the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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2 i Samuelit 17:27
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the son of Nahash: 2 Samuel 10:1, 2 Samuel 10:2, 2 Samuel 12:29, 2 Samuel 12:30, 1 Samuel 11:1
Machir: 2 Samuel 9:4
Barzillai: 2 Samuel 19:31, 2 Samuel 19:32, 1 Kings 2:7, Ezra 2:61
Reciprocal: Genesis 32:2 - the name Joshua 13:26 - Mahanaim 2 Samuel 2:8 - Mahanaim 2 Samuel 16:1 - with a couple 1 Kings 4:14 - Mahanaim 1 Chronicles 6:80 - Mahanaim 1 Chronicles 12:40 - brought 1 Chronicles 20:1 - Rabbah Nehemiah 7:63 - Barzillai Psalms 42:6 - from the Proverbs 18:24 - that hath
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim,.... When he first came thither, 2 Samuel 17:24;
that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon: who was either the son, or rather the brother of Hanun king of the Ammonites, that used David's ambassadors in so shameful a manner, whom David overcame and deposed, and set up this brother in his room; who had showed his dislike of his brother's conduct, and now makes a grateful return to David for his favours; though some say this was Hanun himself, as Jarchi, now become a proselyte, which is not so likely; others take this man to be an Israelite that continued in Rabbah, the metropolis of the Ammonites, after it was taken by David:
and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar; the same that brought up Mephibosheth, from whom David received him and took him off of his hands, for which now he requited him, see 2 Samuel 9:5;
and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim; a place that lay under the hills of Gilead y; it had its name from the "fullers" who dwelt here for the convenience of fountains of water to wash their clothes in.
y Fuller's Pisgah-View, B. 2. c. 3. sect. 10. p. 94.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Shobi’s father may have been the king of the Ammonites, and Shobi appointed by David as tributary king or governor of Ammon after he took Rabbah 2 Samuel 12:29. On the other hand, Nahash may have been a common name among the Ammonites, and the Nahash of 2 Samuel 17:25 may have been of that nation.
On Machir, see the marginal reference.
Barzillai was ancestor, through a daughter, to a family of priests, who were called after him “sons of Barzillai,” and who returned from captivity with Zerubbabel, but were not allowed to officiate as priests, or eat of the holy things, through defect of a proper register Ezra 2:61-63. It is likely that being wealthy they had neglected their priestly privileges, as a means of maintenance, before the captivity.
Rogelim was situated in the highlands of Gilead, but the exact situation is not known. It means “the fullers,” being the plural of the word “Rogel,” in “En-Rogel,” 2 Samuel 17:17.