28<\/strong>. beds, and basons<\/em> ] The Sept. reads “ten beds with coverlets and ten bowls.”<\/p>\n parched<\/em> corn parched<\/em> pulse] If the text is sound, this is the right explanation: but it is strange that the same word should be twice repeated in one sentence to denote different articles. The Sept. omits the second.<\/p>\n Verse 28<\/span>. Brought beds<\/B><\/I>] These no doubt consisted in skins<\/I> of beasts, mats, carpets<\/I>, and such like things.<\/P> <\/P> Basons<\/B><\/I>] sappoth<\/I>. Probably wooden bowls<\/I>, such as the Arabs still use to eat out of, and to knead their bread in.<\/P> <\/P> Earthen vessels<\/B><\/I>] keley yotser<\/I>. Probably clay vessels, baked in the sun. These were perhaps used for lifting water, and boiling those articles which required to be cooked.<\/P> <\/P> Wheat, and barley, c.<\/B><\/I>] There is no direct mention of flesh-meat<\/I> here little was eaten in that country, and it would not keep. Whether the sheep<\/I> mentioned were brought for their flesh<\/I> or their milk<\/I>. I cannot tell.<\/P> <\/P> According to Mr. Jones, “the Moors of west Barbary use the flour of parched barley, which is the chief provision they make for their journeys<\/I>, and often use it at home<\/I>; and this they carry in a leathern satchel.” These are ordinarily made of goat-skins<\/I>. One of them now lies before me: it has been drawn off the animal before it was cut up; the places where the fore-legs, the tail, and the anus were, are elegantly closed, and have leathers thongs attached to them, by which it can be slung over the back of man, ass, or camel. The place of the neck is left open, with a running string to draw it up, purse-like, when necessary. The skin itself is tanned; and the upper side is curiously embroidered with red, black, blue, yellow, and flesh-coloured leather, in very curious and elegant forms and devices. Bags of this kind are used for carrying wine, water, milk, butter, grain, flour, clothes, and different articles of merchandise. This is, as I have before stated, the Scripture bottle<\/I>. Mr. Jones farther says: “Travellers use zumeet, tumeet<\/I>, and limereece<\/I>. Zumeet<\/I> is flour mixed with honey, butter, and spice; tumeet<\/I> is flour done up with organ oil; and limereece<\/I> is flour mixed with water for drink. This quenches the thirst much better than water alone; satisfies a hungry appetite; cools and refreshes tired and weary spirits; overcoming those ill effects which a hot sun and fatiguing journey might well occasion.”<\/P> <\/P> This flour might be made of grain or pulse of any kind: and probably may be that which we here term parched corn<\/I> and parched<\/I> pulse<\/I>; and in the forms above mentioned was well calculated, according to Mr. Jones’s account, for the people hungry, weary,<\/I> and thirsty, in the wilderness<\/I>. This was a timely supply for David and his men, and no doubt contributed much to the victory mentioned in the following chapter.<\/P> <\/P> A REMARKABLE account of maternal affection in a she-bear: “In the year 1772, the Seahorse<\/I> frigate and Carcass<\/I> bomb, under the command of the Hon. Captain C. J. Phipps, afterwards Lord Mulgrave, were sent on a voyage of discovery to the north seas. In this expedition the late celebrated admiral Lord Nelson served as midshipman. While the Carcass<\/I> lay locked in the ice, early one morning, the man at the masthead gave notice that three bears were making their way very fast over the frozen sea, and were directing their course towards the ship. They had no doubt been invited by the scent of some blubber of a seahorse that the crew had killed a few days before, which had been set on fire, and was burning on the ice at the time of their approach. They proved to be a she-bear and her two cubs, but the cubs were nearly as large as the dam. They ran eagerly to the fire, and drew out from the flames part of the flesh of the seahorse that remained unconsumed, and ate voraciously. The crew from the ship threw great lumps of flesh of the seahorse, which they had still left upon the ice, which the old bear fetched away singly, laid every lump before her cubs as she brought it, and dividing it, gave each a share, reserving but a small portion to herself. As she was fetching away the last piece, they levelled their muskets at the cubs, and shot them both dead; and in her retreat they wounded the dam, but not mortally. It would have drawn tears of pity from any but unfeeling minds, to have marked the affectionate concern expressed by this poor beast in the dying moments of her expiring young. Though she was sorely wounded, and could but just crawl to the place where they lay, she carried the lump of flesh she had fetched away, as she had done the others before, tore it in pieces and laid it down before them; and when she saw that they refused to eat, she laid her paws first upon one, and then upon the other, and endeavoured to raise them up; all this while it was piteous to hear her moan. When she found she could not move them, she went off; and being at some distance, looked back and moaned. This not availing to entice them away, she returned, and smelling around them, began to lick their wounds. She went off a second time, as before; and having crawled a few paces, looked again behind her, and for some time stood moaning. But still her cubs not rising to follow her, she returned to them again, and with signs of inexpressible fondness went round one, and round the other, pawing them and moaning. Finding at last that they were cold and lifeless, she raised her head towards the ship, and growled a curse upon the murderers, which they returned with a volley of musket balls. She fell between her cubs, and died licking their wounds.”