THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on 2 Samuel

1:9a anguish: Others, 'bewilderment.'
1:18b the: Or 'the use of the.'
1:18c Jasher: See Josh. 10:13.
1:21a of: Or 'in.'
1:21b heave-offerings: i.e. which produce the wherewithal for heave-offerings.
1:24c splendour: Or 'delights.'
2:8d Ishbosheth: Esh-Baal 1Chron. 8:33.
2:16a Helkath-hazzurim: Meaning, 'field of sharp swords.'
2:23b belly: Or 'under the fifth rib:' so chs. 3:27; 4:6; 20:10.
2:29c plain: The Arabah; so ch. 4:7: see Josh. 3:16.
3:3a Absalom: Abishalom, 1Kings 15:2.
3:33a fool: Nabal, 'impious,' 'ungodly:' see 1Sam. 25:3.
3:39a though: Lit. 'and.'
3:39b me: Or 'are more powerful than I.'
4:3c sojourners: Or 'strangers.'
4:4d Mephibosheth: Called also Merib-Baal: 1Chron. 8:34.
4:7e plain: The Arabah: see Josh. 3:16.
5:6a back: Or 'hither, unless thou drivest away the blind and lame.'
5:8b and: Others read, 'let him cast into the watercourse both the lame and.'
5:8c ...: For the complement of the passage see 1Chron. 11:6.
5:9d Millo: The rampart or citadel.
5:20e Baal-perazim: Meaning, 'place of breaches.'
5:24a army: Or 'camp.'
6:2b from: Or 'to.'
6:2c between: Or 'upon:' see 1Sam. 4:4.
6:5d wood: Others, 'with all their might and with singing:' see 1Chron. 13:8.
6:6e stumbled: or 'broken loose,' others, 'slipped.'
6:8f Perez-Uzzah: Meaning, 'breach of Uzzah.'
6:19a wine: Or 'a ration of flesh.'
6:21b appoint: Lit. 'command.'
6:21c ruler: Or 'prince,' as chs. 5:2 and 7:8.
7:16a firm: Or 'made sure.'
7:18b sat: In the sense of 'tarried:' same word as 'abide,' Gen. 24:55; 29:19.
7:19c manner: Lit. 'law.'
7:19d man: Or 'and that after the manner (law) of man.'
7:23e went: 'Went' is plural here.
7:23f them: Lit. 'for you.'
7:27g to: Lit. 'uncovered the ear of,' as Ruth 4:4; 1Sam. 9:15; 20:2, &c.
7:28h God: Or 'Thou art the Same, -- God:' see Neh. 9:7, and compare Deut. 32:39.
7:28i true: Lit. 'truth.'
8:1k capital: 'Power of the capital' is 'Metheg-ha-ammah,' meaning, 'the Bridle of the Mother (city),' i.e. the metropolis: see 2Sam. 20:19; Num. 21:25.
8:3a dominion: Or 're-establish his (David's) power.'
8:10b congratulate: Lit. 'bless.'
8:13c Syrians: Some read 'Edomites.'
8:15d judgment: Or 'right,' mishpat.
8:18e Pelethites: The executioners (a sort of bodyguard), and the runners.
9:12a Mica: See Note e, Judg. 17:4.
10:16a river: i.e. the Euphrates.
11:4b purified: Or 'and she purified.'
11:7c prospered: Lit. 'about the prosperity of ...' (three times repeated).
11:25a encourage: Lit. 'strengthen.'
12:5a death: Lit. 'is a son of death.'
12:15b sick: Or 'sick unto death.'
12:22a thought: Lit. 'said.'
12:24b Solomon: Meaning, 'peaceful.'
12:25c Jedidiah: Meaning, 'beloved of Jehovah.'
13:12a infamy: As 'folly,' 1Sam. 25:25.
13:18b colours: See Gen. 37:3.
13:25c be: Lit. 'and we will not be.'
13:28a, 13:29a servants: Lit. 'young men.'
13:37b day: Or 'all the time.'
14:4c spoke: Or 'came.'
14:6d part: Lit. 'there was no deliverer between.'
14:17a be: Or '... God be.'
14:20b thing: Or 'to give this turn to my speech.'
14:30a mine: Lit. 'at my hand.'
15:1b after: Or 'soon after.'
15:4c to: Or 'round by,' as Ex. 18:13, &c.
15:7d forty: Possibly 'four.'
