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2 Samuel 16:1 open_in_new
top. Compare 2 Samuel 15:32.
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
Mephibosheth. Now thirty-one. Born in 965. Compare 2 Samuel 4:4.
bottle. skin-bottle (Joshua 9:4.Matthew 9:17; Matthew 9:17).
wine. Hebrew. yayin. See App-27.
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2 Samuel 16:3 open_in_new
he said. This was slander. See 2 Samuel 19:24-30, and compare the two Structures.
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2 Samuel 16:5 open_in_new
Bahurim. On east side of Olivet; "in tribe of Benjamin".
man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.
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2 Samuel 16:7 open_in_new
come out. Figure of speech Epizeuxis (App-6): i.e. out -Be-gone! or Get out!
bloody man. man of bloods (plural denoting much blood).
thou man of Belial. Compare 1 Samuel 1:16; 1 Samuel 10:27.
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2 Samuel 16:8 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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2 Samuel 16:9 open_in_new
dead dog. Figure of speech Antiprosopopceia. App-6. Compare 1 Samuel 17:43,
let me go. Compare 1 Samuel 26:8.
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2 Samuel 16:10 open_in_new
What have. to do... ? First occurrence of this idiom. Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). Compare 2 Samuel 19:22. 1Ki 17:18. 2 Kings 3:13.Matthew 8:29. Mark I. 24.Luke 4:34.John 2:4.
sons of Zeruiah. Compare 2 Samuel 3:39 and Luke 9:55.
let him curse. Uriah. s murder closed David's mouth (2 Samuel 12:9).
Who shall then... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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2 Samuel 16:11 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
life. soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
how much. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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2 Samuel 16:12 open_in_new
look on mine affliction. This is one of the eighteen emendations of the Sopherim (App-33). The primitive text reads "Jehovah will behold with His eye". This was thought to be too anthropomorphic, and so was altered, and the alteration recorded.
requite. Compare Psalms 109:26-28.
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2 Samuel 16:13 open_in_new
men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14.
cast dust. Hebrew "dusted him with dust". Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6): i.e. cast much dust.
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2 Samuel 16:14 open_in_new
weary. Hebrew. Ayiphim. Perhaps the name of. place, or of. caravansary with that name, "for the weary".
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2 Samuel 16:18 open_in_new
choose. hath chosen.
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2 Samuel 16:21 open_in_new
said. Instigated by feelings of private revenge against David for his sin with Bath-sheba; she being the daughter of his son,
Eliam. See 2 Samuel 23:34. Compare 2 Samuel 11:3. Foretold by Nathan (2 Samuel 12:11; 2 Samuel 12:12).
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2 Samuel 16:22 open_in_new
the top of the house. Compare 2 Samuel 11:2.
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2 Samuel 16:23 open_in_new
as. according as.
oracle. word. The first occurrence of "oracle" as. rendering (fifteen times) of dabar, word. The holy of holies, because there the word of Jehovah was heard. Other occurrences: see 1 Kings 6:5 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 6:19; 1 Kings 6:20 1 Kings 6:22, 1 Kings 6:23; 1 Kings 6:31; 1 Kings 8:6; 1 Kings 8:8. 2Ch 3:16. 2 Chronicles 3:4 2 Chronicles 3:20 2 Chronicles 5:9; Psalms 28:2 Compare N.T. usage in plural: Acts 7:38; Romans 3:2. Heb 5:12. 1 Peter 4:11.