2 Samuel 23:13

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.

2 Samuel 23:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:13

And three of the thirty chiefs went down
Or three that were chief of the thirty, superior to them; which some understand of the three before mentioned, so Josephus ^F23; and that having related some particular exploits of theirs, here observes one, in which they were all concerned; and others think the three next are meant, of whom Abishai was the chief, Benaiah the next, and the third Asahel; but the first sense is best:

and came to David in the harvest time, unto the cave of Adullam;
not when he was there, upon his flight from Saul, ( 1 Samuel 22:1 ) ; but after he was king, when engaged in war with the Philistines; perhaps wheat harvest is here meant:

and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim;
the army of the Philistines, as the Targum; of the valley of Rephaim, (See Gill on Joshua 15:8).

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. sect. 4.

2 Samuel 23:13 In-Context

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

15 E Davi, com saudade, exclamou: Quem me dera beber da água da cisterna que está junto a porta de Belém!