15:10a emissaries: Lit. 'spies.'
15:12b offered: Lit. 'sacrificed the sacrifices,' see Deut. 12:15.
15:17c house: Or 'at Beth-Merchak,' as 'very far,' Jer. 8:19.
15:19d dwellest: Lit. 'into thy place.'
15:20e thee: Or 'brethren with thee in mercy and faithfulness.'
15:27a seer: Or, as interrogative, 'Dost thou see?'
16:1b servant: Strictly, 'young man.'
17:25a Israelite: Perhaps 'Ishmaelite:' see 1Chron. 2:17.
18:3b for: Some read 'for now thou art worth.'
18:12a you: Others, including LXX, read 'Take care for my sake.'
18:13b concealed: Or 'if I had acted falsely against his life nothing is concealed.'
18:14c spears: Lit. 'rods (staves).'
18:14d body: Lit. 'into the midst (heart) of Absalom.'
18:16e back: Some translate, 'spared.'
18:21f Cushite: Or 'Ethiopian.'
18:23g plain: Lit. 'circle:' see Gen. 13:10.
19:24a washed, trimmed: Lit. 'made.'
19:25b came: Or 'as soon as he came to Jerusalem.'
19:32a great: Or 'rich.'
19:36b way: Or 'time.'
19:37c Chimham: * Meaning 'Longing.'
20:14a together: Some read 'all the young men gathered together.'
20:19b mother: * Or 'a city, even a mother (city) in Israel.' See 2Sam. 8:1; Num. 21:25, 32; 32:42; Josh. 17:11 and Notes.
20:23a Cherethites: The executioners.
20:23b Pelethites: The couriers.
20:24c levy: Elsewhere 'forced labour' or 'tribute.'
20:25d scribe: Or 'secretary.'
21:1e inquired: Lit. 'sought the face.'
21:8f of: i.e. Merab: see 1Sam. 18:19.
21:12a men: Heb. baali, or 'citizens,' as Judg. 9:2, 47.
21:12b place: Or 'broadway.'
21:16c Raphah: Or 'the giant:' see Deut. 2:11.
21:16d shekels: Lit. 'weights.'
21:19e Goliath: Or 'Lahmi, brother of Goliath:' see 1Chron. 20:5.
22:2f rock: High rock.
22:3g rock: Lit. 'God of my rock (or strength).'
22:3h trust: 'Trust,' as fleeing for refuge: so ver. 31.
22:6a Sheol: See Note, Gen. 37:35.
22:15b enemies: Lit. 'and scattered them.'
22:24c, 24:26c upright: Or 'perfect,' as Gen. 6:9; 17:1; Deut. 18:13.
22:26d gracious: Chasid, 'pious,' 'godly:' see 2Chron. 6:41. A form of this word is used specifically of the ways of Hezekiah and of Josiah in 2Chron. 32:32 and 35:26. See also Ps. 4:3; 12:1; 16:10.
22:28a dost: Or 'wilt.'
22:31b word: Here imrah. as Deut. 33:9: see Note, Ps. 119:11.
22:33c smooth: Some read, as in Ps. 18:32, 'maketh my way perfect.'
22:45d cringing: See Note to Deut. 33:29.
22:46e close: Or 'fortified.'
22:46f places: Or 'tremble in their strong castles.'
22:51a to: Some read 'He is a tower of deliverance for.'
23:1b saith: See Gen. 22:16.
23:3c among: Or 'over.'
23:3d just: Or 'a just ruler over mankind ' 'the Adam:' see Gen. 1:27, 6:1.
23:5e desire: Or 'all good pleasure.'
23:5f grow: Or 'For all my salvation and all good pleasure, would he not make them to grow?'
23:7g himself: Lit. 'fills his hand.'
23:8h Joseb-Bassebeth: Or 'he who sits in the (first) place.'
23:8i Tachkemonite: Or 'the Hachmonite.'
23:8k against: Or, as 1Chron. 11:11, 'he brandished his spear against.'
23:9l Ahohite: Or 'son of Ahohi.'
23:20a lions: Heb. Ariel, strictly, 'lion of God (El),' i.e. 'great heroes;' and so 1Chron. 11:22.
23:35b Hezrai: See 1Chron. 11:37.
24:5a ravine: or 'valley:' see Deut. 2:13, 36.
24:6b Tahtim-hodshi: Or 'the low country of Hodshi.'

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