Rabba is taken. Other victories over the Philistines.
King Dauid prospereth in Warre agaynst the Ammonites, 4. and Philisthims, 6. among Whom Ionathan Dauids nephew by his brother, killeth a monfiruous giant, Which had twelue fingers and twelue toes.
1And it came to pass after the course of a year, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab gathered together an army and the strength of the troops, and wasted the land of the children of Ammon: and went and besieged Rabba. But David stayed at Jerusalem, when Joab smote Rabba, and destroyed it.E dopo il giro d'un anno, in quella stagione, nella quale sogliono i re andare alla guerra, Gioab raunò l'esercito, e il nerbo de' soldati, e diede il guasto alle terre de' figliuoli di Ammon; e andò innanzi, e assediò Rabba: or Davidde restò in Gerusalemme, quando Gioab espugnò Rabba, e la distrusse.AND it came to passe after the compasse of a yeare, at such time when kinges are wont to goe forth to battel, Ioab gathered together the armie and force of warre, and spoyled the land of the children of Ammon: and went on and besieged Rabba. Moreouer Dauid taried in Ierusalem, when Ioab stroke Rabba, and destroyed it.Factum est autem post anni circulum, eo tempore quo solent reges ad bella procedere, congregavit Joab exercitum, et robur militiæ, et vastavit terram filiorum Ammon: perrexitque et obsedit Rabba. Porro David manebat in Jerusalem, quando Joab percussit Rabba et destruxit eam. 2And David took the crown of Melchom from his head, and found in it a talent weight of gold, and most precious stones, and he made himself a diadem of it: he took also the spoils of the city which were very great.E David prese la corona, che Melchom aveva in capo, e vi trovò il peso di un talento d'oro, e delle gemme di gran pregio, e ne fece un diadema per se: e fece anche grandissima preda in quella città:And Dauid tooke the crowne of Melchom from his head, and found in it a talent weight of gold, and most precious pearles, and he made himself therof a diademe: he tooke also the spoiles of the citie very much.Tulit autem David coronam Melchom de capite ejus, et invenit in ea auri pondo talentum, et pretiosissimas gemmas, fecitque sibi inde diadema: manubias quoque urbis plurimas tulit; 3And the people that were therein he brought out: and made harrows, and sleds, and chariots of iron to go over them, so that they were cut and bruised to pieces: in this manner David dealt with all the cities of the children of Ammon: and he returned with all his people to Jerusalem.E il popolo, che vi era dentro, lo fece uscir fuora: e fece passare sopra di essi delle tregge, e de' carri armati di ferro, e di falci, talmente che restavano trinciati, e stritolati: lo stesso fece David in tutte le città de' figliuoli di Ammon: e tornossene colla sua gente a Gerusalemme.And the people that was therin, he brought forth: and he made harrowes, and sleddes, and chariotes shod with Iron to passe ouer them, soc that they were cut in sunder, & broken in peces: so did Dauid to al the cities of the children of Ammon: & he returned with al his people into Ierusalem.populum autem, qui erat in ea, eduxit, et fecit super eos tribulas, et trahas, et ferrata carpenta transire, ita ut dissecarentur et contererentur. Sic fecit David cunctis urbibus filiorum Ammon: et reversus est cum omni populo suo in Jerusalem. 4After this there arose a war at Gazer against the Philistines: in which Sabachai the Husathite slew Saphai of the race of Raphaim, and humbled them.Principiò dipoi la guerra a Gazer contro i Filistei, e allora fu che Sobochai di Husathi uccise Saphai della stirpe de' Raphaim, e umiliò coloro.After these thinges there was warre begunne in Gazer agaynst the Philisthians: in which Sobachai the Husathite stroke Saphai of the kinred of Raphaim, & humbled them.Post hæc initum est bellum in Gazer adversum Philisthæos, in quo percussit Sobochai Husathites, Saphai de genere Raphaim, et humiliavit eos.
5Another battle also was fought against the Philistines, in which Adeodatus the son of Saltus a Bethlehemite slew the brother of Goliath the Gethite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.Altra guerra vi fu ancora contro i Filistei, nella quale Adeodato figliuolo di Saltus di Bethlehem uccise il fratello di Goliath di Geth, che aveva un'asta, il legno di cui era come un subbio da tessitori.An other battel also was fought agaynst the Philistheans, wherein Adeodatus the sonne of Saltus a Bethlehemite stroke the brother of Goliath the Getheite, the staffe of whose speare was as it were a weauers beame.Aliud quoque bellum gestum est adversus Philisthæos, in quo percussit Adeodatus filius Saltus Bethlehemites fratrem Goliath Gethæi, cujus hastæ lignum erat quasi liciatorium texentium. 6There was another battle also in Geth, in which there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand and foot: who also was born of the stock of Rapha.E Un'altra guerra vi fu in Geth, dove si trovò un uomo di grandissima statura, che avea sei dita, viene a dire, in tutto ventiquattro dita: il quale anch'egli era nato della stirpe di Rapha.But an other battel also happened in Geth, wherin there was a verie long man, hauing fingers and toes by six and six, that is, together foure and twentie: who also was borne of the stocke of Rapha.Sed et aliud bellum accidit in Geth, in quo fuit homo longissimus, senos habens digitos, id est, simul viginti quatuor: qui et ipse de Rapha fuerat stirpe generatus. 7He reviled Israel: but Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him. These were the sons of Rapha in Geth, who fell by the hand of David and his servants.Questi bestemmiava Israele: ma Jonathan figliuolo di Samaa, fratello di Davidde lo uccise. Questi sono i figliuoli di Rapha in Geth, e perirono per le mani di Davidde, e della sua gente.This man blasphemed Israel: and Ionathan the sonne of Samaa the brother of Dauid stroke him. These be the children of Rapha in Geth, which fel by the hand of Dauid and of his seruantes.Hic blasphemavit Israël: et percussit eum Jonathan filius Samaa fratris David. Hi sunt filii Rapha in Geth, qui ceciderunt in manu David et servorum ejus.
