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2 Samuel 15:1

Listen to 2 Samuel 15:1
1 Aconteceu depois disso que Absalão adquiriu para si um carro e cavalos, e cinqüenta homens que corressem adiante dele.

2 Samuel 15:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:1

And it came to pass after this
After the reconciliation of David and Absalom, and the latter was admitted to court again:

that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses;
to make himself look grand and respectable among the people; perhaps he got these from his grandfather at Geshur in Syria:

and fifty men to run before him;
which added to his pomp and magnificence; and such great personages in later time have had; Nero the Roman emperor never went on a journey with less than a thousand calashes or chariots, and a great number of men that ran before him {c}: and this was tacitly setting himself up for king, at least preparing for it, as Adonijah afterwards did in the same way and manner, ( 1 Kings 1:5 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F3 Suetonius in Vit. Neron. c. 30. Vid. Senecae, Ep. 87. & 123.
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2 Samuel 15:1 In-Context

1 Aconteceu depois disso que Absalão adquiriu para si um carro e cavalos, e cinqüenta homens que corressem adiante dele.
2 E levantando-se Absalão cedo, parava ao lado do caminho da porta; e quando algum homem tinha uma demanda para, vir ao rei a juízo, Absalão o chamava a si e lhe dizia: De que cidade és tu? E, dizendo ele: De tal tribo de Israel é teu servo;
3 Absalão lhe dizia: Olha, a tua causa é boa e reta, porém não há da parte do rei quem te ouça.
4 Dizia mais Absalão: Ah, quem me dera ser constituído juiz na terra! para que viesse ter comigo todo homem que tivesse demanda ou questão, e eu lhe faria justiça.
5 Sucedia também que, quando alguém se chegava a ele para lhe fazer reverência, ele estendia a mão e, pegando nele o beijava.
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