And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan, the son of Jaare-oregim, or simply Jair, 1 Chronicles 20:5, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
Verse 2 Samuel 21:19. _ELHANAN THE SON OF JAARE-OREGIM - SLEW - GOLIATH THE_ _GITTITE_] Here is a most manifest corruption of the text, or gross mistake of the transcriber; _David_, not _Elhanan_, sl...
The Hebrew text is manifestly very corrupt. First, for “Jaare-oregim,” 1 Chronicles 20:5 gives us the reading Jair. “Oregim” has evidently got in by a transcriber’s error from the line below, where “o...
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...
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...
THE BROTHER OF GOLIATH. Omit the italics, and understand another giant of the same name as the Goliath of 1 Samuel 17. STAFF. Hebrew "wood", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause) for what was...
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...
_in Gob_ The Sept. reads _Rom_(B) or _Gob_(A), and Chron. omits the name of the place altogether. _where Elhanan_, &c. Lit. _and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite, slew Goliath the Git...
A BATTLE IN GOB WITH THE PHILISTINES— Houbigant, with whom Calmet agrees, observes, that both here and in the next verse, the reading of the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 20:4 is to be preferred. It is...
_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 Dav...
_AND THERE WAS AGAIN A BATTLE IN GOB WITH THE PHILISTINES, WHERE ELHANAN THE SON OF JA'ARE-OREGIM, A BETHLEHEMITE, SLEW THE BROTHER OF GOLIATH THE GITTITE, THE STAFF OF WHOSE SPEAR WAS LIKE A WEAVER'S...
21:19 Goliath (e-21) Or 'Lahmi, brother of Goliath.' see 1 Chronicles 20:5 ....
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 had...
JAARE-OREGIM] in 1 Chronicles 20:5; 'Jair.' ELHANAN.. SLEW _the brother of_ GOLIATH] AV represents the reading of Chronicles. RV represents the text of Samuel, as we now have it, 'Elhanan.. slew Golia...
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 p...
JAARE-OREGIM. — The parallel place, 1 Chronicles 20:5). After hesitating whether to accompany Nebuzaradan to Babylon or not, the prophet finally decided upon repairing to Gedaliah at Mizpah (Jeremiah...
וַ תְּהִי ־עֹ֧וד הַ מִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּ גֹ֖וב
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...
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 th...
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...
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] (p) Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a wea...
Adeodatus, the son of Forrest. So it is rendered in the Latin Vulgate, by giving the interpretation of the Hebrew names, which are Elhanan, the son of Jaare. (Challoner) --- We should translate all th...
(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,...
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...
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...
AND THERE WAS AGAIN A BATTLE IN GOB WITH THE PHILISTINES,.... Another battle with them in the same place: WHERE ELHANAN THE SON OF JAAREOREGIM, A BETHLEHEMITE, SLEW [THE BROTHER OF] GOLIATH THE GITTI...
And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver'...
_Elhanan, a Beth-lehemite_ Another of David's worthy and valiant commanders. _Slew the brother of Goliath_ The relative word, _brother_, is not in the Hebrew text, but is properly supplied out of the...
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...
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...
JAAREOREGIM: Or, Jair...
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 som...
ELHANAN. THE BROTHER OF GOLIATH THE GITTITE: the relative word _brother_ is not in the Hebrew text, but is fitly supplied out of the parallel place, 1 CHRONICLES 20:5, where it is expressed. And such...
2 Samuel 21:19 war H4421 Gob H1359 Philistines H6430 Elhanan H445 son H1121 Jaare-Oregim H3296 Bethlehemite H1022 killed...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 21:15__ This section tells of four fights with Philistine giants. “There was war again” suggests that this is an excerpt from some writing about David’s wars....
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 21:19 ELHANAN... STRUCK DOWN GOLIATH THE GITTITE. Since David killed Goliath of Gath (1 Samuel 17:1), and “Gittite” means someone from Gath, t
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...
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....
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...
1 Chronicles 11:26; 1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Samuel 17:4...
Why does this verse say David killed Goliath when 2 Samuel 21:19 says Elhanan killed Goliath? PROBLEM: In 1 Samuel 17:50-51, David is said to have cut off the head of Goliath after striking him with t...