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Year of the World 2969, Year before Christ 1035.
Calmet
Year. Hebrew, "at the return of the year," in spring. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Melchom. Septuagint add the explanation, "their king." It may also be referred to the idol of Ammon. (Haydock)
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Calmet
Harrows. Hebrew, "cut them with saws, and with harrows; (Haydock) or, rollers of iron, and with saws." But some other term was probably used, as we find saws before. (Calmet)
Haydock
Protestants have "axes." This exemplary punishment was in consequence of the violation of the law of nations. Abulensis pronounced it lawful. Tirinus accuses David of a grievous sin of cruelty; observing that he was at this time involved in the sin of adultery: and people easily fall from one abyss into another. Cruelty and lust often go together. Yet it seems best to suspend our judgment. (Haydock)
Du Hamel
David might only treat the most guilty in this manner. (Du Hamel)
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Year of the World 2986, Year before Christ 1018.
Gazer, which seems preferable to Gob, 2 Kings 21:18.
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Calmet
Adeodatus. Hebrew, "Elchanan, the son of Jair, of Lehem;" or, "slew Lechemi, brother of Goliath;" or equal to him in strength. (Calmet)
Du Hamel
Brother is here supplied, as it is wanting, 2 Kings. (Du Hamel)
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Calmet
Rapha, head of the giants of Palestine. (Calmet)
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Concordance 2. Reg. 21.
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And David took the crown of Melchom. — The Hebrews Malcham מלכם, that is, of their king, namely of the Ammonites. So also the Septuagint; for the crown of idols, such as Melchom was, was to be burned with the idols themselves, as is commanded in Deut. VII; wherefore David could not make a royal crown for himself from it.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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10-12; I Chron. 20:1-3). It did not take long to regain
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… They boasted of their fertile valleys (Jer. 49:4). But they were idolaters and were distinguished for their cruelty (Am. 1:13-15). Their religion centered on the cult, exercised by influential priests (Jer. 49:3), of the national god Milcom, whose image at Rabbāh was covered with gold and gems (1 Chron. 20:2 [Septuagint
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… Subsequently G. is found under the Canaanites (Jos. 16, 10; Iude. 1, 29). At the time of David it is allied with the Philistines (II Sam. 5, 25; I Par. 14, 16; 20, 4). Pharaoh conquers and destroys G. and gives it as a dowry to his daughter, the wife of King Solomon (I Reg. 9, 16 ff.; according to W. F. Albright this refers to Gerar and not to …
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Geth (Hebrew Gath, Akkadian Gimtu, "Winepress")
… city, mentioned in the letters of el-'Amārnah, capital of one of the five Philistine satrapies (Josh. 13:3). It had been the dwelling place of the Anakim and the Rephaim (v. GIANTS IN THE BIBLE): Josh. 11:22; 1 Sam. 17:4; 2 Sam. 21:19 ff.; 1 Chron. 20:6. It was punished for having kept the ark of Yahweh, which spread death there (1 Sam. 5:7-10; 6:17). David took refuge there twice when persecuted by Saul (1 Sam. 21:11-16; 27:2-11), …
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BLASPHEMY. - Etymologically, b. (from βλάστιο = to harm and φήμη = voice) means "injurious word." In Sacred Scripture this term designates the uttering of insult either against God or against creatures (II Sam. 21:21; II Reg. 13:28-35; 19:10, 13, 22; Ez. 20:27; Tob. 13:16; I Par. 20:7; I Cor. 4:13; 10:30; Tit. 3:2); but according to the observation of St. Augustine: "blasphemia non accipitur nisi mala verba de Deo dicere" (PL 32, 1354), by b. is meant an injurious …
Jonathan (Heb. Jēhōnāthān and Jōnāthān; Vulgate I. and Ionathas)
3. Valiant nephew of David (ibid. 21:21; I Chron. 20:7). 4. Uncle and expert counselor of David (I Chron. 27:32). 5. Son of the high priest Abiathar; he brought to the fugitive David news about the rebel Absalom (II Sam. 15:27 ff., 35 …
Semma (Heb. Šammā' or Šammāh; Vulgate Semma or Semmaa)
1. Son of Jesse, brother of David and father of Jonadab (II Sam. 13:3, 32). In I Sam. 16:9; 17:13 he is called Shammah, Simmaa in I Chron. 2:13 and Shamaa in I Chron. 20:7 (Heb. Šimā').
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… solemnity (ibid. 29:13-38). Special holocausts were offered on exceptional occasions: famous for the number of victims, for example, those offered by King David for the proclamation of his son Solomon to the succession (1000 bulls and as many lambs and rams: 1 Chron. 20:21) and by Solomon when he ascended the throne (2 Chron. 1:6) and when he dedicated the Temple (ibid. 7:1-7).
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.