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2 Samuel 21:18
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16 Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of1 the agiant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David.  
17 But aAbishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, b“You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the clamp of Israel.”  
18 aNow it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then bSibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the sons of2 the giant.  
19 Again there was war at Gob with the Philistines, where aElhanan the son of Jaare-Oregim the Bethlehemite killed bthe brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.  
20 Yet again athere was 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 born to1 the giant.  
21 So when he adefied Israel, Jonathan the son of1 Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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2 Samuel 21:15-22

Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel—Although the Philistines had completely succumbed to the army of David, yet the appearance of any gigantic champions among them revived their courage and stirred them up to renewed inroads on the Hebrew territory. Four successive contests they provoked during the latter period of David's reign, in the first of which the king ran so imminent a risk of his life that he was no longer allowed to encounter the perils of the battlefield.

The song contained in this chapter is the same as the eighteenth Psalm, where the full commentary will be given [see on 0:0-1:1—which may be accounted for by the fact that this, the first copy of the poem, was carefully revised and altered by David afterwards, when it was set to the music of the tabernacle. This inspired ode was manifestly the effusion of a mind glowing with the highest fervor of piety and gratitude, and it is full of the noblest imagery that is to be found within the range even of sacred poetry. It is David's grand tribute of thanksgiving for deliverance from his numerous and powerful enemies, and establishing him in the power and glory of the kingdom.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Samuel 21:18:

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