2 Samuel 21 · Verse 15

2 Samuel 21:15

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.
2 Samuel 21:15, King James Version

2 Samuel 21:15 in other translations

BSBOnce again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.
WEBThe Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. David grew faint;
ASVAnd the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David waxed faint;
YLTAnd again have the Philistines war with Israel, and David goeth down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary,
DARBYAnd the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought with the Philistines. And David was exhausted.
BBEAnd the Philistines went to war again with Israel; and David went down with his people, and while they were at Gob they had a fight with the Philistines:
WebsterMoreover, the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David became faint.

What does 2 Samuel 21:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 21:15-22
15-22. Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel--Although the Philistines had completely succumbed to the army of David, yet the appearance of any gigantic champions among them revived their courage and stirred them up to renewed inroads on the Hebrew territory. Four successive contests they provoked during the latter period of David's reign, in the first of which the king ran so imminent a risk of his life that he was no longer allowed to encounter the perils of the battlefield.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war - There is no mention of this war in the parallel place, 1Chr 20:4, etc. David waxed faint - This circumstance is nowhere else mentioned.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 21:15-22
These events seem to have taken place towards the end of David's reign. David fainted, but he did not flee, and God sent help in the time of need. In spiritual conflicts, even strong saints sometimes wax faint; then Satan attacks them furiously; but those who stand their ground and resist him, shall be relieved and made more than conquerors. Death is a Christian's last enemy, and a son of Anak; but through Him that triumphed for us, believers shall be more than conquerors at last, even over that enemy.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Samuel 21:15 in the original Hebrew

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וַתְּהִי\־va.te.hi-and it belongedH1961
ע֧וֹדodagainH5750
מִלְחָמָ֛הmil.cha.MahwarH4421
לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםla.pe.lish.Timto the PhilistinesH6430
אֶת\־'et-withH854
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַיֵּ֨רֶדvai.Ye.redand he went downH3381
דָּוִ֜דda.VidDavidH1732
וַעֲבָדָ֥יוva.'a.va.Davand servants hisH5650
עִמּ֛וֹi.Mowith himH5973
וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּvai.yi.la.cha.Muand they foughtH3898
אֶת\־'et-withH854
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםpe.lish.Tim[the] PhilistinesH6430
וַיָּ֥עַףvai.Ya.'afand he was wearyH5888
דָּוִֽד\׃da.VidDavidH1732

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 21:15

  • Joshua 14:10-11

    And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.

  • Psalms 71:9

    Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.

  • 2 Samuel 5:17

    But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

  • 2 Samuel 5:25

    And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:3

    In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

  • 2 Samuel 5:22

    And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  • Isaiah 40:28-30

    Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

  • 1 Peter 1:24-25

    For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

  • Psalms 71:18

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  • Psalms 73:26

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  • Jeremiah 9:23-24

    Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 20:4

    And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Philistines.
5:17,22; 1Ch 20:4
and David waxed faint.
Jos 14:10,11; Ps 71:9,18; 73:26; Ec 12:3; Isa 40:28-30
Jer 9:23,24; 1Pe 1:24,25

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 21:14

    And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.

  • 2 Samuel 21:15

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 21:16

    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.

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2 Samuel 21:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como los Filisteos tornaron á hacer guerra á Israel, descendió David y sus siervos con él, y pelearon con los Filisteos: y David se cansó.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il y eut encore une guerre des Philistins contre Israël; et David descendit, et ses serviteurs avec lui, et ils se battirent avec les Philistins; et David était fatigué.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wiederum entstand ein Streit der Philister mit Israel. Und David zog hinab, und seine Knechte mit ihm, und sie stritten mit den Philistern. Und David war ermattet;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Factum est autem rursum prælium Philisthinorum adversum Israël, et descendit David, et servi ejus cum eo, et pugnabant contra Philisthiim. Deficiente autem David,