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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  2 Samuel 21"
description: "Overview  2 Samuel 21:1, The three years’ famine for the Gibeonites ceases, by hanging seven of Saul’s sons; 2 Samuel 21:10, Rizpah’s kindness unto the d"
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**Overview**
**** [2 Samuel 21:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/1), The three years’ famine for the Gibeonites ceases, by hanging seven of Saul’s sons; [2 Samuel 21:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/10), Rizpah’s kindness unto the dead; [2 Samuel 21:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/12), David buries the bones of Saul and Jonathan in his father’s sepulchre; [2 Samuel 21:15](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/15), Four battles against the Philistines, wherein four valiants of David slay four giants.

am 2986, bc 1018, An, Ex, Ex, Is, 473
**a famine:** [Genesis 12:10](../../../kjv/genesis/12/10), [Genesis 26:1](../../../kjv/genesis/26/1), [Genesis 41:57](../../../kjv/genesis/41/57), [Genesis 42:1](../../../kjv/genesis/42/1), [Genesis 43:1](../../../kjv/genesis/43/1), [Leviticus 26:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/19), [Leviticus 26:20](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/20), [Leviticus 26:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/26), [1 Kings 17:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/1), [1 Kings 18:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/2), [2 Kings 6:25](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/25), [2 Kings 8:1](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/1), [Jeremiah 14:1-18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/1-18)
**inquired:** Heb. sought the face, etc
**of the Lord:** [2 Samuel 5:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/19), [2 Samuel 5:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/23), [Numbers 27:21](../../../kjv/numbers/27/21), [1 Samuel 23:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/2), [1 Samuel 23:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/4), [1 Samuel 23:11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/11), [Job 5:8-10](../../../kjv/job/5/8-10), [Job 10:2](../../../kjv/job/10/2), [Psalms 50:15](../../../kjv/psalms/50/15), [Psalms 91:15](../../../kjv/psalms/91/15)
**It is:** [Joshua 7:1](../../../kjv/joshua/7/1), [Joshua 7:11](../../../kjv/joshua/7/11), [Joshua 7:12](../../../kjv/joshua/7/12)
**Saul:** [1 Samuel 22:17-19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/17-19)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5) - visiting [Exodus 20:7](../../../kjv/exodus/20/7) - guiltless [Exodus 23:32](../../../kjv/exodus/23/32) - shalt make [Exodus 33:7](../../../kjv/exodus/33/7) - sought [Leviticus 4:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/4/22) - a ruler hath sinned [Deuteronomy 19:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/13) - but thou [Joshua 2:17](../../../kjv/joshua/2/17) - *General* [Joshua 6:18](../../../kjv/joshua/6/18) - and trouble it [Joshua 9:3](../../../kjv/joshua/9/3) - Gibeon [Joshua 9:20](../../../kjv/joshua/9/20) - lest wrath [Ruth 1:1](../../../kjv/ruth/1/1) - a famine [2 Samuel 21:5](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/5) - The man [2 Samuel 24:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/1) - again [2 Samuel 24:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/13) - seven [2 Kings 4:38](../../../kjv/2-kings/4/38) - a dearth [1 Chronicles 21:7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/7) - he smote [1 Chronicles 21:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/12) - three years' famine [Esther 9:27](../../../kjv/esther/9/27) - and upon their seed [Psalms 15:4](../../../kjv/psalms/15/4) - sweareth [Psalms 26:9](../../../kjv/psalms/26/9) - bloody men [Psalms 27:4](../../../kjv/psalms/27/4) - inquire [Psalms 51:14](../../../kjv/psalms/51/14) - Deliver [Psalms 109:14](../../../kjv/psalms/109/14) - Let the [Proverbs 17:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/17/13) - *General* [Jeremiah 32:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/32/18) - recompensest [Jonah 1:11](../../../kjv/jonah/1/11) - What [Micah 6:9](../../../kjv/micah/6/9) - hear [Haggai 1:6](../../../kjv/haggai/1/6) - have [Haggai 1:9](../../../kjv/haggai/1/9) - Because [2 Timothy 3:3](../../../kjv/2-timothy/3/3) - trucebreakers

