
Text -- 1 Chronicles 20:3 (NET)




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JFB -> 1Ch 20:3
JFB: 1Ch 20:3 - -- The Hebrew word, "cut them," is, with the difference of the final letter, the same as that rendered "put them," in the parallel passage of Samuel [2Sa...
The Hebrew word, "cut them," is, with the difference of the final letter, the same as that rendered "put them," in the parallel passage of Samuel [2Sa 12:31]; and many consider that putting them to saws, axes, and so forth, means nothing more than that David condemned the inhabitants of Rabbah to hard and penal servitude.
Clarke -> 1Ch 20:3
Clarke: 1Ch 20:3 - -- He brought out the people - See this transaction particularly explained in the notes on the parallel places, 2Sa 12:30-31 (note).
He brought out the people - See this transaction particularly explained in the notes on the parallel places, 2Sa 12:30-31 (note).
TSK -> 1Ch 20:3
TSK: 1Ch 20:3 - -- And he : 1Ch 19:2-5; Psa 21:8, Psa 21:9
and cut : Instead of wyyasar , ""and he cut,""the parallel passage is wyyasem , ""and he put them;""which ...
And he : 1Ch 19:2-5; Psa 21:8, Psa 21:9
and cut : Instead of
with saws : Exo 1:14; Jos 9:23; Jdg 8:6, Jdg 8:7, Jdg 8:16, Jdg 8:17; 1Ki 9:21

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Haydock -> 1Ch 20:3
Haydock: 1Ch 20:3 - -- Harrows. Hebrew, "cut them with saws, and with harrows; (Haydock) or, rollers of iron, and with saws." But some other term was probably used, a...
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) ---
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) ---
David might only treat the most guilty in this manner. (Du Hamel)
Gill -> 1Ch 20:1-8

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TSK Synopsis -> 1Ch 20:1-8
TSK Synopsis: 1Ch 20:1-8 - --1 Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured.4 Three giants are slain in three several overthrows of the Philistine...
MHCC -> 1Ch 20:1-8
MHCC: 1Ch 20:1-8 - --Though the Lord will severely correct the sins of his believing people, he will not leave them in the hands of their enemies. His assistance will over...
Matthew Henry -> 1Ch 20:1-3
Matthew Henry: 1Ch 20:1-3 - -- How the army of the Ammonites and their allies was routed in the field we read in the foregoing chapters. Here we have the destruction of Rabbah, th...
Keil-Delitzsch -> 1Ch 20:1-8
Keil-Delitzsch: 1Ch 20:1-8 - --
The account of the siege of Rabbah, the capital, in the following year, 1Ch 20:1-3, is much abridged as compared with that in 2Sa 11:1; 2Sa 12:26-31...
Constable: 1Ch 10:1--29:30 - --II. THE REIGN OF DAVID chs. 10--29
In all of Chronicles the writer assumed his readers' acquaintance with the ot...

Constable: 1Ch 17:1--29:30 - --E. God's Covenant Promises to David chs. 17-29
The dominating theme in 1 Chronicles is the Davidic Coven...

Constable: 1Ch 17:1--21:30 - --1. The first account of God's promises to David chs. 17-21
In some particulars the promises God ...
