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2Sa 17:1-14.
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2Sa 17:1-14.
AHITHOPHEL'S COUNSEL OVERTHROWN BY HUSHAI.
1-11. Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom--The recommendation to take prompt and decisive measures before the royalist forces could be collected and arranged, evinced the deep political sagacity of this councillor. The adoption of his advice would have extinguished the cause of David; and it affords a dreadful proof of the extremities to which the heartless prince was, to secure his ambitious objects, prepared to go, that the parricidal counsel "pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel." It was happily overruled, however, by the address of Hushai, who saw the imminent danger to which it would expose the king and the royal cause. He dwelt upon the warlike character and military experience of the old king--represented him and his adherents as mighty men, who would fight with desperation; and who, most probably, secure in some stronghold, would be beyond reach, while the smallest loss of Absalom's men at the outset might be fatal to the success of the conspiracy. But his dexterity was chiefly displayed in that part of his counsel which recommended a general levy throughout the country; and that Absalom should take command of it in person--thereby flattering at once the pride and ambition of the usurper. The bait was caught by the vainglorious and wicked prince.
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12. 我们就必像露水下在地上一般临到他——对一个东方人的心思而言，再没有别的意象能像这自然的水气静默而不可阻挡、迅速地降在每一块田地和每一片草叶上那样，如此生动地描绘仇敌突袭的情景了。
英文原文
12. we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground--No image could have symbolized the sudden onset of an enemy so graphically to an Oriental mind as the silent, irresistible, and rapid descent of this natural moisture on every field and blade of grass.
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13. 以色列众人必用绳子拉那城——围城之时，攻城者常将钩或吊架抛到城墙或城楼之上，再系上绳索，众人合力，将城防整片拉倒成废墟。
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13. all Israel shall bring ropes to that city--In besieging a town, hooks or cranes were often thrown upon the walls or turrets, by which, with ropes attached to them, the besiegers, uniting all their force, pulled down the fortifications in a mass of ruins.
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14. 亚基人户筛的计谋，比亚希多弗的计谋更好——所提出的理由极有道理，又以适合于炫惑东方人想象力的强烈夸张言语表达出来，议会便宣告赞成户筛的建议；他们的决议成了叛乱失败的直接原因，尽管这议会本身只是主耶和华掌管之下因果链中的一环。
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14. The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel--The reasons specified being extremely plausible, and expressed in the strong hyperbolical language suited to dazzle an Oriental imagination, the council declared in favor of Hushai's advice; and their resolution was the immediate cause of the discomfiture of the rebellion, although the council itself was only a link in the chain of causation held by the controlling hand of the Lord.
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2Sa 17:15-22.
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2Sa 17:15-22.
暗中将消息送给大卫。
英文原文
2Sa 17:15-22.
SECRET INTELLIGENCE SENT TO DAVID.
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16. 你们要急速打发人去告诉大卫——户筛似乎怀疑自己的建议是否会被采纳，便下令将所发生的一切暗暗告知大卫，并极力劝他毫不迟延地渡过约旦河，免得亚希多弗的口才和影响力使王子改变心意，立即决定追击。
英文原文
16. send quickly, and tell David--Apparently doubting that his advice would be followed, Hushai ordered secret intelligence to be conveyed to David of all that transpired, with an urgent recommendation to cross the Jordan without a moment's delay, lest Ahithophel's address and influence might produce a change on the prince's mind, and an immediate pursuit be determined on.
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17. 在隐罗结——即耶路撒冷附近的洗衣匠之井，在欣嫩子谷与约沙法谷汇合处的下方。
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17. by En-rogel--the fuller's well in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, below the junction of the valley of Hinnom with that of Jehoshaphat.
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18. 来到巴户琳一个人的家里，那人家中院里有一口井——这院子是房屋的院子，那井是一口空的水池。所有上等人家都备有这样的蓄水池。这些井中之一因缺水而干涸，本是极易发生的事；干涸之后便可作藏身之所，正如大卫的朋友在巴户琳那人家里所找到的。在井口上铺上东西晾晒谷物，乃是常见的做法。
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18. and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court--The court was that of the house, and the well an empty cistern. All the houses of the better class are furnished with such reservoirs. Nothing could more easily happen than that one of these wells, in consequence of a deficiency of water, should become dry and it would then answer as a place of retreat, such as David's friends found in the man's house at Bahurim. The spreading of a covering over the well's mouth for the drying of corn is a common practice.
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2Sa 17:23-29.
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2Sa 17:23-29.
亚希多弗自缢。
23. 亚希多弗见不依从他的计谋——他的虚荣受了伤，他的骄傲因发现自己已失去影响力而受挫；但这懊恼又因别的感觉而加剧——他痛苦地确信，因所定的耽延，押沙龙的事业已经败亡。于是他急忙回家，安排好了家务，又深知报应的风暴将主要落在作为叛乱的煽动者和支柱的他身上，便自缢而死。可以指出，那时以色列人并不拒绝为自尽者举行葬礼。他在犹大身上有一位效法者——犹大在叛卖之事上与他相似，在可耻的结局上也与他相同。
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2Sa 17:23-29.
