Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
The feat at Bethlehem by three of the thirty was the occasion of their being formed into a distinct triad; Abishai II Samuel 23:18, Benaiah II Samuel 23:20, and a third not named, were probably the three.
In the harvest time - An error for "to the rock" (compare the marginal reference).
The troop of the Philistines - The word rendered "troop" occurs in this sense only here (and, according to some, in II Samuel 23:11), and perhaps in Psalms 68:11. In 1 Chr. 11, as in II Samuel 23:16 the reading is "host" or "camp," which may be the true reading here.
Pitched - The same Hebrew word as "encamped" in I Chronicles 11:15.
Valley of Rephaim - Or Giants. See II Samuel 21:16 note.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Samuel 23:13:
Joshua 15:8
2 Samuel 5:17
2 Samuel 5:17
2 Samuel 23:16
Psalms 68:10
Isaiah 14:9
Isaiah 17:5
Matthew 24:16
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