and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.
The Philistines were nearly subdued (Ch1 18:1); but, as in the destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua the sons of Anak were last subdued (Jos 11:21), so here in the conquest of the Philistines the giants of Gath were last brought down.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 20:4-8
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. After the clause, “but David sat (remained) in Jerusalem,” in 2 Sam 11, from 2Sa 11:2 onwards, we have the story of David’s adultery with Bathsheba, and the events connected with it (2 Sam 11:3-12:25), which...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 20:1-8