"And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.h"
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Verse 2 Samuel 21:20. _ON EVERY HAND SIX FINGERS_] This is not a
solitary instance: _Tavernier_ informs us that the eldest son of the
emperor of Java, who reigned in 1648, had _six fingers_ on each ha...
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IV. THE APPENDIX TO THE HISTORY OF DAVID
1. The Famines and the Wars with the Philistines
CHAPTER 21
_ 1. The Famine and the Gibeonites (2 Samuel 21:1)_
2. The Wars with the Philistines (2 Samuel...
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DAVID'S HEROES (first section). _Cf._ above. (J). These verses are
probably from the same source as 2 Samuel 23:8 ff., and the source is
no doubt ancient. The events in 2 Samuel 21:15 ff. and 2 Samuel...
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Heroic exploits in the Philistine wars
This section is quite unconnected with the preceding narrative. It is
perhaps a fragment from some "book of golden deeds" recording the
exploits of David and hi...
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_Battles With the Philistines._ 2 Samuel 21:15-22
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David
went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the
Philistines: and Da...
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_AND THERE WAS YET A BATTLE IN GATH, WHERE WAS A MAN OF GREAT STATURE,
THAT HAD ON EVERY HAND SIX FINGERS, AND ON EVERY FOOT SIX TOES, FOUR
AND TWENTY IN NUMBER; AND HE ALSO WAS BORN TO THE GIANT._
A...
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THE FAMINE AND SOME EXPLOITS AGAINST THE PHILISTINES
1. _It is_ FOR SAUL, AND FOR _his_ BLOODY HOUSE] rather, 'upon Saul
and his house rests bloodshed.' THE GIBEONITES] The lives of the
Gibeonites ha...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 21
THE *GIBEONITES PUNISH SAUL’S FAMILY
V1 For three years while David was king, the people did not have
enough to eat. So David pr...
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וַ תְּהִי ־עֹ֥וד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּ גַ֑ת
וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ אִ֣ישׁ _מָדֹ֗ון_† וְ
אֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת יָדָיו֩ וְ...
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CHAPTER XXIX.
_ LAST BATTLES AND THE MIGHTY MEN._
2 Samuel 21:15; 2 Samuel 23:8.
IN entering on the consideration of these two portions of the history
of David, we must first observe that the events...
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MORE GIANTS SLAIN
2 Samuel 21:12
It was in unsettled weather that Rizpah began her watch; but no
hardship daunted her, no cost was too great. She shielded the dear
remains from bird and beast till t...
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As at the close of the Book of Judges, so here, several matters are
dealt with not in chronological order, or related, but as illustrating
the times which have been under consideration.
In many sense...
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_Fourth. Josephus says this was the last war with the Philistines; and
Tostat supposes, that they wished to retake the city of Geth. (Salien)
--- Statute, or "of contradiction." (Aquila) --- Hebrew Ma...
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(12) And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of
Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them
from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them,...
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In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course
no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only
a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
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And, first of all, the government of God, who forgets nothing, and
with whom everything has its results, is recalled to David and to his
people by means of the Gibeonites. It is no longer necessary fo...
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AND THERE WAS YET A BATTLE IN GATH,.... Besides the battles in the
above place or places; for this does not necessarily suppose that one
of the said battles had been there, only that this, which was a...
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And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of [great]
stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six
toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
V...
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_There was yet a battle in Gath_ That is, in the territory of that
city; which circumstance intimates, that this, and consequently the
other battles here described, were fought before David had taken...
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1 The three yeeres famine for the Gibeonites, cease, by hanging seuen
of Sauls sonnes.
10 Rizpahs kindnes vnto the dead.
12 Dauid burieth the bones of Saul and Ionathan in his fathers
sepulchre.
15...
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EXPLOITS DURING THE PHILISTINE WARS...
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We cannot say with certainty when the events of this chapter occurred,
for they are not necessarily chronological, but spoken of as having
taken place "in the days of David." God sent a famine in the...
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THE GIANT:
Or, Rapha...
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15-22 These events seem to have taken place towards the end of David's
reign. David fainted, but he did not flee, and God sent help in the
time of need. In spiritual conflicts, even strong saints some...
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IN GATH, i. e. in the territory of the city of Gath; which
circumstance intimates that this, and consequently the other battles
here described, were fought before David had taken Gath out of the
hands...
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2 Samuel 21:20 war H4421 Gath H1661 man H376 stature H4067 (H8675)
H4055 six H8337 fingers H676 hand H3027 six H8337 toes H676 foot H7272
twenty-four H6242 H702 number H4557 born H3205 (H8795) giant H...
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CONTENTS: Three years famine. Saul's sons slain. War with Philistines.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Rizpah, Ishbi-benab, Abishai, Sebechai, Saph,
Elhanan, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION: When we are under God's ju...
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2 Samuel 21:1. _There was a famine three years,_ and in succession.
Men, under the aspects of dying, like the seamen in Jonah's case, are
led to the profoundest researches of conscience.
2 Samuel 21:8...
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_Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the
giant._
ON DOING VALIANTLY
If his master bids him perform exploits too hard for him, he draws
upon the resources of omnipotence, and...
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2 SAMUEL 21:1 Epilogue. The last four chapters provide an epilogue to
David’s story. They contain six episodes, which are not necessarily
in chronological order (e.g., the first episode occurred “in t...
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES—
2 Samuel 21:15. “MOREOVER,” or, _and_. “YET,” rather, _again_.
“This refers generally to earlier wars with the Philistines, and has
probably been taken without alteratio...
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 21:1
THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE DAYS OF DAVID; Hebrew, _and there was.
_There is an entire absence of any mark of time to show in what part
of David's reign this famine took place....
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Now in chapter twenty-one it is recorded that at this time,
There were three years of famine in the land; So David sought the
Lord. [Why the famine?] And the Lord said, The famine was in judgment
bec...
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1 Chronicles 20:6; 2 Samuel 21:16; 2 Samuel 21:18...