**now the:** [Joshua 9:3-21](../../../kjv/joshua/9/3-21)
**the Amorites:** The Gibeonites were Hivites, not Amorites, as appears from [Joshua 6:19](../../../kjv/joshua/6/19), but Amorites is a name often given to the Canaanites in general. [Genesis 15:16](../../../kjv/genesis/15/16)
**in his zeal:** [Deuteronomy 7:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/16), [1 Samuel 14:44](../../../kjv/1-samuel/14/44), [1 Samuel 15:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/8), [1 Samuel 15:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/9), [2 Kings 10:16](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/16), [2 Kings 10:31](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/31), [Luke 9:54](../../../kjv/luke/9/54), [Luke 9:55](../../../kjv/luke/9/55), [John 16:2](../../../kjv/john/16/2), [Romans 10:2](../../../kjv/romans/10/2), [Galatians 4:17](../../../kjv/galatians/4/17)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 20:7](../../../kjv/exodus/20/7) - guiltless [Exodus 23:32](../../../kjv/exodus/23/32) - shalt make [Deuteronomy 7:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/7/2) - make no [Joshua 2:17](../../../kjv/joshua/2/17) - *General* [Joshua 5:1](../../../kjv/joshua/5/1) - all the kings [Joshua 6:22](../../../kjv/joshua/6/22) - as ye sware unto her [Joshua 9:15](../../../kjv/joshua/9/15) - made peace [1 Kings 2:43](../../../kjv/1-kings/2/43) - Why [1 Kings 15:19](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/19) - break thy league [1 Chronicles 1:14](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/1/14) - Amorite [2 Chronicles 16:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/16/3) - break [2 Chronicles 36:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/13) - who had [Nehemiah 3:7](../../../kjv/nehemiah/3/7) - the Gibeonite [Esther 9:27](../../../kjv/esther/9/27) - and upon their seed [Psalms 15:4](../../../kjv/psalms/15/4) - sweareth [Ezekiel 17:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/17/16) - whose oath [Acts 22:3](../../../kjv/acts/22/3) - was [Philippians 3:6](../../../kjv/philippians/3/6) - zeal [Hebrews 6:16](../../../kjv/hebrews/6/16) - an oath

**wherewith:** [Exodus 32:30](../../../kjv/exodus/32/30), [Leviticus 1:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/1/4), [1 Samuel 2:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/2/25), [Micah 6:6](../../../kjv/micah/6/6), [Micah 6:7](../../../kjv/micah/6/7), [Hebrews 9:22](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/22), [Hebrews 10:4-12](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/4-12)
**bless:** [2 Samuel 20:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 30:15](../../../kjv/exodus/30/15) - give less than [Numbers 25:13](../../../kjv/numbers/25/13) - atonement [2 Samuel 24:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/21) - the plague [1 Kings 1:47](../../../kjv/1-kings/1/47) - bless [Psalms 28:9](../../../kjv/psalms/28/9) - bless [Galatians 3:13](../../../kjv/galatians/3/13) - for

**We will:** etc. or, It is not silver nor gold that we have to do with Saul, or his house; neither pertains it to us to kill, etc. no silver. [Psalms 49:6-8](../../../kjv/psalms/49/6-8), [1 Peter 1:18](../../../kjv/1-peter/1/18), [1 Peter 1:19](../../../kjv/1-peter/1/19)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 30:31](../../../kjv/genesis/30/31) - *General*

**The man:** [2 Samuel 21:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/1), [Esther 9:24](../../../kjv/esther/9/24), [Esther 9:25](../../../kjv/esther/9/25), [Matthew 7:2](../../../kjv/matthew/7/2)
**devised:** or, cut us off, [Daniel 9:26](../../../kjv/daniel/9/26)

**Let seven:** As God accepted the expiation here demanded, we must suppose that both the enquiry of David, and the answer of the Gibeonites, were directed by some open or secret intimation from him.
**hang:** [2 Samuel 17:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/23), [2 Samuel 18:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/10), [Genesis 40:19](../../../kjv/genesis/40/19), [Genesis 40:22](../../../kjv/genesis/40/22), [Numbers 25:4](../../../kjv/numbers/25/4), [Numbers 25:5](../../../kjv/numbers/25/5), [Deuteronomy 21:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/22), [Joshua 8:29](../../../kjv/joshua/8/29), [Joshua 10:26](../../../kjv/joshua/10/26), [Ezra 6:11](../../../kjv/ezra/6/11), [Esther 9:10](../../../kjv/esther/9/10), [Esther 9:13](../../../kjv/esther/9/13), [Esther 9:14](../../../kjv/esther/9/14), [Matthew 27:5](../../../kjv/matthew/27/5)
**in:** [1 Samuel 10:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/26), [1 Samuel 11:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/11/4)
**whom the Lord did choose:** or, the chosen of the Lord, [1 Samuel 9:16](../../../kjv/1-samuel/9/16), [1 Samuel 9:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/9/17), [1 Samuel 10:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/1), [1 Samuel 10:24](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/24), [Acts 13:21](../../../kjv/acts/13/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5) - visiting [Deuteronomy 21:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/23) - he that is hanged is accursed of God [1 Samuel 13:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/13/2) - in Gibeah [1 Samuel 24:21](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/21) - that thou [2 Samuel 21:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/9) - before the Lord [1 Chronicles 2:49](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/49) - Gibea [1 Chronicles 12:3](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/12/3) - Gibeathite [Hosea 5:8](../../../kjv/hosea/5/8) - Gibeah

