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2 Samuel 21:15-22

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War with the Philistines

15 There was war again between the Philistines and Israel, and David went down together with his servants, and they fought against the Philistines. And David grew weary.
16 And Ishbi-benob, one of the descendants 1of the giants, whose spear weighed three hundred shekels[a] of bronze, and who was armed with a new sword, thought to kill David.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David's men swore to him, 2"You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench 3the lamp of Israel."
18 4After this there was again war with the Philistines at Gob. Then 5Sibbecai 6the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was one of the descendants 7of the giants.
19 And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob, and 8Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, struck down Goliath the Gittite, 9the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.[b]
20 And there was again war at Gath, 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 was descended 10from the giants.
21 And when 11he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down.
22 These four were descended 12from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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2 Samuel 21:15-22 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 12

  • 1. ver. 18, 20, 22
  • 2. [2 Samuel 18:3]
  • 3. 2 Samuel 22:29; 1 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 15:4; 2 Kings 8:19; 2 Chronicles 21:7; Psalms 132:17
  • 4. For ver. 18-22, see 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
  • 5. 1 Chronicles 11:29; 1 Chronicles 27:11
  • 6. 2 Samuel 23:27
  • 7. ver. 16, 20, 22
  • 8. [2 Samuel 23:24]
  • 9. 1 Samuel 17:7; 1 Chronicles 20:5
  • 10. ver. 16, 18
  • 11. 1 Sam. 17:10, 25, 26, 36, 45
  • 12. [See ver. 20 above]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  • [b]. Contrast 1 Chronicles 20:5, which may preserve the original reading
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