2 Samuel 21:17

17 Porém, Abisai, filho de Zeruia, o socorreu; e, ferindo ao filisteu, o matou. Então os homens de Davi lhe juraram, dizendo: Nunca mais sairás conosco � batalha, para que não apagues a lâmpada de Israel.

2 Samuel 21:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him
Observing him in danger, made haste to his relief:

and smote the Philistine, and killed him;
it seems as if Abishai engaged with the Philistine, and killed him; but inasmuch as it will bear to be interpreted of David, and since the four giants here and hereafter mentioned are said to fall by the hand of David and his servants, ( 2 Samuel 21:22 ) , it may be thought that this man fell by his hand; seeing it is clear that all the rest fell by the hands of his servants:

then the men of David sware unto him;
after they had observed the danger he was exposed unto, and how narrowly he escaped with his life:

saying, thou shalt go no more with us to battle;
they had persuaded him not to go to the battle with Absalom; they had suffered him to go with them now, he being, no doubt, forward and pressing to it; but now they were resolute, and determined he should never go more:

that thou quench not the light of Israel;
signifying that their glory and prosperity depended on his life, and that, should he be taken away, they should be in affliction and adversity, their honour and their happiness would be at an end; the Targum is,

``thou mayest not extinguish the kingdom of Israel,''

the light and glory of it.

2 Samuel 21:17 In-Context

15 De novo tiveram os filisteus uma guerra contra Israel. E desceu Davi, e com ele os seus servos; e tanto pelejara contra os filisteus, que Davi se cansou.

16 E Isbi-Benobe, que era dos filhos do gigante, cuja lança tinha o peso de trezentos, siclos de bronze, e que cingia uma espada nova, intentou matar Davi.

17 Porém, Abisai, filho de Zeruia, o socorreu; e, ferindo ao filisteu, o matou. Então os homens de Davi lhe juraram, dizendo: Nunca mais sairás conosco � batalha, para que não apagues a lâmpada de Israel.

18 Aconteceu depois disto que houve em Gobe ainda outra peleja contra os filisteus; então Sibecai, o husatita, matou Safe, que era dos filhos do gigante.

19 Houve mais outra peleja contra os filisteus em Gobe; e El-Hanã, filho de Jaaré-Oregim, o belemita, matou Golias, o giteu, de cuja lança a haste era como órgão de tecelão.