21:1 The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceases, by hanging seven of Saul's sons; 21:10 Rizpah's kindness unto the dead; 21:12 David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's sepulchre; 21:15 Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four valiants of David slay four giants.
Verse 1am 2986, bc 1018, An, Ex, Ex, Is, 473a famineGenesis 12:10, 26:1, 41:57, 42:1, 43:1; Leviticus 26:19, 26:20, 26:26; 1 Kings 17:1, 18:2; 2 Kings 6:25, 8:1; Jeremiah 14:1-18inquiredHeb. sought the face, etcof the Lord2 Samuel 5:19, 5:23; Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 23:2, 23:4, 23:11; Job 5:8-10, 10:2; Psalm 50:15, 91:15It isJoshua 7:1, 7:11, 7:12Saul1 Samuel 22:17-19ReciprocalExodus 20:5 - visiting; 20:7 - guiltless; 23:32 - shalt make; 33:7 - sought; Leviticus 4:22 - a ruler hath sinned; Deuteronomy 19:13 - but thou; Joshua 2:17 - General; 6:18 - and trouble it; 9:3 - Gibeon; 9:20 - lest wrath; Ruth 1:1 - a famine; 2 Samuel 21:5 - The man; 24:1 - again; 24:13 - seven; 2 Kings 4:38 - a dearth; 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote; 21:12 - three years' famine; Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed; Psalm 15:4 - sweareth; 26:9 - bloody men; 27:4 - inquire; 51:14 - Deliver; 109:14 - Let the; Proverbs 17:13 - General; Jeremiah 32:18 - recompensest; Jonah 1:11 - What; Micah 6:9 - hear; Haggai 1:6 - have; 1:9 - Because; 2 Timothy 3:3 - trucebreakersVerse 2now theJoshua 9:3-21the AmoritesThe Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from 6:19 but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites in general. Genesis 15:16in his zealDeuteronomy 7:16; 1 Samuel 14:44, 15:8, 15:9; 2 Kings 10:16, 10:31; Luke 9:54, 9:55; John 16:2; Romans 10:2; Galatians 4:17ReciprocalExodus 20:7 - guiltless; 23:32 - shalt make; Deuteronomy 7:2 - make no; Joshua 2:17 - General; 5:1 - all the kings; 6:22 - as ye sware unto her; 9:15 - made peace; 1 Kings 2:43 - Why; 15:19 - break thy league; 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite; 2 Chronicles 16:3 - break; 36:13 - who had; Nehemiah 3:7 - the Gibeonite; Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed; Psalm 15:4 - sweareth; Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath; Acts 22:3 - was; Philippians 3:6 - zeal; Habakkuk 3:1 - an oathVerse 3wherewithExodus 32:30; Leviticus 1:4; 1 Samuel 2:25; Micah 6:6, 6:7; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1-10:12bless2 Samuel 20:19ReciprocalExodus 30:15 - give less than; Numbers 25:13 - atonement; 2 Samuel 24:21 - the plague; 1 Kings 1:47 - bless; Psalm 28:9 - bless; Galatians 3:13 - forVerse 4We willetc. or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul, or his house; neither pertains it to us to kill, etc. no silver. Psalm 49:6-8; 1 Peter 1:18, 1:19ReciprocalGenesis 30:31 - GeneralVerse 5The man2 Samuel 21:1; Esther 9:24, 9:25; Matthew 7:2devisedor, cut us off, Daniel 9:26
