Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, Igal son of NathanThe name "Igal" is derived from the Hebrew root "יגאל" (Yigal), meaning "He redeems" or "He will redeem." This name reflects a common theme in Hebrew culture, where names often carry significant meanings related to God's actions or attributes. The mention of "son of Nathan" indicates a lineage that may be tied to a notable family or individual, as Nathan is a name associated with the prophet who served during King David's reign. This connection could imply a heritage of faithfulness and service to God, as Nathan the prophet was a key figure in advising and confronting King David. The historical context of this period in Israel's history is marked by the consolidation of the kingdom under David's rule, where loyalty and valor were highly esteemed. from Zobah
Zobah was a significant Aramean kingdom located in the region of modern-day Syria. It was a powerful entity during the time of King David, often mentioned in the context of military campaigns and conflicts. The inclusion of "from Zobah" highlights the diverse backgrounds of David's mighty warriors, indicating that his influence and leadership extended beyond the immediate borders of Israel. This reflects the unifying power of David's kingship, drawing individuals from various regions to serve under his command. The historical and archaeological evidence of Zobah's existence underscores the geopolitical dynamics of the ancient Near East, where alliances and enmities shaped the course of history. Bani the Gadite
The name "Bani" is derived from the Hebrew root "בני" (Bani), meaning "built" or "builder." This name may symbolize strength, stability, or the ability to establish and construct, qualities that would be valued in a warrior. The designation "the Gadite" identifies Bani as a member of the tribe of Gad, one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The tribe of Gad was known for its fierce warriors and strategic prowess, often positioned on the eastern side of the Jordan River. This tribal affiliation emphasizes the unity and diversity within David's army, as men from different tribes and backgrounds came together for a common purpose. The Gadites' reputation for bravery and skill in battle is well-documented in the biblical narrative, highlighting the importance of courage and loyalty in the service of God's chosen king. Persons / Places / Events 1. Igal son of NathanIgal is listed as one of David's mighty warriors. The name "Igal" means "He redeems" or "He avenges" in Hebrew, indicating a person of strength and valor. Nathan, his father, is not the prophet Nathan but another individual, possibly a leader or notable figure in Zobah. 2. ZobahA region or kingdom located in the vicinity of modern-day Syria. Zobah was known for its conflicts with Israel during King David's reign. It was a place of strategic importance and military prowess. 3. Bani the GaditeBani is another of David's mighty warriors, hailing from the tribe of Gad. The Gadites were known for their military skills and bravery, often serving as fierce warriors in Israel's army. Teaching Points The Importance of Loyalty and ValorDavid's mighty men, including Igal and Bani, exemplify loyalty and valor. Their dedication to David and their willingness to fight for God's chosen king serve as a model for our own commitment to Christ and His kingdom. God Uses Diverse BackgroundsThe inclusion of warriors from different tribes and regions, such as Zobah and Gad, demonstrates that God can use people from diverse backgrounds to accomplish His purposes. This encourages us to embrace diversity within the body of Christ. Strength in UnityThe unity among David's mighty men, despite their varied origins, underscores the strength found in unity. As believers, we are called to work together in harmony, using our unique gifts for the common good. Courage in the Face of AdversityThe courage displayed by these warriors in battle is a reminder that we, too, are called to stand firm in our faith, even when facing spiritual battles and challenges. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the loyalty of David's mighty men inspire you in your own walk with Christ? 2. In what ways can the diversity of David's warriors encourage us to embrace diversity within our church communities? 3. What are some practical steps you can take to promote unity and cooperation among believers in your local church? 4. How can the courage of David's mighty men motivate you to face your own spiritual battles with confidence? 5. Reflect on a time when God used someone from a different background to impact your life. How can this experience shape your approach to ministry and fellowship? Connections to Other Scriptures 1 Chronicles 11:26-47This passage provides a parallel list of David's mighty men, offering additional context and details about these warriors and their exploits. 