사무엘하 23:8-28 KRV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:17

And he said, be it far from me, O Lord, that one should do this ,.... Drink of the water these men had brought him: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives ? who risked the shedding of their blood, and went in danger of their lives to get it: therefore he would not drink it : some compare with this the story of Alexander F4 Curt. Hist. l. 7. c. 5. to whom a vessel of water was offered when in extreme thirst, which he refused, because he could not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:18

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three ,.... Another triumvirate, of which he was the head: and he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them ; Josephus F5 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. sect. 4. says six hundred; this seems to confirm the reading of 2 Samuel 23:8 , that the number eight hundred is right, for if it was only three hundred, Abishai would have been equal to one, even the first, of the former three; which yet is denied... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:19

Was he not most honourable of three ?.... He was; who, besides the exploit here mentioned, did many other things; he went down with David into Saul's camp, and took away his spear and cruse, which were at his bolster, 1 Samuel 26:6 ; he relieved David when in danger from Ishbibenob the giant, 2 Samuel 21:16 ; he beat the Edomites, and slew eighteen thousand of them in the valley of salt, 1 Chronicles 18:12 , therefore he was their captain ; of the other two, or was head over them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:20

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel ,.... A city in the tribe of Judah, Joshua 15:21 ; the father of this man was a man of great vivacity, valour, and strength, so that it was like father like son. Procopius Gazaeus says Benaiah was David's brother's son, and a grandson of Jesse: who had done many acts ; which may refer either to the father of Benaiah or to Benaiah himself; and indeed the Syriac and Arabic versions refer the preceding character, "a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:21

And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man ,.... A person of good countenance and shape, very large and tall; in 1 Chronicles 11:28 , he is said to be a man of great stature, and five cubits high, and so wanted a cubit and a span of the height of Goliath, 1 Samuel 17:4 , and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand ; as large as Goliath's; for in 1 Chronicles 11:23 , it is said to be like a weaver's beam, as Goliath's was; see Gill on 1 Samuel 17:7 , and he went down to him with a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:22

These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,.... Slew a lion, and two lion-like men of Moab, and an Egyptian of a gigantic stature, 2 Samuel 23:20 , and had the name among three mighty men ; of which he was one, and Abishai another, the third Asahel, one of the thirty; or was over them, 2 Samuel 23:24 , since thirty are reckoned without him. Abarbinel thinks that the third was Adina, the son of Shiza, the Reubenite, 1 Chronicles 11:42 ; since thirty were with him, and he at the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:23

He was more honourable than the thirty ,.... Whose names are after recorded: but he attained not to the first three ; the first triumvirate, Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; he was not equal to them for fortitude, courage, and military exploits: and David set him over his guard ; his bodyguard, the Cherethites and Pelethites, 2 Samuel 8:18 ; who are called in the Hebrew text "his hearing" F13 אל משמעתו "ad auditum suum", Pagninus, Montanus. , because they hearkened to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:24

Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty ,.... Or rather over the thirty F14 בשלישים "supra triginta istos", Junius & Tremellius. , who are next mentioned; since there are thirty reckoned besides him, and the Arabic version calls him the prince of the thirty; Joab is not named at all, because he was general of the whole army, and so not to be reckoned in any of the three classes: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem : a townsman of David. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:25

Shammah the Harodite ,.... Called Shammah the Harorite in 1 Chronicles 11:27 ; by a change of the letters ר "R" and ד "D", which is frequent: Elika the Harodite ; or who was of Harod, as the Targum; these both were from one place: mention is made of the well of Harod, Judges 7:1 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:26

Helez the Paltite ,.... Who was of a place called Pater, as the Targum; in 1 Chronicles 11:27 , he is called the Pelonite: Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite ; who was of the city of Tekoah, the native place of Amos the prophet, famous for oil, about twelve miles from Jerusalem; See Gill on Amos 1:1 . read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:26

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