1Sa 3:17, 25:22, 2Sa 3:9, 35, 19:13, 1Ki 2:23, 19:2, 20:10, 2Ki 6:31 | TSK | STEP | I pray thee. God. more also. Heb. so add. thing. or, word.

1 Samuel 3:17

I pray thee.

God.

20:13; Ru 1:17; 2Sa 3:35; 19:13; 1Ki 22:16; Mt 26:63

more also. Heb. so add. thing. or, word.

1 Samuel 25:22

So and more.Nothing can justify this conduct of David, which was rash, unjust, and cruel in the extreme. David himself condemns it, and thanks God for being prevented from executing this evil. (ver. 32-34.)

3:17; 14:44; 20:13,16; Ru 1:17

if I leave.

any that pisseth, etc.This seems to have been a proverbial expression among the Israelites; and may with the utmost propriety be read "any male."

1Ki 14:10; 16:11; 21:21; 2Ki 9:8

2 Samuel 3:9

So do God.

35; 19:13; Ru 1:17; 1Sa 3:17; 14:44; 25:22; 1Ki 19:2

as the Lord.

1Sa 15:28; 16:1-13; 28:17; 1Ch 12:23; Ps 89:3,4,19,20,35-37

2 Samuel 3:35

cause.

12:17; Jer 16:7; Eze 24:17,22

So do.

9; Ru 1:17

till the.

1:12; Jud 20:26

2 Samuel 19:13

Amasa.

17:25; 1Ch 2:16,17; 12:18

God.

Ru 1:17; 1Ki 19:2

room of Joab.

5-7; 3:29,30; 8:16; 18:11

1 Kings 2:23

God.

20:10; Ru 1:17; 1Sa 14:44; 2Sa 3:9,35; 19:13; 2Ki 6:31

if Adonijah.We have already seen, that the whole harem of an eastern monarch was a part of the regal succession (See note on 2 Sa 16:23); and it was treason for a subject to claim any wife or virgin who had once formed a part of it. Solomon evidently considered the request of Adonijah in this light; and was convinced that he was still aiming to seize the crown, to which he considered this as one step. But it is very doubtful, how far the plea either of policy or state necessity can justify Solomon in thus embruing his hands in his brother's blood, whatever might have been his treasonable intentions or conduct.

spoken.

Ps 64:8; 140:9; Pr 18:6,7; Ec 10:12; Lu 19:22