Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
1 Chronicles 12:19
They helped them not, i.e. the Manassites here named, and the rest of David's forces, to whom they had now joined themselves, did not help the Philistines in battle, as David had pretended to do.
They helped them not, i.e. the Manassites here named, and the rest of David's forces, to whom they had now joined themselves, did not help the Philistines in battle, as David had pretended to do.
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....
THERE FELL SOME OF MANASSEH, beside the Gadites. See note on 1 Kings 12:17 for the strengthening of Judah and making it representative of the whole nation. THEY: David and his men. See 1 Samuel 28:1;...
Manassite Adherents 19. _And there fell some of Manasseh_ R.V. OF MANASSEH ASLO THERE FELL AWAY SOME. _when he came with the Philistines_ See 1 Samuel 28:1-2; 1 Samuel 29:1-11. _but they helped the...
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 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, H...
THEY] i.e. David and his men: see on 1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 29; 1 Samuel 29. UPON ADVISEMENT] i.e. upon reflection: cp. 1 Chronicles 21:12
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 –...
THERE FELL. — The regular term for desertion of one cause for another (2 Kings 25:11). WHEN HE CAME WITH THE PHILISTINES. — (Comp. 1 Samuel 29:2.) This verse is a summary of the narrative of 1 Samuel...
(19-22) The seven Manassite chieftains who went over to David on the eve of Saul’s last battle....
_[1 Chronicles 12:20]_ וּ מִֽ מְּנַשֶּׁ֞ה נָפְל֣וּ עַל
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...
And there fell [some] of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they (f) helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, sayi...
_Fight. They joined him after he had left the Philistines. (Calmet) --- But he. Hebrew, "they helped them not." Neither David nor his partizans were involved in this danger, which might have caused th...
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 FELL SOME OF MANASSEH TO DAVID,.... Of the tribe of Manasseh; they took his part, and on his side, and joined him: WHEN HE CAME WITH THE PHILISTINES AGAINST SAUL TO BATTLE; which was a stro...
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,...
_They helped them not_ That is, the Manassites here named, and the rest of David's forces, to whom they had now joined themselves, did not help the Philistines in battle, as David had pretended to do....
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.]...
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
And there fell some of Manasseh to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, when Achish, the Philistine king, took him along to the Plain of Jezreel, 1 Samuel 29:2. BUT THEY HEL...
TO THE JEOPARDY OF OUR HEADS: _ Heb._ on our heads...
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 12:19 Manasseh H4519 defected H5307 (H8804) David H1732 going H935 (H8800) Philistines H6430 battle...
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...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:19 On the Philistines’ relations with David, see 1 Samuel 29:1....
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 29:2...