2 Samuel 21

2 Samuel 21:1

famine. One of the thirteen mentioned. See note on Genesis 12:10.

year after year = the year after that year: i.e. 932. David being now fifty-eight.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

2 Samuel 21:2

Gibeonites. Compare Joshua 9:3, Joshua 9:16, Joshua 9:17.

now. Note the Figure of speech Parenthesis. App-6.

were = they [were].

children = sons.

2 Samuel 21:4

any man. Hebrew. ’ish. App-14.

2 Samuel 21:5

coasts = borders.

2 Samuel 21:6

men. Hebrew. ’enosh. App-14.

2 Samuel 21:8

Michal. Some codices, cited in the Massorah, with Septuagint and Syriac, read “Merab”, as in 1 Samuel 18:19.

2 Samuel 21:12

men = lords, or masters (Hebrew. baalim). Compare 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:13.

street. The open space by the gate (2 Chronicles 32:6. Nehemiah 8:1, Nehemiah 8:3, Nehemiah 8:16).

when = in the day.

2 Samuel 21:14

and Jonathan. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Septuagint, read “the bones of Jonathan”.

all. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read “according to all”.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

2 Samuel 21:15

war again. 930-923 B.C.

waxed faint. David was now sixty.

2 Samuel 21:16

giant = Rapha. See App-23and App-25,

thought to have slain, or, said he would slay.

2 Samuel 21:17

light = lamp. Compare Genesis 15:17. 1 Kings 15:4. Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20, though not the same word in Genesis 15:17,

2 Samuel 21:18

Gob. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read “Nob”.

2 Samuel 21:19

the brother of Goliath. Omit the italics, and understand another giant of the same name as the Goliath of 1Samuel 17.

staff. Hebrew “wood”, put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause) for what was made from it. App-6.

2 Samuel 21:21

defied = reproached.