12<\/strong>. Beware that none touch<\/em> ] Or, Have a care, all of you, of the young man Absalom<\/strong>: lit. as in the margin, whosoever<\/em> ye be. But the Sept. and Vulg. read for my sake<\/em>, as in 2Sa 18:5<\/em><\/span>, in place of whosoever<\/em>.<\/p>\n Or, take heed what<\/I> (for so the Hebrew pronoun mi<\/I> is sometimes used, as Jdg 13:17<\/span>) ye do with the young man<\/I>. He expresseth Davids sense, though not his words. <\/P> <\/p>\n And the man said unto Joab<\/strong>,…. Disdaining his proposal:<\/p>\n though I should receive a thousand [shekels] of silver in mine hand<\/strong>; or such a sum should be offered to me; the Arabic version is a million;<\/p>\n [yet] would I not put forth my hand against the king’s son<\/strong>; to smite him, and slay him:<\/p>\n for in our hearing the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai<\/strong>; his three generals:<\/p>\n saying, beware that none [touch] the young man Absalom<\/strong>; so as to slay him; they were charged to abstain from it themselves, and to watch and observe others, and keep them from doing it.<\/p>\n But the man replied, “And I … not weighing a thousand shekels in my hand … might not stretch out my hand to the king’s son,”<\/em> i.e., I could not do it for a reward of a thousand shekels. This is the meaning of the Chethib<\/em> ; the Masoretes, on the other hand, have substituted , which is the reading adopted in most of the ancient versions, and the one preferred by the majority of expositors: “if I weighed … I would not,” etc. But there is no necessity for this alteration, as the Chethib<\/em> is quite in accordance with the character of the words. “For before our ears the king commanded”<\/em> (cf. 2Sa 18:5<\/span>): , “take care whoever <\/em> (it be) of the boy Absalom.”<\/em> On this use of , see Ewald<\/em>, 104, d., a. The Keri<\/em> is merely a conjecture, notwithstanding the fact that all the versions follow it, and that one of the Codices in Kennicott has . “or,”<\/em> continued the man (2Sa 18:13<\/span>), “should I have acted deceitfully towards his life <\/em> (i.e., have slain him secretly, which he calls , cheating, because it was opposed to the king’s open command): and nothing remains hidden from the king; … thou wouldst have set thyself in opposition to me,”<\/em> i.e., have risen up against me before the king. The middle clause is a circumstantial one, as the fact that is placed first clearly shows; so that it cannot be regarded as introducing the apodosis, which really follows in the clause commencing with . <\/p>\n 12<\/strong>. <\/strong> As the dew falleth <\/strong> Covering all things, so that nothing on the ground escapes its touch.<\/p>\n 2Sa 18:12 And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [shekels] of silver in mine hand, [yet] would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none [touch] the young man Absalom.<\/p>\n Ver. 12. Yet would I not put forth mine hand.<\/strong> ] Because it would be as much as my life is worth. How mad, then, are they who for a few paltry shillings part with their precious souls! <\/p>\n “ Hoc Ithacus velit, hoc magno mercentur Achivi.<\/em> ”<\/p>\n our hearing. See 2Sa 18:5 <\/p>\n Beware that none touch = Watch any one who (would touch) the, &c. After “Watch”, Septuagint, Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate add “for my sake”, as in 2Sa 18:5. <\/p>\n receive: etc. Heb. weigh upon mine hand <\/p>\n in our hearing: 2Sa 18:5 <\/p>\n Beware: etc. Heb. Beware, whosoever ye be, of the, etc <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 19:1 – General 2Sa 20:6 – Abishai 1Ki 2:5 – Joab Psa 55:20 – put<\/p>\n And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand [shekels] of silver in mine hand, [yet] would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none [touch] the young man Absalom. 12. 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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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