What does 1 Chronicles 12:24 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armedh to the war."
2. DAVID'S WARRIORS AND FRIENDS CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Benjamite warriors with David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:1)_ 2. The other warriors (1 Chronicles 12:8) 3. Those who came to make him king (1 Chr...
DAVID'S SUPPORTERS. An enumeration of those who rallied round David during his outlaw life in Ziklag (_cf._ 1 Samuel 27:5 f.), and a list of those who were instrumental in setting him upon the throne....
_The children of Judah_, etc.] The list which follows suggests two questions, (1) Whence did the Chronicler derive it? (2) Are the statements of numbers contained in it trustworthy? In answer to the...
_THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH THAT BARE SHIELD AND SPEAR WERE SIX THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED, READY ARMED TO THE WAR._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
VARIOUS STATISTICS This chapter is entirely supplementary to what is related in 2 S, and gives particulars respecting certain companies that joined David at various times, and the numbers that came t...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 THE MEN WHO CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG – 1 CHRONICLES 12:1-7 V1 David went to Ziklag town to escape from Saul so...
THE SONS OF JUDAH. — The following list proceeds from south to north, and then passes over to the trans-Jordanic tribes. THAT BARE SHIELD AND SPEAR. — Comp. 1 Chronicles 12:8. READY ARMED TO THE WAR...
_[1 Chronicles 12:25]_ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה נֹשְׂאֵ֥י צִנָּ֖ה וָ רֹ֑מַח שֵׁ֧שֶׁת אֲלָפִ֛ים וּ שְׁמֹונֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ות חֲלוּצֵ֥י...
DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared by...
Here the story is continued; it thrills with the enthusiasm of the multitudes as they marched under the standard of the new king. Over the list of names flashes light from certain outstanding statemen...
David's army, in the numbers, may serve to remind us of that holy army of the Lord Jesus which John saw, which over and above the hundred and forty and four thousand of the sealed of Israel, had a mul...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10, 11, AND 12. A brief recital of the ruin of Saul's house introduces Jehovah's establishment of the house of David. All that took place before the people g...
1 Chronicles 12:23....
_The children of Judah that bare shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war._ Ver. 24. _That bare shield and year,_] _i.e., _ Weapons defensive and offensive; so m...
_According to the word of the Lord_ Whereby he had settled the crown on David after Saul's death. _Six thousand_, &c. Who came hither in the name of their brethren: for that whole tribe adhered to Dav...
1 The companies that came to Dauid at Ziklag. 23 The armies that came to him at Hebron. 1 NOW [NOTE: 1 Samuel 27:1.] these are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ being yet shut vp.]...
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT HEBRON...
ARMED: Or, prepared...
23-40 When the throne of Christ is set up in a soul, there is, or ought to be, great joy in that soul; and provision is made, not as here, for a few days, but for the whole life, and for eternity. Hap...
Who came hither in the name of all their brethren; for that whole tribe stuck to David at his very first coming to Hebron....
1 Chronicles 12:24 sons H1121 Judah H3063 bearing H5375 (H8802) shield H6793 spear H7420 six H8337 thousand H505 eight H8083 hundred H3967 armed H2502 (H8803) war H6635 armed - or, prepared...
CONTENTS: David's army at Ziglag. The leaders who made David king. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, David, Amasai, Jehoiada. CONCLUSION: It is good to take sides with those who take sides with God and have...
1 Chronicles 12:14. _Over a thousand._ David at Ziklag had but six hundred men; the query is, whether these had already been captains over a thousand, or whether David after his coronation promoted th...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:23 TO TURN THE KINGDOM OF SAUL OVER TO HIM refers back to 1 Chronicles 10:14 and summarizes the overall theme of chs. 1 Chronicles 10:1. ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF T...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter entirely new matter—supplementary to Samuel—contains a list of those who joined David in time of Saul (1 Chronicles 12:1), and of those who came to make him king over Isr...
EXPOSITION This chapter is retrospective, and the contents of it are not found elsewhere. It is occupied, first (1 Chronicles 12:1), with the names and some accounts of those who had come to the help...
Now in chapter twelve. These are they which came to David to Ziklag, because he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, the helpers of the war. The...
2 Chronicles 25:5; Numbers 31:5...
Six thousand, &c. — Who came hither in the name of their brethren; for that whole tribe stuck to David....