9<\/strong>. in the first<\/em> days] Barley harvest preceded wheat harvest, and began about the middle or end of April. Cp. Exo 9:31-32<\/span>; Rth 1:22<\/span>; Rth 2:23<\/span>.<\/p>\n In the first days – <\/B>The barley harvest (about the middle or toward the end of April) was earlier than the wheat harvest Exo 9:31<\/span>; Rth 1:22<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 9<\/span>. In the beginning of barley harvest.<\/B><\/I>] This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or the 21st of March<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites.<\/B> <\/P> Quest.<\/B> How could David do this, when he had sworn that he would not cut off Sauls seed, 1Sa 24:21<\/span>,22<\/span>? <\/P> Answ.<\/B> Because he had special warrant and direction from God about it, who, as all confess, can dispense with mens oaths and with his own laws when he sees fit. And that he did so here is manifest, because God was pleased with it, and removed the judgment upon it; whereas otherwise David had been guilty of the same sin with Saul, to wit, of the breach of his oath and covenant, for which this famine was inflicted. <\/P> See Poole “1Sa 24:22<\/span>“. <\/P> In the hill, <\/B>or, in a hill<\/I>, in or near Gibeah; in a conspicuous place, for their greater infamy, and for the caution and terror of others who should make any attempt upon the Gibeonites for the future. <\/P> Before the Lord; <\/B>as a sacrifice offered up to God to appease his wrath; or, unto the Lord, as was said, 2Sa 21:6<\/span>. <\/P> They fell, <\/B>i.e. died; for so the word to fall<\/I> is oft used, as Exo 19:21<\/span>; 1Ch 21:14<\/span>; Psa 91:7<\/span>; Jer 39:18<\/span>; Hos 5:5<\/span>; or were executed. The barley harvest was before the wheat harvest. <\/P> <\/p>\n 9. they hanged them in the hillbefore the Lord<\/B>Deeming themselves not bound by the criminallaw of Israel (Deu 21:22<\/span>; Deu 21:23<\/span>),their intention was to let the bodies hang until God, propitiated bythis offering, should send rain upon the land, for the want of it hadoccasioned the famine. It was a heathen practice to gibbet men with aview of appeasing the anger of the gods in seasons of famine, and theGibeonites, who were a remnant of the Amorites (2Sa21:2<\/span>), though brought to the knowledge of the true God, were not,it seems, free from this superstition. God, in His providence,suffered the Gibeonites to ask and inflict so barbarous aretaliation, in order that the oppressed Gibeonites might obtainjustice and some reparation of their wrongs, especially that thescandal brought on the name of the true religion by the violation ofa solemn national compact might be wiped away from Israel, and that amemorable lesson should be given to respect treaties and oaths. <\/P> 2Sa 21:10<\/span>;2Sa 21:11<\/span>. RIZPAH’SKINDNESS UNTO THE DEAD.<\/P><\/p>\n And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites<\/strong>,…. The two sons of Rizpah and the five sons of Merab, two sons of Saul and five grandsons:<\/p>\n and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord<\/strong>; in the hill at Gibeah, that they might be seen by all that passed by, and serve to deter from such evils, which brought on them that punishment; gibbetings or crucifixions were commonly made on hills and mountains l: the phrase, “before the Lord”, is either the same as “unto the Lord”, 2Sa 21:6<\/span>; to make atonement to the Lord, and in his sight; or it denotes that it was done publicly before the sun, and in the sight of it; for it cannot mean before the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence, for that was not there:<\/p>\n and they fell [all] seven together<\/strong>; they were hanged together, and died at one and the same time:<\/p>\n and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest<\/strong>; which began at the passover, the morrow after the first day of the feast, Le 23:10<\/span>; which was the sixteenth of Nisan, on which day, the Jews say m, these men were hanged, and which must be about the beginning of our April.<\/p>\n l Vid. Lipsium de Cruce, l. 3. c. 13. m Bemidbar Rabba, fol. 190. 1.<\/p>\n (9) The beginning of barley harvest.<\/strong>This was immediately after the Passover (Lev. 23:10-11<\/span>), and therefore about the middle of April. The rains of autumn began in October, so that Rizpahs watch must have been about six months. She spread <\/em>the sackcloth <\/em>as a tent to form a rough shelter during the long watch. For water dropped <\/em>read water poured, <\/em>the word being used for melting, flowing, <\/em>and hence for heavy rain. It was not until these rains began (which may probably have been somewhat earlier than usual) that the people were assured of the Divine forgiveness, and therefore the bodies of the executed were left unburied until then.