1 Chronicles 20:7
in 1 Chronicles 20and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
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ASV
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
KJV
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 20
Commentary
2 notes on this verseNone are more visibly marked for ruin that those who reproach God and his Israel. God will do great things rather than suffer the enemy to behave themselves proudly, Deut. xxxii. The victories of the Son of David, like those of David himself, are gradual.
This site's exposition
six on each hand, and six on each foot
on 1 Chronicles 20:6-7
The Gath giant of verse 6 carries twenty-four digits, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, a mark of the same stock 2 Samuel 21:20 already describes and 2 Samuel 21:22 sums up as born to the giant in Gath. Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's own nephew, kills him when he defies Israel, the family circle widening the victory past David and his named mighty men. The bench reads these Gath giants as the Rephaim line behind Goliath himself, the stock Numbers 13:33 and Joshua 11:22 already trace into Gath's remnant after the conquest.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
and there was a man of great stature. This is similar to (Num.:32): “big in stature,” and since he was so tall that he had to be measured, he calls him a man of measure.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְחָרֵ֖ף | vaycharef | and he taunted | H2778 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ | vaiyakehu | and he struck down him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן | yehonatan | Jonathan | H3083 → | 81 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שִׁמְעָ֖א | shima' | Shimea | H8092 → | 5 times |
| אֲחִ֥י | ʾachi | [the] brother of | H251 → | 630 times |
| דָוִֽיד׃ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
וַיְחָרֵ֖ףand he taunted
vaycharefH2778 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙and he struck down him
vaiyakehuH5221 →499 times
יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןJonathan
yehonatanH3083 →81 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שִׁמְעָ֖אShimea
shima'H8092 →5 times
אֲחִ֥י[the] brother of
ʾachiH251 →630 times
דָוִֽיד׃David
davidH1732 →999 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 2:13Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:13
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 17:13
Through
1 Samuel 17:10Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:25–26
Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see this man who keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he…
- 1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
- 1 Samuel 17:45
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies…
- Nehemiah 2:19
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the…
- Numbers 23:7–8
And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and…
- 1 Samuel 17:25–26
Through
Isaiah 37:23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
it leads to
- Daniel 5:20–23
But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.
- Ezekiel 39:7
So I will make My holy name known among My people Israel and will no longer allow it to be profaned. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One…
- Daniel 5:20–23
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.