r After the Bartel laſt mentioned. ſ Or, i Gezer,as it 1s 1 Chron. 20: 4. Whereby it ſeems Gob and Gezer were neighbouring Places, and. the Battel fought in the. Confines 6f both, £ One of David s worthies, 1 Chron. 11. 29- ; ; :
19. And there was again a bartel in Gob, with the Philiſtines, where Elhanan #, the ſon of Jaare-oregim, -a Bethlehemite,flew * the brother of Goliah the Gictite x, the ſtaff of whole ſpear was like a weavers beam y»
«Another of David's worthy and valiant Commanders. x The relative word Brother, is*not in the Hebrew Text, bur is fitly fup- -Plicd our of the parrallel place, 1 Chron. 20. 5- where It 1s expreſ- 1ed And ſuch defe&ts of relatives are not unuſual in Scripture. "Thus the word Wife is underſtood, Marth: 1.6: Jeh: 19: 25: and Father or Mother, Mar. 15: 40, 47. Compare with Mar: 16: 1: and - Lacke 24 10, and Sor, Matth: 4: 21: Mar. 2. 14. Joh. 21. 15. and Bro- _ther, Luke 6. 46. Compare with Jud. v. 1. And. ſuch Ellipies do alſo frequently occur in prophane Authors. Aithough the place - may bez and is otherwiſe rendered Elhanan the ſon of Jaare-oregim, ſlew Berh-halachmi or Lachmi, ( as he is called by way of abbrevia-
tion. 1 Chron; 20.5. which is very frequent in the Hebrew Tongue,) who was ( which words are frequently unde: ſtood in the Hebrew Text } with ( ſo eth is often rendred,as hath been noted before) Ge- liath the Gittite 5 i. e. in his Company, bred up with him to rhe War, and related to him as his Brother. Or, he /ew Beth-halachm: a Goliath ( or, another Gel/ath ) of Gath, or the Gittite. So the name of the Giant was Beth-halachmi, who may be here called Go- liath, not'only for his near relation ro him, being his Brother, bur for his exa@ reſemblance of him in Feature, or in Stature and Strength, or in Courage and Military Skill ; as John the Baptiſt was called Elias, .for the like reaſon. Peradventure alſo, after the dearh of the firſt and famous Goliath the Gitite, 18am. 17. that name wa "either given to him by others,or taken by himſelf. » In thickneſs. " See 1 Same 17, 7+ :
20 And there was yet a battel in Gath z, where
was a man of great {tature .*., that had on every hand
fix fingers, and on every foot ſix toes, four and twenty
in number, and he alſo was born to||che giant.
z 7, 6. In the Territory of the City of Gath. Which circumſtance intimates, that this, and conſequently the other Battels here de-" ſcribed, were fought before Dav.d had taken Gath our of the hand: of the Philiſtines, which he did 2 Sam. 8. 1. compare with 1 Chron. 18. 1. and therefore not in the laſt.days of Dawvig,as ſome conceive from their mention in this place. 7. Or, a man of Middin or Madon,'
the LXX render it, fo called from the place of his birth, as Ge-
'Frath is ſaid to be of Gath for the ſame reaſon.
21 And when he || defied Ifrael, Jonathan the ſon of * Shimea, the brother of David, flew him.
22 Theſe four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David «, and by the hand of his ſervants.
# Either, becauſe they were ſlain by his ConduR,and Counſel,or Concurrance ; for he contributed by his hand to the death of one of them, whilſt maintaining a fight with him, he gave Abijhai the eaſier opportunity of killing him, wer. 16. 17. or becauſe whar is
- done by the inferior Commanders, is commonly aſcribed to the General, both in Sacred and Prophane Writers, |
CHAP. XXII.
A Pſalm of thankſgiving for God's Powerful deliverance and manifold bleſſmz, 1 —— 51;
This Chapter is in a manner wholly the [ame with Pſalm
18. and therefore I ſhall adjourn ihe Expcſition of it to that place. |
* wp D David ſpake unto the LORD the words of | this ſong, in the day that the LORD had deli- vered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul,
2 And he ſaid, * The LORD is my rock, and my fortreſs, and my deliverer :
3 The God of my rock, in him will I cruſt : he 5s my ſhield, ard the horn of my falvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my ſaviour ; thou ſaveſt me from violence.
4 © will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praiſed-: ſo ſhall I be ſaved from mine enemies.
5 When the || waves of death compaſſed me ; the floods of + ungodly men made me afraid ; ;
6 The || ſorrows of heil compaſſed me about : the ſnares of death prevented me ;
7 In my diſtreſs I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God : and he did hear my voice out of his tem- ple, and my cry 4id enter into his ears,
8 Then the earth ſhook and trembled : the foun- dations- of heaven moved and ſhook, becauſe he was wroth.
9 There went up a ſmoke + out of his noſtrils, and u out of his mouch devoured : coals were. kindled
y It.
io He bowed the heavens alſo, and came down :
and darkneſs was under his feer.
11 And he rode upon a cherub, and did flee : and
| he was ſeen upon the wings of the wind. 18 * And it came to paſs after this r, that there was
12 And he made darkneſs paviilions round about him, F dark waters, «24 thick clouds of the skies. + Heb
13 Through the brightneſs before him were coals of %iy fire kindled, waters,
14 The LORD thundred from heaven, and the moſt High uttered his voice.
15 And he ſent out arrows, and ſcattered them : lightening, and diſcomfited them.
16 And the chanels of the ſea appeared, the foun- dations of the world were diſcovered, at the Rebuking of the LORD, at the blaſt of the breath of his noſtrils,
17 He ſent from above, he took me, he drew me out of || many waters. ;
18 He delivered me from my ftrong enemy, and from them that hated me : for they were too ſtrong for me.
19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the LORD was my ſtay.
20 He brought me forth alfo into a large place : he delivered me, becauſe he delighted in me.
21 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteouſneſs : according to the cleanneſs of my hands hath he recompenſed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all his judgments were before me : and as for his ſtatutes, I did not depart from themes
24 I was allo|| upright f before him,and have kept my ſelf from mine Iniquity. |
25 Therefore the LORD hath recompenſed me ac- cording to my: righteoutneſs : according to my clean- neſs f in his eye-fighr. + Heb. te
25 With the merciful thou wilt ſhew thy ſelf mer- forehig, ciful, ad with the upright man thou wilt ſhew thy lelf ap1ight,
27 With the pure thou wilt ſhew thy ſelf pure : and with the forward thou wilt ||ſhew thy felt unſavoury. || Or,