2 Samuel 21:18

2Sa 21:18 And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which [was] of the sons of the giant.

Ver. 18. There was again a battle.]

“ Nunquam bella bonis, nunquam discrimina desunt:

Et quicum certet, mens pia semper habet. ”

At Gob.] Which was near unto Gezar. See 1Ch 20:4. Some {a} for Gob read Nob, but that is not right.

{a} Sept. Vat. Osiander.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

2Sa_21:18-22

Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.

On doing valiantly

If his master bids him perform exploits too hard for him, he draws upon the resources of omnipotence, and achieves impossibilities. Wellington sent word to his troops one night: Cindad Rodrigo must be taken to-night. And what do you think was the commentary of the British soldiers appointed for attack? Then, said they all, we will do it. So, when our great Captain sends round, as He doth to us, the word of command, Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature, if we were all good soldiers of the Cross, we should say at once, We will do it. However hard the task, since God Himself is with us to be our Captain, and Jesus the Priest of the Most High is with us to sound the trumpet, we will do it in Jehovahs name. (C. H. Spurgeon.)

Deeds

When a man dies they who survive him ask, what property Ire has left behind; the angel who bends over the dying one asks what good deeds he has sent before him. (H. W. Beecher.)

What one can do

In one of the Napoleonic wars a young soldier complained to his commanding officer that his sword was too short. Then add a step to it, was the curt and significant reply. When I hear, says the Rev. W. L. Watkinson, a man say, You know you cannot do more than you can do, I am always still for a moment. It is such a philosophic sentence that it can only be taken in slowly. But you never know what you can do until you put your soul into it--until you add a step. Says Paul to Timothy: Stir up the gift that is in thee. And it is not so much a question of environment as it is a question of soul; it is not a question of opportunity, because it is in thee.

Action more than knowledge

It is not the man who knows most, but the one that does best, that wins the victory, Grant, and Meade, and Sheridan could have been taught many lessons by our learned professors of military tactics and strategy, but none of these could have guided his forces to victory as Grant did at Chatanooga, Meade at Gettysberg, or have hurled his masses as Sheridan did at Winchester. Action guided by knowledge, if you will, but better action without knowledge than much knowledge and feeble action. (General Sherman.)

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The Biblical Illustrator, edited by Joseph S. Exell (c. 1880s–1900s) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

2Sa 21:18. After this — After the battle last mentioned. There was again a battle at Gob — Or in Gezer, as in 1Ch 20:4, whereby it seems Gob and Gezer were neighbouring places, and the battle was fought in the confines of both. Sibbechai the Hushathite — One of David’s worthies, 1Ch 11:29; slew Saph — One of the same race of Rephaims, descended from the Anakims.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

21:18 The location of Gob is uncertain.

Tyndale Open Study Notes — © Tyndale Open Resources, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Called Gezer, and Saph is called Sippai, 1 Chron. 20:4.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.

Verse 18. A battle - at Gob] Instead of Gob, several editions, and about forty of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., have nob; but Gezer is the name in the parallel place, 1Ch 20:4.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

(18) At Gob.—Comp. 2Sa_21:19. The place is otherwise unknown. 1Ch_20:4 reads “Gezer,” and the LXX. substitutes “Gath.” (Comp. 2Sa_21:20.) It is not at all remarkable that the names of many small places should be lost after the lapse of three thousand years, nor that the locality of the hamlet should be marked in the later chronicles by the better known neighbouring town of Gezer.

Sibbechai the Hushathite.—Comp. 1Ch_20:4. He is also mentioned in the list of heroes (1Ch_11:29); but in 2Sa_23:27 the name is changed into “Mebunnai the Hushathite by a slight alteration in the letters of the original. He was captain of the eighth division of the army (1Ch_26:11). The giant whom he slew is called “Sippai” in the parallel place in Chronicles, and it is there said that the Philistines were subdued.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

18. at Gob] A place mentioned only here and in 2Sa_21:19. The Sept. reads Gath, the parallel passage in Chron. Gezer; and we must suppose that Gob is either a corruption of the text, or some otherwise unknown place perhaps in the neighbourhood of Gezer, for which see note on ch. 2Sa_5:25.

