.| he ſpake concerning me, ſaying, * If thy children take « Proc: : 3 12- with all their heart, and with all their ſoul /, * there * 2 Sam. ſhall not Þ fail thee ( ſaid he ) a man on the throne of 7: EE Iſrael REES. g 5. e. Fulfil his promiſe, the condition upon which it was ſu- | ently obſcrve ail their Acti- 5 HPP 7 ons, to order them according to God's Word. i To live as thoſe :hat have God before their eyes,and endeavour to approve them- \elves to him. & Nov only in pretence and ſhew,but truly and fin»
which the Sacrifices were bound, Pſal 148: 27- Or rather, thar } <<rely+ 72 e: Univerially, freely, and fervently. m The Succefli- | which David had lately ſet up in the Thceſhing-floor of Araunah, | 9 ſhall be continued in thy Line without any interruptions
which doubtleſs was made after the ſame Form as thar at G.beon ;
5 Moreover, thou knoweſt aito what Joab the ſon
For,Firſt, This was next at hand Secondly, The Altar only is men- | of Zeruiah did to me », «ud o, what he did to the bh.
tioned here, whereas in Joab's caſe there is mention of the Taber- nacle and Altar both, Chap 2. 28, 29. which 1{cems ro be noted to
two captains of the hoſts of Iſrael, unto * Abner, the * 2 Sam:
ti * ; ; ditinguiſh the two Altars - for Adenjob being the Kings Son, he | 197 of Ner, and unto * Amaſa the fon of Jether, whom 3- 27:
might ſafely go to Aranuabs Altarzand the People would nor be for- | he New, and Þ thed the blood of war in peace p, and ward to ſeize upon him, or bring kim to Juſtice : bur Joab truly thought it was not fafe for him to venture himſeif there,and therc- fore he flieth to Gibeon, as a place more remote from feruſalem. Hither he fled, either ro implore God's Mercy ; or rather, to a- void Solomon's Rage : ſuppoſing that his Reverence to that Sacred Place would notpermit him to pollute him with his Brothers blood ;
Or that t
2 Sam. 20! 19s,
put the biood of war upon his girdle that was about his + Heb-aus!
loins, ar.d in his ſhoes chat were on his feer 4. | » i, e. Againſt me ; Either, Firſt, Directly and immediately.; how inſolently and imperiouſly he hath carricu him felf rowards we from time to time, trampling vpon my Authority and Commands
he conſideration of Gods Grace and Mercy,which himſelf when they thwarted his hun.ou or intereſt, provoking my. {piric
: - d actions. See 2 Sam. 3: 39. and 19, 7. Or,Seconds needed and begged of God, in pardoning his Offences, and ac- by 206 ER "3-000 2 IS yr 3: IA cepting the Sacrifices which he ſhould ofter there, would engage by. Incdy OO Iuate anc and coy ER
and diſpoſe him to ſhew Mercy to his offending ard now penitent
' Was a great 1njury to David, as it was a breach of his Laws.and
Brother ; or, that his Piery would nor allow. him violently to pluck Peace ; 2 contempr of his Perſon and Government; x pernicious
him as it were our of the ſelf. And for theſe or ſuch like reaſons the kind of SanCtuary or place of Refu
but alſo amon g the Hebrews, thawed
as may be gathered from Exod. 21. 14. 1 Kiags,2. 28.
Fx And it was told Solomon, ſaying, Behold, Ado- | EI
rms of God,into which he had put him- Altar was elteemed a e, nor only among the Genziles, | it be not called by that name,
example to others of his Subjects upon the iike occaſions ; a great icandal and diſhonour ro him, as if Joab h:d been only David's inſtrument, to effect what he ſecretly defircd. and deſigned ; wheres by the hearts of his People either were,or might have been alicna- ted from: him, and inflamed againſt him, and rhe. wounds which
. healed, ata-have been widened avain, and made to bleed afreth. o Or, even, the following branches being added as
nijah feareth king Solomon : tor lo, he hath caught an explication of the foregoing, to ſhew whar and how he acted: to-
hold on the horns of the altar,
{eryant d with the ſword.
faying, Let king, $010- mon {wear unto me to day, that he will nor tlay his
wards.0r. againſt Davida. Or, and particularly; as his other mulCarri- ages, 1o,theſe eſpecially. p- He tlew thero-as if they had been in
the ſtate and act of War, when there was not only aceſſation of of 3 F 2 Arms,
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\®, P- Its I Arms, but alſo a treaty and agreement of Peace, of which alſo they were the great procurers and promoters. 9q This 1s added to note his Saad avon and impenitency, that although by his perfidi- ous manner of killing them when he pretended to imbrace them, he ſtained his own Garments with their Blood, yet he was not a- ſhamed of it, bur gloried in it, and marched boldly along with the Army, with the ſame Girdle and Shoes which were ſprinkled with their Blood. See 2 Sam: 20:10. |
6 Do therefore according to thy wiſdom r, and let
not his hoar head go down to | the grave in peace /.
y 5. e. What in Reaſon and Juſtice thou ſeeſt fir. For tho' I was forced to forbear him when it was ina manner out of my power to puniſh him, yet I never forgave him ; and therefore do thou witely and ſeverely examine all his ARions, and particularly this laſt Rebellion,and puniſh him according to his demerits. / Though he be old, having been the General of the Army 40 Years, yet do not ſuffer him to die a natural death,bur cut him off by the Sword
f Juſtice. es 2 © But ſhew kindneſs unto the ſons of * Barzillai the
Gileadite :, and let them be of thoſe that ear at thy table : for ſo « they x came to me when I fled becauſe
of Abſalom thy brother. = F |
£ Que Why doth he not require the like kindneſs to Mephi- boſherþ the Son of his dear Jonathan ? Anſ. Either he and his were now extin& ; or by their after miſcarriages had forfeited his fa- vour- u 1. e. With ſuch kindneſs either as I cannot expreſs ( as the Particle ſo is elſewhere uſed ) or,as I command thee to ſhew to them x 3. e. Barzillai and his Sons : for though Barzil/ai only be mentioned, 2 Sam- 17. 27* yet his Sons doubtleſs were inſtru- mental in the buſineſs, eſpecially Chimham, 2 Sam. 19: 37,38-
$ And behold,ches boF with thee y * Shimei the ſon of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahuiim, which curſed me with a Þ grievous curſe z, in the day when I went to Mahanaim : but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I ſware to him by the LORD, ſaying, * I will not
put thee to death with the ſword a.