2 Samuel 21:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lighte of Israel. ”

2 Samuel 21:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

David's Heroes (first section). Cf. above. (J). These verses are probably from the same source as 2 Samuel 23:8 ff., and the source is no doubt ancient. The events in 2 Samuel 21:15 ff. and...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 21:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Famine and some Exploits against the Philistines 1. It is for Saul, and for his bloody house ] rather, 'upon Saul and his house rests bloodshed.' The Gibeonites ] The lives of the Gibe...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And smote. — The original leaves it doubtful whether Abishai is the nominative to the verb, or whether it should be simply he, referring to David. 2 Samuel 21:22 seems to imply that one at leas...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXIX. LAST BATTLES AND THE MIGHTY MEN. 2 Samuel 21:15-22 ; 2 Samuel 23:8-39 . IN entering on the consideration of these two portions of the history of David, we must first observe tha...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

More Giants Slain 2 Samuel 21:12-22 It was in unsettled weather that Rizpah began her watch; but no hardship daunted her, no cost was too great. She shielded the dear remains from bird and beas...
2 Samuel 21:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As at the close of the Book of Judges, so here, several matters are dealt with not in chronological order, or related, but as illustrating the times which have been under consideration. In many sens...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(12) And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them...
2 Samuel 21:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him ,.... Observing him in danger, made haste to his relief: and smote the Philistine, and killed him ; it seems as if Abishai engaged with the Philistine,...
2 Samuel 21:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That thou quench not the light of Israel Lest thou be slain, and thereby thy people lose their glory and happiness, and even be utterly ruined. Good kings are, in Scripture, justly called the light...
2 Samuel 21:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

We cannot say with certainty when the events of this chapter occurred, for they are not necessarily chronological, but spoken of as having taken place "in the days of David." God sent a famine in the...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Giants Subdued. B. C. 1020. 15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israe...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Lest thou be slain, and thereby thy people be ruined. Good kings are in Scripture justly called the light of their people, as 1 Kings 11:36 , 1 Kings 15:4 Psalms 132:17 , because the beauty and...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 21:15 . “Moreover,” or, and . “Yet,” rather, again . “This refers generally to earlier wars with the Philistines, and has probably been taken without...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 The personal influence of King David was the spell by which Israel was reunited after long separations and out of great diversities of interests. A skilful general, a gallant soldie...
2 Samuel 21:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 21:1 . There was a famine three years, and in succession. Men, under the aspects of dying, like the seamen in Jonah's case, are led to the profoundest researches of conscience. 2 Samuel...
2 Samuel 21:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSItION 2 Samuel 21:1 There was a famine in the days of David; Hebrew, and there was. There is an entire absence of any mark of time to show in what part of David's reign this famine...
2 Samuel 21:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Exploits During the Philistine Wars
2 Samuel 21:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:36 ; 1 Kings 15:4 ; 2 Samuel 14:7 ; 2 Samuel 18:3 ; 2 Samuel 20:6-10 ; 2 Samuel 22:19 ; John 1:8 ; John 1:9 ; John 5:35 ; Psalms 132:17 ; Psalms 144:10 ; Psalms 46:1

2 Samuel 21:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 21:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 21:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 21:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 21:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 21:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 21:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 21:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge