2 Samuel 12:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

put. appointed, appointed over, set, &c. Hebrew. sum (Genesis 2:8; Genesis 45:8; Genesis 45:9; Genesis 47:6; Exodus 2:14; Exodus 5:14. 1Sa 8:11. 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Kings 10:24.Psalms 78:5; Psalms 81:5.Hosea 1:11, &c.)

under. with, especially to work with. Hebrew letter (Beth), prefixed as preposition. in, within, with. When the preposition "under ". beneath, then it is either part of. verb or one of four distinct words: 'el (2 Samaritan Pentateuch 2 Samuel 2:23); mattah (1 Chronicles 27:23); tehoth' (Jer. 2 Samuel 10:11.Daniel 4:12; Daniel 4:21; Daniel 7:27, "under the heavens "); tahath (Daniel 4:14, "under. tree "). Beth, when translated "under", is only in the sense of within (as "under (or within the shelter of) the wing", or "under (or within) the earth "). Otherwise, used with. tool or weapon or instrument, it always means "with". See "with an axe "(Deuteronomy 19:5.Jeremiah 10:3; Jeremiah 10:3); "with axes" (Jeremiah 46:22.Ezekiel 26:9; Psalms 74:6); "with nails and with hammers" (Jeremiah 10:4); "with an ox-goad "(Judges 3:31); "with mattock "(Isaiah 7:25. "with sword and with bow "(Genesis 48:22.Joshua 24:12; 2 Kings 6:22); "with. graving tool "(Exodus 32:4), &c.

pass through. pass by or before. Hebrew. 'abar, as in Ezekiel 37:2; Ezekiel 46:21.Deuteronomy 2:30; Exodus 33:19. 1Sa 16:8, 1 Samuel 16:9; 1 Samuel 16:10, &c.

brickkiln. brick-work; hence, brick pavement or paved area (Revised Version margin) Not brickkiln; no brickkilns in Palestine. All bricks there are sun-dried. Only once spoken of as burnt--as being. strange thing (Genesis 11:3, and margin) Hebrew. malben, occurs only here, Jeremiah 43:9, and Nahum 3:14, the former at "entry" of royal palace, the latter said to be "fortified". Both out of the question, and quite incongruous for. brickkiln. The very paved area of Jeremiah 43:9 was discovered at Tahpanhes by Flinders Petrie in 1886, where. Nebuchadnezzar did exactly what David did here and in Ch. 2 Samuel 8:2 and 1 Chronicles 20:3.

thus did he: i.e. as in 2 Samuel 8:2, with Moab, s(here; he caused the captives to pass by before him, he seated on. pavement of brick-work, or paved area where he appointed them to the various departments of labour for which they were suited. Compare Jeremiah 43:9-11 These were the "strangers" (i.e. foreigners) and the "abundance of' workmen" referred to in 1 Chronicles 22:2; 1 Chronicles 22:15. Compare Deuteronomy 29:11.Joshua 9:27. See notes on 1 Kings 5:13. 1Ki 9:15, 1 Kings 9:21; 1 Kings 9:22.

2 Samuel 12:31

31 And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.