1 Chronicles 11:13

_HE WAS WITH DAVID AT PASDAMMIM, AND THERE THE PHILISTINES WERE GATHERED TOGETHER TO BATTLE, WHERE WAS A PARCEL OF GROUND FULL OF BARLEY; AND THE PEOPLE FLED FROM BEFORE THE PHILISTINES._ He was with David at Pas-dammim. It was at the time when he was a fugitive in the wilderness; and, parched with thirst under the burning heat of noon-day, he wistfully thought of the cool fountain of his native village. This is a notice of the achievement to which Eleazar owed his fame, but the details are found only in 2 Samuel 23:9, where it is further said that he was aided by the valour of Shammah-a fact corroborated in the passage before us (1 Chronicles 11:14), where it is recorded of the heroes that "they set themselves in the midst of that parcel." Since the singular number is used i

10-47 An account is given of David's worthies, the great men who served him. Yet David reckoned his success, not as from the mighty men that were with him, but from the mighty God, whose presence is all in all. In strengthening him, they strengthened themselves and their own interest, for his advancement was theirs. We shall gain by what we do in our places for the support of the kingdom of the Son of David; and those that are faithful to Him, shall find their names registered much more to their honour, than these are in the records of fame....

Compare this passage with 2 Samuel 23:9. BARLEY - In 2 Samuel 23:11, “lentiles.” The words for barley and lentils are so similar in the Hebrew that we may fairly explain the diversity by an accidental corruption....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 11:1 Upon the death of Saul, Abner, for a while espousing the cause of Ishbo-sheth, the only surviving son of Saul, "made him king over" a large proportion of the people, exclusive of Judah (2 Samuel 2:8). Already David had been anointed at Hebron by "the men of Judah, king over the house of Judah" (2 Samuel 2:1). And David continued "king in Hebron over the house of Judah seven years and six months" (2 Samuel 2:11; 2Sa 5:5; 1 Kings 2:11;...

1 Chronicles 11:1...

III. THE CROWNING OF DAVID AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM 1. David at Hebron CHAPTER 11 _ 1. David crowned king (1 Chronicles 11:1)_ 2. Jerusalem becomes David's capital (1 Chronicles 11:4) 3. The record of David's mighty men (1 Chronicles 11:10) From the second book of Samuel we learned that the crowning of David in Hebron occurred after the death of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 5). The previous reign of David for seven and a half years and his failures are here omitted. We shall find that Chronicles does not record all the failures and sins of David and Solomon. The b

DAVID MADE KING IN HEBRON; JERUSALEM TAKEN; DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN (see notes on 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 23:8). 1 Chronicles 11:42. An addition by the Chronicler from some unknown source....

HE WAS WITH DAVID. Eleazar. In 2Sa 23:11, 2 Samuel 23:12, Shammah also was _with him._ Note the _plural_ verbs in next verse, "theyset. and [they] delivered it and [they] slew". This account is supplementary, not contradictory. PAS-DAMMIM. Probably Ephes-dammim, between Shocoh and Azekah (1 Samuel 17:1). BARLEY. In 2 Samuel 23:11, "lentiles". Therefore the field contained both: and the accounts are complementary, not contradictory....

(2 Samuel 23:8-39). David's Mighty Men and their Deeds (The names of twelve of these heroes reappear in chap. 27 as the commanders of David's twelve "courses.") This section seems to consist of elements drawn from different sources and brought together (probably by the author of Samuel) in order to give as complete a list as possible of the heroes who at different times in David's career did good service to Israel. 1 Chronicles 11:11 (2 Samuel 23:8-12) deal with two (in Sam. three) heroes otherwise unknown. 1 Chronicles 11:15 ...

HE WAS WITH DAVID AT PAS-DAMMIM— See 2 Samuel 23:9; 2 Samuel 23:39. In general, the seeming differences which are found in this book, and that of Samuel, may be reconciled from the latter....