II Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 337

21-—13 THE PERIOD OF SAMUEL.-II. SAM. 22--16 16 18 20 2X 22 Philishtim had hung them at the time that the Philishtim defeated Saul at Gilboa, and brought fmm there the bones of Saul, and the bones of ]'h0¤athan his son, and included the bones of those who were hung, and buried the bones of Saul and ]’hona— than his son iu the district of Benjamin, at the side of the tomb of Kish his father. All that the king ordered was done. Then he entreated GOD for the country after that. (sc. 1018.) Kzimlt uf tbz Iyiliztinzs. But there was war again between

the Philishtim and Israel, and David went down with his forces and fought the Phiiishtim and David became exhausted. Then Banob, who was of the race of the Rephah, and had a spear weighing three hundred shekels of brass, and was clothed in new armour, stood up and declared he would kill David. But Abishai-ben- Zeruiah helped him and struck the Philistine, and killed him. David’s Generals consequently swore to him, You shall not go again with us into battle, so that the light of Israel may not be extinguished} But after this there was again a

battle at Gob with the Philishtim, when Sibkai killed Suf, who was of the race of the Rephah. And there was again a battle at

Gob with the Philishtim, and Abkha- nan-ben·]ari, the weaver of Bethle- hem, defeated Galitha, the Githite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.1 There was also another battle with

the Philishtim at Gath, where there was a man of Midian with six fingers on his hands, and six toes on` his feet,——·twenty·four in number——and he was also of the race cf the Re- phah, and he challenged Israel. But ]honathan—ben—Shemai, the brother of David, defeated him. These four were born of the Rephaim, in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hands of his Officers. 1 V. xg. This Galitha, the Githite, must

whom David slew years before, as the A.V. seems to confuse it.·——F. F. (nc. 1o18.) @alrih'¤ Sung uf Ebaxtks. David recited the words of this 22 song to the Evsnrivmo, when the EvER—LIvING had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul, and said; SONG OF THANKS. ‘ The LORD was a Rock, and Fortress, and Refuge to me, GOD is my Fort,·——I will trust in Him l My shield and buckler, my tower and hold, My Saviour Who saved from oppres- sion! In despair I will cry to the LORD, And I shall be saved from my foemen. When Death’s waves enclosed, And wild torrents sucked in, The Grave’s ropes entangling, And fearing Death’s traps, In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And cried out aloud to my GOD; And my voice from His Temple He heard, And my shouts reached His ears. Then the earth trembled and quaked, The supports of the heavens were shaken, And quivered because of His wrath. A cloud was sent forth by His breath, And devouring fire from his mouth, Before him herce coals were in- flamed. And He bent down the skies and descended, And darkness was under His feet! Ahd He rode on the whirlwind and dew, And was seen on the wings of the wind.; And put on His covering of darkness, Collecting black watery cloud. And bright streams of fire burnt before Him, And thundered the Loan from the skies; The Highest thus uttered. His thunders, And shot Iightnings, arrows and darts; And torrents of water were seen, And the base of the world was laid bare, Before the Supreme in His an er, By the whiff of the breath o? His mouth! 337 IO

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