Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. Ver. 1. _Then all Israel._] See on 2 Samuel 5:1,5 . _ We are thy bone and thy flesh._] And may not we safely say as much to Jesus Christ, Eph 5:30 and bespeak him as Ruth did Boaz, Thou art m... [ Continue Reading ]
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. Ver. 2. _Thou shalt feed,_] _sc., _ By procuring for them the wholesome... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. Ver. 3. _Therefore came, &c._] See on 2 Samuel 5:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which [is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were], the inhabitants of the land. Ver. 4. _And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem._] He laid hold on so good an opportunity, having now all his forces about him, to set upon the Jebusites, and expelled them. We... [ Continue Reading ]
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which [is] the city of David. 1Ch 11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. Ver.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. Ver. 7. _And David dwelt in the castle._] Herein he became a type of Christ, who subdueth all our enemies, and openeth unto us the heavenly Jerusalem.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. Ver. 8. _From Millo._] This was a fair street, saith Vatablus; wherein were public meetings, and speeches made. _ And Joab repaired._] Heb., Revived, _vivificavit vel sanavit,_ as 2 Chronicles 2... [ Continue Reading ]
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts [was] with him. Ver. 9. See on 2 Samuel 5:10 .... [ Continue Reading ]
These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, [and] with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Ver. 10. _These also are the chief of the mighties._] The same catalogue of David's worthie... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time. Ver. 11. _Jashobeam, a Hachmonite._] See on 2 Samuel 23:8, where he is called Adino the Eznite; for he had two nam... [ Continue Reading ]
And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who [was one] of the three mighties. Ver. 12. _And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo._] As after him was Shammah, 2Sa 23:11 though not here mentioned. Of their exploits done. _See Trapp on "_ 2Sa 23:11 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance. Ver. 14. _And they set themselves._] The Romans boast of their Cochles, who himself alone defended a bridge against an army of enemies; the Greeks of... [ Continue Reading ]
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. Ver. 15. _Now three of the thirty captains._] Or, Three captains over the thirty. These first famous three jointly did the following exploit.... [ Continue Reading ]
And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem. 1Ch 11:17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that [is] at the gate! Ver. 16-17. See on 2 Samuel 23:14,17 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: but David would not drink [of] it, but poured it out to the LORD, Ver. 18. _But David would not drink of it._] No more would Alexan... [ Continue Reading ]
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. Ver. 19. _These things did these t... [ Continue Reading ]
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. Ver. 22. _Who had done many acts._] _Egregiorum facinorum fuit patrator._ _Gallice, Homme d'execution: Anglice,_ A m... [ Continue Reading ]
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. Ver. 23. _And he slew an Egyptian._] See 2 Sam... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard. Ver. 25. _Behold, he was honourable among the thirty._] Yea, and above them too. _ And David set him over his guard._] Heb., Over his hearing; that is, over those praetorian soldier... [ Continue Reading ]
Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, Ver. 26. _Asahel the brother of Joab._] Joab himself is not mentioned, nor Amasa. This had lost himself for his conspiracy with Absalom, and the other for his hypocrisy and cruelty: hence so... [ Continue Reading ]
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, Ver. 39. _The armourbearer of Joab._] See on 1 Chronicles 11:26 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, Ver. 41. _Uriah the Hittite._] The worthier this man was, the greater was David's sin against him. _ Zabad the son of Ahlai._] These following worthies are added to those in 1 Samuel 23:1,29, and this was done by David after he came to the crown, likely.... [ Continue Reading ]
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, Ver. 42. _And thirty with him._] Or, But the thirty were over him.... [ Continue Reading ]