Sibbechai the Hushathite] One of David’s heroes (1Ch_11:29), general of the eighth division of the army (1Ch_27:11). See note on ch. 2Sa_23:27.

Saph] Written Sippai in Chron., where it is added that the Philistines were subdued.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines,.... Another battle with them in the same place:

where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite; the word "brother" is rightly supplied from Ch1 20:5; where his name is said to be Lahmi, for not Goliath himself was slain, though some so interpret it, and take Elhanan to be David; so Jarchi, and with which agrees the Targum; but he was slain not at Gob, but in the valley of Elah, nor had David any such name as Elhanan; he was one of David's worthies, Sa2 23:24; where he is called the son of Dodo, and in Ch1 20:5, the son of Jair; and Lahmi there may not be the name of Goliath's brother, but, as here, the country name of Elhanan; for the words (z) there may be rendered,"and Elhanan the son of Jair, the Lehemite (i.e. the Bethlehemite), slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite,''and so perfectly agrees, with this:

the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam; not of Goliath's brother, but of Goliath himself, Sa1 17:7.

(z) Vid. Buxtorf. Anticritic. par. 2. c. 2. p. 421.

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A battle in Gob - In the parallel passage (marginal reference), “Gezer” is named as the field of this battle. However, Gath is named 2Sa 21:20, 2Sa 21:22 in a way to make it probable that Gath was the scene of all the battles. The Septuagint in this verse has “Gath.”

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Gob, as Gazer was called by the Philistines; (1 Paralipomenon xx. 4.; Salien) unless (Haydock) the former word be a mistake of the transcriber. (Calmet) --- Septuagint (Alexandrian) reads, Geth. (Haydock) --- Sobochai, one of David’s valiant men, 1 Paralipomenon xi. 29. --- Saphai is added in 1 Chron. xx.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

After this; after the battle last mentioned.

At Gob, or, in Gezer, as it is 1Ch 20:4; whereby it seems Gob and Gezer were neighbouring places, and the battle fought in the confines of both.

Sibbechai the Hushathite; one of David’s worthies, 1Ch 11:29.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

18. Gob — According to the parallel passage in 1Ch_20:4, the place of this battle was Gezer, on the situation of which see Jos_10:33. The site of Gob is not known, but it was probably close by Gezer.

Sibbechai — Probably identical with the Mebunnar of 2Sa_23:27, and one of David’s mighty men. 1Ch_27:11.

Hushathite — So called from Hushah, his native town.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Gob. In the parallel passage (1Ch_20:4) this place is called Gezer, and the Septuagint has Gath. It was probably some unimportant spot, except as being the site of this battle, and the scribes, knowing nothing about it, made corrections at their fancy. Sibbechai the Hushathite. The name is spelt in the same way in 1Ch_11:29 and 1Ch_20:4, but in the list of the mighties he is called Mebunnai. (2Sa_23:27) In 1Ch_27:11 we find that he had the command of the eighth division of the army, consisting of twenty-four thousand men. He is called "the Hushathite," as being a descendant of Hushah, of the family of Judah, in 1Ch_4:4. Saph, which was of the sons of the giant; Hebrew, of the Raphah: He is called Sippai in 1Ch_20:4.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

After this - After the battle last mentioned.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

It came about after this that

This phrase marks the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

Gob

This is the name of a town. (See: How to Translate Names)

Sibbekai ... Saph ... Elhanan son of Jair ... Goliath

These are names of men. (See: How to Translate Names)

Hushathite ... Rephaim ... Bethlehemite ... Gittite

These are names of people groups. (See: How to Translate Names)

Rephaim

This people group was known for its giant warriors. (See: How to Translate Names)

whose spear was like a weaver's beam

When a person was weaving a cloth he would run the threads through hooks attached to large sticks called a "weaver's beam." This means Goliath's spear was larger than a normal spear. (See: Simile)

translationWords

Philistines

spear

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There was more war. This [war] came before all [those mentioned here] and is only recounted here to combine the deaths of the four sons of Orpoh.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.