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 came upon me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.

God is our refuge and strength [mighty and impenetrable],
A very present and well-proved help in trouble.

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

Thou shalt

But the men said, “You should not go out [to battle with us]. For if in fact we retreat, 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. So now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city [of Mahanaim].”

Quench

Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.’ By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth.”

Yet to his son I will give one tribe, so that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put My Name and Presence.

Nevertheless, for David’s sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp (descendant on the throne) in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem,

“There I will make the horn (strength) of David grow;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises].

John was not the Light, but came to testify about the Light.

John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to rejoice in his light.