1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:1 From 2 Samuel 5:1, omitting the war with Ishbosheth and David’s seven-year reign in Hebron as king (2 Samuel 2:1; 2 Samuel 5:4; contrast 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 29:27). ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD BY SAMUEL. See... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:4 From 2 Samuel 5:6. The conquest of JERUSALEM by DAVID AND ALL ISRAEL (see 2 Samuel 5:6, “the king and his men”) gave the tribes a focus for their national unity. Thinking of his fellow Israelites living after the exile, the Chronicler presents Jerusalem as the... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:8 THE MILLO. See note on 2 Sam. 5:9. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:10 From 2 Samuel 23:8, with additional material (1 Chronicles 11:41). These details of David’s mighty men illustrate the support David received from the people around him and from God (v. 1 Chronicles 11:10). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:12 The Chronicler may have intentionally skipped over material about Shammah from 2 Samuel 23:9. In that case the plurals “they... their” in 1 Chronicles 11:14 (see esv footnote) indicate that others (possibly including DAVID) were with ELEAZAR in this battle AT... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:15 The identity of these THREE MIGHTY MEN is not known. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:18 HE POURED IT OUT TO THE LORD. See note on 2 Sam. 23:16–17. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:25 The original list of the THIRTY (vv. 1 Chronicles 11:26 = 2 Samuel 23:24) has been supplemented with material from a different source (1 Chronicles 11:41; see note on 2 Sam. 23:8–39). ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]