<\/P> <\/P> Had this animal got among the destroyers of her young, she would have soon shown what was implied in the chafed mind of a bear<\/I> robbed of her whelps<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Beds and basons, <\/B>i.e. all sorts of household stuff, as well as other provisions, all which David now wanted. <\/P> <\/p>\n Brought beds<\/strong>,…. For David and his men, who, fleeing from Jerusalem in haste, could bring none with them, and therefore were ill provided while in the plains of the wilderness; the Septuagint version says there were ten of them, and that they were of tapestry, wrought on both sides, and such the ancients used z, see Pr 7:16<\/span>; and so ten basins in the next clause:<\/p>\n and basins, and earthen vessels<\/strong>; to put their food and liquors in, and eat and drink out of, and for other services:<\/p>\n and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn]<\/strong>; or “kali”, which was made of the above corn ground into meal, and mixed with water or milk, and eaten with honey or oil, as there was another sort made of pulse, later mentioned:<\/p>\n and beans, and lentiles, and parched [pulse]<\/strong>; or “kali”, made of these in the above manner. Some think a coffee is meant, but without reason.<\/p>\n z Vid. Aristophan. in Pluto, p. 55. a Sterringa, Animadv. Philol. Sacr. p. 48.<\/p>\n 2Sa 17:28-29<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Brought beds, and basons, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> Dr. Russell tells us, “that burgle <\/em>is very commonly used among the Christians of Aleppo;” and in a note he informs us, “that this burgle is wheat boiled, <\/em>then bruised by a mill, so as to take the husk off, then dried <\/em>and kept for use.” The usual way of dressing it, is, either by boiling it like rice into a pilaw, or making it into balls, with meat and spice, and either fried or boiled. These balls are called cubby. <\/em>Rauwolf and Ockley speak of the like preparation, under the name of sawik; but the former mentions it as prepared from barley, and the other from barley and rice, as well as wheat. Mr. Jones, in his account of the diet of the Moors of West Barbary, makes mention of the flour of parched barley; <\/em>which, he says, is the chief provision they make for travelling; and that some of them use it for their diet at home as well as in journeying. He adds, “What is most used by travellers is zumeet, tumeet, <\/em>or flour of parched barley for limereece. <\/em>These are not Arabian, but Shilha names; so that I believe it is of longer standing than the Mahometans in that part of Africk. They are all three made of parched barley-flour, which they carry in a leathern satchel. Zumeet, <\/em>is the flour mixed with honey, butter, and spice; tumeet, <\/em>is the same flour done up with oil: and limereece <\/em>is only mixed with water, and so drank. This quenches thirst much better than water alone, satisfies a hungry appetite, and cools and refreshes tired and weary spirits, overcoming those ill effects which a hot sun and fatiguing journey might well occasion.” He says also, that among the mountaineers of Susa this is used for their diet at home, as well as when they are on a journey. May not one or other of these sorts of food be meant in Scripture by what we render parched corn? <\/em>Russell and Ockley speak of the sawik or burgle as dried, and Jones expressly calls the chief provision which the Moors of West Barbary used in travel-ling, the flour of parched barley. <\/em>Jones’s account may teach us the propriety of what is added at the close of the list of provisions sent by the nobles on the other side Jordan to king David: they brought<\/em> beds, <\/em>&c.barley and flour, and parched corn, <\/em>&c.for they said the people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty in the wilderness. <\/em>Which of all these things was designed to quench their thirst? Jones says, that the flour of parched barley mixed with water, is thought to quench thirst better than water alone, to satisfy hunger, and to cool and refresh tired and wearied spirits: it might therefore be sent to David with a view to relieve the people, as thirsty and tired, <\/em>as well as hungry. But if this Jewish parched corn <\/em>is to be understood of the flour of parched barley, it does not follow that burgle, sawik, or