Verse 6Let sevenAs God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose that both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites, were directed by some open or secret intimation from him.hang2 Samuel 17:23, 18:10; Genesis 40:19, 40:22; Numbers 25:4, 25:5; Deuteronomy 21:22; Joshua 8:29, 10:26; Ezra 6:11; Esther 9:10, 9:13, 9:14; Matthew 27:5in1 Samuel 10:26, 11:4whom the Lord did chooseor, the chosen of the Lord, 9:16, 9:17, 10:1, 10:24; Acts 13:21ReciprocalExodus 20:5 - visiting; Deuteronomy 21:23 - he that is hanged is accursed of God; 1 Samuel 13:2 - in Gibeah; 24:21 - that thou; 2 Samuel 21:9 - before the Lord; 1 Chronicles 2:49 - Gibea; 12:3 - Gibeathite; Hosea 5:8 - GibeahVerse 7Mephibosheth2 Samuel 4:4, 9:10, 16:4, 19:25because1 Samuel 18:3, 20:8, 20:15, 20:17, 20:42, 23:18ReciprocalLeviticus 5:4 - to do evil; Joshua 2:17 - General; 6:22 - as ye sware unto her; 9:18 - had sworn; Proverbs 18:24 - that hath; 27:10 - ownVerse 8Rizpah2 Samuel 3:7and the five sonsThis Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but Merab, 1 Samuel 18:19 Michael being married to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore - yaledah not brought up, as falsely rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts, however, have Merab, instead of Michal; the Syriac and Arabic have Nadab; and the Chaldee renders the passage thus: "And the five sons of Merab which Michal the daughter of Saul brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son of Barzillai."Michalor, Michal's sister, 18:19brought up forHeb. bare toReciprocal20:16 - Let the Lord; 2 Samuel 21:10 - Rizpah; Psalm 109:14 - Let the; Jonah 1:15 - theyVerse 9before the Lord2 Samuel 21:6, 6:17, 6:21; Exodus 20:5; Numbers 35:31-34; Deuteronomy 21:1-9; 1 Samuel 15:33; 2 Kings 24:3, 24:4in the beginningThis happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March Ruth 1:22ReciprocalNumbers 25:4 - and hang; Deuteronomy 21:22 - thou hang; Joshua 10:26 - hanged; 2 Samuel 4:12 - hanged; 21:10 - from the; Esther 9:13 - let Haman's ten sons be hanged; Psalm 109:14 - Let the; Jonah 1:15 - they; Galatians 3:13 - forVerse 10Rizpah2 Samuel 21:8, 3:7took sackcloth1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:18from the2 Samuel 21:9; Deuteronomy 21:13until waterSome suppose that this means a providential supply of rain, in order to remove the famine; but from the manner in which it is introduced, it seems to denote the autumnal rains, which commence about October. For five months did this broken-hearted woman watch by the bodies of her sons! 11:14; 1 Kings 18:41-45; Jeremiah 5:24, 5:25, 14:22; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1the birdsGenesis 40:19; Ezekiel 39:4ReciprocalJob 37:13 - for mercy; Proverbs 30:17 - the ravensVerse 11told David2 Samuel 2:4; Ruth 2:11, 2:12
Verse 12the bones of Saul2 Samuel 2:5-7; 1 Samuel 31:11-13BethshanJoshua 17:11, Beth-shean, 1 Samuel 31:10in Gilboa2 Samuel 1:6, 1:21; 1 Samuel 28:4, 31:1; 1 Chronicles 10:1, 10:8Reciprocal1 Samuel 31:13 - their bones; 1 Chronicles 10:12 - the oak; Psalm 32:3 - WhenVerse 14buried2 Samuel 3:32, 4:12ZelahJoshua 18:28; 1 Samuel 10:2, ZelzahGod2 Samuel 24:25; Exodus 32:27-29; Numbers 25:13; Joshua 7:26; 1 Kings 18:40, 18:41; Jeremiah 14:1-7; Joel 2:18, 2:19; Amos 7:1-6; Jonah 1:15; Zechariah 6:8ReciprocalNumbers 25:11 - turned my; Deuteronomy 19:13 - but thou; 1 Kings 18:45 - there was; 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote; Job 37:13 - for mercy; Ezekiel 16:42 - will IVerse 15the