1Sa 17:49-51, 23:5, 30:17, 2Sa 5, 2Sa 8, 2Sa 10, 18:7-8 | TSK | STEP

1 Samuel 17:49-51

smote.

So David prevailed.The tradition of the combat between David and Goliath, in which the latter was killed, is preserved among the Arabs; for he is mentioned in the Koran, where he is called Galut or Jalut. The Arabs also call the dynasty of the Philistine kings, who reigned in Palestine when the Hebrews came there, Galutiah, or Jalutiah. Achmed Al Fassi says, "Those kings were as well known by the name of Jalaut, as the ancient kings of Egypt by that of Pharaoh. David killed the Jalaut who reigned in his time, and entirely rooted out the Philistines, the rest of whom fled into Africa, and from them descended the Brebers or Berbers, who inhabit the coast of Barbary." It is remarkable that the Berbers themselves should acknowledge their descent from the Philistines. "The name Goliath, which they pronounce Sghiàlud, is very common among the Brebers, and the history of the champion of the Philistines is very well known to the Moors. When children quarrel, and the bigger one challenges the smaller to fight the latter answers, 'Who will fight with you? {Enta men ulid Sgiàlud.} You are of the race of Golaith.' The Jews who dwell among them, on the mountains, all call them Philistines."

21:9; 23:21; Jud 3:31; 15:15

but there was.

39; 13:22

his sword.

21:9; 2Sa 23:21; Es 7:10; Ps 7:15,16; Heb 2:14

cut off.

fled.

Heb 11:34

1 Samuel 23:5

1 Samuel 30:17

the next day. Heb. their morrow. and there.

11:11; Jud 4:16; 1Ki 20:29,30; Ps 18:42

2 Samuel 5

1 The tribes come to Hebron and anoint David over Israel.

4 David's age.

6 He taking Zion from the Jebusites, dwells in it.

11 Hiram sends to David.

13 Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem.

17 David, directed by God, smites the Philistines at Baal-perazim;

22 and again at the mulberry trees.

came.

1Ch 11:1-3; 12:23-40

we.

19:13; Ge 29:14; De 17:15; Jud 9:2; Eph 5:30; Heb 2:14

leddest out.

Nu 27:17; 1Sa 18:13,16; 25:28; Isa 55:4

feed.

7:7; 1Sa 16:1,12,13; 25:30; Ps 78:70-72; Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23

Eze 37:24,25; Mic 5:4; Mt 2:6; Joh 10:3,4,11

a captain.

1Sa 9:16; 13:14; 2Ki 20:5; Isa 55:4; Heb 2:10

So all.

Ex 3:16; 1Ch 11:3

made.

1Sa 11:15; 2Ki 11:17; 2Ch 23:16; Ne 9:38

before.

anointed.

thirty.

forty.

seven years.

2:11; 1Ki 2:11; 1Ch 3:4

Jerusalem.

Ge 14:18; Jos 10:3; Jud 1:8; Heb 7:1

the Jebusites.

Jos 15:63; 18:28; Jud 1:8,21; 19:10-12

which spake, etc.Dr. Kennicott's amended translation is as follows: "Who spake unto David, saying, Thou shalt not come in hither; for the blind and the lame shall drive thee away, by saying, David shall not come in hither." ver. 8. "And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and through the subterraneous passage reacheth the lame and the blind, who hate the life of David, (because the blind and the lame said, he shall not come into the house,) shall be chief and captain. So Joab, the son of Zeriah, went up first, and was chief."

Except.

Jer 37:10

thinking, David cannot. or, saying, David shall not, etc.

Zion.

Ps 2:6; 9:11; 48:12; 51:18; 87:2; 132:13; Isa 12:6; 59:20; Mic 4:2

Ro 9:33; Heb 12:22; Re 14:1

the same.

9; 6:10; 1Ki 2:10; 3:1; 8:1; 1Ch 11:7; 2Ch 5:2; 24:16

Whosoever.

Jos 15:16,17; 1Sa 17:25

he shall be.

1Ch 11:6-9

Wherefore, etc. or, Because they had said, even the blindand the lame, he shall not come into the house.

city.

Millo.

Jud 9:6,20; 1Ki 9:15,24; 11:27; 1Ch 11:8; 2Ch 32:5

went on, and grew great. Heb. went going and growing.

