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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:28

2Sa 19:28 For all [of] my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? Ver. 28. For all of my father’s house were but dead men,] sc., For our siding with Ishbosheth. What right therefore have I yet to cry? &c., ] i.e., To complain of my servant’s treachery, or mine own infelicity. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:29

2Sa 19:29 And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. Ver. 29. I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. ] Condemnatur hic Mephiboshethus ex asse. David now, in haste, and full of business, passeth an unjust sentence; intending, perhaps, to be better informed hereafter: and not willing at present to displease Ziba, by taking back from him all that he had given him. The Hebrews say, that because David broke his oath made... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:30

2Sa 19:30 And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. Ver. 30. Yea, let him take all ] Ego enim satis dives ac beatus mihi videor, for I am well enough and rich enough, now that thou art safe returned. Seneca could say to his friend who was in heaviness, Fas tibi non est, salvo Caesare, de fortuna tua queri: hoc incolumi, salvi tibi sunt tui, &c. It is not fit for thee to complain of thy hard lot, so... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:31

2Sa 19:31 And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. Ver. 31. And Barzillai the Gileadite came down. ] He was one of those three that had brought provision to him. 2Sa 17:27-28 Of the other two we hear no more. Some suspect that David neglected them, being all for Barzillai. See 1 Kings 2:7 . There will be faults as long as there are men. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:32

2Sa 19:32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, [even] fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he [was] a very great man. Ver. 32. Now Barzillai was a very aged man. ] Senex quasi seminex, he had lost his colour, but had kept his sweet savour with the rose: and like a flower, though he were withering, yet "the root of the matter was in him," as Job speaketh. For he was a very great man. ] Else he could not have so long sustained the king and... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:33

2Sa 19:33 And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. Ver. 33. I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. ] God is not unrighteous to forget their labour of love who do minister to his saints, and feed his poor afflicted. Mat 25:34-35 Heb 6:10 read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:34

2Sa 19:34 And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? Ver. 34. How long have I to live? ] q.d., My breath is corrupt - or, my spirits are spent - my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me, as Job 17:1 . Pedetentim morior, as that old poet Alexis said, I die piecemeal, sensim sine sensu, every day yielding somewhat to death. It is therefore high time for old people to make up their litte bundles, and prepare to begone... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:35

2Sa 19:35 I [am] this day fourscore years old: [and] can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? Ver. 35. Can I discern between good and evil? ] Am I fit for courtly pleasures? It is past time of day with me for such matters. See Ecclesiastes 12:2-4 . See Trapp on " Ecc 12:2 " See Trapp on " Ecc 12:3 " See Trapp... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:36

2Sa 19:36 Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? Ver. 36. And why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? ] The saints in heaven say so doubtless; being wholly swallowed up with admiration at that "excessive and eternal weight of glory," so freely conferred upon them. For coals we shall have pearls, said that martyr to his fellows; joys without measure or mixture; desiderio generante satistatem, et... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 19:37

2Sa 19:37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, [and be buried] by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. Ver. 37. That I may die in mine own city. ] Where I may retire and rest me, prepare for death, lay hold on eternal life. This is, or ought to be, the old man’s chief study. read more

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