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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 23:11 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
2Sa 23:11 |
King James |
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Hararite - Interpreted to mean "mountaineer," one from the hill country of Judah or Ephraim. |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Lentiles - Or barley, as it is Ch1 11:13. For both might grow in the same field, in divers parts of it. And this fact is ascribed to Eleazar, Ch1 11:12, but it is implied, that he had some partner or partners in it; for it is there said, Ch1 11:14 they set themselves, &c. So Eleazar might fight in that part where the barley was and Shammah where the lentiles were. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A piece of ground full of lentiles - In Ch1 11:13 it is a parcel of ground full of barley. There is probably a mistake of עדשים adashim, lentiles, for שעורים seorim, barley, or vice versa. Some think there were both lentiles and barley in the field, and that a marauding party of the Philistines came to destroy or carry them off, and these worthies defeated the whole, and saved the produce of the field. This is not unlikely. |
14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.