George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Chronicles 12:16
Hold, in Moab, (1 Kings xxii. 4.; Du Hamel; Menochius) or to Siceleg. The people of Benjamin come with those of Juda, to avoid suspicion. (Calmet)
Hold, in Moab, (1 Kings xxii. 4.; Du Hamel; Menochius) or to Siceleg. The people of Benjamin come with those of Juda, to avoid suspicion. (Calmet)
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 ...
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....
CHILDREN. sons....
Amasai and his Companions 16. _to the hold_ See 1 Chronicles 12:8, notes....
4. DAVID'S MEN IN SAUL'S DAY (1 Chronicles 12:1-22) TEXT 1 Chronicles 12:1. 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...
_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...
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 –...
(8-18) A. list of Gadites, and an account of a band of Judæans and Benjammites who joined David in the stronghold (1 Chronicles 11:14) towards the desert of Judah....
TO THE HOLD. — See Note on 1 Chronicles 12:8....
(16-18) Some Benjamite and Judæan accessions. The names are not given, why we cannot tell....
_[1 Chronicles 12:17]_ וַ יָּבֹ֗אוּ מִן ־בְּנֵ֤י בִנְיָמִן֙
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 seemed to have good ground for his enquiry of the Benjamites, for Saul was of that tribe. But the Lord was better to him than all his fears. Is there not a sweet spiritual lesson veiled under th...
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...
AND THERE CAME OF THE MEN OF BENJAMIN, AND OF JUDAH,.... Besides those before mentioned, 1 Chronicles 12:2, TO THE HOLD UNTO DAVID; the same as in 1 Chronicles 12:8....
_And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David._ Ver. 16. _Then came the children of Benjamin and Judah._] The Benjamites might have been suspected to have come for a mi...
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.]...
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David, the reference here being to a special band that came to join David....
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
1-22 Here is an account of those who appeared and acted as David's friends, while he was persecuted. No difficulties or dangers should keep the sinner from coming to the Savior, nor drive the believe...
To the same hold mentioned 1 CHRONICLES 12:8, SEE POOLE ON "1 CHRONICLES 12:8...
1 Chronicles 12:16 sons H1121 Benjamin H1144 Judah H3063 came H935 (H8799) David H1732 stronghold H4679 the children -...
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...
_And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David._ RECRUITS FOR KING JESUS I want to run a parallel between the case of David and that of our Lord Jesus Christ. I. Here...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:1 Before his reign in Hebron, David took refuge from Saul in various strongholds in the Judean desert. He also stayed in Ziklag for 16 months under the protection...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:16 When David’s life is threatened by Saul, AMASAI encourages loyalty to David, declaring that he has God’s support. THE SPIRIT CLOTHED is the Chronicler’s charact...
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. They...
1 Chronicles 12:2; 1 Chronicles 12:8...