2 Samuel 21:21

And he reproached Israel: and Jonathan the son of Samae the brother of David slew him.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20A fourth battle was in Geth: where there was a man of great stature, that had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, four and twenty in all, and he was of the race of Arapha.

22These four were born of Arapha in Geth, and they fell by the hand of David, and of his servants.

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Cross References

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

1 Samuel 17:25And some one of Israel said: Have you seen this man that is come up, for he is come up to defy Israel. And the man that shall slay him, the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make his father's house free from tribute in Israel.

2 Samuel 13:3Now Ammon had a friend, named Jonadab the son of Semmaa the brother of David, a very wise man: A very wise man... That is, a crafty and subtle man: for the counsel he gave on this occasion shews that his wisdom was but carnal and worldly.

1 Chronicles 2:13And Isai begot Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

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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