{"id":8656,"date":"2022-09-24T02:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T07:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-2-samuel-2242\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T02:41:37","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T07:41:37","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-2-samuel-2242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-2-samuel-2242\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:42"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 42<\/strong>. <em> They looked<\/em> ] They looked for help. Cp. <span class='bible'>Isa 17:7-8<\/span>. The Sept. and <span class='bible'>Psa 18:41<\/span> read, <em> they cried<\/em>. There is only the difference of a single letter between the words, as far as the consonants are concerned (   ).<\/p>\n<p><em> even unto the<\/em> Lord] In their extremity even the heathen might cry for mercy to the &ldquo;unknown God&rdquo; of their enemies. Cp. <span class='bible'>1Sa 5:12<\/span>; <span class='bible'>Jon 3:7<\/span> ff.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><strong>They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the Lord, but he answered them not.<\/strong> <span class='bible'>[See comments on Ps 18:41]<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p style='margin-left:4.32em'> 42 They look out, but there is no deliverer;<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:6.12em'> For Jehovah, but He answereth them not.<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:4.32em'> 43 And I rub in pieces as the dust of the earth,<\/p>\n<p style='margin-left:6.12em'> Like the mire of the streets I crush them and stamp upon them.<\/p>\n<p> The cry of the foe for help is not attended to; they are annihilated without quarter.  , to look out to God for help (with  and  ; vid., <span class='bible'>Isa 17:7-8<\/span>), is more poetical than  , &ldquo;they cry&rdquo; (in the psalm); and  is more simple than   (in the psalm), &ldquo;I crush them as dust before the wind,&rdquo; for the wind does not crush the dust, but carries it away. In the second clause of <span class='bible'>2Sa 22:43<\/span>,  is used instead of  in the psalm, and strengthened by  .  , from  , <em> to make thin<\/em>, to crush; so that instead of &ldquo;I pour them out like mire of the streets which is trodden to pieces,&rdquo; the Psalmist simply says, &ldquo;I crush and stamp upon them like mire of the streets.&rdquo; Through the utter destruction of the foe, God establishes the universal dominion to which the throne of David is to attain.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Keil &amp; Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(42) <strong>They looked.<\/strong>By the change of a letter this becomes in the psalm They cried, and it is so translated here in the LXX., they shall cry. One of the readings is doubtless a mere clerical error.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>looked = looked about. But Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate read &#8220;cried out&#8221;. Compare Psa 18:41. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>unto the Lord: 1Sa 28:6, Job 27:9, Pro 1:28, Isa 1:15, Eze 20:3, Mic 3:4, Mat 7:22, Mat 7:23, Luk 13:25, Luk 13:26 <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Psa 18:41 &#8211; General Psa 50:22 &#8211; none<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>22:42 They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the {r} LORD, but he answered them not.<\/p>\n<p>(r) The wicked in their time of need are forced to flee to God, but it is too late.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not. 42. They looked ] They looked for help. Cp. Isa 17:7-8. The Sept. and Psa 18:41 read, they cried. 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