Teks -- 2 Samuel 10:5 (NET)

10:5 Messengers told David what had happened, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”

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JFB: 2Sa 10:5 - Tarry at Jericho

Or in the neighborhood, after crossing the fords of the Jordan.

Clarke: 2Sa 10:5 - Tarry at Jericho

Tarry at Jericho - This city had not been rebuilt since the time of Joshua; but there were, no doubt, many cottages still remaining, and larger dwellings also, but the walls had not been repaired. As it must have been comparatively a private place, it was proper for these men to tarry in, as they would not be exposed to public notice.

TSK: 2Sa 10:5 - Jericho

Jericho : Jos 6:24-26; 1Ki 16:34; 1Ch 19:5

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Poole: 2Sa 10:5 - He sent to meet them // Tarry at Jericho // Until your beards be grown

He sent to meet them he sent them clothes and other necessaries.

Tarry at Jericho both because this was one of the first places which they came to in Canaan; and because it was now a very obscure village, and therefore fittest for them in their circumstances; for it was not built as a city till after this time, 1Ki 16:34 .

Until your beards be grown for the want or loss of beards was esteemed a reproach among the Israelites.

Gill: 2Sa 10:5 - When they told it unto David // he sent to meet them // because the men were greatly ashamed // and the king said // tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown // and then return

When they told it unto David,.... Not the ambassadors, for they were not yet arrived, but some of their servants, perhaps, they sent before them to acquaint David of the usage they had met with:

he sent to meet them: he sent men to meet them with proper garments to put on, and to assure them how much he resented the indignity done to them and him, and would avenge it in due and proper time, and to direct them where to go for the present, as follows:

because the men were greatly ashamed: to proceed on their journey, and come to court in the condition they were:

and the king said; gave orders by the messengers he sent to them:

tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, or "bud" ^t:

and then return; that is, to Jerusalem; Jericho, though not yet built, might have some cottages at or near the spot on which it had stood, for the convenience of shepherds, and gatherers of fruit, in the plains of it; here the ambassadors were directed to go, it being the first place they came to when they had passed over Jordan, from the country of Ammon; and being a place where there were scarcely any inhabitants, or very few, was very proper for them in their present circumstances; and this confirms what is before observed, that it was now the custom of the Israelites not to shave their whole beards; or otherwise it was but shaving off the other half, and being now provided with other clothes, they would have had no need to have stayed at Jericho, but might have proceeded on in their journey.