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2 Samuel 23:5-15

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5 "Truly is not my house so with God? For 1He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow?
6 "2But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand;
7 But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And 3they will be completely burned with fire in their place."

His Mighty Men

8 4These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time;
9 and after him was Eleazar the son of 5Dodo the 6Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn.
10 7He arose and struck the Philistines until * his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and 8the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.
11 Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a 9Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines.
12 But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and 10the LORD brought about a great victory.
13 Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the 11cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in 12the valley of Rephaim.
14 David was then 13in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem
15 14David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!"
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2 Samuel 23:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 23

In this chapter are recorded the last words of David under a divine inspiration, 2Sa 23:1-7; and an account is given of his great men, famous for warlike exploits, particularly of three mighty men who did very marvellous things, 2Sa 23:8-17; and of two others next unto them, which belonged to another class of three, 2Sa 23:18-23; and then of thirty one more, 2Sa 23:24-39; who are all mentioned by name.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 14

  • 1. 2 Samuel 7:12-16; Psalms 89:29; Isaiah 55:3
  • 2. Matthew 13:41
  • 3. Matthew 3:10; Matthew 13:30; Hebrews 6:8
  • 4. 1 Chronicles 11:11-47
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 27:4
  • 6. 1 Chronicles 8:4
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 11:13
  • 8. 1 Samuel 11:13; 1 Samuel 19:5
  • 9. 2 Samuel 23:33
  • 10. 2 Samuel 23:10
  • 11. 1 Samuel 22:1
  • 12. 2 Samuel 5:18
  • 13. 1 Samuel 22:4, 5
  • 14. 1 Chronicles 11:17

Footnotes 9

  • [a] Lit "filled"
  • [b] Lit "sitting"
  • [c] Or "three"
  • [d] Lit "reproached"
  • [e] Lit "gone up"
  • [f] Lit "his hand clung"
  • [g] Lit "salvation"
  • [h] Possibly, at Lehi
  • [i] Lit "salvation"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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