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2 Samuel 16
David is deceived by Ziba, ver. 1-4. And cursed by Shemei,
ver. 5-14. Absalom receives Hushai, ver. 15-19. Lies with his
father's concubines, ver. 20-23.
Verse 1. Bottle - A large bottle, or vessel proportionable to the other
provisions.
Verse 4. Behold - A rash sentence, and unrighteous to condemn a man
unheard, upon the single testimony of his accuser, and servant.
Find grace - Thy favour is more to me, than this gift; which, as a
token of thy favour, I accept with all thankfulness.
Verse 8. Of Saul - Either,
1. The blood of Abner and Ishbosheth; which he imputes to
David, as if they had been killed by David's contrivance: or,
2. the death of Saul's seven sons, chap. xxi, 8, which, though
related after this, seems to have been done before. Art taken - The
same mischief thou didst bring upon others, is now returned upon
thy own head.
Verse 10. What have I, &e. - In this matter I ask not your advice, nor
will I follow it; nor do I desire you should at all concern
yourselves in it. The Lord - God did not put any wickedness into
Shimei's heart, for he had of himself an heart full of malignity
against David; but only left him to his own wickedness; and
brought David into so distressed a condition, that he might seem a
proper object of his scorn. And this is ground enough for this
expression, the Lord said, not by the word of his precept, but by
the word of his providence, in respect whereof he is said to
command the ravens, 1 Kings xvii, 4, and to send forth his word
to senseless creatures, Psalm 1xlvii, 15, 18. Who shall reproach
God's providence for permitting this? Or, who shall restrain him
from executing his just judgment against me?
Verse 11. My life - Which is a greater mischief, than to reproach me
with words. Benjamites - Of that tribe and family from which God
hast taken away the kingdom, and given it to me. Let him - Do not
now hinder him violently from it, nor punish him for it. It is meet
I should bear the indignation of the Lord, and submit to his
pleasure.
Verse 14. Came - To the city of Bahurim.
Verse 17. Is this - Doth this action answer that profession of friendship
which thou hast hitherto made to him? He speaks thus only to try
him. And he saith, thy friend, by way of reflection upon David; as
one who was a friend to Hushai, and to strangers but not to his
own son, whom, by his severity he provoked to this course; and
therefore he doth not vouchsafe to call him his father.
Verse 21. Go - This counsel he gave, partly to revenge the injury done to
Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, chap. xi, 3, who was the son of
Ahithophel, chap. xxiii, 34, and principally for his own, and the
people's safety, that the breach between David and Absalom
might be irreparable. For this would provoke David in the highest
degree and cut of all hope of reconciliation, which otherwise
might have been expected by some treaty between Absalom and
his tender-hearted father. But in that case his followers, and
especially Ahithophel, had been left to David's mercy, and
therefore obliged to prosecute the war with all vigour, and to
abandon all thoughts of peace: as knowing that his father, though
be might dissemble, yet would never forgive so foul a crime. Be
strong - They will fight with greater courage and resolution, when
they are freed from the fear of thy reconciliation, which otherwise
would make their hearts faint, and hands slack in thy cause. But
by this we may see the character of Absalom's party, and how
abominably wicked they were, whom such a scandalous action
tied the faster to him. And we may farther learn, how corrupt the
body of the people was, how ripe for that judgment which is now
hastening to them.
Verse 22. The top - Of the king's palace, the very place from whence
David had gazed upon Bathsheba, chap. xi, 2, so that his sin was
legible in the very place of his punishment. Went in - To one, or
some of them. And by so doing did farther make claim to the
kingdom; and, as it were, take possession of it. It being usual in
the eastern countries to account the wives and concubines of the
late king, to belong of right to the successor. Israel - Who saw him
go into the tent; and thence concluded, that he lay with them, as
he had designed to do. God had threatened by Nathan, that for his
defiling Bathsheba, David's own wives should be defiled in the
face of the sun. This is now fulfilled: the Lord is righteous; and no
word of his shall fall to the ground.
Verse 23. The counsel, &c. - It was received by the people with equal
veneration, and was usually attended with as certain success.
Which is mentioned as the reason why a counsel which had so ill
a face, should meet with such general approbation.
Chapter 16:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1 Samuel 1 Kings
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