George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
1 Chronicles 20:1
Year. Hebrew, "at the return of the year," in spring. (Calmet)
Year. Hebrew, "at the return of the year," in spring. (Calmet)
CHAPTER XX _Joab smites the city of Rabbah; and David puts the crown of its_ _king upon his own head, and treats the people of the city with_ _great rigour_, 1-3. _First battle with the Philistine...
This chapter, containing such other warlike exploits belonging to David’s reign as the writer of Chronicles thinks it important to put on record, is to be compared with the passages of Samuel noted in...
CHAPTER 20 JOAB AND DAVID TAKE RABBAH _ 1. Rabbah destroyed (1 Chronicles 20:1)_ 2. The Philistine giants slain (1 Chronicles 20:4) Rabbah was the capital of Ammon (Deuteronomy 3:11
THE AMMONITES SUBDUED (see notes on 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:30 f.). 1 CHRONICLES 20:4. INCIDENTS DURING THE PHILISTINE WAR (see notes on...
IT CAME TO PASS. Compare 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26. CHILDREN. sons. DAVID TARRIED AT JERUSALEM. No reference is made here to the result of this tarrying, which is recorded in 2 Samuel 11:1;...
1 Chronicles 20:1-3 (2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26-31). The Subjugation of Ammon The account of the siege of Rabbah is given more shortly in Chron. than in 2 Sam. From the latter we learn that the Ar...
_after the year was expired_ R.V. AT THE TIME OF THE RETURN OF THE YEAR, i.e. in the spring, 2Sa 11:1; 1 Kings 20:22. _the power of the army_ The Heb. phrase is quite general in meaning: _the host of...
_JOAB TAKES THE CITY OF RABBAH. THE PHILISTINES ARE THREE TIMES OVERCOME BY DAVID AND HIS SERVANTS._ _Before Christ 1037._ REFLECTIONS.—While Joab conquered the country of the Ammonites, David staye...
12. WARS WITH RABBAH AND THE PHILISTINES (1 Chronicles 20:1-8) 1 Chronicles 20:1. And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led for...
_AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED, AT THE TIME THAT KINGS GO OUT TO BATTLE, JOAB LED FORTH THE POWER OF THE ARMY, AND WASTED THE COUNTRY OF THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, AND CAME AND BESI...
THE SIEGE OF RABBAH. THE SLAUGHTER OF THREE PHILISTINE GIANTS This chapter corresponds, with some unimportant differences, to several distinct sections in 2 S, viz. 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26; 2 Sa...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 20 Battles against the *Philistines –...
AFTER THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED. — Heb., _at the time of the return of the year: i.e.,_ in spring. (See 1 Kings 20:22; 1 Kings 20:26.) AT THE TIME THAT KINGS GO OUT. — See 1 Kings 20:16. Military operation...
וַ יְהִ֡י לְ עֵת֩ תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת הַ שָּׁנָ֜ה
Joab's conquest of the children of Ammon was complete. They were despoiled of their possessions and reduced to servitude. There is practically no doubt that this is the meaning of the story as it is w...
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and bes...
The Reader will recollect the circumstances which are here related have been before noticed, and with more particulars in 2 Samuel 11:1 and 2 Samuel 12:1. I refer therefore to the account there given....
CONTENTS This Chapter contains a further account of the wars of David. Rabbah is besieged and taken. The Philistines are again overthrown....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18, 19, AND 20. In Chapter s 18, 19 and 20 David, already delivered from all internal conflict in Israel, triumphs over the heathen, and spreads the glory of...
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and bes...
_A.M. 2969. B.C. 1035._ A repetition of David's wars with the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah, 1 Chronicles 20:1; with the giants of the Philistines, 1 Chronicles 20:4. NOTES ON CHAPTER 20....
1 Rabbah is besieged by Ioab, spoiled by Dauid, and the people thereof tortured. 4 Three giants are slaine in three seuerall ouerthrowes of the Philistines. 1 AND [NOTE: 2 Samuel 11:1.] it came to pa...
THE CITY OF RABBAH TAKEN...
And it came to pass that after the year was expired, at the season when warlike operations were usually resumed, AT THE TIME THAT KINGS GO OUT TO BATTLE, JOAB LED FORTH THE POWER OF THE ARMY, the flow...
AFTER THE YEAR: _ Heb._ at the return of the year...
1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 20 Rabbah besieged, spoiled, and tortured by David, 1 CHRONICLES 20:1. Three giants slain, 1 CHRONICLES 20:4. Of this first verse, see my notes on 2 SAMUEL 11:1; and o
1 Chronicles 20:1 spring H6256 H8666 year H8141 time H6256 kings H4428 out H3318 (H8800) Joab H3097 out...
DAVID Here should be read (2 Samuel 11:2); (2 Samuel 11:25); (Psalms 51:1)....
CONTENTS: Joab and David take Rabbah. War with Philistines. CHARACTERS: David, Joab, Sibbechai, Sippai, Jonathan, Elhanan. CONCLUSION: The power and pride of great men against us need not terrify us...
1 Chronicles 20:1. _Joab besieged Rabbah._ This is related more at large in 2 Samuel 12. David humanely left Shobi on the throne, after putting the rebel chiefs to death. 1 Chronicles 20:7. When he de...
_And it came to pass, that after the year was expired._ THE CAPTURE OF RABBAH From its capture and punishment of its people we learn-- I. That in spiritual warfare there must be no cessation. Rest...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 20:1 The Chronicler omits 2 Samuel 12:27, Joab’s summons to David to come to Rabbah....
CRITICAL NOTES.] This extract from the ancient records tells of Rabbah taken (1 Chronicles 20:1); and three sons of the giant of Gath slain (1 Chronicles 20:4). It covers 2 Samuel 11-21. [_Murphy_]....
EXPOSITION The contents of this chapter are all to be found in the work of Samuel, but woven in, in very different places. The cause of the first considerable difference of this kind is in connection...
By Chuck Smith And it came to pass, after the year was expired, and the time that the kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and he wasted the country of the children of Ammon,...
1 Kings 20:22; 1 Kings 20:26; 2 Kings 13:20; 2 Samuel 11:1;...