18<\/strong>. all the Gittites<\/em> ] If the text is sound, we must infer that David had brought with him a body of Philistine followers from Gath, a supposition which is in accordance with the view that the Cherethites and Pelethites were Philistines. See note on ch. 2Sa 8:18<\/span>. But it is possible that we should follow the LXX. in reading Gibbrm<\/em> in place of Gittites<\/em>. During his wanderings David formed a corps of six hundred picked men, who were particularly distinguished as “David’s men.” They appear first at Keilah (1Sa 23:13<\/span>, cp. 1Sa 22:2<\/span>), were with him in the wilderness of Paran (1Sa 25:13<\/span>), followed him to Gath (1Sa 27:2-3<\/span>) and Ziklag (1Sa 27:8<\/span>, 1Sa 29:1 , 1Sa 30:1<\/span>; 1Sa 30:9<\/span>), came up with him to Hebron (1Sa 2:3<\/span>), and finally to Jerusalem (2Sa 15:6<\/span>). This corps seems to have been afterwards maintained as a guard with the title of “the Gibbrm,” that is, “the Heroes” or “the Mighty Men” (cp. ch. 2Sa 10:7<\/span>, 2Sa 16:6 , 2Sa 20:7<\/span>; 1Ki 1:8<\/span>), and it is natural to identify the six hundred here mentioned with that body. Some critics think that without altering the reading, we should identify the Gittites with the Gibbrm, and suppose that they were called Gittites either because they had followed David ever since his residence in Gath; or because the corps had at this time been largely recruited from the natives of Gath.<\/p>\n The Sept. text of 2Sa 15:18<\/em><\/span> is as follows: “And all his servants passed on beside him, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites, and halted at the olive tree in the wilderness. And all the people marched by close to him, and all his attendants, and all the mighty men, and all the warriors, six hundred men, and were present by his side; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, the six hundred men who came after him from Gath, marched on before the king.” This appears to be the rendering of a text differing somewhat from the present Hebrew, to which has been added a rendering of the present Hebrew text, with some further glosses or alternative renderings. “The olive tree in the wilderness,” which marked the scene of the second halt, (if the reading is genuine and not a mere mistranslation), was probably beyond the Mount of Olives on the road to the Jordan.<\/p>\n Passed on – <\/B>Rather, crossed the Brook Kidron, as in 2Sa 15:22-23<\/span>.<\/P> Gittites – <\/B>During Davids residence in the country of the Philistines he attached such a band to himself; and after the settlement of his kingdom, and the subjugation of the Philistines, the band received recruits from Gath, perhaps with the king of Gaths consent. They were now under the command of Ittai the Gittite, a foreigner 2Sa 15:19<\/span>, and his brethren 2Sa 15:20<\/span>. The number 600 probably indicates that this band or regiment of Gittites had its origin in Davids band of 600 1Sa 23:13<\/span>; 1Sa 27:2<\/span>. They were at first, it is likely, all Israelites, then Gittites mixed with Israelites, and at last all Gittites.<\/P> <\/p>\n Of the Cherethites and the Pelethites<\/I> See Poole on “2Sa 8:18<\/span>“. The Gittites<\/B> were either, first, Israelites by birth, called Gittites because they went with him to Gath, and abode with him in that country. Or rather, secondly, Strangers<\/I>, as Ittai their head is called, 2Sa 15:19<\/span>, and they are called his brethren<\/I>, 2Sa 15:20<\/span>; and probably they were Philistines by birth born in the city or territory of Gath, as the following words imply, who by Davids counsel, and example, and the success of his arms, were won to embrace and profess the true religion, and had given good proof of their military skill, and valour, and fidelity to the king. <\/P> <\/p>\n 18-20. all the Gittites, six hundredmen<\/B>These were a body of foreign guards, natives of Gath, whomDavid, when in the country of the Philistines, had enlisted in hisservice, and kept around his person. Addressing their commander,Ittai, he made a searching trial of their fidelity in bidding them(2Sa 15:19<\/span>) abide with the newking.<\/P><\/p>\n And all his servants passed on beside him<\/strong>,…. Or at his hand or side; his household servants walking perhaps some on one side of him, and some on the other, see 2Sa 16:6<\/span>;<\/p>\n and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites<\/strong>; which were his bodyguards, see 2Sa 8:18<\/span>;<\/p>\n and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath<\/strong>; which either came with him from Gath, when he conquered that city, and took it out of the hands of the Philistines, 2Sa 8:1<\/span>; compared with<\/p>\n 1Ch 18:1<\/span>; and who might become proselytes, and be incorporated into the commonwealth of Israel, and into David’s army, a troop of men, of which Ittai, after mentioned, was captain, 2Sa 15:22<\/span>; or else these were Israelites, so called, because with David they sojourned in Gath a while, when he fled from Saul; and so Josephus l says, they were companions of him in his first flight, when Saul was living; and this number is just the number of the men that were with him at Gath, 1Sa 27:2<\/span>; and it may be David kept a troop of men always of the same number, to whom he gave this name in memory of them, having been a set of trusty and faithful men to him: these, with the Cherethites and Pelethites,<\/p>\n passed on before the king<\/strong>: in this form and manner David and his men marched in their flight.