11<\/strong>. ten<\/em> shekels] Shekels<\/em> is rightly supplied, as in 1Ki 10:29<\/span>, and elsewhere. The shekel weighed about half an ounce; but its real value at the time cannot be fixed.<\/p>\n a girdle<\/em> ] An essential article of Oriental dress, often of costly materials and highly ornamented. Cp. 1Sa 18:4<\/span>.<\/p>\n Ten shekels – <\/B>(About 25 shillings.) The word shekel is understood, as in Gen 20:16<\/span>; Gen 37:28<\/span>. See the Exo 38:24<\/span> note.<\/P> A girdle – <\/B>Girdles were costly articles of Hebrew dress used to put money in Mat 10:9<\/span>, and given as presents 1Sa 18:4<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 11<\/span>. And a girdle.<\/B><\/I>] The military belt was the chief ornament of a soldier, and was highly prized in all ancient nations; it was also a rich present from one chieftain to another. Jonathan<\/I> gave his to David<\/I>, as the highest pledge of his esteem and perpetual friendship, 1Sa 18:4<\/span>. And Ajax<\/I> gave his to Hector<\/I>, as a token of the highest respect. – Hom<\/I>. Il. vii., ver. 305.<\/P> <\/p>\n Why didst thou not smite him down from the oak, and with thy spear nail him to the ground? <\/P> A girdle; <\/B>a military belt of more than ordinary price, as a testimony of thy valour and good service. See Poole on “1Sa 18:4<\/span>“. <\/P> <\/p>\n 11, 12. Joab said unto the man thattold him, . . . I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and agirdle<\/B>that is, would have raised him from the ranks to thestatus of a commissioned officer. Besides a sum of money, a girdle,curiously and richly wrought, was among the ancient Hebrews a mark ofhonor, and sometimes bestowed as a reward of military merit. Thissoldier, however, who may be taken as a fair sample of David’sfaithful subjects, had so great a respect for the king’s wishes, thatno prospect of reward would have tempted him to lay violent hands onAbsalom. But Joab’s stern sense of public duty, which satisfied himthat there could be neither safety to the king, nor peace to thekingdom, nor security to him and other loyal subjects, so long asthat turbulent prince lived, overcame his sensibilities, and lookingupon the charge given to the generals as more befitting a parent thana prince, he ventured to disobey it. <\/P> 2Sa18:14-32<\/span>. HE ISSLAIN BY JOAB.<\/P><\/p>\n And Joab said unto the man that told him<\/strong>,…. That gave the above account of him:<\/p>\n and, behold, thou sawest [him]<\/strong>; in reality; or, “didst thou see him?” is it a fact?<\/p>\n and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground<\/strong>; kill him on the spot, that he might have dropped from the tree to the ground:<\/p>\n and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver<\/strong>; on the news of it, for doing it, which was near twenty four shillings of our money; Josephus says i fifty shekels; the Arabic version has it ten thousand talents of silver, too great a sum by far:<\/p>\n and a girdle<\/strong>? which was a mark of great honour, and a token of a commission under him, and of investing: him with a military office; see<\/p>\n 1Sa 18:4<\/span>; it used to be given as an honorary reward to soldiers that behaved well, as on the contrary it was reckoned a reproach to be ungirt, or the girdle to be taken away k.<\/p>\n i Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10. sect. 2.) k Vide Lydium de re militare, l. 3. c. 6.<\/p>\n 11<\/strong>. <\/strong> Go to battle in thine own person <\/strong> Literally, thy presence going into the battle. <\/em> Unlike Ahithophel, who counselled him to stay at Jerusalem, (2Sa 18:3<\/span>,) Hushai advises him to go himself to the war.<\/p>\n 2Sa 18:11 And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a girdle.<\/p>\n Ver. 11. And I would have given thee.<\/strong> ] And will do still, if thou wilt yet do it: for though Joab wished Absalom slain as a public pest; yet he had rather it should have been done by another, than by himself, or by his command. Politicians use to put others before them in dangerous actions, and, with the ape, to take nuts out of the fire with the paw of the cat. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ten shekels of silver, and a girdle,<\/strong> ] i.e., <\/em> A purse, as Mar 6:8<\/span> , or a military belt, as an ensign of honour.<\/p>\n girdle. A common present, made of silk, linen, or leather, and worked sometimes in gold. Used for fastening up loose garments. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 19:13 – room of Joab Psa 143:3 – smitten Pro 1:19 – every<\/p>\n And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest [him], and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten [shekels] of silver, and a girdle. 11. ten shekels] Shekels is rightly supplied, as in 1Ki 10:29, and elsewhere. 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Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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