John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
1 Chronicles 20:8
See Gill "1Ch 20:1".
See Gill "1Ch 20:1".
Verse 1 Chronicles 20:8. _THESE WERE BORN UNTO THE GIANT IN GATH_] "These were born להרפא _leharapha, to that Rapha in Gath_, or _to Arapha_." So the _Vulgate, Septuagint_, and _Chaldee_. THE compil...
CHAPTER 20 JOAB AND DAVID TAKE RABBAH _ 1. Rabbah destroyed (1 Chronicles 20:1)_ 2. The Philistine giants slain (1 Chronicles 20:4) Rabbah was the capital of Ammon (Deuteronomy 3:11
THE AMMONITES SUBDUED (see notes on 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:30 f.). 1 CHRONICLES 20:4. INCIDENTS DURING THE PHILISTINE WAR (see notes on...
_These were born unto the giant in Gath_ Again "giant" is the Heb. "Rapha." The meaning is that these belonged to a branch of the Rephaim which was settled in Gath....
_JOAB TAKES THE CITY OF RABBAH. THE PHILISTINES ARE THREE TIMES OVERCOME BY DAVID AND HIS SERVANTS._ _Before Christ 1037._ REFLECTIONS.—While Joab conquered the country of the Ammonites, David staye...
12. WARS WITH RABBAH AND THE PHILISTINES (1 Chronicles 20:1-8) 1 Chronicles 20:1. And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led for...
THE SIEGE OF RABBAH. THE SLAUGHTER OF THREE PHILISTINE GIANTS This chapter corresponds, with some unimportant differences, to several distinct sections in 2 S, viz. 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26; 2 Sa...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 20 Battles against the *Philistines –...
THESE (_’çl_)_,_ a rare word, found eight times in the Pentateuch with the article, here only without; perhaps an error of transcription. Samuel, “these four.” The chronicler has omitted one giant. (S...
אֵ֛ל נוּלְּד֥וּ לְ הָ רָפָ֖א בְּ גַ֑ת
Joab's conquest of the children of Ammon was complete. They were despoiled of their possessions and reduced to servitude. There is practically no doubt that this is the meaning of the story as it is w...
We had the account of these battles before related. 2 Samuel 21:18. In addition to the observations there made, I would only detain the Reader just to remark, that whether giants, or men of little sta...
REFLECTIONS BEHOLD, Reader! how the Ammonites were brought under with harrows of iron, and with axes. A lively representation how ill it will fare with the enemies of our spiritual David, when they sh...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18, 19, AND 20. In Chapter s 18, 19 and 20 David, already delivered from all internal conflict in Israel, triumphs over the heathen, and spreads the glory of...
_A.M. 2969. B.C. 1035._ A repetition of David's wars with the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah, 1 Chronicles 20:1; with the giants of the Philistines, 1 Chronicles 20:4. NOTES ON CHAPTER 20....
1 Rabbah is besieged by Ioab, spoiled by Dauid, and the people thereof tortured. 4 Three giants are slaine in three seuerall ouerthrowes of the Philistines. 1 AND [NOTE: 2 Samuel 11:1.] it came to pa...
EXPLOITS OF INDIVIDUAL HEROES...
These were born unto the giant in Gath, the last of the giant family; AND THEY FELL BY THE HAND OF DAVID, that is, while he was supreme military chief, although he personally slew Goliath, AND BY THE...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 20:8 These H411 born H3205 (H8738) giant H7497 Gath H1661 fell H5307 (H8799) hand...
CONTENTS: Joab and David take Rabbah. War with Philistines. CHARACTERS: David, Joab, Sibbechai, Sippai, Jonathan, Elhanan. CONCLUSION: The power and pride of great men against us need not terrify us...
1 Chronicles 20:1. _Joab besieged Rabbah._ This is related more at large in 2 Samuel 12. David humanely left Shobi on the throne, after putting the rebel chiefs to death. 1 Chronicles 20:7. When he de...
_And it came to pass, that after the year was expired._ THE CAPTURE OF RABBAH From its capture and punishment of its people we learn-- I. That in spiritual warfare there must be no cessation. Rest...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 20:4 From 2 Samuel 21:18. Three incidents from David’s war against the Philistines in Gezer and Gath bring this unit back to where it began ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This extract from the ancient records tells of Rabbah taken (1 Chronicles 20:1); and three sons of the giant of Gath slain (1 Chronicles 20:4). It covers 2 Samuel 11-21. [_Murphy_]....
EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter are all to be found in the work of Samuel, but woven in, in very different places. The cause of the first considerable difference of this kind is in connection...
By Chuck Smith And it came to pass, after the year was expired, and the time that the kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and he wasted the country of the children of Ammon,...
Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 9:23; Joshua 14:12; Romans 8:31...
They fell, &c — We need not fear great men against us, while we have the great God for us....