撒母耳记下 21:17

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

洗魯雅的兒子亞比篩幫助了大衛；亞比篩擊打那非利士人，把他殺死了。那時，跟隨大衛的人向他起誓說：“以後你不可再與我們一同出去打仗，免得以色列的燈熄滅了。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
但 洗 鲁 雅 的 儿 子 亚 比 筛 帮 助 大 卫 ， 攻 打 非 利 士 人 ， 将 他 杀 死 。 当 日 ， 跟 随 大 卫 的 人 向 大 卫 起 誓 说 ： 以 後 你 不 可 再 与 我 们 一 同 出 战 ， 恐 怕 熄 灭 以 色 列 的 灯 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ Again there was war between the Philistines and Israel. David and his men went out to fight the Philistines, but David became tired. ¹⁶ Ishbi-Benob, one of the sons of Rapha, had a bronze spearhead weighing about seven and one-half pounds and a new sword. He planned to kill David, ¹⁷ but Abishai son of Zeruiah killed the Philistine and saved David's life. Then David's men made a promise to him, saying, "Never again will you go out with us to battle. If you were killed, Israel would lose its greatest leader." ¹⁸ Later, at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, another one of the sons of Rapha. ¹⁹ Later, there was another battle at Gob with the Philistines. Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim from Bethlehem killed Goliath from Gath. His spear was as large as a weaver's rod. ²⁰ At Gath another battle took place. A huge man was there; he had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four fingers and toes in all. This man also was one of the sons of Rapha. ²¹ When he challenged Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah, David's brother, killed him. ²² These four sons of Rapha from Gath were killed by David and his men.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Abishai: 2 Samuel 20:6-10

succoured: 2 Samuel 22:19, Psalms 46:1, Psalms 144:10

Thou shalt: 2 Samuel 18:3

quench: 2 Samuel 14:7, 1 Kings 11:36, 1 Kings 15:4, Psalms 132:17, John 1:8, John 1:9, John 5:35

light: Heb. candle, or lamp

Reciprocal: Exodus 18:23 - and all this Deuteronomy 31:2 - I can no more 1 Chronicles 11:20 - Abishai 1 Chronicles 18:12 - Moreover Jeremiah 40:15 - wherefore Acts 19:30 - the disciples Hebrews 11:34 - escaped

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things happened, the Lord spoke his word to Abram in a vision: "Abram, don't be afraid. I will defend you, and I will give you a great reward."

Genesis 16:9
The angel of the Lord said to her, "Go home to your mistress and obey her."

Genesis 16:11
The angel added, "You are now pregnant, and you will have a son. You will name him Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your cries.

Genesis 21:1
The Lord cared for Sarah as he had said and did for her what he had promised.

Genesis 21:2
Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. Everything happened at the time God had said it would.

Genesis 21:4
He circumcised Isaac when he was eight days old as God had commanded.

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."

Genesis 21:14
Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a leather bag full of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son, Hagar went and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 46:3
Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make your descendants a great nation there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him,.... Observing him in danger, made haste to his relief:

and smote the Philistine, and killed him; it seems as if Abishai engaged with the Philistine, and killed him; but inasmuch as it will bear to be interpreted of David, and since the four giants here and hereafter mentioned are said to fall by the hand of David and his servants, 2 Samuel 21:22, it may be thought that this man fell by his hand; seeing it is clear that all the rest fell by the hands of his servants:

then the men of David sware unto him; after they had observed the danger he was exposed unto, and how narrowly he escaped with his life:

saying, thou shalt go no more with us to battle; they had persuaded him not to go to the battle with Absalom; they had suffered him to go with them now, he being, no doubt, forward and pressing to it; but now they were resolute, and determined he should never go more:

that thou quench not the light of Israel; signifying that their glory and prosperity depended on his life, and that, should he be taken away, they should be in affliction and adversity, their honour and their happiness would be at an end; the Targum is,

"thou mayest not extinguish the kingdom of Israel,''

the light and glory of it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 21:17. That thou quench not the light of Israel. — David is here considered as the lamp by which all Israel was guided, and without whom all the nation must be involved in darkness. The lamp is the emblem of direction and support. Light is used in this sense by Homer: -

Ουδε τι Πατροκλῳ γενομην φαος, αυδ ' ἑταροισιπ

Τοις αλλοις, οἱ δη πολεες δαμεν Ἑκτορι διῳ.

Iliad, lib. xviii. ver. 102.

"I have neither been a LIGHT to Patroclus nor to his

companions, who have been slain by the noble Hector."