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2 Samuel 21:18-22

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18 1Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then 2Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant.
19 There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, 3the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
20 There was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four * in number; and he also had been born 4to the giant.
21 When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.
22 5These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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2 Samuel 21:18-22 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 21

A famine being in the land three years, the Lord was inquired of, to know the reason of it; and it being answered, that it was on account of Saul's slaughter of the Gibeonites, they were summoned by David to know what satisfaction they required for the cruel usage of them, 2Sa 21:1-3; to which they replied, that they only desired seven of Saul's sons to be delivered up to them, to be hanged by them, which was granted, 2Sa 21:4-9; whose bones, with those of Saul and Jonathan, David buried in the sepulchre of their fathers, 2Sa 21:10-14; and the chapter is closed with an account of the various battles fought with the Philistines, in which four of their generals were slain, 2Sa 21:15-22.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 11:29; 1 Chronicles 27:11
  • 3. 1 Samuel 17:7
  • 4. 2 Samuel 21:16, 18
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 20:8

Footnotes 5

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