Philistines2 Samuel 5:17, 5:22; 1 Chronicles 20:4and David waxed faintJoshua 14:10, 14:11; Psalm 71:9, 71:18, 73:26; Ecclesiastes 12:3; Isaiah 40:28-30; Jeremiah 9:23, 9:24; 1 Peter 1:24, 1:25ReciprocalGenesis 6:4 - giants; 2 Samuel 8:1 - And after; Psalm 9:5 - rebuked; 18:38 - General; 60:8 - triumph; 108:9 - over PhilistiaVerse 16of the sonsGenesis 6:4; Numbers 13:32, 13:33; Deuteronomy 1:28, 2:10, 2:21, 3:11, 9:2; 1 Samuel 17:4, 17:5the giantor, Rapha, 2 Samuel 21:18, 21:20 *marg. 5:18; Genesis 14:5whose spearHeb. the staff, or, the headthought1 Samuel 17:45-51ReciprocalJoshua 11:22 - only in Gaza; Psalm 33:16 - mighty; 87:4 - this man; 144:10 - who delivereth; Habakkuk 3:1 - escapedVerse 17Abishai2 Samuel 20:6-10succoured22:19; Psalm 46:1, 144:10Thou shalt2 Samuel 18:3quench14:7; 1 Kings 11:36, 15:4; Psalm 132:17; John 1:8, 1:9, 5:35lightHeb. candle, or lampReciprocalExodus 18:23 - and all this; Deuteronomy 31:2 - I can no more; 1 Chronicles 11:20 - Abishai; 18:12 - Moreover; Jeremiah 40:15 - wherefore; Acts 19:30 - the disciples; Habakkuk 3:1 - escapedVerse 18Sibbechai1 Chronicles 11:29, 20:4Saphor, Sippai, 20:4the giantor, Rapha, 2 Samuel 21:16, 21:20 *marg.Reciprocal17:8 - mighty men; 1 Chronicles 27:11 - SibbecaiVerse 19Elhananetc. Instead of הלחמי בית ארגיס יערי גלית את, of the text, we should certainly read, as in the parallel text, "and Elhanan the son of Jair, slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath." 1 Chronicles 11:26Jaareoregimor, Jair, 20:5Goliath1 Samuel 17:4-11Reciprocal17:7 - the staffVerse 20yet a battle1 Chronicles 20:6the giantor, Rapha, 2 Samuel 21:16, 21:18 *marg.ReciprocalNumbers 13:32 - men of a great stature; 13:33 - saw the giants; Isaiah 45:14 - men of statureVerse 21defiedor, reproached, 1 Samuel 17:10, 17:25, 17:26, 17:36; 2 Kings 19:13Jonathan1 Chronicles 27:32Shimeah1 Samuel 16:9, 17:3, Shammah, 1 Chronicles 2:13, ShimmaReciprocalNumbers 23:7 - defy Israel; 1 Samuel 17:13 - ShammahVerse 22four1 Chronicles 20:8fell byJoshua 14:12; Psalm 60:12, 108:13, 118:15; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Jeremiah 9:23; Romans 8:31, 8:37Reciprocal1 Samuel 6:17 - Gath
21:10 Rizpah's kindness unto the dead;
21:12 David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father's sepulchre;
21:15 Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four valiants of David slay four giants. Verse 1am 2986, bc 1018, An, Ex, Ex, Is, 473a famineGenesis 12:10, 26:1, 41:57, 42:1, 43:1; Leviticus 26:19, 26:20, 26:26; 1 Kings 17:1, 18:2; 2 Kings 6:25, 8:1; Jeremiah 14:1-18 inquiredHeb. sought the face, etcof the Lord2 Samuel 5:19, 5:23; Numbers 27:21; 1 Samuel 23:2, 23:4, 23:11; Job 5:8-10, 10:2; Psalm 50:15, 91:15 It isJoshua 7:1, 7:11, 7:12 Saul1 Samuel 22:17-19ReciprocalExodus 20:5 - visiting; 20:7 - guiltless; 23:32 - shalt make; 33:7 - sought; Leviticus 4:22 - a ruler hath sinned; Deuteronomy 19:13 - but thou; Joshua 2:17 - General; 6:18 - and trouble it; 9:3 - Gibeon; 9:20 - lest wrath; Ruth 1:1 - a famine; 2 Samuel 21:5 - The man; 24:1 - again; 24:13 - seven; 2 Kings 4:38 - a dearth; 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote; 21:12 - three years' famine; Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed; Psalm 15:4 - sweareth; 26:9 - bloody men; 27:4 - inquire; 51:14 - Deliver; 109:14 - Let the; Proverbs 17:13 - General; Jeremiah 32:18 - recompensest; Jonah 1:11 - What; Micah 6:9 - hear; Haggai 1:6 - have; 1:9 - Because; 2 Timothy 3:3 - trucebreakers Verse 2now theJoshua 9:3-21 the AmoritesThe Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from 6:19
