the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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2 Samuel 17:10
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heart: 2 Samuel 1:23, 2 Samuel 23:20, Genesis 49:9, Numbers 24:8, Numbers 24:9, Proverbs 28:1
utterly melt: Exodus 15:15, Deuteronomy 1:28, Joshua 2:9-11, Isaiah 13:7, Isaiah 19:1
thy father: 1 Samuel 18:17, Hebrews 11:34
and they which: Song of Solomon 3:7
Reciprocal: Judges 4:22 - and I will 1 Samuel 16:18 - a mighty 1 Chronicles 12:8 - whose faces Psalms 58:7 - General Psalms 107:26 - their soul Jeremiah 49:23 - fainthearted Ezekiel 21:7 - and every
Cross-References
Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him,
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Then Abram bowed facedown on the ground. God said to him,
Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him,
And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
Then Abram fell on his face [in worship], and God spoke with him, saying,
And Abram felde doun lowe on his face.
And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he also [that is] valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt,.... That is, whoever should hear of Absalom's forces, or a part of them, being routed, would be intimidated, though ever so courageous, or of such a lion-like temper and disposition; and even Ahithophel himself, notwithstanding all his boasted courage, his heart would fail, he would melt like water h, Joshua 7:5; should he meet with such a rebuff at first setting out. A lion is well known for its courage as well as strength, and has not only a fierce countenance, hence we read of lion-like men in their faces, 2 Samuel 23:20; but has a courageous heart, and from thence it is thought to have its name Labi, from "leb", which signifies the heart; so Hercules is represented by the poet as having a lion's heart i, and others also; though Leo Africanus k relates of some lions in Africa that are so naturally fearful that they will flee at the cry of children, particularly at a place called Agla; hence it became a proverb with the inhabitants of Fez to call blustering cowards the lions of Agla; and he speaks of great numbers of lions elsewhere l, who are easily driven away with a small stick by the most timorous persons; but for the most part lions are very bold and daring, as well as strong, to which the allusion is here. Some apply this to David himself, who was a valiant man, and whose heart was like that of a lion, and so read the last clause with an interrogation: "shall he utterly melt?" no, he will not; he is not to be made afraid so easily as Ahithophel has intimated:
for all Israel knoweth that thy father [is] a mighty man, and [they] which be with him [are] valiant men: this is so universally known that it cannot be denied.
h ----ηυτε λειβεαι υδωρ, Moschi Idyll 2. ver. 45. i θυμολεοντα Homer. Iliad. 5. ver 639. Iliad. 7. ver. 228. Odyss. 11. ver. 279. Vid. Hesiod. Theogoniam prope finem. k Descriptio Africae, l. 3. p. 400. l Ib. p. 474.