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Title. Michtam. App-65.
when, &c. See 2 Samuel 8:13-14.
Aram-naharaim, &c.. Mesopotamia or Syria. See 1 Chronicles 18:5, and note below on "twelve thousand".
twelve thousand. In 2 Samuel 8:13, and 1 Chronicles 18:12, it is David's and Abishai's exploit, which was 18,000. Here, it is Joab's exploit, and his share was 12,000, but he took six months longer in finishing up his task (1 Kings 11:15; 1 Kings 11:16). David's 22,000 in 1 Chronicles 18:5 were in. Syrian campaign. See notes on 2 Samuel 8:12; 2 Samuel 8:13.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
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Psalms 60:2 open_in_new
broken. made fissures. Occurs only here.
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shewed. suffered... to see. astonishment: or confusion, or trembling.
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the truth: or [Thy] faithfulness. Hebrew. koshet. Occurs only here in Psalms. Compare Proverbs 22:21. certainty, or exact, precise truth. (No Art.)
Selah. Connecting the gift, with the great and important object of it. (App-66.)
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hear. answer.
me. Hebrew text reads "us"; but some codices, with four early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "me".
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hath spoken. Verses 6-9 refer to the promise of the possession of the whole of Canaan, confirmed in 2 Samuel 7:10. David here encourages himself by it.
Shechem... Succoth. West and east of Jordan.
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Gilead... Manasseh. Eastern side.
Ephraim... Judah. Western side.
lawgiver. Compare Genesis 49:10; Numbers 21:18; Deuteronomy 33:21.
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Moab... Edom. Spoken of as the chattels of. conqueror (2 Samuel 8:12-14).
washpot. footbath: i.e. an ignominious vessel.
cast out my shoe. Idiom for taking possession.
Philistia. Syriac reads "over Philistia".
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Psalms 60:9 open_in_new
the strong city. Probably Sela or Petra, corresponding with Edom (compare 2 Kings 14:7). David claims the promise of Numbers 24:18.
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Psalms 60:10 open_in_new
O God. Some codices omit "O God".
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Psalms 60:11 open_in_new
help from trouble. succor out of trouble.
help of man. salvation or deliverance of man. Compare "save", Psalms 60:5.
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To the chief Musician. See App-64.
upon. relating to.