o Or Barlcy, as it is 1Chron 11: 13 For bcth might very well grow in the lame Field, in divers parts of it And this faCt is aſcribed ro Eleazar, 1 Chron. 11.12. but ſo as itisimplied, that he had ſome *artner or Partners in 1t ; for it is there faid; v. 14. They ſet themſelves, &c. So Eleaxer might and and fight in that part where the Barley was; and Shammah there were the Lentiles were.
12 But he ſtood in the midft of the ground ard de. fended it p, and ſlew the Philiſtines : and the LORD wrought a great victory. Þ That the Philifines could neither burn, nor tread it down, and {ſpoil it, nor carry it away.
12 || And three of the thirty q chief went down ard
came to David, in the harveſt-time, unto the cave of ,, ” JIE
JS Either, 1. The Three already named, as is generally ſuppoſed, becauſe is is ſaid of them in the cloſc ofthis Hiſtory, 1 Chron. 1. 19, Theſe things did thoſe three mightieſt. But in the Hebrew it is only, theſe three mighty men, as the ſame words are rendred here, wer, 17, Or rather, 2. The following zhree; for it 1s expreſly ſaid, both here, werſe 16 and 1 Chron 11 20. That Abijbai was chief, and therefore one of the three : and this Three are plainly diſtinguiſhet from the firſt Three, verſe 19: and 1 Chron, 11. 2<. © Which was a ſtrong Place where David had been before,. s Sam: 22: 1, &Cc. and where he had now again fortined himſelf in the beginning of his Reign, when the Phil:/tines were too ſtrong for him. 5s Of which ſee above, Chap: 5- 18.
14 And David was then in an hold, and the gariſon of the Philiſtines was then in Berhlehem.
' I5 And David longed, and ſaid, O that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem e,
which z by the gate !
z Being hot and thirſty, he expreſſeth how acceptable a draught of that warer would be to him; as is uſual with Men to doin ſuch calcs : but was far from deſiring, or expeCting that any of his Men ſhould hazard their Lives to procure it, as appears from verſe 17.
16 Andthe three mighty men brake through the hoſt of the Philiftines «, and drew water out of the well of Bethlchem, that was by the gate, and took #7, and brought ix to David : nevertheleſs he would not drink
thereof x, but poured it our unto the LORD jy.
« Which was in the Valley of Rephaim, werſe 13: and in the way to Bethlehem, x Leſt by gratifying himſelfupon ſuch terms,he thould ſeem either to ſet roo high a Price upon the ſatisfaftion of bis Ap= petite: or too low a Price upon the Lives of his Soldiers,or ſhould encourage others to the like vain-g!orious and fooiiſh Atremprts; ) As a kind of Drink-offeringy and ackaowledgment of God's Good- neſs in preſerving the Lives of his Captains in fo dangerous an En- rerprize ; and to ſhew, that he etteemed it as a Sacred thing, which conſidering all things, it was not fit for him to drink it.
17 And he ſaid, Beit far from me, O LORD, that IT ſhould do this : « not#this the blood of the men z that went in Jeopardy of their lives ? therefore he would not drink it. Theſe things did theſe three
mighty men 4.
Z 7, e. The Price of their Blood or Lives, which they rafhly ex- poſed ro manifeſt h:zard. # Either one of theſe Three are here omitted, as one of the firſt Three is not named . 1 Chron; 11. Or Aviſbai, who tollows next, was one of theſe Three.
18 And * Abiſnai the brother of joab the fon of +; (49 Zeruiah, was chief among three, and - he lift up his 11: 2: {pear againſt three hundred, Þ and ſlew them b, and had © Heb.
ſcam,
te name among the three c. b He fought with, and killed 300 Men in one Battel: « 7; e: Was the molt famous and eminent among them, | 19 Was he not moſt honourab:e of three ? therefore he was their captain : howbeit, he attained not unto
the jr three 4d. da He fcll ſhort of them in Strength and Valour.
20 And Benaiah the ſon of Jehoiada, the ſon of a valiant man, of Kabzeel e, fF who had done many acts f, + Heb, he flew two flion-like men g of Moab:he went down alſo gr i and ſlew a lion in the midit of a pit & in time of ſnow 5.
e A Place in Judah, Joſh. 15. 21. f This may belong either to Lins of Benaiah, or to his Father ; to note, thar Bena:zah was a Son becoming G j ſuch a Father. g For Courage and Strength. Or, Lions of God ; "m 7. e. Great and ſtrong Loins. Or, two Gigantick Perſons ; and there- fore both ſo called, as being either equal in might, or Brethren by birth. + Wherehe put himſelfunder a neceflity, either of killing, or being killed. 5 When Lions are mol? fierce,both from the ſharp- f Heb: neſs of their Appetite in cold Seaſons, and from want of Proviſions, a!
Cattel being then ſhut up, and fed at home. COuntenam: 21 And he flew an Egyptian, + a goodly man & : and or feb ane
the Egyptian hada ſpear in his hand ; but he went down +. co him with a ſtaff /, and plucked the ſpear out of the ;;; :;:
Egyptians hand, and flew him with his own ſpear. a man if k For Stature, as it is expreſſed, 1 Chron. 11. 23, 1 Without a great /*
Sword, or any warlike Weapon. ture. 22 Thele things did Benaiah the ſon of Jehoiada, and os, "
had the name among three mighty men. —_ "
23 He was ||inore honourable than the thirty, but ;;;-1. he attained not to rhe fir# three: and David ſet kim || Or, over his || Þ guard m. | —_— mm Hleb. over ( tor el is ſometimes put for al ) the Men ( which | Pont is 0ft underſiood, as hath been noted before ) of his command> $0 his =
ae | al ' his Guard 15 called, becauſe they were always at the King's hand, ®
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ready to hear and receive the King's Commands, and to put them in execution. Over the Chererhites and Pelethites ; as appears by com- paring 2Samm, 8. 18. and 20+ 23. who were faithful and obedtent to him, when others revolted from him, Chap 15. 18. : 24 * Aſahe) the brother of Joab was one of the thir-
ty », Flhanan the ſon of Dodo of Bethlehem, | " 2 Heb. with, or among the thirty ; not only as one, but as the chief of them. :
25 Shammah the Harodite s, Elika the Harodite,