SEV Biblia, Chapter 23:11
Después de éste fue Sama, hijo de Age araita; que habiéndose juntado los filisteos en una aldea, había allí una heredad de tierra llena de lentejas, y el pueblo había huido delante de los filisteos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:11
Verse 11. A piece of ground full of lentiles] In 1 Chronicles xi. 13 it is a parcel of ground full of barley. There is probably a mistake of µyd[ adashim, lentiles, for µyrw[ seorim, barley, or vice versa. Some think there were both lentiles and barley in the field, and that a marauding party of the Philistines came to destroy or carry them off, and these worthies defeated the whole, and saved the produce of the field. This is not unlikely.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And after him [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite , etc.] One who was of the mountainous country, as the Targum, the hill country of Judea, of Hebron, or the parts adjacent; this was the third of the first three; there was one of this name among the thirty, ( 2 Samuel 23:33); and the Philistines were gathered together into a troop ; but so they were no doubt at first; R. Isaiah takes it to be the name of a place called Chiyah; as the Targum, Chayatha; and which Kimchi says was a village, an unwalled town; and Ben Melech observes, that it is said in the Arabic language, a collection of houses is called Alchai: it may be the same with Lehi, where Samson slew a thousand with the jawbone of an ass, ( Judges 15:17), whence it had its name; and Josephus says, the place where the Philistines were gathered together was called “the Jawbone”: but perhaps the sense of Ben Gersom may be best of all, that they gathered together in this place for provision, for food and forage, to support the life of them and their cattle: since it follows, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles ; a sort of pulse, which was eaten in those countries, and the pottage of which was delicious food, (see Genesis 25:30,34); and the people fled from the Philistines ; as they did before under Eleazar, ( 2 Samuel 23:9).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-39 - David once earnestly longed for the water at the well of Bethlehem. I seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty; with the water of that well he had often refreshed himself when a youth, and it wa without due thought that he desired it. Were his valiant men so forwar to expose themselves, upon the least hint of their prince's mind, an so eager to please him, and shall not we long to approve ourselves to our Lord Jesus, by ready compliance with his will, as shown us by his word, Spirit, and providence? But David poured out the water as drink-offering to the Lord. Thus he would cross his own foolish fancy and punish himself for indulging it, and show that he had sobe thoughts to correct his rash ones, and knew how to deny himself. Di David look upon that water as very precious which was got at the hazar of these men's blood, and shall not we much more value those benefit for purchasing which our blessed Saviour shed his blood? Let all bewar of neglecting so great salvation __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ואחריו 310 שׁמא 8037 בן 1121 אגא 89 הררי 2043 ויאספו 622 פלשׁתים 6430 לחיה 2416 ותהי 1961 שׁם 8033 חלקת 2513 השׂדה 7704 מלאה 4395 עדשׁים 5742 והעם 5971 נס 5127 מפני 6440 פלשׁתים׃ 6430
