John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:1-8
See Gill on 1 Chronicles 20:1 , 2 Samuel 11:1 , 1 Chronicles 20:2 , 2 Samuel 12:30 , 2 Samuel 21:15 , and 1 Chronicles 21:1 . read more
歴代誌Ⅰ 20:5-8 Jcb
John Gill
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 20:5
Elhanan the son of Jair - See the note on 2 Samuel 21:19 . The Targum says, "David, the son of Jesse, a pious man, who rose at midnight to sing praises to God, slew Lachmi, the brother of Goliath, the same day on which he slew Goliath the Gittite, whose spear-staff was like a weaver's beam." read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 20:6
Fingers and toes were four and twenty - See the note on 2 Samuel 21:20 . read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 20:8
These were born unto the giant in Gath - "These were born להרפא leharapha , to that Rapha in Gath, or to Arapha." So the Vulgate, Septuagint, and Chaldee. The compiler of these books passes by also the incest of Amnon with his sister Tamar, and the rebellion of Absalom, and the awful consequences of all these. These should have preceded the fourth verse. These facts could not be unknown to him, for they were notorious to all; but he saw that they were already amply... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:5
Elhanan the son of Jair . In Samuel Jair appears as Jaare. This Elhanan is probably different from him of 1 Chronicles 11:26 . There is a strange confusion in the reading of this and its parallel verse. If our present verse is to stand corrected by accepting from its parallel "the Bethlehemite" in place of our Lamhi , then either we have no name given for the brother of Goliath, the Gittite; or, if we drop the word "brother" (changing the אֲחי of Chronicles into the אֵת of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:6
A man of… stature . The Hebrew text is מִדָּה , as also in 1 Chronicles 11:28 ; and ( in the plural ) in Numbers 13:32 . An eccentric and probably corrupt form appears in the parallel place. Pliny ('Nat. Hist.,' 2:43) speaks of the Sedigiti , and places them in the family of Forli, among the Himyarites. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:7
Jonathan (see 1 Samuel 13:3 , 32; 1 Chronicles 27:32 (comp. also 1 Chronicles 2:13 ), where it is probable that" nephew" should be read for "uncle"). It is to be noticed that the name of this child of the giant, of twelve fingers and twelve toes , is not mentioned. We are not compelled , therefore, to regard it as remarkable that he of the fifth verse should not be named. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:8
These were born unto the giant in Gath . The parallel place reads, "These four ," etc. The first of the four in view there is not mentioned here. The account is given in 2 Samuel 21:15-17 . And as it was in that encounter that David himself played the chief part (though, apparently, it was Abishai who dealt Ishbi-benob the fatal blow in "succouring" David), the notice of it would have seemed necessary to complete fully the sense of the following clauses, "They fell by the hand of... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 20:4-5
See the marginal reference and notes. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
The Philistines were nearly subdued (1 Chron. 18:1); but, as in the destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua the sons of Anak were last subdued (Josh. 11:21), so here in the conquest of the Philistines the giants of Gath were last brought down. In the conflicts between grace and corruption there are some sins which, like these giants, keep their ground a great while and are not mastered without much difficulty and a long struggle: but judgment will be brought forth unto victory at last.... read more