2Sa 17:12-14 | TSK | e4.org | in some place we will light This is a very beautiful and expressive figure. The dew in Palestine, and other warm climates, falls fast, sudden, and heavy; and it falls upon every spot of earth, so that not a blade of grass escapes it. It is therefore no inapt emblem of a numerous and active army; and it was, perhaps, for this reason that the Romans called their light armed forces rorarii . ; , ; ;

‏ 2 Samuel 17:12-14

in some place 1Sam 23:23

we will light This is a very beautiful and expressive figure. The dew in Palestine, and other warm climates, falls fast, sudden, and heavy; and it falls upon every spot of earth, so that not a blade of grass escapes it. It is therefore no inapt emblem of a numerous and active army; and it was, perhaps, for this reason that the Romans called their light armed forces rorarii. 1Kgs 20:10; 2Kgs 18:23, 2Kgs 19:24; Isa 10:13-14; Obad 1:3

bring ropes In the same manner the king of Maturan, in Java, proposed pulling down a tower which the Dutch had built, by making his people and elephants pull at a number of chains, and ropes of cocoa-nut bark, thrown around it.

one small Matt 24:2

the Lord 2Sam 15:31; Gen 32:28; Exod 9:16; Deut 2:30; 2Chr 25:16, 2Chr 25:20

appointed Heb. commanded, Ps 33:9-10; Lam 3:37; Amos 9:3

to defeat 2Sam 15:34, 2Sam 16:23; Job 5:12-14; Prov 19:21, Prov 21:30; Isa 8:10; 1Cor 1:19-20; 1Cor 3:19

good counsel Luke 16:8