but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites in general. Genesis 15:16 in his zealDeuteronomy 7:16; 1 Samuel 14:44, 15:8, 15:9; 2 Kings 10:16, 10:31; Luke 9:54, 9:55; John 16:2; Romans 10:2; Galatians 4:17ReciprocalExodus 20:7 - guiltless; 23:32 - shalt make; Deuteronomy 7:2 - make no; Joshua 2:17 - General; 5:1 - all the kings; 6:22 - as ye sware unto her; 9:15 - made peace; 1 Kings 2:43 - Why; 15:19 - break thy league; 1 Chronicles 1:14 - Amorite; 2 Chronicles 16:3 - break; 36:13 - who had; Nehemiah 3:7 - the Gibeonite; Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed; Psalm 15:4 - sweareth; Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath; Acts 22:3 - was; Philippians 3:6 - zeal; Habakkuk 3:1 - an oath Verse 3wherewithExodus 32:30; Leviticus 1:4; 1 Samuel 2:25; Micah 6:6, 6:7; Habakkuk 3:1, 3:1-10:12 bless2 Samuel 20:19ReciprocalExodus 30:15 - give less than; Numbers 25:13 - atonement; 2 Samuel 24:21 - the plague; 1 Kings 1:47 - bless; Psalm 28:9 - bless; Galatians 3:13 - for Verse 4We willetc. or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul, or his house; neither pertains it to us to kill, etc. no silver. Psalm 49:6-8; 1 Peter 1:18, 1:19ReciprocalGenesis 30:31 - General Verse 5The man2 Samuel 21:1; Esther 9:24, 9:25; Matthew 7:2 devisedor, cut us off, Daniel 9:26
Verse 6Let sevenAs God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose that both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites, were directed by some open or secret intimation from him.hang2 Samuel 17:23, 18:10; Genesis 40:19, 40:22; Numbers 25:4, 25:5; Deuteronomy 21:22; Joshua 8:29, 10:26; Ezra 6:11; Esther 9:10, 9:13, 9:14; Matthew 27:5 in1 Samuel 10:26, 11:4 whom the Lord did chooseor, the chosen of the Lord, 9:16, 9:17, 10:1, 10:24; Acts 13:21ReciprocalExodus 20:5 - visiting; Deuteronomy 21:23 - he that is hanged is accursed of God; 1 Samuel 13:2 - in Gibeah; 24:21 - that thou; 2 Samuel 21:9 - before the Lord; 1 Chronicles 2:49 - Gibea; 12:3 - Gibeathite; Hosea 5:8 - Gibeah Verse 7Mephibosheth2 Samuel 4:4, 9:10, 16:4, 19:25 because1 Samuel 18:3, 20:8, 20:15, 20:17, 20:42, 23:18ReciprocalLeviticus 5:4 - to do evil; Joshua 2:17 - General; 6:22 - as ye sware unto her; 9:18 - had sworn; Proverbs 18:24 - that hath; 27:10 - own Verse 8Rizpah2 Samuel 3:7 and the five sonsThis Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but Merab, 1 Samuel 18:19
Michael being married to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore - yaledah
