x So the meaning is, He mu{t fill his Hand, or Arm himfelfw:h ſome Iron Weapon, whereby he may cut them down ; or, w/t/; 792 ftaff of a fpear, or ſome ſuch like thing, whereby he may thruſt them away from himſelf, that they do him no hurt. Or thus, he w:ll be filled, or will fill himſelf; i. e. his Hand, wherewith he artempted to touch, and take them with Thorns, as with Jron and the ſtaff of a ſpear. i: e: He will be as ſurely and ſorely wounded, as if one ſhould run the Iron-head, * and part of the Wood of a Spear, into his Hand. y Or, therefore, becauſe Men cannot ſafely touch them, therefore they will burn them up. Or, or, z: e: If they do not cut them down with Iron, or thruſt them away with the Staff of a Spear, they will burn and conſume them. ' z Or, i» their place, where they grow or ſtand ; and they will not trouble or hazard them- ſelves to remove them. Withal, it may imply. thar they ſhall be deſtroyed. when, and where they thought themiclves moſt ſecure, even in their;own place. And, it may poſſibly intimate, That rhoſe Children of Bel/al, the wicked and unbelieving Jews, who reje&ted and rebelled againſt the Meſia/, David's Succeſſor and their lawful King, ſhould bedeſtroycd in their great, and ſtrong, and Holy City j ran ng where the greateſt part of that People were gathered together as Fewel for the Fire, and were deſtroyed rogether by the Romans under Titus, where alſo their wicked Predecetiors had been deſtroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in former timese
8 4 Theſe be the names of the mighty men whom David had «; || The Tachmonite b that fate in the ſeat, chief among the captains ( the ſame was Adino c the Eznite d ) || he life up his ſpear e againit eight hun: dred f, whom he ilew at one time f.
. a 4, e. Of his chiefand moſt valiant Commanders. And as 1t was noted upon chap: 21; 1, that the things related in that Chaprer were done betore 4bſal:m's and Sheba's Rebellion though they be men- tioned afrer them ; ſo that Opinion 1s confirm d by this Catalogue, which though Placed here, was taken long before, as is manifeſt from hence, that 4{zhel! and Uriah are named here. And whercas there are ſome differences between this Liſt, and that, r Chron: x1: moſt of them are eafily reconciled by theſe rwo Confidcrations ; 1. That nothing is more common than for one Perion to have di- vers Names. 2. That as fome ofthe Worthies died, and others came in their ſteads ; 1o this muſt needs cauſe ſome alteration in the latter Catalogue, 1 Chron 11: trom this which was the former. 6 Or, Hachmonite, called Jaſhobeam, 1 Chron: 11: 11: from his place ; - or, as here, Jojbeb-basſbeberh ; ::; e; as we render it, that ſate in the ſcar ; #: e:Was, under Jeav, Chief, or Preſident of the Council of War, or Lieutenant ( /ocum tenens. ) c This was his proper Name. 4 So called, either from his Family, or trom the place of his Birth or Education. e Which words are fitly ſupplicd out of ; Ghron: 11: 11: where they are expreſſed. Or thus, he was above 800 ; ;: e. He conquered them. Sothere 1sonly an Ellipfts of the Verb ſubſtan- tive, which is moſt frequent. fIn one Bartel. which though it be ſtrange, yet cannot ſeem incredible,ſuppoſing him ro be a Perſon of extraordinary ſtrength and activity, and his Enemies to be weak, or diſcouraged, and fleeing away ; and efpecia/ly, God's lingular Blej- ſing, and Aſſiſtance : all which may very reaſfonabiy be tuppoled. Obj. But this Man is ſaid ro have flain only 3oo in 1 Chron, 11. 11. Anſw. 1. Poſhb'y he flew 800 at one time, and 300 at another : whereof the former is related here,as being moſt conliderable ; and the latter in the Book of Chronicles, which ſupplies many Paſſages omitted in the former Writings. 2. He flew 3oo with his own Hands, and the other 500, though killed by his Men, are ſaid to be flain by him, becauſe he was the chicf Caule of all their deaths ; for he by his undaunted Comage killing 300, put the rett to flighr, who were eaſily flain by his Soldiers, inthe Purſuit. 3. Some of the Hebrew Writers aftirm, That theſe were two diſtin Perſons, being called by differing Names ; the one the Eather, and the uther the Son , wao ſucceeded his Father, as in Strength and Valour, fo alſo in his place of Honour and Truſt.
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g Of the Children of A4hoah, 1 Chrin: 8:4; h 7. e. One of the firſt Three, ver. 19, 5; Who were with David at this time; or, who uſually attended upon David. k When he cither in the name of all the 1ſraelites or with the countenance and help of ſome of them, challenged the Ph:l:i;nes to fight. Or, when ſome of, or among the Philiſtines defied them : 7. e. The Iſraelites, according totheir manner, and the example of their great Goliath, 1 Sam. 17. 25, 36. Or, in Horpam (for tome make ita proper name of aPlace) among the Phil. Fines, 1 1. e. Fled away, 1 Chron. 11. 13. being diſmayed at the approach of their Enemies. Heb. aſcended, i.e. Vaniſhed away like Smoke which aſcends, and ſo diſappears, as that Verb is oftuitd.
1o He arole mz, and {mote the Philiftines until his hand was weary, <nd his hand clave untothe {word » : and the L O R D wrought a great victory that day :; and the people returned after him only to ſpoil -. .
”n i.e, He undertook the work, as that word ſometimes is uſed. Or, he food, ( as it ſometimes fignifics ) when the reſt fled. nr Ei- ther through Swear or Blood, or by a contrattion of the Sinews. Or thus, jet aid his hand cleave to hu ſword; i. e. Though he was weary, he di notdefiſt, but continued bghring. .. 7, e. Lo purſue the Enc- 3y whom he had diſcomfired, and to take their Spoil
1x Andafter himwas * Shammalithe forof Agcethe Hararite : and the Philiſtines were gathered together {| into 2 troop, Wi1ere was 2 picce of grcund iull of ientiles
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