Gen 42:7, 30, Exo 5:2, 10:28, Judg 12:1-6, 1Sa 20:10, 30-31, 1Ki 20:6-11 | TSK | STEP | roughly unto them. Heb. hard things with them.

Ps 69:2,15; Isa 27:12; *Heb:{Shibboleth} also means an ear of corn, (Job 24:24,) and {sibboleth} signifies a burden, (Ex 6:6;) and a heavy burden they were obliged to bear who could not pronounce this test letter. It is well known that several nations cannot pronounce certain letters. The sound of th cannot be pronounced by the Persians, no more than by some of our Continental neighbours; though it is a common sound among the Arabians. To this day, many of the German Jews cannot articulate [t] th, for which they substitute ss; thus for {baith,} a house, they say {baiss.}

there fell.

Pr 17:14; 18:19; Ec 10:12; Mt 12:25; Ga 5:15

forty.{Arbäim ooshenayim aleph,} "forty and two thousand." Here the [w,] and, may mean simple addition; and this number may denote 2,040 and not 42,000. At the last census of the Israelites (Nu 26:37) the whole tribe of Ephraim only amounted to 32,500, compared with which this last number appears far too great.

1 Samuel 20:10

answer thee.

30-34; 25:10,14,17; Ge 42:7,30; 1Ki 12:13; Pr 18:23

1 Samuel 20:30-31

Saul's.

Job 5:2; Pr 14:29; 19:12,19; 21:24; 25:28; 27:3; Jas 1:19,20

Thou, etc. or, Thou perverse rebel. Heb. Son of perverserebellion.

Pr 15:2; 21:24; Mt 5:22; Eph 4:31; 6:4

and unto the.This reflection on the mother of Jonathan, by the passionate monarch, reflects more dishonour on himself than on his brave and noble minded son. Mungo Park gives an instance of the prevalence of the same principles in Africa; for he says, "Maternal affection is every where conspicuous among the Africans, and creates a correspondent return of tenderness in the child. 'Strike me,' said my attendant, 'but do not curse my mother.' I found the same sentiment to prevail universally in all parts of Africa." King Saul, unable to villify Jonathan to his own satisfaction by personal reproaches, outstepped the ordinary abuse of his day, and proceeded to that which was designed to produce unusual vexation, and vented the bitterness of his mind by maligning the character of his own wife and Jonathan's mother.

send.

8; 19:6,11-15

shall surely die. Heb. is the son of death.

26:16; 2Sa 19:28; Ps 79:11; *marg:

1 Kings 20:6-11

and they shall search.

1Sa 13:19-21; 2Sa 24:14; 2Ki 18:31,32

pleasant. Heb. desirable.

Ge 27:15; Ezr 8:27; Isa 44:9; Jer 25:34; La 1:7,10; Ho 13:15

Joe 3:5; *margins

all the elders.

8:1; 2Ki 5:7; 1Ch 13:1; 28:1; Pr 11:14

Mark.

2Ki 5:7

seeketh mischief.

Job 15:35; Ps 7:14; 36:4; 62:3; 140:2; Pr 6:14; 11:27; 24:2; Da 11:27

Ro 3:13-18

denied him not. Heb. kept not back from him.

The gods.

19:2; Ac 23:12

if the dust.

2Sa 17:12,13; 2Ki 19:23,24; Isa 10:13,14; 37:24,25

follow me. Heb. are at my feet.

Ex 11:8; *marg:

Jud 4:10

Let not him, etc.This was no doubt a proverbial mode of expression. Jonathan renders it: "Let not him who girds himself, and goes down to battle, boast as one who has conquered and returned from it."

1Sa 14:6,12,13; 17:44-47; Pr 27:1; Ec 9:11; Isa 10:15,16

Mt 26:33-35,75

harness.The word harness is an obsolete word for armour, derived from the French {harnois;} see Ex 13:18.