撒母耳記下 15:7

7 滿 了 四 十 年 ( 有 作 四 年 的 ) , 押 沙 龍 對 王 說 : 求 你 准 我 往 希 伯 崙 去 , 還 我 向 耶 和 華 所 許 的 願 。

撒母耳記下 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 15:7

And it came to pass after forty years
Or four years; so long it was from the reconciliation of Absalom to David, as Josephus


FOOTNOTES:

F6 says; and so read Theodoret on the place, the Syriac and Arabic versions: but some say it was either forty years from the time Israel first had a king; and which might be an era of reckoning with the Jews, as the era of Seleucidae was with the Greeks, on the like account; or from the time Saul slew the priests at Nob, as Jerom F7; or from the time of David's being anointed by Samuel; or this was the year of Absalom's age, or of David's reign: but these, and other attempts made to account for this passage, are not entirely satisfactory; and therefore one may be tempted to conclude there must be a mistake in the copy, of "arbaim" for "arba", forty for four; which makes it quite easy, and confirms the first sense:

that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow,
which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron;
not what he vowed in Hebron; for according to his own account he had vowed it in Geshur, as in ( 2 Samuel 15:8 ) ; but his request is, that he might pay it in Hebron; which place he fixed upon, being his native place, and where David was anointed king; and which, being about twenty miles from Jerusalem, was at a proper distance to lay the scene of his conspiracy in, and bring it to perfection.


F6 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9. sect. 1.
F7 Trad. Heb. in 2 lib. Reg. fol. 78. M.

撒母耳記下 15:7 In-Context

5 若 有 人 近 前 來 要 拜 押 沙 龍 , 押 沙 龍 就 伸 手 拉 住 他 , 與 他 親 嘴 。
6 以 色 列 人 中 , 凡 去 見 王 求 判 斷 的 , 押 沙 龍 都 是 如 此 待 他 們 。 這 樣 , 押 沙 龍 暗 中 得 了 以 色 列 人 的 心 。
7 滿 了 四 十 年 ( 有 作 四 年 的 ) , 押 沙 龍 對 王 說 : 求 你 准 我 往 希 伯 崙 去 , 還 我 向 耶 和 華 所 許 的 願 。
8 因 為 僕 人 住 在 亞 蘭 的 基 述 , 曾 許 願 說 : 耶 和 華 若 使 我 再 回 耶 路 撒 冷 , 我 必 事 奉 他 。
9 王 說 : 你 平 平 安 安 地 去 罷 ! 押 沙 龍 就 起 身 , 往 希 伯 崙 去 了 。
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