Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all - To these the author of Ch1 11:41 adds Zabad son of Ahlai.
Ch1 11:42 - Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him.
Ch1 11:43 - Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
Ch1 11:44 - Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
Ch1 11:45 - Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
Ch1 11:46 - Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
Ch1 11:47 - Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
The 4th and 5th verses are very obscure; L. De Dieu gives them a good meaning, if not the true one: -
"The perpe…
Read the whole note in the consoleJohn Gill on 2 Samuel 23:39
Uriah the Hittite,.... The husband of Bathsheba; of whom See Gill on 2 Samuel 11:3,
thirty and seven all; reckoning the three mighty men of the first class, the three of the second, and the third class consisting of thirty men, whose names are as above, and Joab the general and head of them all. In 1 Chronicles 11:41, Zabad the son of Ahlai follows Uriah as one of this catalogue; he succeeding in honour one that soon died, particularly Elika, 2 Samuel 23:25, who is omitted in Chronicles, where a list of fifteen more is given, 1 Chronicles 11:42; at the head of which stands Adina a Reubenite, "and thirty" are said to be "with him", according to our version; but should be rendered, as by Juni…
Read the whole note in the consoleKeil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 23:8–end
The 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…
