They were armed with bows, their work consisting in bending the bow in shooting, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones, as slingers, and shooting arrows out of a bow, thus having ambidextrous skill, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin, members of the very tribe to which Saul belonged who were in some miraculous manner induced to share the fortunes of David.
The skill of the Benjamites as archers is noted in 1 Chronicles 8:40, and 2 Chronicles 14:8. Their proficiency in using the left hand appears in the narrative of Judges (Judges 3:15, and marginal
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....
COULD USE, &C. Compare Judges 3:15; Judges 20:15; Judges 20:16. SAUL'S BRETHREN: i.e. his fellow-tribesmen. Compare 1 Chronicle
Benjamite Adherents of David 1. _to Ziklag_ David at Ziklag was a client of Achish, king of Gath (1 Samuel 27:5-6), so that the Benjamites in joining him were putting themselves under their hereditary...
_both the right hand and the left_ On the occasion described in Judges 20 the Benjamites are said to have had seven hundred men _lefthanded_who could sling stones at a hair and not miss (_ib._Judges 2...
EVEN OF SAUL'S BRETHREN OF BENJAMIN— Bishop Patrick observes, that possibly these persons came to David from a generous motive, as they could not bear to see an innocent man persecuted in so violent a...
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...
_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...
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 RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT] For this faculty in connexion with Benjamin cp. Judges 3:15; Judges 20:15; Judges 20:16. SAUL'S BRETHREN] i.e. fellow-tribesmen: cp....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 The men who came to David at Ziklag –...
(1-7) Men of Benjamin and Judah who joined David at Ziklag. (Comp. 1 Samuel 27)...
ARMED WITH BOWS. — Literally, _drawers of the bow_ (2 Chronicles 17:17). AND COULD USE. — They were ambidextrous “with stones, and with arrows on the bow.” The left-handed slingers of Benjamin were fa...
נֹ֣שְׁקֵי קֶ֗שֶׁת מַיְמִינִ֤ים וּ מַשְׂמִאלִים֙ בָּֽ †...
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...
[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 (b) brethren of Benjamin. (b) That is, of the trib...
_Hand, like Aod, Judges iii. 15. (Menochius) --- Brethren, of the same tribe. The opinion which they entertained of David, must have been very great, to make them expose themselves to such dangers. In...
The continued accumulation of David's forces, serves to remind us of the wonderful accession of converts to the Lord Jesus from every part. Oh! how truly lovely is it to behold souls flying to Christ,...
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...
THEY WERE ARMED WITH BOWS,.... Much used in war in those times: AND COULD USE BOTH THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT, IN HURLING STONES, AND SHOOTING ARROWS OUT OF A BOW; they were ambidextrous; who could...
1 Chronicles 12:2 [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. Ver. 2. Ev...
_Could use both the right hand and the left_ With like nimbleness and certainty: compare Judges 3:15; and Judges 20:16. _Saul's brethren of Benjamin_ Of Saul's own tribe: who were moved hereto by God'...
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.]...
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...
COULD USE BOTH THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT, with like nimbleness and certainty. Compare JUDGES 3:15, JUDGES 20:16. OF SAUL'S BRETHREN OF BENJAMIN, i.e. of Saul's own tribe; who were moved hereunto by...
1 Chronicles 12:2 armed H5401 (H8802) bows H7198 hand H3231 (H8688) left H8041 (H8688) stones H68 arrows...
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 12:1 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...
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 Samuel 17:49; Judges 20:16; Judges 3:15...
Even — Of Saul's own tribe: who were moved hereto by God's spirit, by the conscience of their duty to David; and by their observation of God's departure from Saul, and of his special presence with Dav...