AHITHOPHEL HANGS HIMSELF.
23. when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed--His vanity was wounded, his pride mortified on finding that his ascendency was gone; but that chagrin was aggravated by other feelings--a painful conviction that through the delay which had been resolved on, the cause of Absalom was lost. Hastening home, therefore, he arranged his private affairs, and knowing that the storm of retributive vengeance would fall chiefly upon him as the instigator and prop of the rebellion, he hanged himself. It may be remarked that the Israelites did not, at that time, refuse the rites of sepulture even to those who died by their own hands. He had an imitator in Judas, who resembled him in his treason, as well as in his infamous end.
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24. 大卫到了玛哈念——在基列东边的高地，是伊施波设政府的所在地。
押沙龙过了约旦河——经文未说相隔多久，但必有足够的时间在全国进行所要的征兵。
英文原文
24. Then David came to Mahanaim--in the high eastern country of Gilead, the seat of Ish-bosheth's government.
Absalom passed over Jordan--It is not said how long an interval elapsed, but there must have been sufficient time to make the intended levy throughout the kingdom.
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25. 亚玛撒——从家谱可见，这位军长与约押一样，与大卫有同样的亲属关系，二人都是他的外甥。当然，亚玛撒是押沙龙的表兄弟；他自己虽是以色列人，他父亲却是以实玛利人
（代上2:17）。
拿辖——有人认为这是耶西的别名，也有人认为是耶西妻子的名字。
英文原文
25. Amasa--By the genealogy it appears that this captain stood in the same relation to David as Joab, both being his nephews. Of course, Amasa was Absalom's cousin, and though himself an Israelite, his father was an Ishmaelite
(1Ch 2:17).
Nahash--is thought by some to be another name of Jesse, or according to others, the name of Jesse's wife.
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27-29. 大卫到了玛哈念——王和随从的需要，由三位首领殷勤款待；他们的慷慨忠诚在圣史中被铭记称赞。
朔比——必是哈嫩的兄弟。他大概不赞成那年轻之王对以色列使者的侮辱，在大卫征服那国之后，便被立为亚扪的省长。
玛吉——（见
撒下9:4）。 有人推测他是拔示巴的兄弟；
巴西莱——一位富有的老贵人，他的高龄和衰弱使他这位受难之君的忠诚奉献格外动人。他们所带来的物资（除供疲倦之人安歇的床榻之外），都是他们肥美田地和牧场的主要物产，可分类如下：食品——小麦、大麦、面粉、豆子、扁豆、羊和奶酪；饮料——「蜂蜜和奶油」，二者混合便成一种稀薄的饮料，清淡、凉爽而提神。它既被视为一种奢侈的饮品
（歌4:11），
其供应便表明大卫在玛哈念那些忠心臣民对他所怀的高度敬意。
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27-29. when David was come to Mahanaim--The necessities of the king and his followers were hospitably ministered to by three chiefs, whose generous loyalty is recorded with honor in the sacred narrative.
Shobi--must have been a brother of Hanun. Disapproving, probably, of that young king's outrage upon the Israelite ambassadors, he had been made governor of Ammon by David on the conquest of that country.
Machir--(See
2Sa 9:4).
Supposed by some to have been a brother of Bath-sheba, and
Barzillai--a wealthy old grandee, whose great age and infirmities made his loyal devotion to the distressed monarch peculiarly affecting. The supplies they brought, which (besides beds for the weary) consisted of the staple produce of their rich lands and pastures, may be classified as follows: eatables--wheat, barley, flour, beans, lentils, sheep, and cheese; drinkables--"honey and butter" or cream, which, being mixed together, form a thin, diluted beverage, light, cool, and refreshing. Being considered a luxurious refreshment
(So 4:11),
the supply of it shows the high respect that was paid to David by his loyal and faithful subjects at Mahanaim.
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29. 在旷野——即从耕种的高原向外延伸，直到浩兰的草原。
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29. in the wilderness--spread out beyond the cultivated tablelands into the steppes of Hauran.
2Sa 17:1-14.
亚希多弗的计谋被户筛推翻。
1-11. 亚希多弗又对押沙龙说——他建议在保王派的军队尚未集结整编之前，立即采取果断的行动，这显明了这位谋士深远的政治眼光。倘若采纳他的建议，大卫的事业便将就此终结；而这番弑父之谋「押沙龙和以色列的长老都以这话为美」，正可怖地说明这无情王子为达其野心目的，已预备走到何等地步。然而户筛凭其机智加以驳回，因他看出此计将使王和王室大业陷入迫在眉睫的危险。他着重陈明老王的勇武性情和丰富战绩——形容他和他的党羽都是猛士，必拼死力战；而且他们多半已据守某一坚垒，难以触及，押沙龙的人马在起头时即使损失少许，也可能使叛乱功败垂成。然而他的机巧最显于他建议在全国作总动员，并要押沙龙亲自统领——如此一来，既奉承了篡位者的骄傲，又迎合了他的野心。那虚荣邪恶的王子果然中了这诱饵。