1 Samuel 22:1-2Describes the gathering of David's initial band of followers, many of whom became his mighty men. This connection highlights the transformation from a group of distressed individuals to a formidable force. Psalm 18:32-34David's psalm of praise for God's deliverance and strength, which can be seen as a reflection of the divine empowerment experienced by his mighty men. People Abialbon, Abiel, Abiezer, Abishai, Adino, Agee, Ahasbai, Ahiam, Ahithophel, Anathoth, Ariel, Asahel, Azmaveth, Baanah, Bani, Benaiah, Benjamin, Benjaminites, David, Dodai, Dodo, Eleazar, Elhanan, Eliahba, Eliam, Elika, Eliphelet, Gareb, Heldai, Heleb, Helez, Hezrai, Hezro, Hiddai, Igal, Ikkesh, Ira, Ithai, Ittai, Jacob, Jashen, Jehoiada, Jesse, Joab, Jonathan, Maharai, Mebunnai, Naharai, Nahari, Nathan, Paarai, Ribai, Shammah, Sharar, Sibbecai, Uriah, Zalmon, Zelek, ZeruiahPlaces Adullam, Anathoth, Bahurim, Beeroth, Bethlehem, Carmel, Gaash, Gath, Gibeah, Gilo, Harod, Jerusalem, Kabzeel, Lehi, Maacah, Moab, Netophah, Pirathon, Tekoa, Valley of Rephaim, ZobahTopics Bani, Gadite, Hagri, Igal, Nathan, ZobahDictionary of Bible Themes 2 Samuel 23:8-39 5544 soldiers 2 Samuel 23:20-39 5087 David, reign of Library The Dying King's Last vision and Psalm
'Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and His word was in my tongue. 3. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureA Libation to Jehovah
'And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 16. And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. 17. And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this; is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The Royal Jubilee
[Footnote: Preached on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.] '... He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain.'--2 SAMUEL xxiii. 3, 4. One of the Psalms ascribed to David sounds like the resolves of a new monarch on his accession. In it the Psalmist draws the ideal of a king, and says such …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture David's Dying Song
We shall notice first, that the Psalmist had sorrow in his house--" Although my house be not so with God." Secondly, he had confidence in the covenant--" yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant." And thirdly, he had satisfaction in his heart, for he says--" this is all my salvation, and all my desire. I. The Psalmist says he had sorrow in his house--"Although my house be not so with God." What man is there of all our race, who, if he had to write his history, would not need to use a great …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 1: 1855 Covenanting Sanctioned by the Divine Example.
God's procedure when imitable forms a peculiar argument for duty. That is made known for many reasons; among which must stand this,--that it may be observed and followed as an example. That, being perfect, is a safe and necessary pattern to follow. The law of God proclaims what he wills men as well as angels to do. The purposes of God show what he has resolved to have accomplished. The constitutions of his moral subjects intimate that he has provided that his will shall be voluntarily accomplished …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting The Christian's Book
Scripture references 2 Timothy 3:16,17; 2 Peter 1:20,21; John 5:39; Romans 15:4; 2 Samuel 23:2; Luke 1:70; 24:32,45; John 2:22; 10:35; 19:36; Acts 1:16; Romans 1:1,2; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4; James 2:8. WHAT IS THE BIBLE? What is the Bible? How shall we regard it? Where shall we place it? These and many questions like them at once come to the front when we begin to discuss the Bible as a book. It is only possible in this brief study, of a great subject, to indicate the line of some of the answers. …
Henry T. Sell—Studies in the Life of the Christian Thoughts Upon the Appearance of Christ the Sun of Righteousness, or the Beatifick vision.
SO long as we are in the Body, we are apt to be governed wholly by its senses, seldom or never minding any thing but what comes to us through one or other of them. Though we are all able to abstract our Thoughts when we please from matter, and fix them upon things that are purely spiritual; there are but few that ever do it. But few, even among those also that have such things revealed to them by God himself, and so have infinitely more and firmer ground to believe them, than any one, or all their …
William Beveridge—Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life The Truth of God
The next attribute is God's truth. A God of truth and without iniquity; just and right is he.' Deut 32:4. For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.' Psa 57:10. Plenteous in truth.' Psa 86:15. I. God is the truth. He is true in a physical sense; true in his being: he has a real subsistence, and gives a being to others. He is true in a moral sense; he is true sine errore, without errors; et sine fallacia, without deceit. God is prima veritas, the pattern and prototype …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Covenanting According to the Purposes of God.
