サムエル記Ⅱ 23:9-12 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:8-38

I. The catalogue which the historian has here left upon record of the great soldiers that were in David's time is intended, 1. For the honour of David, who trained them up in the arts of exercises of war, and set them an example of conduct and courage. It is the reputation as well as the advantage of a prince to be attended and served by such brave men as are here described. 2. For the honour of those worthies themselves, who were instrumental to bring David to the crown, settle and protect... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:9

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite ,.... Or the son of Ahohi, perhaps the same with Ahoah, a descendant of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 8:4 ; this Eleazar was the next to the Tachmonite, the second worthy of the first class: one of the three mighty men with David ; the second of the three valiant men that were with David in his wars, and fought with him, and for him: when they defied the Philistines ; clapped their hands at them, gloried over them, daring them to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:10

He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary ,.... 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 Antiqu. l. 7.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:11

And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite ,.... One who was of the mountainous country, as the Targum, the hill country of Judea, of Hebron, or the parts adjacent; this was the third of the first three; there was one of this name among the thirty, 2 Samuel 23:33 , and the Philistines were gathered together into a troop ; but so they were no doubt at first; R. Isaiah takes it to be the name of a place called Chiyah; as the Targum, Chayatha; and which Kimchi says was a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:12

But he stood in the midst of the ground ,.... The field of lentiles: and defended it ; the field, so that the Philistines could not ravage it, and get food and forage from it: and slew the Philistines ; made a great slaughter among them, entirely routed them, so that they that escaped his sword were obliged to flee: and the Lord wrought a great victory ; to whom the glory of it belonged; a similar fact is ascribed to Eleazar before mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:13 ; and, indeed,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:9

When they defied the Philistines that were there gathered - This is supposed to refer to the war in which David slew Goliath. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:11

A piece of ground full of lentiles - In 1 Chronicles 11:13 ; it is a parcel of ground full of barley. There is probably a mistake of עדשים adashim , lentiles, for שעורים seorim , barley, or vice versa. Some think there were both lentiles and barley in the field, and that a marauding party of the Philistines came to destroy or carry them off, and these worthies defeated the whole, and saved the produce of the field. This is not unlikely. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:8-12

( 1 Chronicles 11:10-14 ). The first three heroes. Jashobeam the son of Hach-moni ( Zabdiel, 1 Chronicles 27:2 ), who came to David at Ziklag ( 1 Chronicles 12:6 ), and became general of the first division of the army; Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, general of the second division ( 1 Chronicles 27:4 ); and Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. "They served in the most direct manner by their work one who was the representative of the Divine government on earth"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:8-39

The facts are: 1 . A general statement of the names of David's mighty men, with a comparative reference to some of their deeds. 2 . A more special account of the daring of three who procured water for David at the risk of their lives. 3 . The refusal of the king to drink that which had been obtained at so great a risk. Mighty men. The account here of the heroes who figured in the course of David's life is supplementary to the general history, and, while intended to set forth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:9

Dodo . The Hebrew has Dodai, and "Dodo" is a mere correction of the Massorites to bring the name into verbal agreement with 1 Chronicles 11:12 ; but in 1 Chronicles 27:4 he is called Dodai , and we there find him in command of the second division of the army. For "Dodai," however, we ought to read there "Eleazar the son of Dodai." Ahohite ; Hebrew, the son of an Ahohite, and probably a member of the family descended from Ahoah, a son of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:4 ). He would... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:8-38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:8-12

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:8-39

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:9

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