7<\/strong>. the<\/em> Lord’s oath<\/em> ] See 1Sa 18:3<\/span>; 1Sa 20:12-17<\/span>; 1Sa 20:42<\/span>; 1Sa 23:18<\/span>.<\/p>\n The Lords oath – <\/B>The calamity brought upon Israel by Sauls breach of the oath to the Gibeonites would make David doubly careful in the matter of his own oath to Jonathan.<\/P><\/p>\n The king spared Mephibosheth; <\/B>for the Gibeonites desiring only such a number, without designing the persons, it was at Davids choice whom to spare. Or, he prevailed with the Gibeonites that they did not demand him; and with the Lord, that he might not be one of those who were devoted to destruction. <\/P> The son of Jonathan:<\/B> this is expressly added, to distinguish him from the other Mephibosheth, 2Sa 21:8<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul<\/strong>,…. As they did not name particular persons, only required seven sons, it was at the option of the king what sons to deliver to them, and therefore kept back Mephibosheth, who is thus described, to distinguish him from a son of Saul’s of the same name, after mentioned:<\/p>\n because of the Lord’s oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul<\/strong>; not merely or only out of affection to Mephibosheth, but because of the oath, that he might not be guilty of the same crime Saul was in slaying the Gibeonites.<\/p>\n (7) But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (8) But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: (9) And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n In the choice David made of the persons to be sacrificed, the divine justice may he also traced: Saul had given Merab, his daughter, to Adriel, though promised to David. And here the issue of that marriage suffers the punishment. If parents would but consider how much their conduct operates upon the future circumstances of their children, what a check might this sometimes prove, to keep back from presumptuous sins. The friendship and the loves of David and Jonathan, are sweetly kept up. Reader! the sacrifice here made is a solemn history. And, no doubt, it being recorded, was with a view to say as much. But, do not fail to keep a steady eye upon the hand of GOD in it. This reconciles all we meet with in otherwise questionable cases. And surely, far better that the house of Saul, in every department of which it is said to be bloody, should perish, than that all Israel should be famished: Even Caiaphas could say it was better that one man should die for the people, than that the nation should perish. Joh 11:50<\/span> . Blessed JESUS! thou wast pleased to confirm this by thy precious death. Thou hast died; the Just for the unjust, to bring us to GOD . Bring us then to GOD, oh thou bleeding Lamb, since thou hast taken away sin by the sacrifice of thyself!<\/p>\n 2Sa 21:7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’S oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.<\/p>\n Ver. 7. Because of the Lord’s oath that was betwixt them.] That oath, if it had been rightly thought on, should have saved Mephibosheth’s land as well as his life. If it kept Mephibosheth: from the gallows, how much more shall the Father of all mercies do good to the children of the faithful, for the covenant made with their parents?<\/p>\n Mephibosheth: 2Sa 4:4, 2Sa 9:10, 2Sa 16:4, 2Sa 19:25 <\/p>\n because: 1Sa 18:3, 1Sa 20:8, 1Sa 20:15, 1Sa 20:17, 1Sa 20:42, 1Sa 23:18 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Lev 5:4 – to do evil Jos 2:17 – General Jos 6:22 – as ye sware unto her Jos 9:18 – had sworn Pro 18:24 – that hath Pro 27:10 – own<\/p>\n 2Sa 21:7-8. The king spared, &c. For the Gibeonites desiring only such a number, it was at Davids choice whom to spare. The son of Jonathan This is added to distinguish him from the other Mephibosheth, 2Sa 21:8. Because of the Lords oath, &c. This was a just reason for not delivering him up. The five sons of Michal, whom she brought up for Adriel In the original it is, whom she bare to Adriel. And as Michal was not the wife of Adriel, but her elder sister Merab, it is probable that Michals name has here crept into the text by the mistake of some transcriber for Merabs. Or else it should stand as the margin of our Bible has it, Michals sister.<\/p>\n 2. David’s justice and mercy 21:7-9<\/span><\/p>\n David showed himself to be a true son of Yahweh by keeping his covenant with Jonathan and by sparing Mephibosheth (cf. 2Sa 21:2; 1Sa 18:3; 1Sa 20:8; 1Sa 20:16). However, he followed God’s Law and executed seven of Saul’s descendants including another Mephibosheth, Saul’s son (2Sa 21:8). "Merab" (2Sa 21:8) is the correct name of another of Rizpah’s sons. "Michal," the name that appears in the AV, is probably a scribal error (cf. 1Sa 18:19; 2Sa 6:23). [Note: Driver, p. 352.] <\/span> David could justly slay Saul’s descendants if they had had a part in the execution of the Gibeonites. This seems to have been the case (2Sa 21:1; cf. Eze 18:4; Eze 18:20). The execution took place in Gibeah, Saul’s former home and capital, which was on a hill ("mountain," 2Sa 21:9) of Benjamin. The barley harvest began in late March or early April when the feast of Passover took place. Since Passover memorialized the Israelites’ liberation from oppression in Egypt, this was an appropriate time for this event. By getting things right with the Gibeonites, David brought Israel out from under God’s oppression that Saul’s sin had caused.<\/p>\n But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. 7. the Lord’s oath ] See 1Sa 18:3; 1Sa 20:12-17; 1Sa 20:42; 1Sa 23:18. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges The Lords oath … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:7”<\/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-8599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599","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=8599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8599"}],"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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Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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