2 Samuel 21:15

15 Hubo de nuevo guerra de los filisteos contra Israel. Descendió David con sus siervos, y mientras peleaban contra los filisteos, David se cansó.

2 Samuel 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 21:15

Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel
Besides what is before recorded in this and the preceding book; being animated to it partly by the number of giants among them, and partly by the decline of David's life, and it may be chiefly by the insurrections and rebellions in Israel; though some think that these battles were not after the rebellions of Absalom and Sheba, and the affair of the Gibeonites, though here recorded; but before, and quickly after the war with the Ammonites, next to which they are placed in ( 1 Chronicles 20:1-8 ) ; but they seem to be placed here in their proper order:

and David went down, and his servants with him;
to the borders of the Philistines, perceiving they were preparing to make war against him:

and fought against the Philistines;
engaged in a battle with them:

and David waxed faint;
in the battle, not able to bear the fatigues of war, and wield his armour as he had used, being in the decline of life; after he had been engaged a while, his spirits began to fail, not through fear, but through feebleness; but, according to Josephus, it was through weariness in pursuing the enemy put to flight, which the following person perceived, and turned upon him ^F25.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. sect. 1.

2 Samuel 21:15 In-Context

13 y trajo de allí los huesos de Saúl y los huesos de su hijo Jonatán, y recogieron los huesos de los ahorcados.

14 Y sepultaron los huesos de Saúl y de su hijo Jonatán en tierra de Benjamín, en Zela, en el sepulcro de su padre Cis, e hicieron todo lo que el rey había ordenado; después de esto Dios fue movido a misericordia para con la tierra.

15 Hubo de nuevo guerra de los filisteos contra Israel. Descendió David con sus siervos, y mientras peleaban contra los filisteos, David se cansó.

16 Entonces Isbi-benob, que era de los descendientes del gigante, y cuya lanza pesaba trescientos siclos de bronce, y que estaba ceñido con una espada nueva, trató de matar a David;

17 pero Abisai, hijo de Sarvia, vino en su ayuda, e hirió al filisteo y lo mató. Entonces los hombres de David le juraron, diciendo: Nunca más saldrás a la batalla con nosotros, para que no apagues la lámpara de Israel.