3:1; Job 17:9; Pr 4:18; Isa 9:7; Da 2:44,45; Lu 2:52

the Lord.

Ge 21:22; Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:9,10; Ro 8:31

Hiram.

1Ki 5:1,2,8,9; 1Ch 14:1

masons. Heb. hewers of the stone of the wall. they built.

7:2; 1Ki 7:1-12; Ec 2:4-11; Jer 22:14-16

David.

7:16; 1Ch 14:2

his people.

1Ki 10:9; 2Ch 2:11; Es 4:14; Isa 1:25-27; Da 2:30

Ge 25:5,6; De 17:17; 1Ch 3:9; 14:3-7; 2Ch 11:18-21; 13:21

the names.

1Ch 3:5-9; 14:4

Shammuah. or, Shimea.

1Ch 3:5

Nathan.

12:1-7; Lu 2:31

Solomon.

12:24,25; Mt 1:6

Elishua. or, Elishama.

1Ch 3:6; 14:5

Eliada. or, Beeliada.

1Ch 14:7

Eliphalet. Eliphelet.

1Ch 3:8

But when.

1Ch 14:8,9; Ps 2:1-5; Re 11:15-18

the hold.

23:14; 1Ch 11:16

the valley.

23:13; Ge 14:5; Jos 15:8; 1Ch 11:15; Isa 17:5

enquired.

2:1; 1Sa 23:2,4; 30:7,8; Jas 4:15

And the Lord.

23; Jud 20:28; 1Sa 28:6; 30:8; 1Ki 22:6,15-23; Pr 3:6

Baal-perazim. that is, The plain of breaches.

Isa 28:21

David.

De 7:5,25; 1Sa 5:2-6; 1Ch 14:11,12; Isa 37:19

burned them. or, took them away.

Isa 46:1,2; Jer 43:12

came up.

1Ki 20:22; 1Ch 14:13

enquired.

fetch.

Jos 8:2,7; 1Ch 14:14; Mt 9:29,30; 8:23-25; Joh 9:6,7

the mulberry trees.The word {bechaïm,} rendered mulberry trees, is rendered by Aquila, [apion,] pear-trees, as the LXX. also render in 1 Ch 14:14, 15; and so the Vulgate in both places has {pyrorum.} The Rabbins, however, believe {bacha} signifies the mulberry-tree; with whom Ursinus agrees. It more probably denotes a large shrub which the Arabs still call {baca,} from its distilling an odoriferous gum, from {bachah} to distil, as tears. Of this opinion is Celsius, who quotes a passage from Abulfadi, who describes it as a balsam shrub, having longish leaves, and bearing a large fruit with an acrid taste. M. Forskal mentions a tree by the name of {bæca,} with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire: its berries are poisonous to the sheep.

sound.

2Ki 7:6

thou shalt bestir.

Jud 4:14; 7:15; 1Sa 14:9-12; 1Ch 14:15; Php 2:11,12

Geba.

1Ch 14:16

Gibeon. Gazer.

Jos 16:10

2 Samuel 8

1 David subdues the Philistines and the Moabites.

3 He smites Hadadezer, and the Syrians.

9 Toi sends Joram with presents to bless him.

11 The presents and the spoil David dedicates to God.

14 He puts garrisons in Edom.

16 David's officers.

A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. An. Ex. Is. 451. And after.

7:9; 21:15-22

Metheg-ammah. or, the bridle of Ammah.

2:24; 1Ch 18:1-17

Gath.In the parallel passage of Chronicles, we read, "David took Gath and her towns;" and it is probable, that Gath and its districts were called Metheg-ammah in David's time; which, being unusual or becoming obsolete, in the time of the author of the Chronicles, led him thus to explain it.

he smote.

Nu 24:17; Jud 3:29,30; 1Sa 14:47; Ps 60:8; 83:6; 108:9

measured.

12:31

And so.

6,12-14; 2Ki 1:1; 3:4-27; 1Ch 18:2

brought gifts.

1Sa 10:27; 2Ch 26:8; Ps 72:10,11; Isa 36:16

Hadadezer.

1Ch 18:3

Hadarezer. Zobah.

10:6; 1Sa 14:47; 1Ki 11:23,24; Ps 60:1; *title

at the river.