<\/p>\n 9<\/strong>. <\/strong> In the hill <\/strong> See on 1Sa 10:5<\/span>. <\/p>\n The beginning of barley harvest <\/strong> About the first of April.<\/p>\n 2Sa 21:9<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> David had given Saul his oath, that “he would not cut off his seed after him, nor destroy his name out of his father’s house.” Had Saul’s family committed crimes worthy of death, David’s oath would have been no reason against punishing them according to their deserts; and such punishment, if deserved, had been no breach of his oath. If David did not cut off his seed after him, so as to destroy his name out of his father’s house, he did not violate his oath to Saul. Now David did not cut off one single person of Saul’s family, whose death had a tendency to destroy his name out of his father’s house. The seed is always reckoned by the males, and not the females of a family; and the name in a father’s house could only be preserved by the male descendants. But David gave up only two bastards, the sons of Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, who were not the legal seed of Saul; and five of the sons of his eldest daughter by Adriel, (who could only keep up Adriel’s name, and not Saul’s;) and hereby observed, without the least violation, his oath to Saul. Not one of the persons whom he surrendered was capable of succeeding Saul, especially whilst any of the male branches were alive. Now at this time he spared Mephibosheth, who had a son named Micha, <\/em>that was now old enough to have children, and had four sons, from whom descended a numerous posterity, amounting to about one hundred and fifty, sons and grandsons. This is a second proof, that David did not violate his oath to Saul in his treaty with the Gibeonites. Those who are inclined to enter more fully into a discussion of this difficult question, will find ample satisfaction in Dr. Waterland’s Scripture Vindicated, part 2: page 102. <\/p>\n REFLECTIONS.<\/strong>We have here, <\/p>\n 1. The cause of this famine; namely, the sin of Saul. Three years the famine had continued, before David inquired of the Lord. At last, the continuance of it awakens his solicitude to examine into the cause, and God informs him. Note; <\/em>(1.) Sin soon makes a fruitful land barren. (2.) God’s judgments should bring us to our knees, that we may find why he contendeth with us. (3.) Sins are not forgotten of God, because they are old: though not immediately visited, the time of recompence will come, if pardon be not obtained. <\/p>\n 2. The methods taken to give the Gibeonites satisfaction, and to turn away wrath from the land. Note; <\/em>(1.) Though the poor oppressed may be without power to relieve themselves, God will plead their injured cause. (2.) Satisfaction must be made them, before we can hope for a blessing from God. (3.) The sin of parents often entails misery on their posterity. (4.) No execution must be pursued under the spirit of private revenge; for then, though the sentence be just on the offender, it would be murder in the prosecutor. (5.) They who maliciously design the ruin of others, often bring themselves and families into the pit that they have digged. (6.) A murderer, though of the blood royal, ought not to be spared. (7.) Severe executions for the public good, are sometimes a needful severity. <\/p>\n 2Sa 21:9 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 Ver. 9. And they hanged them in the hill.<\/strong> ] In some high hill in Gibeah of Saul, which some make to be the same with Gibeon, and that the Gibeonites were therefore slain by Saul, that he might get their lands and goods for himself and his bloody house.<\/p>\n before the Lord: 2Sa 21:6, 2Sa 6:17, 2Sa 6:21, Exo 20:5, Num 35:31-34, Deu 21:1-9, 1Sa 15:33, 2Ki 24:3, 2Ki 24:4 <\/p>\n in the beginning: This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March Rth 1:22 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 25:4 – and hang Deu 21:22 – thou hang Jos 10:26 – hanged 2Sa 4:12 – hanged 2Sa 21:10 – from the Est 9:13 – let Haman’s ten sons be hanged Psa 109:14 – Let the Jon 1:15 – they Gal 3:13 – for<\/p>\n 21:9 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 {g} first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest.<\/p>\n (g) Which was in the month Abib or Nisan which contained part of March and part of April.<\/p>\n 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. 9. in the first days] Barley harvest preceded wheat … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:9”<\/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-8601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601","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=8601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8601"}],"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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