2 Samuel 23:12
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.
2 Samuel 23:12 in other translations
| BSB | But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory. |
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| WEB | But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and the LORD worked a great victory. |
| ASV | But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah wrought a great victory. |
| YLT | and he stationeth himself in the midst of the portion, and delivereth it, and smiteth the Philistines, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation. |
| DARBY | and he stood in the midst of the plot and delivered it, and smote the Philistines, and Jehovah wrought a great deliverance. |
| BBE | But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the Philistines: and the Lord gave a great salvation. |
| Webster | But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. |
What does 2 Samuel 23:12 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:8-39
David once earnestly longed for the water at the well of Bethlehem. It seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty; with the water of that well he had often refreshed himself when a youth, and it was without due thought that he desired it. Were his valiant men so forward to expose themselves, upon the least hint of their prince's mind, and so eager to please him, and shall not we long to approve ourselves to…
2 Samuel 23:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 23:12
- Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 23:10
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the Lord wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
- Psalms 3:8
Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
- Psalms 44:2
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
- 2 Samuel 23:12
But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord wrought a great victory.
- 2 Samuel 23:13
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 23:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El entonces se paró en medio de la suerte de tierra, y defendióla, é hirió á los Filisteos; y Jehová hizo una gran salud. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et il se plaça au milieu du champ, et le sauva, et frappa les Philistins; et l’ Éternel opéra une grande délivrance. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da stellte er sich mitten auf das Stück und rettete es und schlug die Philister; und Jehova schaffte eine große Rettung. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | stetit ille in medio agri, et tuitus est eum, percussitque Philisthæos: et fecit Dominus salutem magnam. |