2 Samuel 21:21

21 And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

2 Samuel 21:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 21:21

And when he defied Israel
The armies of Israel, as Goliath had done some years ago, ( 1 Samuel 17:10 ) ;

Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him;
this brother of David is called Shammah, ( 1 Samuel 16:9 ) ; and Shimma, ( 1 Chronicles 2:13 ) ; this son of his is another man from Jonadab his son, who was famous for his subtlety as this was for his valour, ( 2 Samuel 13:3 ) . The Jews say ^F4 this was Nathan the prophet, a son of Shammah.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Hieron. Trad. Heb. fol. 76. D.

2 Samuel 21:21 In-Context

19 And again there was war with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan, the son of Jair the Beth-lehemite, put to death Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.

20 And again there was war at Gath, where there was a very tall man, who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on his hands and six toes on his feet; he was one of the offspring of the Rephaim.

21 And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

22 These four were of the offspring of the Rephaim in Gath; and they came to their end by the hands of David and his servants.