Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Overview
Sa2 21:1, The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceases, by hanging seven of Saul's sons; Sa2 21:10, Rizpah's kindness unto the dead; Sa2 21:12, David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's sepulchre; Sa2 21:15, Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four valiants of David slay four giants.
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a famine: Gen 12:10, Gen 26:1, Gen 41:57, Gen 42:1, Gen 43:1; Lev 26:19, Lev 26:20, Lev 26:26; Kg1 17:1, Kg1 18:2; Kg2 6:25, Kg2 8:1; Jer. 14:1-18
inquired: Heb. sought the face, etc
of the Lord: Sa2 5:19, Sa2 5:23; Num 27:21; Sa1 23:2, Sa1 23:4, Sa1 23:11; Job 5:8-10, Job 10:2; Psa 50:15, Psa 91:15
It is: Jos 7:1, Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12
Saul: Sa1 22:17-19
now the: Josh. 9:3-21
the Amorites: The Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from Jos 6:19; but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites in general. Gen 15:16
in his zeal: Deu 7:16; Sa1 14:44, Sa1 15:8, Sa1 15:9; Kg2 10:16, Kg2 10:31; Luk 9:54, Luk 9:55; Joh 16:2; Rom 10:2; Gal 4:17
wherewith: Exo 32:30; Lev 1:4; Sa1 2:25; Mic 6:6, Mic 6:7; Heb 9:22, Heb 10:4-12
bless: Sa2 20:19
We will: etc. or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul, or his house; neither pertains it to us to kill, etc. no silver. Psa 49:6-8; Pe1 1:18, Pe1 1:19
The man: Sa2 21:1; Est 9:24, Est 9:25; Mat 7:2
devised: or, cut us off, Dan 9:26
Let seven: As God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose that both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites, were directed by some open or secret intimation from him.
hang: Sa2 17:23, Sa2 18:10; Gen 40:19, Gen 40:22; Num 25:4, Num 25:5; Deu 21:22; Jos 8:29, Jos 10:26; Ezr 6:11; Est 9:10, Est 9:13, Est 9:14; Mat 27:5
whom the Lord did choose: or, the chosen of the Lord, Sa1 9:16, Sa1 9:17, Sa1 10:1, Sa1 10:24; Act 13:21
Mephibosheth: Sa2 4:4, Sa2 9:10, Sa2 16:4, Sa2 19:25
because: Sa1 18:3, Sa1 20:8, Sa1 20:15, Sa1 20:17, Sa1 20:42, Sa1 23:18
Rizpah: Sa2 3:7
and the five sons: This Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but Merab, Sa1 18:19; Michael being married to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore (yaledah), not brought up, as falsely rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts, however, have Merab, instead of Michal; the Syriac and Arabic have Nadab; and the Chaldee renders the passage thus: "And the five sons of Merab which Michal the daughter of Saul brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son of Barzillai."
Michal: or, Michal's sister, Sa1 18:19
brought up for: Heb. bare to
before the Lord: Sa2 21:6, Sa2 6:17, Sa2 6:21; Exo 20:5; Num 35:31-34; Deu 21:1-9; Sa1 15:33; Kg2 24:3, Kg2 24:4
in the beginning: This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March Rut 1:22
took sackcloth: Kg1 21:27; Joe 1:18
until water: Some suppose that this means a providential supply of rain, in order to remove the famine; but from the manner in which it is introduced, it seems to denote the autumnal rains, which commence about October. For five months did this broken-hearted woman watch by the bodies of her sons! Deu 11:14; Kg1 18:41-45; Jer 5:24, Jer 5:25, Jer 14:22; Hos 6:3; Joe 2:23; Zac 10:1
the birds: Gen 40:19; Eze 39:4
told David: Sa2 2:4; Rut 2:11, Rut 2:12
the bones of Saul: Sa2 2:5-7; Sa1 31:11-13
Bethshan: Jos 17:11, Beth-shean, Sa1 31:10
in Gilboa: Sa2 1:6, Sa2 1:21; Sa1 28:4, Sa1 31:1; Ch1 10:1, Ch1 10:8
Zelah: Jos 18:28; Sa1 10:2, Zelzah
God: Sa2 24:25; Exo 32:27-29; Num 25:13; Jos 7:26; Kg1 18:40, Kg1 18:41; Jer 14:1-7; Joe 2:18, Joe 2:19; Amo 7:1-6; Jon 1:15; Zac 6:8
the Philistines: Sa2 5:17, Sa2 5:22; Ch1 20:4
and David waxed faint: Jos 14:10, Jos 14:11; Psa 71:9, Psa 71:18, Psa 73:26; Ecc 12:3; Isa 40:28-30; Jer 9:23, Jer 9:24; Pe1 1:24, Pe1 1:25
of the sons: Gen 6:4; Num 13:32, Num 13:33; Deu 1:28, Deu 2:10, Deu 2:21, Deu 3:11, Deu 9:2; Sa1 17:4, Sa1 17:5
the giant: or, Rapha, Sa2 21:18, Sa2 21:20 *marg. Sa2 5:18; Gen 14:5
whose spear: Heb. the staff, or, the head
thought: Sa1 17:45-51
Abishai: Sa2 20:6-10
succoured: Sa2 22:19; Psa 46:1, Psa 144:10
Thou shalt: Sa2 18:3
quench: Sa2 14:7; Kg1 11:36, Kg1 15:4; Psa 132:17; Joh 1:8, Joh 1:9, Joh 5:35
light: Heb. candle, or lamp
Sibbechai: Ch1 11:29, Ch1 20:4
Saph: or, Sippai, Ch1 20:4
the giant: or, Rapha, Sa2 21:16, Sa2 21:20 *marg.
Elhanan: etc. Instead of את גלית יערי ארגיס בית הלחמי, of the text, we should certainly read, as in the parallel text, "and Elhanan the son of Jair, slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath." Ch1 11:26
Jaareoregim: or, Jair, Ch1 20:5
Goliath: Sa1 17:4-11
yet a battle: Ch1 20:6
the giant: or, Rapha, Sa2 21:16, Sa2 21:18 *marg.
defied: or, reproached, Sa1 17:10, Sa1 17:25, Sa1 17:26, Sa1 17:36; Kg2 19:13
Jonathan: Ch1 27:32
Shimeah: Sa1 16:9, Sa1 17:3, Shammah, Ch1 2:13, Shimma
four: Ch1 20:8
fell by: Jos 14:12; Psa 60:12, Psa 108:13, Psa 118:15; Ecc 9:11; Jer 9:23; Rom 8:31, Rom 8:37