But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| stood | וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֤ב vai.yit.ya.Tzev | H3320 | to place (any thing so as to stay) · conjunction + verb, hithpael sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| midst | בְּתוֹךְ be.tokh- | H8432 | a bisection · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct |
| ground | הַֽחֶלְקָה֙ ha.chel.Kah | H2513 | properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute |
| defended | וַיַּצִּילֶ֔הָ vai.ya.tzi.Le.ha | H5337 | to snatch away · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular |
| slew | וַיַּ֖ךְ vai.Yakh | H5221 | to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| Philistines | פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים pe.lish.Tim | H6430 | a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute |
| LORD | יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| wrought | וַיַּ֥עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as | H6213 | to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| great | גְדוֹלָֽה ge.do.Lah | H1419 | great (in any sense) · adjective, feminine singular absolute |
| victory | תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה te.shu.'Ah | H8668 | rescue (literal or figurative · noun, common feminine singular absolute |
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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.
But he stood in the midst of the ground,.... The field of lentiles: and defended it; the field, so that the Philistines could not ravage it, and get food and forage from it: and slew the Philistines; made a great slaughter among them, entirely routed them, so that they that escaped his sword were obliged to flee: and the Lord wrought a great victory; to whom the glory of it belonged; a similar fact is ascribed to Eleazar before mentioned in 1 Chronicles 11:13; and, indeed, it seems to be the same, and in which they were both concerned; for it is plain from the account that there were more than one engaged in this action, since it is there said, "and they set themselves in the midst of tha…
Read the whole note in the consoleThe following list of David's heroes we also find in 1 Chron 11:10-47, and expanded at the end by sixteen names (Ch1 11:41-47), and attached in Ch1 11:10 to the account of the conquest of the fortress of Zion by the introduction of a special heading. According to this heading, the heroes named assisted David greatly in his kingdom, along with all Israel, to make him king, from which it is evident that the chronicler intended by this heading to justify his appending the list to the account of the election of David as king over all the tribes of Israel (Ch1 11:1), and of the conquest of Zion, which followed immediately afterwards. In every other respect the two lists agree with one another, ex…
Read the whole note in the consoleDictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
to collect the plunder: Cp. 1 Sam 30:9-10, 21-25.
From the mountain. From the mountain. For [war like] beast in the wild. [Gathering] to become troops like the beasts gather in the wild.
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