TSK - 2 SAMUEL 16

  1  Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtains his
    master's inheritance.
 5  At Bahurim Shimei curse David.
 9  David with patience abstains, and restrains others, from
    revenge.
15  Hushai insinuates himself into Absalom's counsel.
20  Ahithophel's counsel.


VERSE 1
- little past.
   * 2Sa 15:30,32
- Ziba.
   * 2Sa 9:2,9-12
- with a couple.
   * 2Sa 17:27-29; 19:32 1Sa 17:17,18; 25:18 1Ch 12:40 Pr 18:16; 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 40:10,12 Am 8:1 Mic 7:1
- a bottle.
   * 1Sa 10:3; 16:20


VERSE 2 
 - What meanest.
   * Ge 21:29; 33:8 Eze 37:18
  The asses.
  This is the eastern mode of speaking when presenting any thing
  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.

   * 2Sa 15:1; 19:26 Jud 5:10; 10:4
- for the young.
   * 1Sa 25:27
- that such.
   * 2Sa 15:23; 17:29 Jud 8:4,5 1Sa 14:28 Pr 31:6,7


VERSE 3 
 - where is.
   * 2Sa 9:9,10 Ps 88:18 Mic 7:5
- Today.
   * 2Sa 19:24-30 Ex 20:16 De 19:18,19 Ps 15:3; 101:5 Pr 1:19; 21:28
   * 1Ti 6:9,10 Jude 1:11


VERSE 4 
 - Behold.
   * 2Sa 14:10,11 Ex 23:8 De 19:15 Pr 18:13,17; 19:2
- I humbly beseech thee.  Heb. I do obeisance.
   * 2Sa 14:4,22


VERSE 5 
 - Bahurim.
  This place is supposed to be the same as Almon, (Jos 21:18,)
  and Almeth, (1 Ch 60 6:60,) a city of Benjamin, north of
  Jerusalem, and apparently not far from Olivet.

   * :14; 3:16; 17:18
- whose name.
   * 2Sa 19:16-18 1Ki 2:8,9,36-44,45,46
- he came, etc.  or, he still came forth and cursed.  cursed.
   * Ex 22:28 1Sa 17:43 Ps 69:26; 109:16-19,28 Pr 26:2 Ec 10:20
   * Isa 8:21 Mt 5:11,12

VERSE 6


VERSE 7 
 - bloody man.  Heb. man of blood.
   * 2Sa 3:37; 11:15-17; 12:9 Ps 5:6; 51:14
- man of Belial.
   * De 13:13 1Sa 2:12; 25:17 1Ki 21:10,13


VERSE 8 
 - returned.
   * Jud 9:24,56,57 1Ki 2:32,33 Ac 28:4,5 Re 16:6
- the blood.
   * 2Sa 1:16; 3:28,29; 4:8-12 Ps 3:2; 4:2
- thou, etc.  or, thee in thy evil.


VERSE 9 
 - Abishai.
   * 2Sa 3:30 1Sa 26:6-8
- dead dog.
   * 2Sa 3:8; 9:8 1Sa 24:14
- curse.  See on
   * Ex 22:28 Ac 23:5 1Pe 2:17
- let me go.
   * 1Sa 26:6-11 Job 31:30,31 Jer 40:13-16


VERSE 10 
 - What have.
   * 2Sa 3:39; 19:22 1Ki 2:5 Mt 16:23 Lu 9:54-56 1Pe 2:23
- so let him.
   * Ge 50:20 1Ki 22:21-23 2Ki 18:25 La 3:38,39 Joh 18:11
- Who shall.
   * Job 9:12 Ec 8:4 Da 4:35 Ro 9:20


VERSE 11 
 - Behold.
   * 2Sa 12:11,12
- came forth.
   * 2Sa 7:2 Ge 15:4
- seeketh.
   * 2Sa 17:1-4 2Ki 19:37 2Ch 32:21 Mt 10:21
- the Lord.
   * Isa 10:5-7 Eze 14:9; 20:25


VERSE 12 
 - the Lord.
   * Ge 29:32,33 Ex 2:24,25; 3:7,8 1Sa 1:11 Ps 25:18
- affliction.  or, tears.  Heb. eye.  repay.
   * De 23:5 Isa 27:7 Mt 5:11,12 Ro 8:28 2Co 4:17 2Th 1:7
   * Heb 12:10 1Pe 4:12-19


VERSE 13 
 - cursed.
   * :5,6
- cast dust.  Heb. dusted him with dust.
   * Ac 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 Phaedrus, 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."


VERSE 14 
 - there.
   * :5


VERSE 15 
 - Absalom.
   * 2Sa 15:37


VERSE 16 
 - God save the king.  Heb. let the king live.
   * 1Sa 10:24 1Ki 1:25,34 2Ki 11:12 Da 2:4; 5:10; 6:6,21 Mt 21:9


VERSE 17 
 - Is this thy.
   * De 32:6
- why wentest.
   * 2Sa 15:32-37; 19:25 Pr 17:17; 18:24

VERSE 18
    * 2Sa 5:1-3 1Sa 16:13


VERSE 19 
 - should I not serve.
   * 2Sa 15:34 1Sa 28:2; 29:8 Ps 55:21 Ga 2:13


VERSE 20 
 - Give counsel.
   * Ex 1:10 Ps 2:2; 37:12,13 Pr 21:30 Isa 8:10; 29:15 Mt 27:1
   * Ac 4:23-28


VERSE 21 
 - Go in.
   * Ge 6:4; 38:16
- unto thy.
   * 2Sa 12:11; 15:16; 20:3 Ge 35:22 Le 18:8; 20:11 1Ki 2:17,22 1Co 5:1
- abhorred.
   * Ge 34:30 1Sa 13:4
- thy father.
   * Ge 49:3,4
- then shall.
   * 1Sa 27:12
- the hands.
   * 2Sa 2:7 Zec 8:13


VERSE 22 
 - the top.
   * 2Sa 11:2
- went in.
   * 2Sa 12:11,12; 15:16; 20:3 Nu 25:6 Isa 3:9 Jer 3:3; 8:12 Eze 24:7
   * Php 3:19


VERSE 23 
 - as if.
   * Nu 27:21 1Sa 30:8 Ps 28:2 1Pe 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.
   * 2Sa 17:14,23 Job 5:12; 28:28 Jer 4:22; 8:9 Mt 11:25 Lu 16:8 Ro 1:22
   * 1Co 3:19,20 Jas 13 3:13-18
- both.
   * 2Sa 15:12 Ec 10:1



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