not brought up, as falsely rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts, however, have Merab, instead of Michal; the Syriac and Arabic have Nadab; and the Chaldee renders the passage thus: "And the five sons of Merab which Michal the daughter of Saul brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son of Barzillai."Michalor, Michal's sister, 18:19 brought up forHeb. bare toReciprocal20:16 - Let the Lord; 2 Samuel 21:10 - Rizpah; Psalm 109:14 - Let the; Jonah 1:15 - they Verse 9before the Lord2 Samuel 21:6, 6:17, 6:21; Exodus 20:5; Numbers 35:31-34; Deuteronomy 21:1-9; 1 Samuel 15:33; 2 Kings 24:3, 24:4 in the beginningThis happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March Ruth 1:22ReciprocalNumbers 25:4 - and hang; Deuteronomy 21:22 - thou hang; Joshua 10:26 - hanged; 2 Samuel 4:12 - hanged; 21:10 - from the; Esther 9:13 - let Haman's ten sons be hanged; Psalm 109:14 - Let the; Jonah 1:15 - they; Galatians 3:13 - for Verse 10Rizpah2 Samuel 21:8, 3:7 took sackcloth1 Kings 21:27; Joel 1:18 from the2 Samuel 21:9; Deuteronomy 21:13 until waterSome suppose that this means a providential supply of rain, in order to remove the famine; but from the manner in which it is introduced, it seems to denote the autumnal rains, which commence about October. For five months did this broken-hearted woman watch by the bodies of her sons! 11:14; 1 Kings 18:41-45; Jeremiah 5:24, 5:25, 14:22; Hosea 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zechariah 10:1 the birdsGenesis 40:19; Ezekiel 39:4ReciprocalJob 37:13 - for mercy; Proverbs 30:17 - the ravens Verse 11told David2 Samuel 2:4; Ruth 2:11, 2:12
Verse 12the bones of Saul2 Samuel 2:5-7; 1 Samuel 31:11-13 BethshanJoshua 17:11, Beth-shean, 1 Samuel 31:10 in Gilboa2 Samuel 1:6, 1:21; 1 Samuel 28:4, 31:1; 1 Chronicles 10:1, 10:8Reciprocal1 Samuel 31:13 - their bones; 1 Chronicles 10:12 - the oak; Psalm 32:3 - When Verse 14buried2 Samuel 3:32, 4:12 ZelahJoshua 18:28; 1 Samuel 10:2, ZelzahGod2 Samuel 24:25; Exodus 32:27-29; Numbers 25:13; Joshua 7:26; 1 Kings 18:40, 18:41; Jeremiah 14:1-7; Joel 2:18, 2:19; Amos 7:1-6; Jonah 1:15; Zechariah 6:8ReciprocalNumbers 25:11 - turned my; Deuteronomy 19:13 - but thou; 1 Kings 18:45 - there was; 1 Chronicles 21:7 - he smote; Job 37:13 - for mercy; Ezekiel 16:42 - will I Verse 15the Philistines2 Samuel 5:17, 5:22; 1 Chronicles 20:4 and David waxed faintJoshua 14:10, 14:11; Psalm 71:9, 71:18, 73:26; Ecclesiastes 12:3; Isaiah 40:28-30; Jeremiah 9:23, 9:24; 1 Peter 1:24, 1:25ReciprocalGenesis 6:4 - giants; 2 Samuel 8:1 - And after; Psalm 9:5 - rebuked; 18:38 - General; 60:8 - triumph; 108:9 - over Philistia Verse 16of the sonsGenesis 6:4; Numbers 13:32, 13:33; Deuteronomy 1:28, 2:10, 2:21, 3:11, 9:2; 1 Samuel 17:4, 17:5 the giantor, Rapha, 2 Samuel 21:18, 21:20 *marg. 5:18; Genesis 14:5 whose spearHeb. the staff, or, the headthought1 Samuel 17:45-51ReciprocalJoshua 11:22 - only in Gaza; Psalm 33:16 - mighty; 87:4 - this man; 144:10 - who delivereth; Habakkuk 3:1 - escaped Verse 17Abishai2 Samuel 20:6-10 succoured22:19; Psalm 46:1, 144:10 Thou shalt2 Samuel 18:3 quench14:7; 1 Kings 11:36, 15:4; Psalm 132:17; John 1:8, 1:9, 5:35 lightHeb. candle, or lampReciprocalExodus 18:23 - and all this; Deuteronomy 31:2 - I can no more; 1 Chronicles 11:20 - Abishai; 18:12 - Moreover; Jeremiah 40:15 - wherefore; Acts 19:30 - the disciples; Habakkuk 3:1 - escaped Verse 18Sibbechai1 Chronicles 11:29, 20:4 Saphor, Sippai, 20:4 the giantor, Rapha, 2 Samuel 21:16, 21:20 *marg.Reciprocal17:8 - mighty men; 1 Chronicles 27:11 - Sibbecai Verse 19Elhananetc. Instead of