Sāmǔĕrjìxià 17:12

12 Zhèyàng , wǒmen zaì héchu yùjiàn tā , jiù xià dào Tānàli , rútóng lùshuǐ xià zaì dì shàng yìbān , lián tā daì gēnsuí tāde rén , yī gè yĕ bù liú xià .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 17:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 17:12

So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be
found
For such a numerous army, which would be spread abroad, could not well fail of finding him out, let him be in what lurking place he would; whereas he might lie concealed, and escape so small a number as twelve thousand men:

and we will light upon him as the dew falleth upon the ground;
whose drops are innumerable, and cover all the ground where they fall; and the phrase not only expresses their numbers, but the irresistible force they should come with, and the manner, secretly, unawares, opportunely; the Romans had a sort of soldiers, called from the dew "rorarii", who carried light armour, and fought first in the battle, from whence they had their name, because dew falls before it rains ^F14:

and of him, and of all the men that [are] with him, there shall not be
left so much as one;
so that for the future Absalom would sit easy upon the throne, there being none left to molest him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Valtrinus de Milit. Roman. l. 3. c. 3.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 17:12 In-Context

10 Suī yǒu rén dǎn dà rú shīzi , tāde xīn yĕ bì xiāohuà . yīnwei Yǐsèliè rén dōu zhīdào nǐ fùqin shì yīngxióng , gēnsuí tāde rén yĕ dōu shì yǒng shì .

11 Yī wǒ zhī jì , bù rú jiāng Yǐsèliè zhòngrén cóng dàn zhídào Bièshìbā , rútóng hǎi bian de shā nàyàng duō jùjí dào nǐ zhèlǐ lái , nǐ yĕ qīnzì shuaìlǐng tāmen chū zhàn .

12 Zhèyàng , wǒmen zaì héchu yùjiàn tā , jiù xià dào Tānàli , rútóng lùshuǐ xià zaì dì shàng yìbān , lián tā daì gēnsuí tāde rén , yī gè yĕ bù liú xià .

13 Tā ruò jìn le nǎ yī zuò chéng , Yǐsèliè zhòngrén bì daì shéngzi qù , jiāng nà chéng là dào hé lǐ , shènzhì lián yī kuaì xiǎo shítou dōu bù shèngxia .

14 Yē Shālóng hé Yǐsèliè zhòngrén shuō , Yàjīrén hù shāi de jì móu bǐ yà xī duō Fú de jì móu gèng hǎo . zhè shì yīn Yēhéhuá déng yì pò huaì yà xī duō Fú de liáng móu , wéi yào jiàng huò yǔ Yēshālóng .