Various Officers of the King
Twelve different officers are named here who acted as stewards of king David's property.
25. treasures … storehouses R.V. treasuries … treasuries (the same Heb. word is repeated).
castles Lit. towers; cp. 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 27:4.
Jehonathan R.V. Jonathan.
Verse 1 Chronicles 27:25-13. _OVER THE KING'S TREASURES_] We see from these verses in what the _personal property_ of David consisted: - 1. Treasures, gold, silver, c. 2. Goods and grain in castles,...
This section is important as showing that David, the younger son of a not very opulent family 1Sa 16:11, 1 Samuel 16:20, had now become a large landed proprietor, as well as a capitalist, possessed of...
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....
OVER THE KING'S TREASURES. There were twelve of these stewards. TREASURES. treasuries. CASTLES. fortresses....
22. THE STEWARDS OF THE TREASURIES (1 Chronicles 27:25-31) TEXT 1 Chronicles 27:25. And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, a...
_AND OVER THE KING'S TREASURES WAS AZMAVETH THE SON OF ADIEL: AND OVER THE STOREHOUSES IN THE FIELDS, IN THE CITIES, AND IN THE VILLAGES, AND IN THE CASTLES, WAS JEHONATHAN THE SON OF UZZIAH:_ Over t...
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....
OVER THE KING'S TREASURES] The account implies that David had large private estates as well as considerable accumulations of treasure. Some of his possessions may have formed part of what the king cou...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 27 Organisation of other leaders –...
III. — THE TWELVE OVERSEERS OF THE ROYAL ESTATES AND PROPERTY (1 Chronicles 27:25). The number of these officers is noticeable, twelve being a normal number in Israelite institutions. (25) AND OVER T...
וְ עַל֙ אֹצְרֹ֣ות הַ מֶּ֔לֶךְ עַזְמָ֖וֶת בֶּן
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...
_Treasures of gold, &c., as those of provisions had other officers. (Calmet) --- Were in. Hebrew and Septuagint add, "the fields, in the cities," &c. (Haydock) --- This must be understood of corn; win...
The particular mention that is made of the respective situations of those heads of houses, no doubt had a divine authority, and may serve to convey to us, that the Lord arrayeth and disposeth all thin...
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...
Ver. 25-32. AND OVER THE KING'S TREASURES WAS AZMAVETH THE SON OF ADIEL,.... The historian here proceeds to relate who were employed in the economical and civil affairs of David; and the first mention...
And over the king's treasures [was] Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, [was] Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: Ver....
_Over the king's treasures_ Of gold, or silver, or other things of great price, which, for greater security, were kept in Jerusalem, and in the king's palace; and thither the tribute-money also was se...
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...
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth, the son of Adiel, he was in charge of the property and the spoils of war which were the property of the crown; AND OVER THE STOREHOUSES IN THE FIELDS, IN TH...
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...
OVER THE KING'S TREASURES; of gold or silver, or other things of great price, which for greater security were kept in Jerusalem, and in the king's palace; and thither the tribute money also was sent a...
1 Chronicles 27:25 Azmaveth H5820 son H1121 Adiel H5717 kings H4428 treasuries H214 Jehonathan H3083 son H1121 Uzziah...
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 27:25 A list of 12 administrators of the royal PROPERTY (v. 1 Chronicles 27:31). The incomes from these s
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...
2 Chronicles 16:2; 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Kings 18:15; Exodus 1:11;...