Deu 31:16, 1Ki 1:21, 14:20, 15:8, 24, 16:6, 2Ki 16:20, 20:21, 21:18 | TSK | STEP | thou shalt. sleep. Heb. lie down.{Shochaiv,} "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul {nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers." and go a. forsake me. break my.

Deuteronomy 31:16

thou shalt.

sleep. Heb. lie down.{Shochaiv,} "lying down:" it signifies to rest, take rest in sleep, and metaphorically, to die. Though much stress cannot be safely laid upon this expression to prove the immortality of the soul, or that the people, in the time of Moses, had a distinct notion of its separate existence; yet is was understood in this sense by Jonathan, who paraphrases the words thus: "Thou shalt lie down in the dust with thy fathers; and thy soul {nishmatoch) shall be laid up in the treasury of the life to come, with thy fathers."

Job 20:11

and go a.

Ex 32:6; 34:15; Le 20:3-6; Jud 2:17-20; Ps 73:27; 106:39

Isa 57:3-8; Jer 3:1-3; Eze 16:15,25-36; 23:5-8,9-21; Ho 2:2-5

Re 17:2-5; 19:2

forsake me.

32:15; Jud 2:12; 10:6,13; Jer 2:11-13

break my.

Le 26:15; Jud 2:20; Jer 31:32

1 Kings 1:21

sleep.

2:10; Ge 15:15; De 31:16

that I.That is, when Adonijah is established on the throne, I and my son Solomon shall be put to death as state criminals. The history of the world demonstrates, that the lust of dominion has tempted men to commit the most enormous crimes. A father has destroyed his son, a son deposed a father, and a brother murdered a brother, in order to obtain a crown!

offenders. Heb. sinners.

2:15,22-24