2 Samuel 23:10

10 mas ele manteve a sua posição e feriu os filisteus até a sua mão ficar dormente e grudar na espada. O SENHOR concedeu uma grande vitória a Israel naquele dia, e o exército voltou para onde Eleazar estava, mas somente para saquear os mortos.

2 Samuel 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.

2 Samuel 23:10 In-Context

8 Estes são os nomes dos principais guerreiros de Davi:Jabesão, um tacmonita, chefe dos três guerreiros principais; numa ocasião, com uma lança, enfrentou oitocentos homens numa mesma batalha e os matou.

9 Depois dele, Eleazar, filho do aoíta Dodô. Ele era um dos três principais guerreiros e esteve com Davi quando os filisteus se reuniram em Pas-Damim para a batalha. Os israelitas recuaram,

10 mas ele manteve a sua posição e feriu os filisteus até a sua mão ficar dormente e grudar na espada. O SENHOR concedeu uma grande vitória a Israel naquele dia, e o exército voltou para onde Eleazar estava, mas somente para saquear os mortos.

11 Depois dele, Samá, filho de Agé, de Harar. Os filisteus reuniram-se em Leí, onde havia uma plantação de lentilha. O exército de Israel fugiu dos filisteus,

12 mas Samá tomou posição no meio da plantação, defendeu-a e derrotou os filisteus. O SENHOR concedeu-lhe uma grande vitória.