2 Samuel 21:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Succoured

2 Samuel 22:19

Psalm 46:1

Psalm 144:10

Thou shalt

2 Samuel 18:3

Quench

Bible References

Succoured

“They confronted me in the day of my calamity,

But the Lord was my support.

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, set to Alamoth. A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,

A very present help in trouble.

Who gives salvation to kings,
Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.

Thou shalt

But the people said, “You should not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not care about us; even if half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city.”

Quench

Now behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they will extinguish my coal which is left, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”

But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name.

But for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem;

“There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth;
I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed.

He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.