2 Samuel 23:10

10 Este se levantou, e feriu os filisteus, até lhe cansar a mão e ficar pegada � espada; e naquele dia o Senhor operou um grande livramento; e o povo voltou para junto de Eleazar, somente para tomar o despojo.

2 Samuel 23:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:10

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary,
&c.] He rose up when the Israelites fled, and stood his ground alone, and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with his sword, until his hand was weary with smiting:

and his hand clave unto the sword;
which was contracted by holding it so long, and grasping it so hard, that it could not easily be got out of it; or through the quantity of blood which ran upon his hand, as it was shed, so Josephus ^F20; and which being congealed, and dried, caused his hand to stick to the hilt of his sword, so that they were, as it were, glued together by it; or the sense may be only, that though weary, he did not drop his sword, but held it fast till he had destroyed the enemy:

and the Lord wrought a great victory that day;
for to him it must be ascribed, and not to the strength and valour of the man:

and the people returned after him only to spoil;
they that fled, when they saw what a victory was obtained by him, returned and came after him; not to help him in smiting, but to spoil those that were slain, and strip them of what they had.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. sect. 4.

2 Samuel 23:10 In-Context

8 São estes os nomes dos valentes de Davi: Josebe-Bassebete, o taquemonita; era este principal dos três; foi ele que, com a lança, matou oitocentos de uma vez.

9 Depois dele Eleazar, filho de Dodó, filho de Aoí, um dos três valentes que estavam com Davi, quando desafiaram os filisteus que se haviam reunido para a peleja, enquanto os homens de Israel se retiravam.

10 Este se levantou, e feriu os filisteus, até lhe cansar a mão e ficar pegada � espada; e naquele dia o Senhor operou um grande livramento; e o povo voltou para junto de Eleazar, somente para tomar o despojo.

11 Depois dele era Samá, filho de Agé, o hararita. Os filisteus se haviam ajuntado em Leí, onde havia um terreno cheio de lentilhas; e o povo fugiu de diante dos filisteus.

12 Samá, porém, pondo-se no meio daquele terreno, defendeu-o e matou os filisteus, e o Senhor efetuou um grande livramento.