2 Samuel 21:21

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

In Context

20And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, twenty-four in number, and he also was born to the giant.

22These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:3And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, and there was a valley between them.

1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man who has come up? Surely to defy Israel he has come up. And it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and m

2 Samuel 13:3But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very sly man.

1 Chronicles 2:13and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 21:16-22

The Giants Subdued. ( b. c. 1020.) 15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. 17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto… Read the whole commentary →

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