Not that they brought now so many men with them; but either,
1. They had hitherto been captains or colonels under Saul, or in the established militia or bands of their tribe. Or,
2. They were so afterwards under David, who for their valour and fidelity thus advanced them.
The marginal rendering is preferable. (Compare Leviticus 26:8)....
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....
Gadite Adherents of David 8. _And of the Gadites_ The Gadites had the name of marauders (Genesis 49:19), and David's mode of life would attract them. Chronologically 1 Chronicles 12:8 should precede 1...
_These … the host_ R.V. THESE OF THE SONS OF GAD WERE CAPTAINS OF THE HOST. _one of the least_, etc.] R.V. HE THAT WAS LEAST WAS EQUAL TO AN HUNDRED, AND THE GREATEST TO A THOUSAND. Cp. Leviticus 26:...
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...
_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...
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...
WAS OVER] RV 'was equal to': cp. Leviticus 26:8....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 The men who came to David at Ziklag –...
THESE WERE. — Subscription. CAPTAINS OF THE HOST. — Literally, _heads of the host, i.e.,_ chief warriors. ONE OF THE LEAST WAS OVER AN HUNDRED. — The margin is correct. David’s band at this time was...
(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....
_[1 Chronicles 12:15]_ אֵ֥לֶּה מִ בְּנֵי ־גָ֖ד רָאשֵׁ֣י
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...
_Thousand, after David had ascended the throne. (Calmet) --- At Siceleg he had only 600. (Menochius) --- Some suppose that each of these officers was worth 100 men, &c. (Vatable)_...
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...
THESE WERE OF THE SONS OF GAD, CAPTAINS OF THE HOST,.... Of the militia in their own country, and of the men they brought with them; or they were such afterwards in David's army: ONE OF THE LEAST WAS...
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. Ver. 14. _One of the least was over a hundred._] Or, One that was leas...
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.]...
These were the sons of Gad, captains of the host, all of them officers in David's army; ONE OF THE LEAST WAS OVER AN HUNDRED AND THE GREATEST OVER A THOUSAND; even the least of these heroes was able t...
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
ONE OF THE LEAST WAS OVER AN HUNDRED, AND THE GREATEST, OVER A THOUSAND: Or, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a thousand...
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...
1 Chronicles 12:14 sons H1121 Gad H1410 captains H7218 army H6635 least H259 H6996 hundred H3967 greatest...
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 of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David._ DAVID AND HIS VOLUNTEERS David, compelled to flee from his own country, and to hide himself from the malice of Saul, was eminently a type o...
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 12:8 David received support from the GADITES of Transjordan earlier, possibly at Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1) or Engedi ...
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...
Deuteronomy 32:30; Leviticus 26:8...