Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Mine own familiar friend - This is either a direct prophecy of the treachery of Judas, or it is a fact in David' s distresses which our Lord found so similar to the falsity of his treacherous disciple, that he applies it to him, John 13:18. What we translate mine own familiar friend, ish shelomi , is the man of my peace. The man who, with the shalom lecha , peace be to thee! kissed me; and thus gave the agreed-on signal to my murderers that I was the person whom they should seize, hold fast, and carry away.
Did eat of my bread - Was an inmate in my house. Applied by our Lord to Judas, when eating with him out of the same dish. See John 13:18, John 13:26. Possibly it may refer to Ahithophel, his counsellor, the man of his peace, his prime minister; who, we know, was the strength of Absalom' s conspiracy.
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