Ge 15:18; Ex 23:31; De 11:24; 1Ki 4:21; Ps 72:8

from him. or, of his. chariots.As 1 Ch 18:4 seven hundred. In the parallel place in Chronicles it is "seven thousand horsemen, a far more probable number. The letter [Zayin,] {zayin,} with a dot upon it stands for seven thousand, and the final letter Nûwn,] {noon,} for seven hundred: the great similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be mistaken for the other, and so produce an error in this place.

David houghed.

De 17:16; Jos 11:6,9; Ps 20:7; 33:16,17

reserved.

1Ki 10:26

And when.

1Ki 11:23-25; 1Ch 18:5,6; Isa 7:8

came.

Job 9:13; Ps 83:4-8; Isa 8:9,10; 31:3

Zobah.From 2 Ch 8:3, we learn that Zobah was the district in which Tadmor or Palymyra was situated; and consequently lay between the land of Israel and the Euphrates. The capital was probably the same as the Sabe mentioned by Ptolemy as a city of Arabia Deserta.

garrisons.

14; 23:14; 1Sa 13:3; 14:1,6,15; 2Ch 17:2; Ps 18:34-46

became.

the Lord.

14; 7:9; 1Ch 18:13; Ps 5:11,12; 121:7,8; 140:7; 144:1,2; Pr 21:31

shields.

1Ki 10:16,17; 14:26,27; 1Ch 18:7; 2Ch 9:15,16

Betah.Probably the same as Bathne in Syria, between Beroæea and Hierapolis.

1Ch 18:8

Tibhath, Chun. Berothai.Berothai is probably the Barathena of Ptolemy, which he mentions, along with Sabe, as a city of Arabia Deserta, in the confines of the Palmyrenian district.

exceeding.

1Ch 22:14,16; 29:7; 2Ch 4:1-18

Toi.

1Ch 18:9

Tou. Hamath.

Am 6:2

Joram.

1Ch 18:10

Hadoram. salute him. Heb. ask him of peace.

Ge 43:27; Isa 39:1

to bless him.

1Sa 13:10; *marg:

1Ki 1:47; Ps 129:8

had wars. Heb. was a man of wars. brought with him. Heb.in his hand were.

Which.

1Ki 7:51; 1Ch 18:11; 22:14-16; 26:26-28; 29:2; Mic 4:13

Syria.

10:11,14; 12:26-31; 1Ch 18:11

gat him.

7:9; 1Ch 18:12; Ps 60:1; *title

smiting. Heb. his smiting. the valley of salt.

2Ki 14:7; 2Ch 25:11

being. or, slaying.

all they.

Ge 25:23; 27:29,37,40; Nu 24:18; 1Ki 22:47; 1Ch 18:13; Ps 60:8,9

Ps 108:9,10

the Lord.

6; Ps 121:4-8

over all Israel.

3:12; 5:5

David executed.

23:3,4; 1Ch 18:14; Ps 45:6,7; 72:2; 75:2; 78:71,72; 89:14; 101:1-8

Isa 9:7; Jer 22:15,16; 23:5,6; Am 5:15,24

Joab.

19:13; 20:23; 1Ch 11:6; 18:15-17

Jehoshaphat.

1Ki 4:3

recorder. or, remembrancer, or writer of chronicles.

Zadok.

1Ch 6:8,53; 24:3,4

and Seraiah.

1Ch 18:16

Shavsha. scribe. or, secretary.

Benaiah.

1Ki 1:44; 2:34,35; 1Ch 18:17

the Cherethites.

15:18; 20:7,23; 23:20-23; 1Sa 30:14; Eze 25:16; Zep 2:5

chief rulers. or, princes.

20:26

2 Samuel 10

1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash, are villanously treated.

6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai.

15 Shobach, making a new supply of the Syrians at Helam, is slain by David.

AM 2967. B.C. 1037. An. Ex. Is. 454. king.

Jud 10:7-9; 11:12-28; 1Sa 11:1-3; 1Ch 19:1-3

shew kindness.

De 23:3-6; Ne 4:3-7; 13:1-3

Nahash.

1Sa 11:1

as his father.

1Sa 22:3,4

Thinkest thou that David doth. Heb. In thine eyes dothDavid. not.

