Bible Commentary

I will call on the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. 4. I will call so shall I be saved ] Better, I called and I was saved. The tenses are frequentative, describing David’s habitual experience of God’s readiness to answer prayer. This verse presents “the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:4”

The God of my rock; in him will I trust: [he is] my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence. 3. The God of my rock ] = my strong God: but it is better to alter the vowel points and read … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:3”

And he said, The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 2 4. Introductory invocation of Jehovah 2. The Lord is my rock ] The opening address to God, found in Psalms 18, “Fervently do I love thee O Jehovah my strength,” is wanting here. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:2”

And David spoke unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: 1. The title 1. Compare the inscriptions which introduce Moses’ songs in the historical narrative (Exo 15:1; Deu 31:30). This … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 22:1”

These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 22. were born to the giant ] Were descendants of Rapha, or, the giant: not necessarily all four sons of one man. See note on 2Sa 21:16. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:22”

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea the brother of David slew him. 21. defied Israel ] Cp. 1Sa 17:10 ; 1Sa 17:25-26. Jonathan ] David’s nephew, brother of the astute Jonadab (ch. 2Sa 13:3). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges And when he defied Israel,…. The armies of Israel, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:21”

And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. 20. six fingers six toes ] Pliny mentions such a peculiarity ( Hist. Nat. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:20”

And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew [the brother of] Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver’s beam. 19. in Gob ] The Sept. reads Rom (B) or Gob (A), and Chron. omits the name of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:19”

And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the sons of the giant. 18. at Gob ] A place mentioned only here and in 2Sa 21:19. The Sept. reads Gath, the parallel passage in Chron. Gezer; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:18”

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. 17. and smote ] Perhaps, and he (David) smote; as 2Sa 21:22 seems … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 21:17”