**Mephibosheth:** [2 Samuel 4:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/4/4), [2 Samuel 9:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/9/10), [2 Samuel 16:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/4), [2 Samuel 19:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/19/25)
**because:** [1 Samuel 18:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/3), [1 Samuel 20:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/8), [1 Samuel 20:15](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/15), [1 Samuel 20:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/17), [1 Samuel 20:42](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/42), [1 Samuel 23:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Leviticus 5:4](../../../kjv/leviticus/5/4) - to do evil [Joshua 2:17](../../../kjv/joshua/2/17) - *General* [Joshua 6:22](../../../kjv/joshua/6/22) - as ye sware unto her [Joshua 9:18](../../../kjv/joshua/9/18) - had sworn [Proverbs 18:24](../../../kjv/proverbs/18/24) - that hath [Proverbs 27:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/27/10) - own

**Rizpah:** [2 Samuel 3:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/7)
**and the five sons:** This Adriel did not marry Michal, Saul's younger daughter, but Merab, [1 Samuel 18:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/19), Michael being married to David, and afterwards to Phaltiel; though it is here said she bore (yaledah) not brought up, as falsely rendered, five sons to Adriel. Two of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts, however, have Merab, instead of Michal; the Syriac and Arabic have Nadab; and the Chaldee renders the passage thus: "And the five sons of Merab which Michal the daughter of Saul brought up, which she brought forth to Adriel the son of Barzillai."
**Michal:** or, Michal's sister, [1 Samuel 18:19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/19)
**brought up for:** Heb. bare to
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 20:16](../../../kjv/1-samuel/20/16) - Let the Lord [2 Samuel 21:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/10) - Rizpah [Psalms 109:14](../../../kjv/psalms/109/14) - Let the [Jonah 1:15](../../../kjv/jonah/1/15) - they

**before the Lord:** [2 Samuel 21:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/6), [2 Samuel 6:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/17), [2 Samuel 6:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6/21), [Exodus 20:5](../../../kjv/exodus/20/5), [Numbers 35:31-34](../../../kjv/numbers/35/31-34), [Deuteronomy 21:1-9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/1-9), [1 Samuel 15:33](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/33), [2 Kings 24:3](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/3), [2 Kings 24:4](../../../kjv/2-kings/24/4)
**in the beginning:** This happened in Judea about the vernal equinox, or 21st of March [Ruth 1:22](../../../kjv/ruth/1/22)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 25:4](../../../kjv/numbers/25/4) - and hang [Deuteronomy 21:22](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/22) - thou hang [Joshua 10:26](../../../kjv/joshua/10/26) - hanged [2 Samuel 4:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/4/12) - hanged [2 Samuel 21:10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/10) - from the [Esther 9:13](../../../kjv/esther/9/13) - let Haman's ten sons be hanged [Psalms 109:14](../../../kjv/psalms/109/14) - Let the [Jonah 1:15](../../../kjv/jonah/1/15) - they [Galatians 3:13](../../../kjv/galatians/3/13) - for

**Rizpah:** [2 Samuel 21:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/8), [2 Samuel 3:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/7)
**took sackcloth:** [1 Kings 21:27](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/27), [Joel 1:18](../../../kjv/joel/1/18)
**from the:** [2 Samuel 21:9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/9), [Deuteronomy 21:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/13)
**until water:** Some suppose that this means a providential supply of rain, in order to remove the famine; but from the manner in which it is introduced, it seems to denote the autumnal rains, which commence about October. For five months did this broken-hearted woman watch by the bodies of her sons! [Deuteronomy 11:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/14), [1 Kings 18:41-45](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/41-45), [Jeremiah 5:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/24), [Jeremiah 5:25](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/25), [Jeremiah 14:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/22), [Hosea 6:3](../../../kjv/hosea/6/3), [Joel 2:23](../../../kjv/joel/2/23), [Zechariah 10:1](../../../kjv/zechariah/10/1)
**the birds:** [Genesis 40:19](../../../kjv/genesis/40/19), [Ezekiel 39:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/39/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Job 37:13](../../../kjv/job/37/13) - for mercy [Proverbs 30:17](../../../kjv/proverbs/30/17) - the ravens