Since every revealed purpose of God, implying that obedience to his law will be given, is a demand of that obedience, the announcement of his Covenant, as in his sovereignty decreed, claims, not less effectively than an explicit law, the fulfilment of its duties. A representation of a system of things pre-determined in order that the obligations of the Covenant might be discharged; various exhibitions of the Covenant as ordained; and a description of the children of the Covenant as predestinated …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting The Work of the Holy Spirit in Prophets and Apostles.
The work of the Holy Spirit in apostles and prophets is an entirely distinctive work. He imparts to apostles and prophets an especial gift for an especial purpose. We read in 1 Cor. xii. 4, 8-11, 28, 29, R. V., "Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.... For to one is given through the Spirit wisdom; and to another the word of knowledge, according to the same Spirit; to another faith, in the same Spirit; and to another gifts of healings, in the one Spirit; and to another workings …
R. A. Torrey—The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit The Blessings of Noah Upon Shem and Japheth. (Gen. Ix. 18-27. )
Ver. 20. "And Noah began and became an husbandman, and planted vineyards."--This does not imply that Noah was the first who began to till the ground, and, more especially, to cultivate the vine; for Cain, too, was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. The sense rather is, that Noah, after the flood, again took up this calling. Moreover, the remark has not an independent import; it serves only to prepare the way for the communication of the subsequent account of Noah's drunkenness. By this remark, …
Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—Christology of the Old Testament The Deity of the Holy Spirit.
In the preceding chapter we have seen clearly that the Holy Spirit is a Person. But what sort of a Person is He? Is He a finite person or an infinite person? Is He God? This question also is plainly answered in the Bible. There are in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments five distinct and decisive lines of proof of the Deity of the Holy Spirit. I. Each of the four distinctively Divine attributes is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. What are the distinctively Divine attributes? Eternity, omnipresence, …
R. A. Torrey—The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit How is Christ, as the Life, to be Applied by a Soul that Misseth God's Favour and Countenance.
The sixth case, that we shall speak a little to, is a deadness, occasioned by the Lord's hiding of himself, who is their life, and "the fountain of life," Ps. xxxvi. 9, and "whose loving-kindness is better than life," Ps. lxiii. 3, and "in whose favour is their life," Ps. xxx. 5. A case, which the frequent complaints of the saints manifest to be rife enough, concerning which we shall, 1. Shew some of the consequences of the Lord's hiding his face, whereby the soul's case will appear. 2. Shew the …
John Brown (of Wamphray)—Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life Thoughts Upon the Mystery of the Trinity.
THOUGH there be many in the World that seem to be Religious, there are but few that are so: One great Reason whereof is, because there are so many Mistakes about Religion, that it is an hard matter to hit upon the true Notion of it: And therefore desiring nothing in this World, so much as to be an Instrument in God's Hand to direct Men unto true Religion, my great Care must, and, by the Blessing of God, shall be to instil into them right Conceptions of him, that is the only Object of all Religious …
William Beveridge—Private Thoughts Upon a Christian Life The Covenant of Grace
Q-20: DID GOD LEAVE ALL MANKIND TO PERISH 1N THE ESTATE OF SIN AND MISERY? A: No! He entered into a covenant of grace to deliver the elect out of that state, and to bring them into a state of grace by a Redeemer. 'I will make an everlasting covenant with you.' Isa 55:5. Man being by his fall plunged into a labyrinth of misery, and having no way left to recover himself, God was pleased to enter into a new covenant with him, and to restore him to life by a Redeemer. The great proposition I shall go …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Samuel
Alike from the literary and the historical point of view, the book[1] of Samuel stands midway between the book of Judges and the book of Kings. As we have already seen, the Deuteronomic book of Judges in all probability ran into Samuel and ended in ch. xii.; while the story of David, begun in Samuel, embraces the first two chapters of the first book of Kings. The book of Samuel is not very happily named, as much of it is devoted to Saul and the greater part to David; yet it is not altogether inappropriate, …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament Links 2 Samuel 23:36 NIV2 Samuel 23:36 NLT2 Samuel 23:36 ESV2 Samuel 23:36 NASB2 Samuel 23:36 KJV
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