Chapter 16

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little past 2Sam 15:30, 2Sam 15:32

Ziba 2Sam 9:2, 2Sam 9:9-12

with a couple 2Sam 17:27-29, 2Sam 19:32; 1Sam 17:17-18, 1Sam 25:18; 1Chr 12:40; Prov 18:16, Prov 29:4-5

summer These were probably pumpkins, cucumbers, or water-melons; the two latter being extensively used in the East to refresh travellers in the burning heat of the summer; and probably, as Mr. Harmer supposes, called summer fruits on this very account. Jer 40:10, Jer 40:12; Amos 8:1; Mic 7:1

a bottle 1Sam 10:3, 1Sam 16:20


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What meanest Gen 21:29, Gen 33:8; Ezek 37:18; The asses. This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting anything to a great man: "This is for the slaves of the servants of your majesty;" when at the same time the presents are intended for the sovereign himself, and it is so understood. 2Sam 15:1, 2Sam 19:26; Judg 5:10, Judg 10:4

for the young 1Sam 25:27

that such 2Sam 15:23, 2Sam 17:29; Judg 8:4-5; 1Sam 14:28; Prov 31:6-7


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where is 2Sam 9:9-10; Ps 88:18; Mic 7:5

day 2Sam 19:24-30; Exod 20:16; Deut 19:18-19; Ps 15:3, Ps 101:5; Prov 1:19, Prov 21:28; 1Tim 6:9-10; Jude 1:11


4
Behold 2Sam 14:10-11; Exod 23:8; Deut 19:15; Prov 18:13, Prov 18:17, Prov 19:2

I humbly beseech thee Heb. I do obeisance, 2Sam 14:4, 2Sam 14:22


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Bahurim This place is supposed to be the same as Almon (Josh 21:18), and Almeth (1Chr 6:60), a city of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, and apparently not far from Olivet. 2Sam 16:14, 2Sam 3:16, 2Sam 17:18

whose name 2Sam 19:16-18; 1Kgs 2:8-9, 1Kgs 2:36-44, 1Kgs 2:45-46

he came etc. or, he still came forth and cursed

cursed Exod 22:28; 1Sam 17:43; Ps 69:26, Ps 109:16-19, Ps 109:28; Prov 26:2; Eccl 10:20; Isa 8:21; Matt 5:11-12


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bloody man Heb. man of blood, 2Sam 3:37, 2Sam 11:15-17, 2Sam 12:9; Ps 5:6, Ps 51:14

man of Belial Deut 13:13; 1Sam 2:12, 1Sam 25:17; 1Kgs 21:10, 1Kgs 21:13


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returned Judg 9:24, Judg 9:56-57; 1Kgs 2:32-33; Acts 28:4-5; Rev 16:6

the blood 2Sam 1:16, 2Sam 3:28-29, 2Sam 4:8-12; Ps 3:2, Ps 4:2

thou etc. or, thee in thy evil


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Abishai 2Sam 3:30; 1Sam 26:6-8

dead dog 2Sam 3:8, 2Sam 9:8; 1Sam 24:14

curse Exod 22:28; Acts 23:5; 1Pet 2:17

let me go 1Sam 26:6-11; Job 31:30-31; Jer 40:13-16


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What have 2Sam 3:39, 2Sam 19:22; 1Kgs 2:5; Matt 16:23; Luke 9:54-56; 1Pet 2:23

so let him Gen 50:20; 1Kgs 22:21-23; 2Kgs 18:25; Lam 3:38-39; John 18:11

Who shall Job 9:12; Eccl 8:4; Dan 4:35; Rom 9:20


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Behold 2Sam 12:11-12

came forth 2Sam 7:2; Gen 15:4

seeketh 2Sam 17:1-4; 2Kgs 19:37; 2Chr 32:21; Matt 10:21

the Lord Isa 10:5-7; Ezek 14:9, Ezek 20:25


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the Lord Gen 29:32-33; Exod 2:24-25, Exod 3:7-8; 1Sam 1:11; Ps 25:18

affliction or, tears, Heb. eye

requite Deut 23:5; Isa 27:7; Matt 5:11-12; Rom 8:28; 2Cor 4:17; 2Thess 1:7; Heb 12:10; 1Pet 4:12-19


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cursed 2Sam 16:5-6

cast dust Heb. dusted him with dust, Acts 23:23; It was an ancient custom, in those warm and arid countries, to lay the dust before a person of distinction, by sprinkling the ground with water. Dr. Pococke and the consul were treated with this respect when they entered Cairo. The same custom is alluded to in the well-known fable of Phedrus, in which a slave is represented going before Augustus and officiously laying the dust. To throw dust in the air while a person was passing was therefore an act of great disrespect; to do so before a sovereign prince, an indecent outrage. But it is probable that Shimei meant more than disrespect and outrage to this afflicted king. Sir John Chardin informs us, that in the East, in general, those who demand justice against a criminal throw dust upon him, signifying that he ought to be put in the grave, and hence the common imprecation among the Turks and Persians, "Be covered with earth," or, "Earth be upon thy head."


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there 2Sam 16:5


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Absalom 2Sam 15:37


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God save the king Heb. let the king live, 1Sam 10:24; 1Kgs 1:25, 1Kgs 1:34; 2Kgs 11:12; Dan 2:4, Dan 5:10, Dan 6:6, Dan 6:21; Matt 21:9


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Is this thy Deut 32:6

why wentest 2Sam 15:32-37, 2Sam 19:25; Prov 17:17, Prov 18:24


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2Sam 5:1-3; 1Sam 16:13


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should I not serve 2Sam 15:34; 1Sam 28:2, 1Sam 29:8; Ps 55:21; Gal 2:13


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Give counsel Exod 1:10; Ps 2:2, Ps 37:12-13; Prov 21:30; Isa 8:10, Isa 29:15; Matt 27:1; Acts 4:23-28


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Go in Gen 6:4, Gen 38:16

unto thy 2Sam 12:11, 2Sam 15:16, 2Sam 20:3; Gen 35:22; Lev 18:8, Lev 20:11; 1Kgs 2:17, 1Kgs 2:22; 1Cor 5:1

abhorred Gen 34:30; 1Sam 13:4

thy father Gen 49:3-4

then shall 1Sam 27:12

the hands 2Sam 2:7; Zech 8:13


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the top 2Sam 11:2

went in 2Sam 12:11-12, 2Sam 15:16, 2Sam 20:3; Num 25:6; Isa 3:9; Jer 3:3, Jer 8:12; Ezek 24:7; Phil 3:19


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as if Num 27:21; 1Sam 30:8; Ps 28:2; 1Pet 4:11

oracle of God Heb. word of God, Ps 19:7

so was The first counsel of this sagacious but wicked man to Absalom was more like an oracle of Satan, both for subtlety and atrocity. He advised the shameless measure just detailed, in order to establish Absalom, and to preclude the possibility of a reconciliation with David. The wives of a conquered king were always the property of the conqueror; and in possessing these he appeared to possess the right to the kingdom.

all the counsel 2Sam 17:14, 2Sam 17:23; Job 5:12, Job 28:28; Jer 4:22, Jer 8:9; Matt 11:25; Luke 16:8; Rom 1:22; 1Cor 3:19-20; Jas 3:13-18

both 2Sam 15:12; Eccl 10:1


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