2Sa 4:5-6 | TSK | e4.org | went , , lay on a bed It is customary, in all hot countries, to travel or work very early and very late, and to rest at noon, at which time the heat most prevails. ; ; ;

‏ 2 Samuel 4:5-6

went 2Chr 24:25, 2Chr 25:27, 2Chr 33:24

lay on a bed It is customary, in all hot countries, to travel or work very early and very late, and to rest at noon, at which time the heat most prevails. 2Sam 11:2; 1Kgs 16:9; Prov 24:33-34; 1Thess 5:3-7

as though It is still the custom of the East, according to Dr. Perry, to allow the soldiers a certain quantity of corn, with other articles of provision, together with some pay, and as it was the custom also to grind the corn, as needed, at the break of day, these two captains very naturally went the day before to the palace, where the king's stores appear to have been kept, to fetch wheat, in order to distribute it to the soldiers under them, to be ground at the accustomed hour in the morning. The princes of the East, in those days, as appears from the history of David, reposed on their couches till the cool of the evening. They therefore came in the heat of the day, when they knew their master would be resting on his bed; and as it was a necessary to have the corn before it was needed, their coming at this time, though it might be earlier than usual, excited no suspicion.

under 2Sam 2:23, 2Sam 3:27, 2Sam 20:10