Ge 42:9,16; 1Co 13:5,7

and shaved.The beard is held in high respect and greatly valued in the East: the possessor considers it as his greatest ornament; often swears by it; and, in matters of great importance, pledges it; and nothing can be more secure than such a pledge; for its owner will redeem it at the hazard of his life. The beard was never cut off but in mourning, or as a sign of slavery. It is customary to shave the Ottoman princes, as a mark of their subjection to the reigning emperor. The beard is a mark of authority and liberty among the Mohammedans. The Persians who clip the beard, and shave above the jaw, are reputed heretics. They who serve in the {seraglios} have their beards shaven, as a sign of servitude; nor do they suffer them to grow till the sultan has set them at liberty. Among the Arabians, it is more infamous for anyone to appear with his beard cut off, than among us to be publicly whipped or branded; and many would prefer death to such a punishment.

Le 19:27; 1Ch 19:3,4; Ps 109:4,5; Isa 15:2

cut off.

Isa 20:4; 47:2,3; Jer 41:5

Jericho.

Jos 6:24-26; 1Ki 16:34; 1Ch 19:5

stank.

Ge 34:30; Ex 5:21; 1Sa 13:4; 27:12; 1Ch 19:6,7

Syrians of Beth-rehob.

8:3,5,12

Zobah.

Pr 25:8; Isa 8:9,10

Maacah.

Jos 13:11-13

Ish-tob. or, the men of Tob.

Jud 11:3,5

all the host.

23:8-39; 1Ch 19:8-19

at the entering.This was at the city of Medeba, a city upon the borders of the Ammonites, and in their possession.

1Ch 19:7

Rehob.

6; Nu 13:21; Jos 19:28; Jud 1:31

Jos 8:21,22; Jud 20:42,43

1Ch 19:9-12; Ne 4:20; Lu 22:32; Ro 15:1; Ga 6:2; Php 1:27,28

Be of good.This is a very animating address, and equal to any thing of the kind in ancient or modern times. Ye fight {pro aris et focis;} for every good, sacred and civil; for God, for your families, and for your countries. Such harangues, especially in very trying circumstances, are very natural, and may perhaps be found in the records of every nation. Several instances might be quoted from Roman and Grecian history; but few are more remarkable than that of Tyrtaeus, the lame Athenian poet, to whom the command of the army was given in one of the Messenian wars. The Spartans had at that time suffered great losses, and all their stratagems proved ineffectual, so that they began to despair of success; when the poet, by his lectures on honour and courage, delivered in moving verse to the army, ravished them to such a degree with the thoughts of dying for their country, that, rushing on with a furious transport to meet their enemies, they gave them an entire overthrow, and by one decisive battle brought the war to a happy conclusion.

Nu 13:20; De 31:6; Jos 1:6,7,9,18; 1Sa 14:6,12; 17:32; 2Ch 32:7

Ne 4:14; Heb 13:6

play.

1Sa 4:9; 1Ch 19:13; 1Co 16:13

the Lord.

16:10,11; Jud 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; Job 1:21

they fled.

1Ki 20:13-21,28-30; 1Ch 19:14,15; 2Ch 13:5-16

A.M. 2968. B.C. 1036. An. Ex. Is. 455. gathered.

Ps 2:1; Isa 8:9,10; Mic 4:11,12; Zec 14:2,3; Re 19:19-21

Hadarezer.

8:3-8; 1Ch 18:3,5

the river. i.e., Euphrates. Shobach. or, Shophach.

he gathered.

fled.

horsemen.

footmen. Shobach.

servants.

Ge 14:1-5; Jos 11:10; Jud 1:7; 1Ki 20:1; Da 2:37

feared.

8:6; 1Ch 19:19; Ps 18:37,38; 48:4,5; Isa 26:11; Re 18:10

2 Samuel 18:7-8

the people.

2:17; 15:6; 19:41-43

a great.

Pr 11:21; 24:21

twenty thousand men.

2:26,31; 2Ch 13:16,17; 28:6

in the wood.That is, probably, many more were slain in pursuit through the wood than in the battle, by falling into swamps, pits, etc., and being entangled and cut down by David's men. Such is the relation of Josephus; but the Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic state, that they were devoured by wild beasts in the wood.

Ex 15:10; Jos 10:11; Jud 5:20,21; 1Ki 20:30; Ps 3:7; 43:1

devoured more. Heb. multiplied to devour.