But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass after this,.... After the former battle:
that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob; in Ch1 20:4 it is called Gezer; either the place had two names, or these two…
Adam Clarke
That thou quench not the light of Israel - David is here considered as the lamp by which all Israel was guided, and without whom all the nation must be involved in darkness. The lamp is the emblem of…
We have here the story of some conflicts with the Philistines, which happened, as it should seem, in the latter end of David's reign. Though he had so subdued them that they could not bring any great…
Cambridge Bible
and smote Perhaps, and he (David) smote; as 2Sa 21:21 seems to imply that one of them fell by David's own hand.
that thou quench not the light of Israel Extinguishing the lamp is a natural metaphor…
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