Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 11:14
And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.
14. set themselves ] R.V. stood, i.e. “took their stand” (cp. 1Sa 17:16 “presented himself”). The subject of the verb in 2Sa 23:12 is Shammah, here David and Eleazar together.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
[See comments on 1Ch 11:1]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) And they set themselves . . . and delivered . . . and slew.These verbs should be singular, as describing the exploit of Shammah (2Sa. 23:12). After the omission just noticed had become perpetuated in the text, some editor must have altered the words into the plural, supposing that they referred to David and Eleazar (1Ch. 11:13).
Saved them.Samuel, made a great deliverance: transpose one letter, and the Hebrew words are identical. LXX. and Syriac agree with Samuel.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 11:14 And they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.
Ver. 14. And they set themselves. ] The Romans boast of their Cochles, who himself alone defended a bridge against an army of enemies; the Greeks of their Achilles; the Dutch of their Albertus Brandenburgicus – though better they might of their magnanimous Martin Luther, who, like another Athanasius, totius orbis impetum solus sustinuit, stood out against a world of adversaries in defence of the truth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
they: i.e. David and Eleazar. See note on 1Ch 11:13.
saved them by a great deliverance. Septuagint and Syriac read “wrought a great victory”. Compare 2Sa 23:10, 2Sa 23:12.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
set: or, stood
and the Lord: 1Sa 14:23, 1Sa 19:5, 2Sa 23:10, 2Ki 5:1, Psa 18:50
deliverance: or, salvation, Psa 144:10, Pro 21:31
Reciprocal: Gen 45:7 – to preserve you a posterity Exo 14:13 – see the 2Sa 23:11 – the Philistines
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:14 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, 2Sa 23:11 , who it seems was the chiefest of these.