2 Samuel 20:10
“But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand,.... In his left hand, for with his right hand he took him…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
In the fifth rib - I believe חמש chomesh, which we render here and elsewhere the fifth rib, means any part of the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 20:4-13
We have here Amasa's fall just as he began to rise. He was nephew to David (Sa2 17:25), had been Absalom's general and…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
in the fifth rib In the belly. See note on ch. 2Sa 2:23.
strake him not again Cp. 1Sa 26:8. Strakeis an archaism for…
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