Bible Commentary

And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? 10. What have I to do with you ] ‘What have we in common? leave me alone.’ The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:10”

Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. 9. Then said Abishai ] Consistently with his character on the former occasion when he wished to slay Saul (1Sa 26:8), and on … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:9”

The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou [art taken] in thy mischief, because thou [art] a bloody man. 8. all the blood of the house … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:8”

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: 7. Come out, come out ] Out! out! from the land and from thy kingdom into exile. thou bloody man ] Thou man of blood, thou murderer. Shimei seems to have supplied Cromwell’s army with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:7”

And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his right hand and on his left. 6. And he cast stones, &c.] The scene is described with an exactness which bespeaks an eye-witness. The road apparently was parallel to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:6”

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. 5 14. David cursed by Shimei 5. Bahurim ] See note on ch. 2Sa 3:16. Shimei ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:5”

Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine [are] all that [pertained] unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee [that] I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. 4. Behold, thine are all, &c.] David was rash and hasty in thus treating his grant to Mephibosheth as forfeited by treason … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:4”

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, Today shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. 3. thy master’s son ] Mephibosheth is called the son, i.e. grandson, of Ziba’s lord Saul in ch. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:3”

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, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. 2. the wilderness ] See note … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:2”

And when David was a little past the top [of the hill], behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. Ch. 2Sa 16:1-4. David … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 16:1”