or wet nurse for their children. If a boy, the father appoints a steady man from the age of two years to be his {laleh,} who, I conjecture, must stand in the same capacity as the bringers up of children mentioned in the catastrophe of Ahab's sons. But if it be a daughter, she has a {gees sefeed,} or white head, attached to her for the same purpose as the {laleh.}"

slew seventy.

9; 11:1; Jud 9:5-57; 1Ki 21:21; 2Ch 21:4; Mt 14:8-11

there came.

2Sa 11:18-21; 1Ki 21:14; Mr 6:28

Lay ye them.Such barbarities are by no means uncommon in the East. "It has been know to occur," says Mr. Morier, "after the combat was over, that prisoners have been put to death in cold blood, in order that the heads, which are immediately despatched to the king, and deposited in heaps at the place gates, might make a more considerable show."

until the morning.

De 21:23

Ye be righteous.

1Sa 12:3; Isa 5:3

I conspired.

9:14-24; Ho 1:4