2 Samuel 23:12

12 Samá, porém, pondo-se no meio daquele terreno, defendeu-o e matou os filisteus, e o Senhor efetuou um grande livramento.

2 Samuel 23:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:12

But he stood in the midst of the ground
The field of lentiles:

and defended it;
the field, so that the Philistines could not ravage it, and get food and forage from it:

and slew the Philistines;
made a great slaughter among them, entirely routed them, so that they that escaped his sword were obliged to flee:

and the Lord wrought a great victory;
to whom the glory of it belonged; a similar fact is ascribed to Eleazar before mentioned in ( 1 Chronicles 11:13 1 Chronicles 11:14 ) ; and, indeed, it seems to be the same, and in which they were both concerned; for it is plain from the account that there were more than one engaged in this action, since it is there said, "and they set themselves in the midst of that parcel"; and though that parcel of ground is said there to be full of barley, it may easily be reconciled by observing, that one part of it might be sowed with barley, and the other part with lentiles; so the Targum in ( 1 Chronicles 11:13 ) ; for it was half lentiles and half barley; and Eleazar might be placed to defend the one, and Shammah the other; from whence it appears it was about March when this action was, at the latter end of which barley harvest began.

2 Samuel 23:12 In-Context

10 Este se levantou, e feriu os filisteus, até lhe cansar a mão e ficar pegada � espada; e naquele dia o Senhor operou um grande livramento; e o povo voltou para junto de Eleazar, somente para tomar o despojo.

11 Depois dele era Samá, filho de Agé, o hararita. Os filisteus se haviam ajuntado em Leí, onde havia um terreno cheio de lentilhas; e o povo fugiu de diante dos filisteus.

12 Samá, porém, pondo-se no meio daquele terreno, defendeu-o e matou os filisteus, e o Senhor efetuou um grande livramento.

13 Também três dos trinta cabeças desceram, no tempo da sega, e foram ter com Davi, � caverna de Adulão; e a tropa dos filisteus acampara no vale de Refaim.

14 Davi estava então no lugar forte, e a guarnição dos filisteus estava em Belém