The historical books 1st & 2nd samuel lesson five
Perhaps they were part of a magical procedure or served as living illustration of a curse, expressing: Whoever enters here shall become like them
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Perhaps they were part of a magical procedure or served as living illustration of a curse, expressing: Whoever enters here shall become like them.The Hittites, to whom the Jebusites were possibly related, used to parade a blind and a deaf person before their soldiers, proclaiming:Who ever does evil to the king [and] the queen, let them make him blind; let them make him [deaf]. [Jewish Study Bible]5:8: Shall reach, literally “and touch.” The meaning of the Hebrew word translated water channel is unclear. It may refer to the tunnel (known today as Warren’s shaft) that connected the city on the hill with the spring in the valley. In that case, the target may have been cutting off the water supply or entering the city through that tunnel. Cf. 1 Chronicles 11:4-6, where neither the blind and the lame nor the water channel is mentioned. The House, the Temple. [Jewish Study Bible]5:9: David makes Jerusalem his capital, probably because of its central location between Judah and Israel, and because it was neutral territory, which had belonged to neither. [Jewish Study Bible]5:11: Tyre, the most important city of Phoenicia. Cedar trees, for which Lebanon was famous, made excellent building material. [Jewish Study Bible]2 Samuel 5:6[The king and his men went to Jerusalem] This city was now in the hands of the Jebusites; but how they got possession of it is not known; probably they took it during the wars between Ish-bosheth and David. After Joshua's death, what is called the lower city was taken by the Israelites; and it is evident that the whole city was in their possession in the time of Saul, for David brought the head of Goliath there, <1 Sam. 17:54>. It appears to have been a very strong fortress, and, from what follows deemed impregnable by the Jebusites. It was right that the Israelites should repossess it; and David very properly began his reign over the whole country by the siege of this city. [Except thou take away the blind and the lame] Scarcely a passage in the sacred oracles has puzzled commentators more than this. For my own part, I do not think that it is worth the labour spent upon it, or shall I encumber these pages with the discordant opinions of learned men. From the general face of the text it appears that the Jebusites, vainly confiding in the strength of their fortress, placed lame and blind men upon the walls, and thus endeavoured to turn into ridicule David's attempt to take the place: "Thou shalt not come in here, except thou take away the blind and the lame." Nothing could be more cutting to a warrior. Adam Clarke Commentary 2 Samuel 5:11 [Hiram king of Tyre] He was a very friendly man, and no doubt a believer in the true God. He was not only a friend to David, but also of his son Solomon, to whom, in building the temple, he afforded the most important assistance. Adam Clarke CHAPTER FIVE SECOND SAMUEL 2 Samuel 5:13 5:13 royal marriages as political strategy.
(IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament) 5:13-16: Family enlargement, part 2. The list complements 3:2-5 (see there). Jewish Study Bible 2 Samuel 5:13[David took him more concubines] He had, in all conscience, enough before; he had, in the whole, eight wives and ten concubines. That dispensation permitted polygamy, but from the beginning it was not so; and as upon an average there are about fourteen males born to thirteen females, polygamy is unnatural and could never have entered into the original design of God. Adam Clarke 2 Samuel 5:14[These be the names] Eleven children are here enumerated in the Hebrew text; but the Septuagint has no less than twenty-four. I shall insert their names and the reader if he please may collate them with the text: Sammus, Sobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ebear, Elisue, Naphek, Jephies, Elisama, Elidae, Eliphalath, Samae, Jessibath, Nathan, Galimaan, Jebaar, Theesus, Eliphalat, Naged, Naphek, Jonathan, Leasamus, Baalimath, and Eliphaath. No doubt there is some corruption in these names. There are two with the name of Nathan, two with the name of Eliphalath, and two with the name of Naphek. And Sammus and Samae are probably the same. Adam Clarke 5:17-25 PHILISTINES VANQUISHED F 5:17, 18 Positions of Philistines G 5:19 Inquiry of Jehovah H 5:20, 21 Defeat F 5:22 Position of Philistines G 5:23, 24 Inquiry of Jehovah H 5:25 Defeat Download 268.5 Kb. Share with your friends:
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