{"commentary":{"id":"john-gill","name":"John Gill Bible Commentary","website":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gill_(theologian)","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","licenseNotes":null,"licenseNotice":null,"englishName":"John Gill Bible Commentary","language":"eng","textDirection":"rtl","sha256":"f6fcfd6c3a726dc834cfaf1ae1cd0bf49bffb88c1246ac3500699e8af7be71a5","availableFormats":["json"],"listOfBooksApiLink":"/api/c/john-gill/books.json","listOfProfilesApiLink":"/api/c/john-gill/profiles.json","numberOfBooks":66,"totalNumberOfChapters":1189,"totalNumberOfVerses":29707,"totalNumberOfProfiles":0,"languageName":"English","languageEnglishName":"English"},"book":{"id":"2SA","commentaryId":"john-gill","name":"2 Samuel","commonName":"2 Samuel","introduction":"INTRODUCTION TO 2 SAMUEL \n\nThis book, in many copies of the Hebrew Bible, is carried on without any new title put unto it; the reason of it is, because, by some, this, with the preceding, has been reckoned but one book: hence the Jews say (a), Samuel wrote his book, not his books; in others it is called Samuel Second; and by the Vulgate Latin the Second Book of Samuel, which we call the Second of Kings; though why his name should be put to it at all I see not, since it neither concerns him, nor could it be written by him, being an history of events after his death. The Greek version calls it the Second of Kings; and the Syriac version, the Second Book of the Kings of Israel; whereas there is but one king of Israel it makes mention of, and of whose actions only it is an history; and therefore with greater propriety it is called, as the Arabic version, the Book of David the Prophet, of whose reign, from the beginning to the end of it, it gives an account: wherefore Isidore (b) thinks it was written by David; and if so, it has this mark of simplicity and integrity, that the writer does not spare himself, nor conceal his own faults, and particularly that very capital one, the affair of Bathsheba, and also his numbering of the people; but it is most probable that it was written by Nathan and Gad (c), see Ch1 29:29; but whoever was the penman of it, there is no doubt to be made of its being written by inspiration, or that it is canonical; which has never been questioned, since there stands in it a famous prophecy concerning the building of the temple by a son of David, which had an exact accomplishment, Sa2 7:12; as well as of the family of David, for a great while to come, which also was fulfilled, Sa2 7:19; and an eminent passage concerning the Messiah, the son of David, and of his divine sonship, Sa2 7:14; quoted by the Apostle Paul in proof of it, Heb 1:5. It contains an history of about forty years, for so long David reigned, seven years and six months in Hebron, over Judah, and thirty three years in Jerusalem, over all Israel and Judah; and this book relates his last words. \n\n(a) T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 14. 2. (b) Origin. l. 6. c. 2. (c) Alting. Theolog. Hist. loc. 2. p. 86. \n\n\n\nNext: 2 Samuel Chapter 1\n\n","order":10,"numberOfChapters":24,"sha256":"ca18d8d0648b1034836affee8255d50c8441673a0a91e402612e9c63f8c851be","firstChapterNumber":1,"firstChapterApiLink":"/api/c/john-gill/2SA/1.json","firstChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"john-gill","book":"2SA","chapter":1},"lastChapterNumber":24,"lastChapterApiLink":"/api/c/john-gill/2SA/24.json","lastChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"john-gill","book":"2SA","chapter":24},"totalNumberOfVerses":695},"chapter":{"number":22,"content":[{"type":"verse","number":1,"content":["And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul. See Gill on Psalm 18:1. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":2,"content":["And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer. See Gill on Psalm 18:2. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":3,"content":["The God of my rock; in him will I:trust: he is my shield,\n\nand the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour;\n\nthou savest me from violence. See Gill on Psalm 18:2. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":4,"content":["I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. See Gill on Psalm 18:3. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":5,"content":["When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. See Gill on Psalm 18:4. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":6,"content":["The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me. See Gill on Psalm 18:5. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":7,"content":["In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God:\n\nand he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. See Gill on Psalm 18:6. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":8,"content":["Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. See Gill on Psalm 18:7. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":9,"content":["There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. See Gill on Psalm 18:8. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":10,"content":["He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. See Gill on Psalm 18:9. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":11,"content":["And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. See Gill on Psalm 18:10. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":12,"content":["And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters,\n\nand thick clouds of the skies. See Gill on Psalm 18:11. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":13,"content":["Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. See Gill on Psalm 18:12. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":14,"content":["The Lord thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. See Gill on Psalm 18:13. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":15,"content":["And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. See Gill on Psalm 18:14. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":16,"content":["And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. See Gill on Psalm 18:15. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":17,"content":["He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters. See Gill on Psalm 18:16. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":18,"content":["He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. See Gill on Psalm 18:17. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":19,"content":["They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. See Gill on Psalm 18:18. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":20,"content":["He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me,\n\nbecause he delighted in me. See Gill on Psalm 18:19. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":21,"content":["The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. See Gill on Psalm 18:20. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":22,"content":["For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. See Gill on Psalm 18:21. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":23,"content":["For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. See Gill on Psalm 18:22. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":24,"content":["I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. See Gill on Psalm 18:23. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":25,"content":["Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. See Gill on Psalm 18:24. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":26,"content":["With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. See Gill on Psalm 18:25. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":27,"content":["With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavoury. See Gill on Psalm 18:26. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":28,"content":["And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. See Gill on Psalm 18:27. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":29,"content":["For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my darkness. See Gill on Psalm 18:28. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":30,"content":["For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. See Gill on Psalm 18:29. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":31,"content":["As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. See Gill on Psalm 18:30. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":32,"content":["For who is God, save the Lord? and who is a rock, save our God? See Gill on Psalm 18:31. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":33,"content":["God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. See Gill on Psalm 18:32. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":34,"content":["He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. See Gill on Psalm 18:33. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":35,"content":["He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. See Gill on Psalm 18:34. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":36,"content":["Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. See Gill on Psalm 18:35. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":37,"content":["Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. See Gill on Psalm 18:36. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":38,"content":["I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. See Gill on Psalm 18:37. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":39,"content":["And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. See Gill on Psalm 18:38. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":40,"content":["For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. See Gill on Psalm 18:39. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":41,"content":["Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. See Gill on Psalm 18:40. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":42,"content":["They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. See Gill on Psalm 18:41. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":43,"content":["Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. See Gill on Psalm 18:42. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":44,"content":["Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,\n\nthou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. See Gill on Psalm 18:43. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":45,"content":["Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. See Gill on Psalm 18:44. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":46,"content":["Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. See Gill on Psalm 18:45. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":47,"content":["The Lord liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. See Gill on Psalm 18:46. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":48,"content":["It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. See Gill on Psalm 18:47. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":49,"content":["And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. See Gill on Psalm 18:48. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":50,"content":["Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. See Gill on Psalm 18:49. \n"]},{"type":"verse","number":51,"content":["He is the tower of salvation for his king: and showeth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. See Gill on Psalm 18:50. \n"]}]},"thisChapterLink":"/api/c/john-gill/2SA/22.json","thisChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"john-gill","book":"2SA","chapter":22},"nextChapterApiLink":"/api/c/john-gill/2SA/23.json","nextChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"john-gill","book":"2SA","chapter":23},"previousChapterApiLink":"/api/c/john-gill/2SA/21.json","previousChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"john-gill","book":"2SA","chapter":21},"numberOfVerses":51}