Note the different spellings of 'strong-hold' in this verse. B. T. Both forms are frequent. § 3. .מצדה .A b A. ". B. "1. Note the change of order, and of construction. A frequent variation. is remarkable: see LXX. The change from El to Baal in this name A. 2 Sam. 5. (Continued.) tines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down 18 to the hold. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves d 19 in the valley of Rephaim. And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines ? wilt thou deliver f them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up for I will [certainly] deliver the Philis20 tines into thine hand. And David to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, The LORD hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he came B. 1 Chron. 14. (Continued.) tines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out 9 against them. Now the Philistines had come and made a raid 10 in the valley of Rephaim. And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? [and] wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them 11 into thine hand. So they came [up] to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath broken mine enemies by mine hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place 12 Baal-perazim. And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire. 13 And the Philistines made a raid And David inquired [again] of God; [and] God said [unto him,] Thou shalt not go up [after them]: make a circuit away from them, and come upon them over against 15 the mulberry trees. And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou Ishalt go out to battle for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 16 And David did as God commanded him and [they] smote [the host of] the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer. d A. ¡WD)" (cf. Judg. 15. 9). B. 10WD" (cf. 1 Sam. 23. 27). So below. • The tendency of B. to substitute God for the LORD shows itself here for the first time. of sing. into pl. frequent. .נתתם .B .התתנם .f A g The change h False objects of worship had been named gods by B. in § 1; LXX has gods in both places. The A. V. translates A. 'David and his men burned them,' i. e. made a bonfire of them, cf. Nahum 1. 5 (Heb.). k movement' would be better than מעליהם .B .אל־אחריהם .i A 'marching.' 1 In Isa. 28. 21 the incident is referred to in accordance with the reading of B. Gibeon (El Jib) is a little W. of Geba (Jeb'a), and both are in a straight line with Gezer. Baal-Perazim is simply called Mount Perazim by Isaiah. The site has not been identified. 8 Note the different spellings of 'strong-hold' in this verse. B. 7. Both forms are frequent. § 3. .מצדה .A b A. ". B. "1. Note the change of order, and of construction. A frequent variation. is remarkable: see LXX. The change from El to Baal in this name A. 2 Sam. 6. (Continued.) error [of God, and took hold of it]; for 7 the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah: and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, How shall the ark of the LORD come unto me? 10 So David would not remove the ark [of the LORD] unto him into the city of David; but [David] carried it aside into the house of 11 Obed-edom the Gittite. And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom [the Gittite] three months: and the LORD blessed . B. 1 Chron. 13. (Continued.) for 10 the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzza: and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13 So David removed not the ark unto him into the e ark (§ 5.) went and brought up the of God from the house of Obed-edom [into the city of David] with joy. 13 And it was so, that when [they] that d A. The reading is probably defective, and may be elucidated by means of B. A. 78. B. 77. The former spelling is common; the latter only here and in Dan. 10. 17. 3. house of Abinadab, which was in and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with castanets, and with cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put 5 6 that sitteth upon the cherubim, [which is called by the 7 Name.] And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, out of the house of Abinadab: Israel played before God with all their might: [even with songs,] and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9 And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth [his hand] to [hold] the ark; ก § 4.- Though the readings are different, the sense is nearly the same; cf. Josh. 15. 9, 60. Baalah is also called Kirjath Baal and Kirjath Jearim; it belonged to Judah; see LXX. b There is a tendency in B. to substitute a final in proper names for 7. In A. v. 3, we have in the Heb. Uzza, but in v. 6 and the later verses Uzzah. In B., Uzza throughout. c 'with all manner of firwood' ( y ) answers to B. v. 8, with all their might, even with songs' ("ya). We evidently have two readings representing the same original text; LXX agrees with B. The variations in the מצלתים .here only]; B מנענעים .name of the two last musical instruments (A [Chron., Ezra, Neh.] and A. Dyby [Ps. 150. 5 only in this sense]; B. n) are noteworthy as indicating a tendency to specialize or modernize. The fourth of these words is used sixteen times in Chron. It is the name of the alarm trumpet in Num. 10, and is also referred to in 2 Kings 11. 14 and 12. 13, Hos. 5. 8, and Ps. 98. 6. The substitution of Chidon (7) for Nachon (j) may possibly be textual, but see LXX. |