2 Samuël 10:5

5 Als zij dit David lieten weten, zo zond hij hun tegemoet; want deze mannen waren zeer beschaamd. En de koning zeide: Blijft te Jericho, totdat uw baard weder gewassen zal zijn, komt dan weder.

2 Samuël 10:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 10:5

When they told [it] unto David
Not the ambassadors, for they were not yet arrived, but some of their servants, perhaps, they sent before them to acquaint David of the usage they had met with:

he sent to meet them:
he sent men to meet them with proper garments to put on, and to assure them how much he resented the indignity done to them and him, and would avenge it in due and proper time, and to direct them where to go for the present, as follows:

because the men were greatly ashamed:
to proceed on their journey, and come to court in the condition they were:

and the king said;
gave orders by the messengers he sent to them:

tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown,
or "bud" ^F20,

and [then] return;
that is, to Jerusalem; Jericho, though not yet built, might have some cottages at or near the spot on which it had stood, for the convenience of shepherds, and gatherers of fruit, in the plains of it; here the ambassadors were directed to go, it being the first place they came to when they had passed over Jordan, from the country of Ammon; and being a place where there were scarcely any inhabitants, or very few, was very proper for them in their present circumstances; and this confirms what is before observed, that it was now the custom of the Israelites not to shave their whole beards; or otherwise it was but shaving off the other half, and being now provided with other clothes, they would have had no need to have stayed at Jericho, but might have proceeded on in their journey.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (xmuy) "germinet", Pagninus, Montanus.

2 Samuël 10:5 In-Context

3 Toen zeiden de vorsten der kinderen Ammons tot hun heer Hanun: Eert David uw vader in uw ogen, omdat hij troosters tot u gezonden heeft? Heeft David zijn knechten niet daarom tot u gezonden, dat hij deze stad doorzoeke, en die verspiede, en die omkere?

4 Toen nam Hanun Davids knechten, en schoor hun baard half af, en sneed hun klederen half af, tot aan hun billen; en hij liet hen gaan.

5 Als zij dit David lieten weten, zo zond hij hun tegemoet; want deze mannen waren zeer beschaamd. En de koning zeide: Blijft te Jericho, totdat uw baard weder gewassen zal zijn, komt dan weder.

6 Toen nu de kinderen Ammons zagen, dat zij zich bij David stinkende gemaakt hadden, zonden de kinderen Ammons heen, en huurden van de Syriers van Beth-Rechob, en van de Syriers van Zoba, twintig duizend voetvolks, en van den koning van Maacha duizend man, en van de mannen van Tob twaalf duizend man.

7 Als David dit hoorde, zond hij Joab heen, en het ganse heir met de helden.