Helkath-hazzurim
Helkath-hazzurim
(Heb. Chelkath’hats-Tsutrms’, ,plot of the rocks), a designation of the plain just below the pool of Gibeon, on the east, acquired from the deadly combat between twelve of Ishbosheth’s men and as many of David’s, which formed a prelude to the general engagement (2Sa 2:16). SEE GIBEON. As to the name, Ewald approves the reading which the Sept. seem to have followed ( , apparently from their reading ), as that which alone gives a suitable meaning to the name (Gesch. Isr. 2, 575, note 1). Gesenius renders by the field of swords,’ which can hardly be admitted; for, though is used in the sense of an edge,’ it is never used simply for sword.’ Furst gives Felsenkahlheit, rock-smoothness,’ as the meaning, the place being smooth and level as a surface of rock. Aquila gives , and the Vulg. Ager robustorum, taking in a figurative sense, of which, however, there is no other instance
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Helkath-hazzurim
plot of the sharp blades, or the field of heroes, (2 Sam. 2:16). After the battle of Gilboa, so fatal to Saul and his house, David, as divinely directed, took up his residence in Hebron, and was there anointed king over Judah. Among the fugitives from Gilboa was Ish-bosheth, the only surviving son of Saul, whom Abner, Saul’s uncle, took across the Jordan to Mahanaim, and there had him proclaimed king. Abner gathered all the forces at his command and marched to Gibeon, with the object of wresting Judah from David. Joab had the command of David’s army of trained men, who encamped on the south of the pool, which was on the east of the hill on which the town of Gibeon was built, while Abner’s army lay on the north of the pool. Abner proposed that the conflict should be decided by twelve young men engaging in personal combat on either side. So fiercely did they encounter each other that “they caught every man his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim.” The combat of the champions was thus indecisive, and there followed a severe general engagement between the two armies, ending in the total rout of the Israelites under Abner. The general result of this battle was that “David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker” (2 Sam. 3:1). (See GIBEON)
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Helkath Hazzurim
“the field of strong men” (Vulgate), “the field of swords” (Gesenius). The smooth ground near the pool of Gibeon, where Joab’s men and Abner’s men fought and slew one another, and so brought on a general engagement.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Helkath-Hazzurim
HELKATH-HAZZURIM.The name given to the spot at Gibeon where the fatal combat took place between the twelve champions chosen on either side from the men of Abner and Joab (2Sa 2:16). The name means the field of sword edges.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Helkath-Hazzurim
helkath-hazu-rim, -ha-zurim ( , helkath ha-curm; , Mers ton epiboulon): The name as it stands means field of the sword edges, and is applied to the scene of the conflict in which twelve champions each from the army of Joab and that of Abner perished together, each slaying his fellow (2Sa 2:16). Some, following Septuagint, would read , helkath ha-codhm, field of the crafty, i.e. of the ambush. Thenius suggested , helkath ha-carm, field of the adversaries (see also H. P. Smith, ICC, Samuel, 271). Probably, however, the text as it stands is correct.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Helkath-Hazzurim
H2521
A battle ground.
2Sa 2:16
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Helkath-hazzurim
Hel’kath-haz’zurim. (field of rock). A smooth piece of ground, apparently close to the pool of Gibeon, where the combat took place, between the two parties of Joab’s men, and Abner’s men which ended in the death of the whole of the combatants, and brought on a general battle. 2Sa 2:16.