boiled wheat dried, was unknown among them; and I have been ready to think, that this mode in the management of corn will give light to a remarkable passage in the history of David; I mean the concealment of the two spies in a well, whose mouth was covered with corn, 2Sa 17:19<\/span>. The exposing of corn in this manner must have been common in Judea, else it would rather have given suspicion than safety. But for what purpose ground corn <\/em>(for so we translate it) should be laid out in the open air, if we suppose it was meal, <\/em>cannot easily be imagined. Bishop Patrick supposes that it was corn newly threshed out, <\/em>which the woman pretended to dry, though no such thing is practised among us in a much moister country; and the word, in Pro 27:22<\/span> is used to signify corn beaten in a very different manner. Sanctius and Mariana have observed, that the word there expresses barley with the husk taken off; pearl <\/em>or French barley <\/em>as we call it. The accounts above given of the burgle and sawik, remove the difficulty; and it should seem from this passage, that the preparation of corn after this manner is as ancient as the time of David at least. To this may be added, that quantities of the sawik are prepared at once, in order to be laid up in store; whereas corn there is usually ground into meal in small parcels, the people of those countries baking every day, and grinding their corn as they want it: what is more, D’Arvieux, who speaks of this prepared corn under the name of bourgoul, <\/em>expressly mentions its being dried in the sun, <\/em>after having spoken of their preparing a whole year’s provision of it at once. See the Observations, <\/em>p. 146, &c. Note; <\/em>(1.) We often meet with greater kindness from strangers than from our own relations. (2.) The best use we can make of our affluence, is the employment of it in the support of the suffering cause of the Son of David. <\/p>\n 2Sa 17:28 Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and parched [pulse],<\/p>\n Ver. 28. Brought beds, &c.<\/strong> ] Strangers relieve David, whom his own son persecuteth. While the divine bounty serveth us in good meat, though not in our own dishes, we have good reason to be thankful.<\/p>\n and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton (App-6), 2Sa 17:28 and 2Sa 17:29, emphasising the items. <\/p>\n beds: These no doubt consisted of skins of beasts, mats, carpets, and such like. 2Sa 16:1, 2Sa 16:2, 1Sa 25:18, Isa 32:8 <\/p>\n basins: or, cups, Sappoth, probably wooden bowls, such as the Arabs still eat out of, and knead their bread in.<\/p>\n earthen vessels: Keley yotzair, literally, “vessels of the potter.” So when Dr. Perry visited the temple of Luxor in Egypt, he says, “We were entertained by the Caliph here with great civility and favour; he sent us, in return of our presents, several sheep, a good quantity of eggs, bardacks,” etc. The bardacks, he informs us, were earthen vessels, used “to cool and refresh their water in, by means of which it drinks very cool and pleasant in the hottest seasons of the year.” See Harmer, chapter vi. Oba 1:3 <\/p>\n wheat: Mr. Jones says, “Travellers use zumeet, tumeet, and limereece. Zumeet is flour mixed with honey, butter, and spice; tumeet is flour done up with organ oil, and limereece is flour mixed with water, for drink. This quenches thirst much better than water alone, satisfies a hungry appetite; cools and refreshes tired and weary spirits,” etc. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jdg 8:5 – loaves Rth 2:14 – parched 1Sa 17:17 – parched corn<\/p>\n 2Sa 17:28-29. Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels All manner of household stuff; and wheat, and barley, and flour, and corn That is, various kinds of provision, which they now wanted. For they said, The people is hungry and weary, &c.,in the wilderness Having been in the wilderness, where there was a total want or scarcity of provisions and all conveniences, and therefore they needed refreshment when they were come out of it, which moved these persons to bring them these things. Thus God sometimes makes up to his people that comfort from strangers which they are disappointed of in their own families. The circumstances now related were all so many happy beginnings and omens of Davids future success, and pledges of that just and humble confidence which he had placed in the divine favour and protection. <\/p>\n 17:28 {o} Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentiles, and parched [pulse],<\/p>\n (o) God shows himself most liberal to his, when they seem to be utterly destitute.<\/p>\n Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched [corn], and beans, and lentils, and parched [pulse], 28. beds, and basons ] The Sept. reads “ten beds with coverlets and ten bowls.” parched corn parched pulse] If the text is sound, this is the right explanation: but it is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 17:28”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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