_NOW THESE ARE THEY THAT CAME TO DAVID TO ZIKLAG, WHILE HE YET KEPT HIMSELF CLOSE BECAUSE OF SAUL THE SON OF KISH: AND THEY WERE AMONG THE MIGHTY MEN, HELPERS OF THE WAR._ Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag. There are three lists given in this chapter, arranged apparently according to... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEY WERE ARMED WITH BOWS, AND COULD USE BOTH THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT IN HURLING STONES AND SHOOTING ARROWS OUT OF A BOW, EVEN OF SAUL'S BRETHREN OF BENJAMIN._ Of Saul's brethren of Benjamin - i:e., of the tribe of Benjamin (cf. 1 Chronicles 12:29); but some of them might be relatives of the k... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHIEF WAS AHIEZER, THEN JOASH, THE SONS OF SHEMAAH THE GIBEATHITE; AND JEZIEL, AND PELET, THE SONS OF AZMAVETH; AND BERACHAH, AND JEHU THE ANTOTHITE,_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ISMAIAH THE GIBEONITE, A MIGHTY MAN AMONG THE THIRTY, AND OVER THE THIRTY; AND JEREMIAH, AND JAHAZIEL, AND JOHANAN, AND JOSABAD THE GEDERATHITE,_ Ismaiah the Gibeonite. It appears that not only the Cannanites who were admitted into the congregation (Joshua 9:1), but people of the tribe of Benj... [ Continue Reading ]
_ELUZAI, AND JERIMOTH, AND BEALIAH, AND SHEMARIAH, AND SHEPHATIAH THE HARUPHITE,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF THE GADITES THERE SEPARATED THEMSELVES UNTO DAVID INTO THE HOLD TO THE WILDERNESS MEN OF MIGHT, AND MEN OF WAR FIT FOR THE BATTLE, THAT COULD HANDLE SHIELD AND BUCKLER, WHOSE FACES WERE LIKE THE FACES OF LIONS, AND WERE AS SWIFT AS THE ROES UPON THE MOUNTAINS;_ Of the Gadites there separate... [ Continue Reading ]
_EZER THE FIRST, OBADIAH THE SECOND, ELIAB THE THIRD,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE WERE OF THE SONS OF GAD, CAPTAINS OF THE HOST: ONE OF THE LEAST WAS OVER AN HUNDRED, AND THE GREATEST OVER A THOUSAND._ One of the least was over an hundred ... David, while at Ziklag, had not so large an amount of forces as to give to each of these the command of so many men. Another meanin... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN IN THE FIRST MONTH, WHEN IT HAD OVERFLOWN ALL HIS BANKS; AND THEY PUT TO FLIGHT ALL THEM OF THE VALLEYS, BOTH TOWARD THE EAST, AND TOWARD THE WEST._ These are they that went over Jordan in the first month - i:e., they swam the Jordan in spring, when the swollen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE CAME OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN AND JUDAH TO THE HOLD UNTO DAVID._ The children of Benjamin and Judah. It is probable that the Benjamites invited the Judahites to accompany them, in order to prevent David being suspicious of them. Their anticipations, as the result showed, were well-fou... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID WENT OUT TO MEET THEM, AND ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, IF YE BE COME PEACEABLY UNTO ME TO HELP ME, MINE HEART SHALL BE KNIT UNTO YOU: BUT IF YE BE COME TO BETRAY ME TO MINE ENEMIES, SEEING THERE IS NO WRONG IN MINE HANDS, THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS LOOK THEREON, AND REBUKE IT._ No JFB comme... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE FELL SOME OF MANASSEH TO DAVID, WHEN HE CAME WITH THE PHILISTINES AGAINST SAUL TO BATTLE: BUT THEY HELPED THEM NOT: FOR THE LORDS OF THE PHILISTINES UPON ADVISEMENT SENT HIM AWAY, SAYING, HE WILL FALL TO HIS MASTER SAUL TO THE JEOPARDY OF OUR HEADS._ There fell some of Manasseh. The peri... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS HE WENT TO ZIKLAG, THERE FELL TO HIM OF MANASSEH, ADNAH, AND JOZABAD, AND JEDIAEL, AND MICHAEL, AND JOZABAD, AND ELIHU, AND ZILTHAI, CAPTAINS OF THE THOUSANDS THAT WERE OF MANASSEH._ As he went to Ziklag. If those Manassites joined him on his return to Ziklag, after his dismissal from the Phili... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY HELPED DAVID AGAINST THE BAND OF THE ROVERS: FOR THEY WERE ALL MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR, AND WERE CAPTAINS IN THE HOST._ They helped David against the band - i:e., the Amalekites who had pillaged Ziklag in David's absence. This military expedition was made by all his men (1 Samuel 30:9), who,... