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2 Samuel 23:10-20

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10 1He arose and struck the Philistines until * his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and 2the 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 3Hararite. 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 4the 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 5cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in 6the valley of Rephaim.
14 David was then 7in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem
15 8David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!"
16 9So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but 10poured it out to the LORD;
17 and he said, "Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. 11Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
18 12Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was 13chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name as well as the three.
19 He was most honored of the thirty, therefore he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three
20 Then 14Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of 15Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day.
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2 Samuel 23:10-20 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

Cross References 15

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 11:13
  • 2. 1 Samuel 11:13; 1 Samuel 19:5
  • 3. 2 Samuel 23:33
  • 4. 2 Samuel 23:10
  • 5. 1 Samuel 22:1
  • 6. 2 Samuel 5:18
  • 7. 1 Samuel 22:4, 5
  • 8. 1 Chronicles 11:17
  • 9. 1 Chronicles 11:18
  • 10. Genesis 35:14
  • 11. Leviticus 17:10
  • 12. 2 Samuel 10:10, 14; 2 Samuel 18:2
  • 13. 1 Chronicles 11:20, 21
  • 14. 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23
  • 15. Joshua 15:21

Footnotes 8

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