2 Samuel 21:21

And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shim'ah, the brother of David, slew him.

Leeser Tanakh

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 a battle in Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, [in all] four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the Raphah.

22These four were born to the Raphah 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 a mountain on the one side, and the Israelites stood on a mountain on the other side: and the valley was between them.

1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is coming forth? for to defy Israel is he coming forth; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him,—him will the king enrich with great riches, and his daughter will he give him, and his father's house will he make free in Israel.

2 Samuel 13:3But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Yonadab, the son of Shim'ah, David's brother; and Yonadab was a very sensible man.

1 Chronicles 2:13And Ishai begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shim'a 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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