2:29

siang(TB)/Biteron(TL) <01338> [Bithron.]

Bithron or Bether is probably the same as {Betarus,} which is placed in the Antonine Itinerary between Caesarea of Palestine and Diospolis or Lydda, 18 miles from the former, and 22 from the latter. The Jerusalem Itinerary mentions a place called Bethar, 16 miles from Caesarea, and 20 from Diospolis, which is probably the same. The Talmudists say that it was four miles distant from the sea.

[Bether. Mahanaim.]

2:29

melalui Araba

Ul 3:17; [Lihat FULL. Ul 3:17]

ke Mahanaim.

Kej 32:2; [Lihat FULL. Kej 32:2]

2:32

menguburkannya(TB)/dikuburkannya(TL) <06912> [buried.]

<03212> [went.]

2:32

dalam kubur

Kej 49:29; [Lihat FULL. Kej 49:29]

16:13

mengutuk(TB)/mengutuki(TL) <07043> [cursed.]

menimbulkan debu ...... duli(TB)/melontarkan ........ duli(TL) <06083 06080> [cast dust. Heb. dusted him with dust.]

It was an ancient custom, in those warm and arid countries, to lay the dust before a person of distinction, by sprinkling the ground with water. Dr. Pococke and the consul were treated with this respect when they entered Cairo. The same custom is alluded to in the well-known fable of Ph‘drus, in which a slave is represented going before Augustus and officiously laying the dust. To throw dust in the air while a person was passing was therefore an act of great disrespect; to do so before a sovereign prince, an indecent outrage. But it is probable that Shimei meant more than disrespect and outrage to this afflicted king. Sir John Chardin informs us, that in the East, in general, those who demand justice against a criminal throw dust upon him, signifying that he ought to be put in the grave: and hence the common imprecation among the Turks and Persians, "Be covered with earth," or, "Earth be upon thy head."