Berean Standard Bible
2 Samuel 21:12-22
12heH1732 wentH1980 and tookH3947 the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 and his sonH1121 JonathanH3083 fromH854 the menH1167 of Jabesh-gileadH3003H1568, who had stolenH1589 themH853 from the public squareH7339 of Beth-shanH1052 whereH834 the PhilistinesH6430 had hungH8518H8033 the bodies afterH3117 they had struck downH5221 SaulH7586 at GilboaH1533.
13So David had the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 andH853 his sonH1121 JonathanH3083 broughtH5927 from thereH8033, and they also gatheredH622 the bonesH6106 of those who had been hangedH3363. 14And they buriedH6912 the bonesH6106 of SaulH7586 and his sonH1121 JonathanH3083 in ZelaH6762 in the landH776 of BenjaminH1144, in the tombH6913 of Saul’s fatherH1 KishH7027.
AfterH310 they had doneH6213 everythingH3605 the kingH4428 had commandedH6680, GodH430 answered their prayersH6279 for the landH776.
15Once againH5750H1961 the PhilistinesH6430 waged warH4421 againstH854 IsraelH3478, and DavidH1732 and his servantsH5650H5973 went downH3381 and foughtH3898 againstH854 the PhilistinesH6430. But DavidH1732 became exhaustedH5888.
16Then Ishbi-benobH3430, a descendantH3211 of RaphaH7497,1 whose bronzeH5178 spearH7013 weighedH4948 threeH7969 hundredH3967 shekels2 and whoH1931 was bearingH2296 a newH2319 sword, resolvedH559 to killH5221 DavidH1732. 17But AbishaiH52 sonH1121 of ZeruiahH6870 came to his aidH5826, struckH5221 the PhilistineH6430, and killed himH4191.
ThenH227 David’sH1732 menH582 sworeH7650 to himH559, “You must neverH3808 againH5750 go outH3318 with usH854 to battleH4421, so that the lampH5216 of IsraelH3478 may notH3808 be extinguishedH3518.”
18Some time laterH310H3651H1961 at GobH1359, there wasH1961 anotherH5750 battleH4421 withH5973 the PhilistinesH6430. At that timeH227 SibbecaiH5444 the HushathiteH2843 killedH5221 SaphH5593,3 aH834 descendantH3211 of RaphaH7497.
19Once againH5750 there wasH1961 a battleH4421 withH5973 the PhilistinesH6430 at GobH1359, and ElhananH445 sonH1121 of JairH32964 the BethlehemiteH1022 killedH5221 the brother of GoliathH15555 the GittiteH1663, the shaftH6086 of whose spearH2595 was like a weaver’sH707 beamH4500.
20And there wasH1961 alsoH5750 a battleH4421 at GathH1661, where there was a manH376 of great statureH4060 withH1961 sixH8337 fingersH676 on each handH3027 and sixH8337 toesH676 on each footH7272—twenty-fourH6242H702 in allH4557. HeH1931 tooH1571 was descendedH3205 from RaphaH7497, 21and when he tauntedH2778 IsraelH3478, JonathanH3083 the sonH1121 of David’sH1732 brotherH251 ShimeiH80966 killed himH5221.
So theseH428 fourH702 descendantsH3205 of RaphaH7497 in GathH1661 fellH5307 at the handsH3027 of DavidH1732H3027 and his servantsH5650.
Notes
- 1. 2 Samuel 21:16 Or the giant; also in verses 18, 20, and 22 ↩
- 2. 2 Samuel 21:16 300 shekels is approximately 7.5 pounds or 3.4 kilograms. ↩
- 3. 2 Samuel 21:18 Saph is a variant of Sippai; see 1 Chronicles 20:4. ↩
- 4. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chronicles 20:5; Hebrew Jaare-oregim ↩
- 5. 2 Samuel 21:19 See 1 Chronicles 20:5; Hebrew does not include the brother of. ↩
- 6. 2 Samuel 21:21 Shimei is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimea; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 1 Chronicles 2:13. ↩
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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