**told David:** [2 Samuel 2:4](../../../kjv/2-samuel/2/4), [Ruth 2:11](../../../kjv/ruth/2/11), [Ruth 2:12](../../../kjv/ruth/2/12)

**the bones of Saul:** [2 Samuel 2:5-7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/2/5-7), [1 Samuel 31:11-13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/11-13)
**Bethshan:** [Joshua 17:11](../../../kjv/joshua/17/11), Beth-shean, [1 Samuel 31:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/10)
**in Gilboa:** [2 Samuel 1:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/6), [2 Samuel 1:21](../../../kjv/2-samuel/1/21), [1 Samuel 28:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/28/4), [1 Samuel 31:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/1), [1 Chronicles 10:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/1), [1 Chronicles 10:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/8)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 31:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/31/13) - their bones [1 Chronicles 10:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/10/12) - the oak [Psalms 32:3](../../../kjv/psalms/32/3) - When

**buried:** [2 Samuel 3:32](../../../kjv/2-samuel/3/32), [2 Samuel 4:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/4/12)
**Zelah:** [Joshua 18:28](../../../kjv/joshua/18/28), [1 Samuel 10:2](../../../kjv/1-samuel/10/2), Zelzah
**God:** [2 Samuel 24:25](../../../kjv/2-samuel/24/25), [Exodus 32:27-29](../../../kjv/exodus/32/27-29), [Numbers 25:13](../../../kjv/numbers/25/13), [Joshua 7:26](../../../kjv/joshua/7/26), [1 Kings 18:40](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/40), [1 Kings 18:41](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/41), [Jeremiah 14:1-7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/1-7), [Joel 2:18](../../../kjv/joel/2/18), [Joel 2:19](../../../kjv/joel/2/19), [Amos 7:1-6](../../../kjv/amos/7/1-6), [Jonah 1:15](../../../kjv/jonah/1/15), [Zechariah 6:8](../../../kjv/zechariah/6/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 25:11](../../../kjv/numbers/25/11) - turned my [Deuteronomy 19:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/13) - but thou [1 Kings 18:45](../../../kjv/1-kings/18/45) - there was [1 Chronicles 21:7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/7) - he smote [Job 37:13](../../../kjv/job/37/13) - for mercy [Ezekiel 16:42](../../../kjv/ezekiel/16/42) - will I

**the Philistines:** [2 Samuel 5:17](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/17), [2 Samuel 5:22](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/22), [1 Chronicles 20:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/4)
**and David waxed faint:** [Joshua 14:10](../../../kjv/joshua/14/10), [Joshua 14:11](../../../kjv/joshua/14/11), [Psalms 71:9](../../../kjv/psalms/71/9), [Psalms 71:18](../../../kjv/psalms/71/18), [Psalms 73:26](../../../kjv/psalms/73/26), [Ecclesiastes 12:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/12/3), [Isaiah 40:28-30](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/28-30), [Jeremiah 9:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/23), [Jeremiah 9:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/24), [1 Peter 1:24](../../../kjv/1-peter/1/24), [1 Peter 1:25](../../../kjv/1-peter/1/25)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 6:4](../../../kjv/genesis/6/4) - giants [2 Samuel 8:1](../../../kjv/2-samuel/8/1) - And after [Psalms 9:5](../../../kjv/psalms/9/5) - rebuked [Psalms 18:38](../../../kjv/psalms/18/38) - *General* [Psalms 60:8](../../../kjv/psalms/60/8) - triumph [Psalms 108:9](../../../kjv/psalms/108/9) - over Philistia

