Sāmǔĕrjìxià 23:10

10 Tā qǐlai jī shā Fēilìshì rén , zhídào shǒu bei5 pí fá , shǒu nián zhù dāo bǎ . nà rì Yēhéhuá shǐ Yǐsèliè rén dà huò quán shēng . zhòng mín zaì YǐlìYàsā hòutou zhuān duó cáiwù .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 23:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 23:10

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary,
&c.] He rose up when the Israelites fled, and stood his ground alone, and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with his sword, until his hand was weary with smiting:

and his hand clave unto the sword;
which was contracted by holding it so long, and grasping it so hard, that it could not easily be got out of it; or through the quantity of blood which ran upon his hand, as it was shed, so Josephus ^F20; and which being congealed, and dried, caused his hand to stick to the hilt of his sword, so that they were, as it were, glued together by it; or the sense may be only, that though weary, he did not drop his sword, but held it fast till he had destroyed the enemy:

and the Lord wrought a great victory that day;
for to him it must be ascribed, and not to the strength and valour of the man:

and the people returned after him only to spoil;
they that fled, when they saw what a victory was obtained by him, returned and came after him; not to help him in smiting, but to spoil those that were slain, and strip them of what they had.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. sect. 4.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 23:10 In-Context

8 Dàwèi yǒng shì de míngzi jì zaì xiàmiàn , tā gé mén rén yuē shè bā shè , yòu chēng yī sī ní rén yà dǐ nuó , tā shì jūnzhǎng de Tǒng lǐng , yī shí jī shā le bā bǎi rén .

9 Qí cì shì yà hé rén duǒ duō de érzi YǐlìYàsā . cóng qián Fēilìshì rén jùjí yào dǎzhàng , Yǐsèliè rén yíng zhe shàng qù , yǒu gēnsuí Dàwèi de sān gè yǒng shì xiàng Fēilìshì rén mà zhèn , qízhōng yǒu YǐlìYàsā .

10 Tā qǐlai jī shā Fēilìshì rén , zhídào shǒu bei5 pí fá , shǒu nián zhù dāo bǎ . nà rì Yēhéhuá shǐ Yǐsèliè rén dà huò quán shēng . zhòng mín zaì YǐlìYàsā hòutou zhuān duó cáiwù .

11 Qí cì shì hā là rén yà jī de érzi Shāmǎ . yī rì , Fēilìshì rén jùjí chéngqún , zaì yī kuaì cháng mǎn hóngdòu de tián lǐ , zhòng mín jiù zaì Fēilìshì rén miànqián taópǎo .

12 Shāmǎ què zhàn zaì nà tiánjiān jī shā Fēilìshì rén , jiù hù le nà tián . Yēhéhuá shǐ Yǐsèliè rén dà huò quán shēng .