Then all Israel (a) gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. (a) This was after the death of Ishbosheth Saul's son, when David had reigned over Judah seven years and six months in Hebron, (2 Samuel 5:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the (b) chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time. (b) Meaning, the most excellent and best esteemed for his valiantry: some read, the chief of the princes.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, (c) and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance. (c) This act refers to Shammah, (2 Samuel 23:11), who it seems was the chiefest of these.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now three of the (d) 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. (d) That is, Eleazar and his two companions.... [ Continue Reading ]
And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the (e) 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. (e) That is, this water, for w... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the (f) [first] three: and David set him over his guard. (f) Meaning, those three who brought the water to David.... [ Continue Reading ]
(g) Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, (g) Called also Shammah, (2 Samuel 23:25).... [ Continue Reading ]
(h) Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, (h) He is also called Mebunnai, (2 Samuel 23:27).... [ Continue Reading ]