7But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
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Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-8)The Philistines were nearly subdued (1 Chron. 18:1); but, as in the destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua the sons of Anak were last subdued (Josh. 11:21), so here in the conquest of the Philistines the giants of Gath were last brought down. In the conflicts between grace and corruption there are some sins which, like these giants, keep their ground a great while and are not mastered without muc…
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