2 Samuel 16:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. ”

2 Samuel 16:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy master’s son - Meaning Saul’s grandson 2 Samuel 9:6 . David asks the question, evidently hurt at the apparent ingratitude of Mephibosheth. It is impossible to say whether Mephibosheth was qu...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Soon after passing the summit of the Mt. of Olives David is met by Ziba, the servant of Meri-baal ( 2 Samuel 4:4 ), with a present of two asses laden with provisions. Ziba, representing that Meri-baa...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

he said . This was slander. See 2 Samuel 19:24-30 , and compare the two Structures.
2 Samuel 16:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. To...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father....
2 Samuel 16:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ziba, Shimei, and Ahithophel David, during his flight, is assisted by Ziba, but is cursed by Shimei. The cause of Absalom is promoted by the wise counsel of Ahithophel.
2 Samuel 16:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXI. FROM JERUSALEM TO MAHANAIM. 2 Samuel 16:1-14 ; 2 Samuel 17:15-22 and 2 Samuel 17:24-26 . AS David proceeds on his painful journey, there flows from his heart a gentle current o...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Day That Revealed Character 2 Samuel 16:1-12 There may have been some truth in Ziba's statement, but we should balance it with 2 Samuel 19:24 . Shimei vented the spleen of the house of Saul....
2 Samuel 16:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

David's sorrows multiplied. Those recorded here are typical. Ziba, a man who for purely selfish reasons took advantage of temporary trouble to traduce an absent friend, was utterly despicable, and th...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, th...
2 Samuel 16:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the king said, and where [is] thy master's son ?.... The son of Saul, who was Ziba's master, meaning Mephibosheth: and Ziba said unto the king, behold, he abideth at Jerusalem ; as there was r...
2 Samuel 16:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king said, And where [is] thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father....
2 Samuel 16:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore me , &c. This was a fiction, but not badly contrived; for the family of David being so divided, and one part enraged against another, it was pos...
2 Samuel 16:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Passing over the mountain, David was met by Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth, who had with him two donkeys carrying a large provision of bread, raisins and summer fruits, as well as a skin of wine. Q...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ziba's Calumny. B. C. 1023. 1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, be...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Which though it might seem a very unlikely thing, yet such vain expectations do often get into the minds of men; nor was it impossible, that when David's family was thus divided, and one part engaged...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Arrival Of Ziba, Servant Of Mephibosheth ( 2 Samuel 16:1-4 ). We must recognise that at the precise time when Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, arrived with his provisions, David was not thin...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 16:1 . “Met him.” “Ziba had therefore gone on in advance of the army (as Hushai did) in order more easily to secure David’s attention after the first di...
2 Samuel 16:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 16:3 . Where is thy master's son? Ziba had been servant to Jonathan. Here is another sad case superinduced by a civil war. Mephibosheth, a prince at the mercy of a covetous and a lying se...
2 Samuel 16:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when David was a little past the top of the hill. Impatience and submission Mephibosheth, it will be recollected, was the only son of Jonathan. Now, when David was a little past the top of...
2 Samuel 16:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 16:1 Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth . It is the misfortune of troubled times like those in which David found himself, that unscrupulous men use them for selfish purpo...
2 Samuel 16:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ziba and Shimei
2 Samuel 16:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:10 ; 1 Timothy 6:9 ; 2 Samuel 19:24-30 ; 2 Samuel 9:10 ; 2 Samuel 9:9 ; Deuteronomy 19:18 ; Deuteronomy 19:19 ; Exodus 20:16 ; Jude 1:11 ; Micah 7:5 ; Proverbs 1:19 ; Proverbs...

2 Samuel 16:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 16:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 16:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 16:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 16:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 16:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 16:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 16:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 16:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 16:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 16:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 16:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 16:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 16:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge