2 Samuel 19:27

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
slandered	וַיְרַגֵּ֣ל vay.ra.Gel	H7270	to walk along · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
servant	בְּעַבְדְּךָ֔ be.'av.de.Kha	H5650	a servant · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
lord	אֲדֹנִ֖י 'a.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
king	הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
lord	וַאדֹנִ֤י va.do.Ni	H113	sovereign · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
king	הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ ha.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
angel	כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ ke.mal.'Akh	H4397	a messenger · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
do	וַעֲשֵׂ֥ה va.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
good	הַטּ֖וֹב ha.Tov	H2896	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense · definite article + adjective, masculine singular absolute
eyes	בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ be.'ei.Nei.kha	H5869	an eye (literally or figuratively) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

2 Samuel 14:17 Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern g…
2 Samuel 14:20 To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, t…
1 Samuel 29:9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philist…
2 Samuel 16:3 And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall th…
Jeremiah 9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will…
Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Psalms 15:3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Psalms 101:5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:24-30

The day of David's return was a day of bringing to remembrance, a day of account, in which what had passed in his flight was called over again; among other things, after the case of Shimei, that of Mephibosheth comes to be enquired into, and he himself brings it on. I. He went down in the crowd to meet the king (Sa2 19:24), and as a proof of the sincerity of his joy in the king's return, we are here told what a true mourner he was for the king's banishment. During that melancholy time, when one of the greatest glories of Israel had departed, Mephibosheth continued in a very melancholy state. He was never trimmed, nor put on clean linen, but wholly neglected himself, as one abandoned to grief…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:24

Mephibosheth . . . came down to meet the king--The reception given to Mephibosheth was less creditable to David. The sincerity of that prince's grief for the misfortunes of the king cannot be doubted. He had neither dressed his feet--not taken the bath, nor trimmed his beard--The Hebrews cut off the hair on the upper lip (see on Lev 13:45), and cheeks, but carefully cherished it on the chin from ear to ear. Besides dyeing it black or red colors, which, however, is the exception, and not the rule in the East, there are various modes of trimming it: they train it into a massy, bushy form, swelling and round; or they terminate it like a pyramid, in a sharp point. Whatever the mode, it is al…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 19:27

The king is as an angel of God - As if he had said, I state my case plainly and without guile; thou art too wise not to penetrate the motives from which both myself and servant have acted. I shall make no appeal; with whatsoever thou determinest I shall rest contented.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 19:27

And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king,.... By suggesting that he stayed at Jerusalem with a view to the kingdom, hoping that the quarrel between David and Absalom would issue in the restoration of it to his father's family; which was a mere calumny, he having had no such thought, nor was there any foundation for it: but my lord the king is an angel of God; for understanding and wisdom, to discern the falsehood of such suggestions: do therefore what is good in thine eyes; condemn him or acquit him; reject him or receive him into favour; he entirely submitted himself to him, to do with him as seemed good in his sight.

The Church Fathers

Why do you marvel, Peter? for the reason why we are deceived is, because we be men. What? have you forgotten how David, who usually had the spirit of prophecy, pronounced sentence against innocent Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, when he gave credit to the lying words of his servant Siba? Which thing notwithstanding because it was done by David, we both believe to be just in the secret judgment of God, and yet by human reason how it was just we cannot perceive. What marvel then is it, if we, that be not prophets, be sometimes by lying tongues abused, and otherwise transported than charity and justice would: for it is much to be considered, that every Bishop hath his mind troubled with a world of business, and it cannot be, when the mind is distracted about many things, but that it is the less able sufficiently to examine those that be particular, and so much the sooner is he deceived in some special case, by how much he is busied with the multitude of many.
— Gregory the Dialogist, Dialogues, Book 1, Chapter 4

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Angel (A Spirit) · .Men — .Men
Mephibosheth · .His ingratitu — .His ingratitu
Rashness · .David, in his generosity to Ziba — .David, in his generosity to Ziba
Ziba · His faithfulness to David — His faithfulness to David

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Samuel 19:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:24-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 19:27

John Gill on 2 Samuel 19:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 19:27

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 19:24-30

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 19:24

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 19:27

John Gill on 2 Samuel 19:27

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 19:24-30

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 19:27-28

Rashi on 2 Samuel 19:27