was inflifted. See the Note on r Sam. 24. 22. y Or, in an hill, in or near Gibeah; in a conſpicuous place for their greater infamy,and for the caution and terror of others who ſhould make any attempr upon the Gibeonites for the furure. z As a Sacrifice offered up to God to appeaſe his Wrath : or, unto the Lord, as was faid v. 6+ a 7. e Died: for ſo the word, rofal, is oft uſed, as Exod. 19. 21. 1 Chron. 21. 14. Pſal-g1. 7+ Jer. 39. laſt. Hiſ. 5: 5. or, were executeds b Which was before the Wheat-harveſt. ; io © And * Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took ſack- cloth, and ſpread it for her c upon the rock d, from che beginning of harveſt, until water dropped upon
them our of heaven e, and + ſuffered neicher the birds
the field g by night.
c As a Tent to dwell in? being informed that their Bodies were not to be taken away ſpeedily, as the courſe of the Law was in other and ordinary caſes, Deut: 21: 23+ but were to continue there until God was intreated, and did remove the preſent Judgment. And God was herein pleaſed to diſpenſe with his own Law,that it might plainly appear that theſe were nor put to death by David for politick Realons, as that he and his Sons might be fred from Com- petitors, which doubtleſs David's Enemies were ready to ſuggeſt ; but by God's ſpecial Command, who was pleaſed to execute this Judgment upon them,as partly and principally for the punithmenr of Saul's Sin fo ſecondarily tor the ſtabliſhing of David's Throne ro himſelf and to his Seed for ever, as he had promiſed. 4 In ſome convenient place in a Rock, near adjoyning. e :.e. Until they were
a fign of his Favour,and a mean to remove the Famine,which was cauſed by the want of it. f z. e. On their Carcaſſes. g From which ſhe might preſerve her ſelf and them by divers methods.
i: Andit was told Davidh what Rizpah the daugh- ter of Aiah the concubine of Saul had done.
hþ Who heard it with ſo much approbation, that he thought fit to imitate her Piety, being by her Example provoked ro do what hitherto he had negleSed.to beſtow an honourable Interment upen the remains of Saul and Jonathan, and, with them. upon thoſe that were now put to death,that the honour done to them herein,might be ſome comtort to this dejeted and diſconſolate Widow.
12 CT And David went and cook the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his ſon, from the men of Jabeſh-Gilead, which had ſtollen them from the ſtreec
of Beth-ſhan,where the * Philiſtines had hanged them,
when the Philiſtines had ſlain Saul in Gilboa :
13 And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his fon, and they gathered the bones i of them that were hanged.
3 Having firſt burnt off the Fleſh which remained upon them when they were taken down. Compare 1 Sam: 31:10, &c.
14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his ſon, bu- ried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah &, in the ſepulchre of Kith his father : and they performed all that the king commanded : and after that I God was intrearted for the land.
k A place in Benjamin, mentioned Joſh. 18. 28, 1 Affeer thoſe things were done which were before related ; 7. e. after they were hanged up : for by that God was pacified, and not by their burial. So the relative belongs ro the remorer antecedent. Or, if this re- late ro what was Jalt mentioned, the meaning is, that God was
pleaſed to reſtore the Bleſling of Plenty ro the Land.
15 Moreover, the Philiſtines had yet a war again
' with Iſrael ms, and David went down, and his ſervants She married ro this Aariel, but to Phalti or Phaltiel the ſon of Laiſh, |
with him, and fought againſt the Philiſtines, and Da- vid waxed faint.
m Theſe Wars though here related, were tranſa&ed long before this time : of which ſee the Notes onv. r. For it is no way proba- ble, cither, thar the Pil;f/nes being fo fully and perfectly ſub- dued by David, cp. 8: 1. ſhould in his days be in a capacity of waging War with the 1ſraelites : or,that Dawid in his old age would undertake to fight with a Giant, or that his People would permit him to do 1ſo. [
16 And Iſhbi-benob, which as of the ſons of || the grant », ( the weight of whole + ſpear weighed three hundred ſheke/s o of braſs in weight ) he being girded with a new ſword p, thought to have ſlain David.
n So called by way of eminency. Or, of Rapha,a Giant ſo called. o Sec 1 £272. 17: 5. fp Or rather, with a new Girdle or Belt : For, Firſt, 'This was the uſual habit of Souldiers, 1 Sam: 18: 4. 2 Sam, 18. 11+ and 20. 8. 1 Kings 2: 5. Iſa: 5. 27. and, when it was of an extraordinary faſhion and price, and Enlign of Dignity and Com- mand in the Army, Ezck. 23: 15. So this may be mentioned to norc, that this was the firſt rime either of his going our ro fight, o1 ofhis advancement to ſome eminent place in the Army: which made him deſirous to ſignalize himfelf with ſome great Ation. Second- ly, This Supplement is more natural and uſual, the word girdle be- ing cate ſupplied from the word being girded ; ſuch Elliptes of conjugate words being frequent in the Hebrew Tongue, as Nuzn: 11; 14, Pjal- 76: 12. Math. 29: 12. Thirdly, The newnels of the Sword ſcems to have no emphaſts nor ſignificancy for the preſent purpoſe ; ſeing an old and tried Sword would teem more confi- derable for his encouragement, than one new and unproved.
17 But Abiſhai the fon of Zeruiah ſuccoured him,
and {mote the Philiſtine, and killed him. Then * the +
men of David {ware unto him, ſaying, Thou ſhalt go
no more out with us to battel, that thou quench not the T light of Iſrael q.
9 Leſt chou be flain, and thereby thy People be ruined. Good Kings are in Scripture juſtly called the Lrght of their People, as i King, 1. 36, 2and4 15. 4. Pjal. 132. 17. becauſe rhe beaury and
: 7B 2 glory
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of the air to reſt on them by day f, nor the beaſts of g;
taken down: which was not to be done till God had given Rain as -
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Chap- 18: 3.
lamp.
Chap.
*, Chron. 20 4.
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If Or , Raphs.
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glory,the condutt and dire&ion,the comfort and ſafety, and welfare
of a People depends upon them, and comes from them.
again a battel wirh the Philiſtines at Gob /: then Sib- bechai the Huſhathite : flew * Saph, which as of the ſons of || the giant. 3