servant] A speciall officer under the king, and attendant on him. captain of half] A great command he had thereby. in Tirzah] While his army was in the field, v. 15. drinking] Excessively, till he was drunk. Thus was he the more easily surprised, as Belshazzar, Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:30. and Amnon, 2 Samuel 13:28-29. steward] Heb. which was ever. Or, governour, chap. 4. 6. went in] Into the city and house where the king was.