<\/p>\n l Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 7. c. 9.) sect. 2.<\/p>\n And all his servants, i.e., his state officers and attendants, went along by his side, and the whole body-guard (the Crethi<\/em> and Plethi<\/em>: see at 2Sa 8:18<\/span>); and all the Gathites, namely the six hundred men who had come in his train from Gath, went along in front of the king. David directed the fugitives to all into rank, the servants going by his side, and the body-guard and the six hundred old companions in arms, who probably also formed a kind of body-guard, marching in front. The verb (passed on) cannot be understood as signifying to file past on account of its connection with (beside him, or by his side). The expression Gittim<\/em> is strange, as we cannot possibly think of actual Gathites or Philistines from Gath. The apposition (the six hundred men, etc.) shows clearly enough that the six hundred old companions in arms are intended, the men who gathered round David on his flight from Saul and emigrated with him to Gath (1Sa 27:2-3<\/span>), who afterwards lived with him in Ziklag (1Sa 27:8<\/span>; 1Sa 29:2<\/span>; 1Sa 30:1<\/span>, 1Sa 30:9<\/span>), and eventually followed him to Hebron and Jerusalem (2Sa 2:3<\/span>; 2Sa 5:6<\/span>). In all probability they formed a separate company of well-tried veterans or a kind of body-guard in Jerusalem, and were commonly known as Gathites<\/em>. <\/p>\n (Note: The Septuagint also has , and has generally rendered the Masoretic text correctly. But has been translated incorrectly, or at all events in a manner likely to mislead, viz., . But in the Septuagint text, as it has come down to us, another paraphrase has been interpolated into the literal translation, which Thenius would adopt as an emendation of the Hebrew text, notwithstanding the fact that the critical corruptness of the Alexandrian text must be obvious to every one.)<\/p>\n (18) Cherethites . . . Pelethites.<\/strong>See Note on 2Sa. 8:18<\/span>.<\/p>\n Gittites.<\/strong>This word in its form would naturally mean men of Gath, <\/em>and it has therefore been understood by some commentators of a body of Philistines in Davids service. But the term is distinctly explained here as meaning the six hundred men which came after him from Gath, and called Gittites for that reason, a body of men with whom the previous history of David has made us very familiar. They had gathered to him during his outlawry (1Sa. 22:1-2<\/span>), had been with him at Keilah (1Sa. 23:13<\/span>), in the wilderness of Paran (1Sa. 25:13<\/span>), and at Gath (1Sa. 27:3<\/span>), came after him from Gath to Ziklag, and shared with him in his life and exploits there (1Sa. 27:8<\/span>; 1Sa. 29:2<\/span>; 1Sa. 30:1-9<\/span>), and went up with him to Hebron (2 Samuel 23<\/span>), and thence to Jerusalem (2Sa. 5:6<\/span>). They are generally supposed to have afterwards constituted the body of heroes or mighty men, to whom frequent reference is made (2Sa. 10:7<\/span>; 2Sa. 16:6<\/span>; 2Sa. 20:7<\/span>; 1Ki. 1:8<\/span>). The Vatican LXX. here, as often, adds considerably to the text.<\/p>\n 18<\/strong>. <\/strong> Cherethites <\/strong> See note on 2Sa 8:18<\/span>. <\/p>\n The Gittites, six hundred men <\/strong> That old, tried, and faithful band whom he had gathered around him principally when he enjoyed the protection of the king of Gath, (1Sa 27:2<\/span>,) and from that land of their refuge ever after bore the name of Gittites. We need not suppose that these Gittites were all Philistines from Gath, and all foreigners who had become proselytes to the Jewish religion. But it is very likely that most of these six hundred were of foreign birth. As one after another of the old warriors died, the king, perhaps to perpetuate old associations, filled up their places with men from Gath. See note on 2Sa 8:18<\/span>.<\/p>\n 2Sa 15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.<\/p>\n Ver. 18. Six hundred men which came after him from Gath.<\/strong> ] That had stuck to him in all his afflictions; then when he was at Gath, and now also that Absalom was up in arms against him. As any of these six hundred died, others of like fidelity were succenturiated, and set in their room; and these were to David as that Sacra cohors<\/em> was to the Thebans, who esteemed them the prime of all their strength in battle, a<\/em> God likewise setteth a high price on such as keep close to him in evil times. See Zep 3:18 Luk 22:28-29<\/span> . <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Athenaeus, lib. iii.<\/p>\n Gittites. From Gath, the city of Goliath, now David’s choicest followers. <\/p>\n Cherethites: 2Sa 8:18, 2Sa 20:7, 2Sa 20:23, 1Sa 30:14, 1Ki 1:38, 1Ch 18:17 <\/p>\n Gittites: 2Sa 15:19-22, 2Sa 6:10, 2Sa 18:2, 1Sa 27:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: 2Sa 17:8 – mighty men Eze 25:16 – Cherethims<\/p>\n 15:18 And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the {k} Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.<\/p>\n (k) These were as the king’s guard, or as some write, his counsellors.<\/p>\n And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. 18. all the Gittites ] If the text is sound, we must infer that David had brought with him a body … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 15:18”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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