4<\/strong>. covered his face<\/em> ] See note on ch. 2Sa 15:30<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. The king covered his face<\/B><\/I>] This was the custom of mourners.<\/P> <\/P> O my son Absalom<\/B><\/I>] Calmet has properly remarked that the frequent repetition of the name of the defunct, is common in the language of lamentation. Thus VIRGIL, act. v., ver. 51: – <\/P> _____ Daphnin que team tollemus ad astra;<\/I><\/P> Daphnin ad astra feremus: amavit nos quoque<\/I> Daphnis.<\/P> <\/P> “With yours, my song I cheerfully shall join,<\/P> To raise your Daphnis<\/I> to the powers Divine.<\/P> Daphnis<\/I> I’ll raise unto the powers above,<\/P> For dear to me was Daphnis’<\/I> well tried love.”<\/P> See the notes on the preceding chapter (2 Sam 18<\/span>).<\/P> <\/p>\n The king covered his face, <\/B>as a deep mourner, as one that desired neither to see, nor to be seen by any others. <\/P> <\/p>\n 4. the king covered his face<\/B>oneof the usual signs of mourning (see on 2Sa15:30<\/span>).<\/P><\/p>\n But the king covered his face<\/strong>,…. And would not see his generals, and thank them for their services: but wrapped himself in his mantle, after the manner of mourners:<\/p>\n and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son<\/strong>! and this was some time, perhaps some days after he had received the news of his death, since Joab and the army were returned from the battle; had it been a sudden start of passion, upon first hearing thee news, and had continued a few hours, it would have been more excusable; but to continue some days, as it is very probable it did, was very unbecoming.<\/p>\n 4<\/strong>. <\/strong> Covered his face <\/strong> After the manner of mourners. 2Sa 15:30<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Sa 19:4 But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!<\/p>\n Ver. 4. But the king covered his face.<\/strong> ] After the manner of mourners. See 2Sa 15:20<\/span> . Aut prae pudore, ne flere videtur,<\/em> saith Vatablus, – for shame, lest he should be seen to weep. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n O my son Absalom,<\/strong> ] He had never done with this doleful ditty. How much sweeter sang David, when – like a bird that having got a note by the end, recordeth it over and over – he so oft repeateth in one psalm, “For his mercy endureth for ever!”<\/p>\n covered his face. Symbol of mourning. Occurs only here. <\/p>\n my son . . . my son. Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6. Compare 2Sa 18:33. <\/p>\n covered: 2Sa 15:30 <\/p>\n O my son: It is allowed by competent critics that the lamentation of David over his son, of which this forms a part, is exceedingly pathetic; and Calmet properly remarks, that the frequent repetition of the name of the deceased is common in the language of lamentation. 2Sa 18:33 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 14:1 – toward Absalom 1Ch 3:2 – Absalom Job 9:24 – he covereth Jer 14:3 – covered 1Co 11:4 – having<\/p>\n 2Sa 19:4. The king covered his face As a deep mourner, and as one that neither desired to see nor to be seen by any others.<\/p>\n 19:4 But the king {a} covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!<\/p>\n (a) As they do that mourn.<\/p>\n But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! 4. covered his face ] See note on ch. 2Sa 15:30. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 4. The king covered his face] This was the custom of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 19:4”<\/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-8527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527","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=8527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
<\/P> 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
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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