As they are ſaid not #6 eat the Lords Supper, 1 Gor: 11:20. who did eat
it 12 a finful and irregular manner.
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David wade King at Hebron : by Joabs wallour winneth the Caſtle of Zion from the Febuſites : repaireth the city of Jeruſalem, 1 9, A Cata-=
logue of his mighty men, 10 47- Hen * all Ifrael 2 gathered themſelves to David unto Hebron, ſaying, Behold, we are thy bone
and thy fleſh. 4Y s i.e. All the Tribes ef Iſrael, as it is expreſſed, 2 Sam: 5:1. 75.e. their Elders,as it is here ſaid v.3- and Officers,and a great multitude
of the Souldiers and People. _ |
+ Heb: 2 And moreover,7 in time paſt,even when Saul was bub yeſter- king, thou waſt he that leddeſt out, and broughteſt in
F Heb. Iſai.
day & the Tſrael : and the LORD thy God ſaid unto thee b,Thou $0: ” ſhalt || feed my people Lirael, and thou ſhalt be ruler "8% over my people [{rael.
þ Or, concermng thee : for it is apparent that they knew of it ; and therefore many of them oppoſed David hitherto againſt their own Conſciences.
3 Therefore came all the elders of Iſrael to the king ro Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Iſrael, according to the word of the LORD |
+ Heb. by + by * Samuel.
*be haud ef 4 And David and all Ifrael * went out to Jeruſalem c, * 1Sam: which is Jebus, where the Jebuſites were, the inhabitants 16: 1]. of the land. | Aa Sad this and the three following Verſes ſee the Notes on 2 Sam: ers . Og XC,
5 And the inbabitants of Jebus ſaid to David, Thou
ſhalt not come hither. Nevertheleſs David took the
caftle of Zion, which #s the city of David.
6 And David ſaid, whoſoever ſmitteth the Jebuſite + Heb. firſt, ſhall be + chief and captain; So Joab the ſon of head, Tervjah went firſt up, and was chief d. | d Before this he was one of Davids Chief Captains,2 Sam:3:22:23. [| That is, and General of the Forces of Judah ; but now he is made Captain- Zion General of all the Forces of Iſrael and Judah. 2Sam:5:7: 7 And David dwelt in the caſtle ; therefore they t Heb: called || it, The city of David. TH, 8 And he built the city round about :even from Mil- 15+ :>-. 10 round about:and Joab Þ repaired the reſt of the city. $o= .
ing andin= 9 So David | waxed greater and greater : for the creaſing, LORD of hoſts was with him. "259M: 70 * Theſe alſo are the chief of the mighty men ior ' p14 Whom David had,(who || ſtrengthened themſelves with f#rongly him in his kingdom e,and with all Iiracl f, co maks him | with him,
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king, according to the word of the LORD,concerning [ſrael. |
e Who helped him with all their Might to ſettle him is his Kingdom. f In conjunQtion with all thoſe Loyal Iſraelites who joyned with David .; of whom ſee the next Chapter.
11 And this is the number of the mighty men, whom David had :) Jaſhobeam|] an Hachmonite g the chief of || Or, (n the captains: he lift up his ſpear againſt three hundreq, Y #4 ſlain by him h at one time. "os
g Called the Tachmonite and Adino the Eznite, 2 Sams 23:8. h To wit,by his own Hand,5oo more being ſlain by others then joyning with him,who purſued the Viory that he alone gor,& in the pur- ſuit flew 500, both which Sums make up the 800 numbred 2 Sam: 24: 8. the ſlaughter of all which is juſtly aſcribed to him, becauſe jr was the Effet of his Valour. Bur concerning that and other Dif. fcrences about theſe Perſons or Things,ſee my Notes on 2 Sam: 23,
12 And after him was Eleazar the fon of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
13 He was with David at [| Paſdammim, and three the Phiiſtins were gathered together to battel, where br ag was a parcel of ground full of Barley, and the people mi, fled from before the Philiſtines, 1Samcinej,
14 And they || ſet themſelves in the midſt of that . Or ford, parcel, and delivered it,and flew the Philiſtines,and the _— LORD faved ther by a great || deliverance. . HOrghru
15 Now || three of the thirty captains * went down *2-in: co the rock to David, into the cave of Addullem, and jj” the hoſt of the Philiſtines encamped in the valley of *
- * 2 Sam, Rephaim. =
3'13. 16 And David was then in the hold, and the Phili- | 0r,46 ſtins [| garriſon was then at Beth-lehem. PW.
17 And David longed and ſaid, O that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem that zs at the gate.
18 And the three brake through the hoſt of the Phi. liſtines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to Da- rid. But David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.
19 And ſaid, My God forbid it me, that T ſhould do chis thing : ſhall I drink the blood of theſe men, + that + Heb, have pur their lives in jeopardy ? for with the jeopardy of with this their lives they brought it : therefore he would not liv, drink it- Theſe things did theſe three mightieſt 3.
,* Heb. rheſe three mighties, to wit, laſt mentioned, whereof one was 4*ijhar, v.20. For the Atts of two of the firſt three are here patſed over, being recorded 2 Sam, 23.
20 And Abiſhai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his ſpear againſt three hundred, he flew hem k, and:had a name among the three.
k He vanquiſhed them all,and flew a great number of them ; tho'
it be not ſaid that he ſlew them all at one time, as it is ſaid of of Jaſhobeam above wv 11.
21 * Of tne three he was more honourable than the * , 5,9; ewo, for he was their captain, howbeit he attained nov :3:9.&c, unto the fir three /.
{ He did not equal them in valiant Exploits.
22 Benayjah the ſon of Jet.ojada, the ſon of a valiant man of Kabzeel, + who had done many acts: he flew + yy; ewo lion-like men of Moab : alſo he went down, and gre of ſlew a lion ina pitin a ſnowy day. deeds,
23 And he ſlew an Egyptian, + a man of great ſta- , ,,,, eur:, hve cubits high, and in the Egyptians hand was a , manef ſpear like a weavers beam, and he went down to him meſure, with a ſtaif, and pluckt the ſpear out of the Egyptians hand, and flew him with his own ſpear.
24 Theſe things did Benajah the ſon of Jehojada, and had the name » among the three mighties.
m Or, had a name, i. e. was greatly reputed : For though he did
not equal Ab:iſhai, one of theſe three, as appears by v. 20,21. yet he did excel the third of them, and all the thirty here following.
25 Behold, he was honourable among the thircy,but attained not to the fr# three ; and David ſet him over his T guard ».