2 Samuel 21:21

21 He taunted Israel but Jonathan the son of Shimei, the brother of David, killed him.

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 There [was] again a battle with [the] Philistines at Gob. And Elhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim, the Bethlehemite, killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear [was] like the beam of a weaver.

20 Once again there [was] battle at Gath, and there [was] {a man of great size}. The fingers of his hand and the toes of his feet [were] six and six, twenty-four in number. He [was] also born to the Raphah.

21 He taunted Israel but Jonathan the son of Shimei, the brother of David, killed him.

22 These four [were] born for the Raphah in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.