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR AT THAT TIME DAY BY DAY THERE CAME TO DAVID TO HELP HIM, UNTIL IT WAS A GREAT HOST, LIKE THE HOST OF GOD._ The host of God - i:e., great and powerful army. 'Of all the Hebrew tribes, there were no men better fitted than these by their native training to form the nucleus of David's army. They c... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE BANDS THAT WERE READY ARMED TO THE WAR, AND CAME TO DAVID TO HEBRON, TO TURN THE KINGDOM OF SAUL TO HIM, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD._ These are the numbers of the bands that ... came to David to Hebron - after the death of Ishbosheth (2 Samuel 5:1). TO TURN... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JEHOIADA WAS THE LEADER OF THE AARONITES, AND WITH HIM WERE THREE THOUSAND AND SEVEN HUNDRED;_ Jehoiada ... the leader of the Aaronites - not the high priest, because that was Abiathar (1 Samuel 23:9), but the leader of the Aaronite warriors supposed to be the father of Benaiah (1 Chronicles 1... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ZADOK, A YOUNG MAN MIGHTY OF VALOUR, AND OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSE TWENTY AND TWO CAPTAINS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN, THE KINDRED OF SAUL, THREE THOUSAND: FOR HITHERTO THE GREATEST PART OF THEM HAD KEPT THE WARD OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL._ Benjamin ... three thousand. This small number shows the unpopularity of the movement in this tribe; and, indeed, it is expressly stated that the ma... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM TWENTY THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED, MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR, FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF THE CHILDREN OF ISSACHAR, WHICH WERE MEN THAT HAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES, TO KNOW WHAT ISRAEL OUGHT TO DO; THE HEADS OF THEM WERE TWO HUNDRED; AND ALL THEIR BRETHREN WERE AT THEIR COMMANDMENT._ Children of Issachar ... that had understanding of the times ... Jewish writers say that the... [ Continue Reading ]
_OF ZEBULUN, SUCH AS WENT FORTH TO BATTLE, EXPERT IN WAR, WITH ALL INSTRUMENTS OF WAR, FIFTY THOUSAND, WHICH COULD KEEP RANK: THEY WERE NOT OF DOUBLE HEART._ Zepulun ... could keep rank - i:e., were more disciplined soldiers than the rest. NOT OF DOUBLE HEART. Though their numbers were large, all... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF NAPHTALI A THOUSAND CAPTAINS, AND WITH THEM WITH SHIELD AND SPEAR THIRTY AND SEVEN THOUSAND._ Of Naphtali a thousand captains, х_ SAARIYM_ (H8269), princes] - (cf. Ps. 67:27 .)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OF THE DANITES EXPERT IN WAR TWENTY AND EIGHT THOUSAND AND SIX HUNDRED._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF JORDAN, OF THE REUBENITES, AND THE GADITES, AND OF THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH, WITH ALL MANNER OF INSTRUMENTS OF WAR FOR THE BATTLE, AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND._ And on the other side of Jordan ... an hundred and twenty thousand. From a comparison of the whole list, it... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THESE MEN OF WAR, THAT COULD KEEP RANK, CAME WITH A PERFECT HEART TO HEBRON, TO MAKE DAVID KING OVER ALL ISRAEL: AND ALL THE REST ALSO OF ISRAEL WERE OF ONE HEART TO MAKE DAVID KING._ All the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king - i:e., entertained a unanimous desire for hi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE THEY WERE WITH DAVID THREE DAYS, EATING AND DRINKING: FOR THEIR BRETHREN HAD PREPARED FOR THEM._ There they were with David three days, eating and drinking. According to the statements made in the preceding verses, the number of armed warriors assembled in Hebron on this occasion amounte... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER THEY THAT WERE NIGH THEM, EVEN UNTO ISSACHAR AND ZEBULUN AND NAPHTALI, BROUGHT BREAD ON ASSES, AND ON CAMELS, AND ON MULES, AND ON OXEN, AND MEAT, MEAL, CAKES OF FIGS, AND BUNCHES OF RAISINS, AND WINE, AND OIL, AND OXEN, AND SHEEP ABUNDANTLY: FOR THERE WAS JOY IN ISRAEL._... [ Continue Reading ]