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22. balm--balsam; to be applied to the wounds of my people.
Brought into Judea first from Arabia Felix, by the queen of Sheba, in
Solomon's time [JOSEPHUS,
Antiquities, 8.2]. The opobalsamum of
PLINY; or else
[BOCHART] the resin drawn from the terebinth. It abounded
in Gilead, east of Jordan, where, in consequence, many "physicians"
established themselves
(Jer 46:11; 51:8;
Ge 37:25; 43:11).
health . . . recovered--The Hebrew is literally, "lengthening
out . . . gone up"; hence, the long bandage applied to bind up a
wound. So the Arabic also [GESENIUS].
JFB.
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