Gen 37:29, Jos 7:6, 2Sa 1:11, 3:31, 1Ki 20:31, 21:27, 2Ki 19:1, 1Ch 21:16 | TSK | STEP

Genesis 37:29

he rent.

34; 34:13; Nu 14:6; Jud 11:35; 2Ki 19:1; Job 1:20; Joe 2:13

Ac 14:14

Joshua 7:6

rent.

Ge 37:29,34; Nu 14:6; 2Sa 13:31; Ezr 9:3-5; Es 4:1; Job 1:20

Ac 14:14

fell.

Nu 16:22,45; 2Sa 12:16

until the eventide.

Jud 20:23,26; 21:2; 2Sa 1:12

put dust.Rending the clothes, beating the breast, tearing the hair, throwing dust upon the head, and falling prostrate, were usual signs of deep affliction and distress among the ancient Israelites. In illustration of this custom, see 1 Sa 4:12, when the messenger brought tidings to Eli of the discomfiture of the armies of Israel by the Philistines; again, in the case of Tamar, 2 Sa 13:19, and in Ne 9:1, when a whole nation, "assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them." See also the case of Mordecai, Es 4:1, and Job 2:12, where his friends abased themselves to comfort him; refer also to Eze 27:30. Jon 3:6. Mic 1:10. In each of these instances it is worthy of remark, that putting dust on the head generally follows rending of the clothes, and was the usual mode of evincing poignant sorrow.

2 Samuel 1:11

rent.

3:31; 13:31; Ge 37:29,34; Ac 14:14

likewise.

Ro 12:15

2 Samuel 3:31

And David.David, intending no doubt to punish Joab, and to lessen his authority with the people, commanded him to take upon him the office of chief mourner; but, as his revenge was gratified, his rival removed, and no heavier punishment inflicted, it is probable his hardened mind would feel but little objection to the ceremony.

Rend.

1:2,11; Ge 37:29,34; Jos 7:6; Jud 11:35; 2Ki 19:1

bier. Heb. bed.

Lu 7:14

1 Kings 20:31

his servants.

23; 2Ki 5:13

merciful kings.

Pr 20:28; Isa 16:5; Eph 1:7,8

let us, I pray thee.Six of the citizens of Calais are reported to have acted nearly in the same manner, when they surrendered their city to Edward the Third, king of England, in 1346. See the whole story circumstantially related by Sir John Froissart, (who lived in that time,) with that simplicity and detail that give it every appearance of truth.

put sackcloth.

21:27-29; Ge 37:34; 2Sa 3:31; 14:2; 2Ki 19:1,2; Es 4:1-3; Isa 22:12

Isa 37:1; Jon 3:5,6; Re 11:3

peradventure.

2Ki 7:4; Es 4:16; Job 2:4; Mt 10:28