**of the sons:** [Genesis 6:4](../../../kjv/genesis/6/4), [Numbers 13:32](../../../kjv/numbers/13/32), [Numbers 13:33](../../../kjv/numbers/13/33), [Deuteronomy 1:28](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/28), [Deuteronomy 2:10](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/10), [Deuteronomy 2:21](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/21), [Deuteronomy 3:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/11), [Deuteronomy 9:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/9/2), [1 Samuel 17:4](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/4), [1 Samuel 17:5](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/5)
**the giant:** or, Rapha, [2 Samuel 21:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/18), [2 Samuel 21:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/20), *marg. [2 Samuel 5:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/18), [Genesis 14:5](../../../kjv/genesis/14/5)
**whose spear:** Heb. the staff, or, the head
**thought:** [1 Samuel 17:45-51](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/45-51)
**Reciprocal:** [Joshua 11:22](../../../kjv/joshua/11/22) - only in Gaza [Psalms 33:16](../../../kjv/psalms/33/16) - mighty [Psalms 87:4](../../../kjv/psalms/87/4) - this man [Psalms 144:10](../../../kjv/psalms/144/10) - who delivereth [Hebrews 11:34](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/34) - escaped

**Abishai:** [2 Samuel 20:6-10](../../../kjv/2-samuel/20/6-10)
**succoured:** [2 Samuel 22:19](../../../kjv/2-samuel/22/19), [Psalms 46:1](../../../kjv/psalms/46/1), [Psalms 144:10](../../../kjv/psalms/144/10)
**Thou shalt:** [2 Samuel 18:3](../../../kjv/2-samuel/18/3)
**quench:** [2 Samuel 14:7](../../../kjv/2-samuel/14/7), [1 Kings 11:36](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/36), [1 Kings 15:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/15/4), [Psalms 132:17](../../../kjv/psalms/132/17), [John 1:8](../../../kjv/john/1/8), [John 1:9](../../../kjv/john/1/9), [John 5:35](../../../kjv/john/5/35)
**light:** Heb. candle, or lamp
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 18:23](../../../kjv/exodus/18/23) - and all this [Deuteronomy 31:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/2) - I can no more [1 Chronicles 11:20](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/20) - Abishai [1 Chronicles 18:12](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/18/12) - Moreover [Jeremiah 40:15](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/15) - wherefore [Acts 19:30](../../../kjv/acts/19/30) - the disciples [Hebrews 11:34](../../../kjv/hebrews/11/34) - escaped

**Sibbechai:** [1 Chronicles 11:29](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/29), [1 Chronicles 20:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/4)
**Saph:** or, Sippai, [1 Chronicles 20:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/4)
**the giant:** or, Rapha, [2 Samuel 21:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/16), [2 Samuel 21:20](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/20), *marg.
**Reciprocal:** [2 Samuel 17:8](../../../kjv/2-samuel/17/8) - mighty men [1 Chronicles 27:11](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/27/11) - Sibbecai

**Elhanan:** etc. Instead of את גלית יערי ארגיס בית הלחמי, of the text, we should certainly read, as in the parallel text, "and Elhanan the son of Jair, slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath." [1 Chronicles 11:26](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/11/26)
**Jaareoregim:** or, Jair, [1 Chronicles 20:5](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/5)
**Goliath:** [1 Samuel 17:4-11](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/4-11)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 17:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/7) - the staff

**yet a battle:** [1 Chronicles 20:6](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/6)
**the giant:** or, Rapha, [2 Samuel 21:16](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/16), [2 Samuel 21:18](../../../kjv/2-samuel/21/18), *marg.
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 13:32](../../../kjv/numbers/13/32) - men of a great stature [Numbers 13:33](../../../kjv/numbers/13/33) - saw the giants [Isaiah 45:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/14) - men of stature

**defied:** or, reproached, [1 Samuel 17:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/10), [1 Samuel 17:25](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/25), [1 Samuel 17:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/26), [1 Samuel 17:36](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/36), [2 Kings 19:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/19/13)
**Jonathan:** [1 Chronicles 27:32](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/27/32)
**Shimeah:** [1 Samuel 16:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/16/9), [1 Samuel 17:3](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/3), Shammah, [1 Chronicles 2:13](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/2/13), Shimma
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 23:7](../../../kjv/numbers/23/7) - defy Israel [1 Samuel 17:13](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/13) - Shammah

**four:** [1 Chronicles 20:8](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/20/8)
**fell by:** [Joshua 14:12](../../../kjv/joshua/14/12), [Psalms 60:12](../../../kjv/psalms/60/12), [Psalms 108:13](../../../kjv/psalms/108/13), [Psalms 118:15](../../../kjv/psalms/118/15), [Ecclesiastes 9:11](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/11), [Jeremiah 9:23](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/23), [Romans 8:31](../../../kjv/romans/8/31), [Romans 8:37](../../../kjv/romans/8/37)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Samuel 6:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/6/17) - Gath

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