took not the number (Cp. the note at the head of this paragraph). The Chronicler notices that David conformed to the regulation given in Numbers 1:3, viz., that only those above twenty years old, and not those below twenty, were to be numbered.
David’s numbering of the people was therefore a military arrangement in order to fix the amount of his standing army. To the general Oriental prejudice against numbering possessions, etc., there was a...
6. THE CAPTAINS, PRINCES, AND VARIOUS OFFICIALS CHAPTER 27 _ 1. The twelve captains (1 Chronicles 27:1)_ 2. The princes of the twelve tribes (1 Chron. 27-16-22) 3. The unfinished numbering (1 Chro...
ORGANISATION OF DAVID'S ARMY: ENUMERATION OF HIS OFFICIALS (_cf._ 1 Chronicles 11:10 ff.) 1 Chronicles 27:1. According to this verse the army comprised 288,000 soldiers; this is an exaggeration....
NOT THE NUMBER. Only the fighting men. See 1 Chronicles 21:5 and 2 Samuel 24:9. THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. See note on Genesis 15:5....
21. THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES (1 Chronicles 27:16-24) TEXT 1 Chronicles 27:16. Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, She...
_BUT DAVID TOOK NOT THE NUMBER OF THEM FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UNDER: BECAUSE THE LORD HAD SAID HE WOULD INCREASE ISRAEL LIKE TO THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS._ But David took not the number ... from tw...
PARTICULARS RESPECTING VARIOUS MILITARY OFFICERS This c., as distinguished from the four preceding Chapter s which describe David's ecclesiastical officials, relates to his secular officers....
FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UNDER] In Numbers 1:3 it is laid down that those required for military service should be above this age....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 27 Organisation of other leaders –...
BUT DAVID TOOK (Numbers 3:40, _nâsâ’mispar_) NOT THE NUMBER OF THEM. — This and the next verse contain concluding remarks on the two lists communicated in 1 Chronicles 27:1. The heading of the chapter...
וְ לֹא ־נָשָׂ֤א דָוִיד֙ מִסְפָּרָ֔ם לְ מִ
This chapter gives us an idea of the internal order of the kingdom under the government of David. The courses mentioned in the opening part of the chapter are not mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testam...
_Heaven. It would have seemed, therefore, as if David distrusted the divine promise, (Haydock) and attempted what was impossible (Grotius) or useless. (Calmet) --- He had before offended, and hence wo...
All the heads of the tribes have honorable testimony given of them by way of perpetuating the memory of Israel....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27. From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of everythi...
BUT DAVID TOOK NOT THE NUMBER OF THEM FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UNDER,.... Only those that were twenty years and upwards; but, according to Cornelius Bertram k, he numbered them that were under twenty...
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. Ver. 23. _He would increase Israel._] And t...
_David took not the number from twenty years old and under_ But only of those who were above the age of twenty years, or (which is the same thing) those that _drew the sword, 1 Chronicles 21:5_. _Beca...
1 The twelue Captaines, for euery seuerall moneth. 16 The Princes of the twelue Tribes. 23 The numbring of the people is hindered. 25 Dauids seuerall Officers. 1 NOWE the children of Israel after...
SPECIAL OFFICERS OF THE NATION...
But David, at the time of that unfortunate census, TOOK NOT THE NUMBER OF THEM FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UNDER, which would, moreover, not have fitted in with the army arrangements which he had in vie...
16-34 The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kin...
The meaning is, David, when he desired to number the people, he designed to number only those who were from twenty years old and upward, or (which is the same thing) those _that drew sword_, 1 CHRONIC...
1 Chronicles 27:23 David H1732 take H5375 (H8804) number H4557 twenty H6242 years H8141 old H1121 under H42
CONTENTS: The captains for each month. Princes of the twelve tribes. David's several officers. CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Jonathan, Jeluel, Ahitophel, Hushai, Jehoiada, Abiathar. CONCLUSION: It i...
1 Chronicles 27:23. _The Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven. Genesis 15:5_. If all had been numbered, David would have had about a million and a half of men, from twent...
_Now the children of Israel._ WISDOM, KINDNESS, AND FOLLY In reading this chapter we are struck with three features of David’s rule. 1. The presence of royal wisdom in-- 1. Securing the safety of h...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 27:23 Joab did not complete the unauthorized census (1 Chronicles 21:6) because he recognized that David’s order was against God’s promise to A
CRITICAL NOTES.] We have captains of monthly divisions of the army (1 Chronicles 27:1), princes of tribes (1 Chronicles 27:16), stewards of treasures and possessions of the king (1 Chronicles 27:25
EXPOSITION This chapter, continuing the general subject of David's arrangements of all the leading departments, sacred and civil, of the kingdom, which he was so soon to yield into the hands of his so...
And then the courses were established in chapter twenty-seven. There were twelve captains for, one for each month to oversee a particular month. And then the princes were established for the twelve tr...
Genesis 15:5; Hebrews 11:12; Numbers 1:18...
Because — And therefore to number them all both above and under twenty years old, had been both an infinite trouble and a tempting of God, or a questioning the truth of his promises....