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John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 23:37
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Zelek the Ammonite, etc.] Who was so either by birth, and became a proselyte; so the Targum says, he was of the children of Ammon; or is so called, because he had sojourned some time in their land, or had done some exploits against them; unless he was of Chepharhaammonai, a city of the tribe of Benjamin, (<061824>Joshua 18:24); Naharai the Beerothite; native of Beeroth, a city in the same tribe, (<061825>Joshua 18:25); armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah; Joab had ten of them, this perhaps was the chief of them, (<101815>2 Samuel 18:15); who was advanced to be a captain, and therefore has a name and place among the thirty, very likely for some military, exploits performed by him; he is in the list of David’s worthies, though not Joab his master, as before observed; the reason of Joab being left out is either because he was over them all, as before noted; according to Josephus f410, Uriah the Hittite, after mentioned, was an armourbearer to Joab.
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