2Sa 16 | TSK | STEP | Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance. At Bahurim Shimei curse David. David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge. Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel. Ahithophel's counsel. little past. Ziba. with a couple. summer.These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account. a bottle.

2 Samuel 16

1 Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his master's inheritance.

5 At Bahurim Shimei curse David.

9 David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from revenge.

15 Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel.

20 Ahithophel's counsel.

little past.

15:30,32

Ziba.

9:2,9-12

with a couple.

17:27-29; 19:32; 1Sa 17:17,18; 25:18; 1Ch 12:40; Pr 18:16; 29:4,5

summer.These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account.

Jer 40:10,12; Am 8:1; Mic 7:1

a bottle.

1Sa 10:3; 16:20

What meanest.

Ge 21:29; 33:8; Eze 37:18The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting any thing to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood.

15:1; 19:26; Jud 5:10; 10:4

for the young.

1Sa 25:27

that such.

15:23; 17:29; Jud 8:4,5; 1Sa 14:28; Pr 31:6,7

where is.

9:9,10; Ps 88:18; Mic 7:5

Today.

19:24-30; Ex 20:16; De 19:18,19; Ps 15:3; 101:5; Pr 1:19; 21:28

1Ti 6:9,10; Jude 1:11

Behold.

14:10,11; Ex 23:8; De 19:15; Pr 18:13,17; 19:2

I humbly beseech thee. Heb. I do obeisance.

14:4,22

Bahurim.This place is supposed to be the same as Almon, (Jos 21:18,) and Almeth, (1 Ch 6:60,) a city of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, and apparently not far from Olivet.

14; 3:16; 17:18

whose name.

19:16-18; 1Ki 2:8,9,36-44,45,46

he came, etc. or, he still came forth and cursed. cursed.

Ex 22:28; 1Sa 17:43; Ps 69:26; 109:16-19,28; Pr 26:2; Ec 10:20

Isa 8:21; Mt 5:11,12

bloody man. Heb. man of blood.

3:37; 11:15-17; 12:9; Ps 5:6; 51:14

man of Belial.

De 13:13; 1Sa 2:12; 25:17; 1Ki 21:10,13

returned.

Jud 9:24,56,57; 1Ki 2:32,33; Ac 28:4,5; Re 16:6

the blood.

1:16; 3:28,29; 4:8-12; Ps 3:2; 4:2

thou, etc. or, thee in thy evil.

Abishai.

3:30; 1Sa 26:6-8

dead dog.

3:8; 9:8; 1Sa 24:14

curse.

Ex 22:28; Ac 23:5; 1Pe 2:17

let me go.

1Sa 26:6-11; Job 31:30,31; Jer 40:13-16

What have.

3:39; 19:22; 1Ki 2:5; Mt 16:23; Lu 9:54-56; 1Pe 2:23

so let him.

Ge 50:20; 1Ki 22:21-23; 2Ki 18:25; La 3:38,39; Joh 18:11

Who shall.

Job 9:12; Ec 8:4; Da 4:35; Ro 9:20

Behold.

12:11,12

came forth.

7:2; Ge 15:4

seeketh.

17:1-4; 2Ki 19:37; 2Ch 32:21; Mt 10:21

the Lord.

Isa 10:5-7; Eze 14:9; 20:25

the Lord.

Ge 29:32,33; Ex 2:24,25; 3:7,8; 1Sa 1:11; Ps 25:18

affliction. or, tears. Heb. eye. requite.

De 23:5; Isa 27:7; Mt 5:11,12; Ro 8:28; 2Co 4:17; 2Th 1:7

Heb 12:10; 1Pe 4:12-19

cursed.

5,6

cast dust. Heb. dusted him with dust.

Ac 23:23It was an ancient custom, in those warm and arid countries, to lay the dust before a person of distinction, by sprinkling the ground with water. Dr. Pococke and the consul were treated with this respect when they entered Cairo. The same custom is alluded to in the well-known fable of Phædrus, in which a slave is represented going before Augustus and officiously laying the dust. To throw dust in the air while a person was passing was therefore an act of great disrespect; to do so before a sovereign prince, an indecent outrage. But it is probable that Shimei meant more than disrespect and outrage to this afflicted king. Sir John Chardin informs us, that in the East, in general, those who demand justice against a criminal throw dust upon him, signifying that he ought to be put in the grave: and hence the common imprecation among the Turks and Persians, "Be covered with earth," or, "Earth be upon thy head."

there.

Absalom.

15:37

God save the king. Heb. let the king live.

1Sa 10:24; 1Ki 1:25,34; 2Ki 11:12; Da 2:4; 5:10; 6:6,21; Mt 21:9

Is this thy.

De 32:6

why wentest.

15:32-37; 19:25; Pr 17:17; 18:24

5:1-3; 1Sa 16:13

should I not serve.

15:34; 1Sa 28:2; 29:8; Ps 55:21; Ga 2:13

Give counsel.

Ex 1:10; Ps 2:2; 37:12,13; Pr 21:30; Isa 8:10; 29:15; Mt 27:1

Ac 4:23-28

Go in.

Ge 6:4; 38:16

unto thy.

12:11; 15:16; 20:3; Ge 35:22; Le 18:8; 20:11; 1Ki 2:17,22; 1Co 5:1

abhorred.

thy father.

then shall.

the hands.

the top.

went in.

12:11,12; 15:16; 20:3; Nu 25:6; Isa 3:9; Jer 3:3; 8:12; Eze 24:7

Php 3:19

as if.

Nu 27:21; 1Sa 30:8; Ps 28:2; 1Pe 4:11

oracle of God. Heb. word of God.

Ps 19:7

so was.The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.

all the counsel.

17:14,23; Job 5:12; 28:28; Jer 4:22; 8:9; Mt 11:25; Lu 16:8; Ro 1:22

1Co 3:19,20; Jas 3:13-18

both.

15:12; Ec 10:1