Bible Commentaries

Verse 2

kindness = lovingkindness, or grace. Compare 2 Samuel 9:1 .

as = according as.

Verse 3

search = explore.

the city . Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "the land". Compare 1 Chronicles 19:3 .

Verse 5

men . Heb 'enosh. App-14 .

Verse 6

men . Hebrew. ish , App-14 .

Ish-tob = men of Tob.

Verse 12

play the men = Be strong and let us put forth our strength. Hebrew. hozak.

God . Hebrew. Elohim . App-4 .

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah . App-4 .

Verse 16

river : i.e. the Euphrates.

Shobach . Another name, Shophach (1 Chronicles 19:16 ).

Verse 18

seven hundred. = 1Ch 19:187 ; 1 Chronicles 19:0 . But Hebrew j = 7 and j = 7,000, probably a scribe's

infirmity . Compare 2 Samuel 8:4 and 1 Chronicles 18:4 .