2 Samuel 9:6
Mephibosheth.1Ch 8:34; 9:40called Meribbaal. he fell.Ge 18:2; 33:3; 1Sa 20:41; 25:23Esther 3:2
the king's servants.Dr. Shaw, speaking of the cities in the East, says, "If we quit the streets, and enter into any of the principal houses, we shall first pass through a porch, or gate-way, with benches on each side, where the master of the family receives visits, and despatches business; few persons, not even the nearest relations, having admission any farther, except upon extraordinary occasions." These servants were probably officers who here waited the king's call; and it is likely that Mordecai was one of them. 2:19,21bowed.Ge 41:43; Php 2:10bowed not.{Yichrâ welo yishtachaweh,} "bowed not down, nor prostrated himself," or worshipped him. Had this meant only civil reverence the king would not have needed to command it; nor would Mordecai have refused it; there was, therefore, some kind of divine honour intended, such as was paid to the Persian kings, and which even the Greeks refused, as express adoration. 1,5; Ex 17:14,16; De 25:19; 1Sa 15:3; Ps 15:4Matthew 21:37
last.3:17; Mr 12:6; Lu 20:13; Joh 1:18,34; 3:16,35,36; Heb 1:1,2They.Isa 5:4; Jer 36:3; Zep 3:7Ephesians 5:33
let.25,28,29; Col 3:19; 1Pe 3:7reverence.22; 1Ki 1:31; Es 1:20; Heb 12:9; 1Pe 3:2-6Hebrews 12:9
fathers.Joh 3:6; Ac 2:30; Ro 1:3; 9:3,5corrected.7we gave.Ex 20:12; Le 19:3; De 21:18-21; 27:16; Pr 30:17; Eze 22:7; Eph 6:1-4shall we not.Mal 1:6; Jas 4:7,10; 1Pe 5:6the Father.Nu 16:22; 27:16; Job 12:10; Ec 12:7; Isa 42:5; 57:16; Zec 12:1
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