Judg 9:4, 1Sa 22:2, 27:2, 30:22-24, Job 30:1-10, Act 17:5 | TSK | STEP | house. vain, etc.{Anashim raikim oophochozim,} "worthless and dissolute men;" persons who were living on the public, and had nothing to lose. Such was the foundation of his Babel government. By a cunning management of such unprincipled men most revolutions are brought about.

Judges 9:4

house.

vain, etc.{Anashim raikim oophochozim,} "worthless and dissolute men;" persons who were living on the public, and had nothing to lose. Such was the foundation of his Babel government. By a cunning management of such unprincipled men most revolutions are brought about.

11:3; 1Sa 22:2; 2Ch 13:7; Job 30:8; Pr 12:11; Ac 17:5

1 Samuel 22:2

distress.

Jud 11:3; Mt 11:12,28

was in debt. Heb. had a creditor.

Mt 18:25-34

discontented. Heb. bitter of soul.

1:10; 30:6; Jud 18:25; 2Sa 17:8; Pr 31:6; *margins

a captain.

9:16; 25:15,16; 30:22-24; 2Sa 5:2; 2Ki 20:5; 1Ch 11:15-19

Ps 72:12-14; Mt 9:12,13; Heb 2:10

1 Samuel 27:2

David.This measure of David's, in uniting himself to the enemies of his God and people, was highly blameable; was calculated to alienate the affections of the Israelites; and led to equivocation, if not downright falsehood.

the six.

25:13; 30:8

Achish.

21:10; 1Ki 2:40

1 Samuel 30:22-24

wicked.

22:2; 25:17,25; De 13:13; Jud 19:22; 1Ki 21:10,13

those. Heb. the men. Because.

Mt 7:12

my brethren.

Ge 19:7; Jud 19:23; Ac 7:2; 22:1

which the Lord.

8; 2:7; Nu 31:49-54; De 8:10,18; 1Ch 29:12-14; Hab 1:16

who hath.

Ps 44:2-7; 121:7,8

but as his part.This equitable edict was somewhat different from that which had so long obtained in Israel, and by which the spoil of the Midianites was divided: that related to the whole people: this only to the soldiers, some of whom went to battle, while others guarded the baggage.

Nu 31:27; Jos 22:8; Ps 68:12

tarrieth.

25:13

Job 30:1-10

1 Job's honour is turned into extreme contempt;

15 and his prosperity into calamity.

they that are.

19:13-19; 29:8-10; 2Ki 2:23; Isa 3:5

younger than I. Heb. of fewer days than I. whose.

Ps 35:15,16; 69:12; Mr 14:65; 15:17-20; Lu 23:14,18,35,39; Ac 17:5

Tit 1:12

solitary. or, dark as the night.

24:13-16

fleeing into.

24:5; Heb 11:38

in former time. Heb. yesternight.

mallows.The Hebrew {malluäch,} in Arabic, {malluch,} and in Syriac {mallucho,} is probably the [Lalima or Lalimos] of the Greeks, and {halimus} of the Romans, which Dioscorides describes as a kind of bramble, without thorns, the leaves of which are boiled and eaten.

juniper roots.The Hebrew {rothem,} in Arabic, {ratim,} and in Spanish, {retama,} most probably signifies the {genista} or broom, which is very abundant in the deserts of Arabia.

for their meat.

2Ki 4:38,39; Am 7:14; Lu 15:16

driven.

Ge 4:12-14; Ps 109:10; Da 4:25,32,33

dwell.

Jud 6:2; 1Sa 22:1,2; Isa 2:19; Re 6:15

caves. Heb. holes.

brayed.

6:5; 11:12; Ge 16:12

the nettles.{Charul} probably denotes some kind of briar or bramble: so Vulgate renders it by {spina} or {sentis,} (Pr 24:31. Zep 2:9.) Celsius and Scheuchzer are inclined to think it the {paliurus,} a shrub growing sometimes to a considerable height in desert places. "One of the inconveniences of the vegetable thickets of Egypt is," says Denon, "that it is difficult to remain in them, as nine tenths of the trees and plants are armed with inexorable thorns, which suffer only an unquiet enjoyment of the shadow which is so constantly desirable."

children.

2Ki 8:18,27; 2Ch 22:3; Ps 49:10-13; Jer 7:18; Mr 6:24

fools.

Pr 1:7,22; 16:22

base men. Heb. men of no name. viler.

40:4; Ps 15:4; Isa 32:6

am I.

17:6; Ps 35:15,16; 44:14; 69:12; La 3:14,63

abhor me.

19:19; 42:6; Ps 88:8; Zec 11:8

flee far.

19:13,14; Ps 88:8; Pr 19:7; Mt 26:56