Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:2

2 Dàwèi dǎfa jūn bīng chū zhàn , fēn wéi sān duì , yī duì zaì Yuēyē shǒu xià , yī duì zaì xǐ lǔ yǎ de érzi , Yuēyē xiōngdi yà bǐ shāi shǒu xià , yī duì zaì Jiātè rén yǐ taì shǒu xià . Dàwèi duì jūn bīng shuō , wǒ bì yǔ nǐmen yītóng chū zhàn .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:2

And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand
of Joab
Very likely that which made the centre of the army, since Joab was the general of the army; though this distribution was made when David thought to have headed the army himself, and so made with respect to that:

and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's
brother;
who was next to Joab in the army, and fought with him against the Syrians and Ammonites, ( 2 Samuel 10:10 2 Samuel 10:11 ) ;

and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite;
of whom see ( 2 Samuel 15:19 ) ; of these two parts consisted the right and left wings of the army:

and the king said unto the people;
the soldiers, and particularly the officers:

I will surely go forth with you myself also;
in which he seemed very resolute and peremptory; and this he proposed to do, not merely to animate the soldiers with his presence, and to show that he was willing to hazard his life with them, but chiefly for the sake of Absalom, to preserve his life, if possible.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:2 In-Context

1 Dàwèi shǔ diǎn gēnsuí tāde rén , lì qiā fú zhǎng , bǎifūzhǎng shuaìlǐng tāmen .

2 Dàwèi dǎfa jūn bīng chū zhàn , fēn wéi sān duì , yī duì zaì Yuēyē shǒu xià , yī duì zaì xǐ lǔ yǎ de érzi , Yuēyē xiōngdi yà bǐ shāi shǒu xià , yī duì zaì Jiātè rén yǐ taì shǒu xià . Dàwèi duì jūn bīng shuō , wǒ bì yǔ nǐmen yītóng chū zhàn .

3 Jūn bīng què shuō , nǐ bùkĕ chū zhàn . ruò shì wǒmen taópǎo , dírén bì bù jiè yì . wǒmen zhèn wáng yī bàn , dírén yĕ bù jiè yì . yīnwei nǐ yī rén qiáng shì wǒmen wàn rén , nǐ bù rú zaì chéng lǐ yùbeì bāngzhu wǒmen .

4 Wáng xiàng tāmen shuō , nǐmen yǐwéi zĕnyàng hǎo , wǒ jiù zĕnyàng xíng . yúshì wáng zhàn zaì chéng mén páng , jūn bīng huò bǎi huò qiā dì ái cì chū qù le .

5 Wáng zhǔfu Yuēyē , yà bǐ shāi , yǐ taì shuō , nǐmen yào wèi wǒde yuángù kuān dāi nà shàonián rén Yēshālóng . wáng wèi Yēshālóng zhǔfu zhòng jiāng de huà , bīng dōu tīngjian le .