Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 11:6
And was chief Before this he was one of David's chief captains; but now he is made captain-general of all the forces of Israel and Judah.
And was chief Before this he was one of David's chief captains; but now he is made captain-general of all the forces of Israel and Judah.
The narrative here given fills out a manifest defect in 2 Samuel 5:8 where something has evidently dropped out of the text. The prowess of Joab on this occasion, and the part which he took in the buil...
III. THE CROWNING OF DAVID AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM 1. David at Hebron CHAPTER 11 _ 1. David crowned king (1 Chronicles 11:1)_ 2. Jerusalem becomes David's capital (1 Chronicles 11:4)...
DAVID MADE KING IN HEBRON; JERUSALEM TAKEN; DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN (see notes on 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 23:8)....
_Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain_ The Chronicler has simplified the very difficult phrase which occurs in the parallel passage (2 Samuel 5:8). _Joab the son of Zeruiah...
LESSON FIVE 11-12 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DAVID AND HIS WARRIORS 2. THE REIGN OF DAVID INTRODUCTION The writer of Chronicles now comes to his principal theme, David and his kingdom. Joab, Abishai and...
_AND DAVID SAID, WHOSOEVER SMITETH THE JEBUSITES FIRST SHALL BE CHIEF AND CAPTAIN. SO JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH WENT FIRST UP, AND WAS CHIEF._ David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, х_ YªBUWCIY_...
DAVID'S CORONATION AT HEBRON AND HIS CAPTURE OF ZION The writer, though mentioning David's crowning at Hebron, omits all description of his 7 years' reign there, and in this chapter unites with some...
SO JOAB, etc.] This is an addition to the account in 2 Samuel 5:8....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 11 All *Israel accepts David as king –...
(4-9) THE CAPTURE OF ZION BY JOAB’S VALOUR, AND DAVID’S SETTLEMENT THERE. The accession of the new king is followed by a warlike enterprise, according to the precedent of Saul (1 Samuel 11). This agre...
WHOSOEVER SMITETH THE JEBUSITES FIRST. — The account diverges more and more from the parallel passage. 2 Samuel 5:8, reads, “And David said in that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusite, let him hurl do...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֔יד כָּל ־מַכֵּ֤ה יְבוּסִי֙...
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...
We now enter on the second section of this Book. In this section there are four movements: the story of David's crowning, the events connected with the Ark of God, the account of David's reign, and, f...
I refer the Reader to the parallel history, 2 Samuel 5:1, and to the Commentary upon it in that Chapter. But in addition to the observations there, I would call upon the Reader to remark with me, what...
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...
1 Chronicles 11:1...
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which [is] the city of David. 1Ch 11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusit...
1 Dauid by a generall consent is made king at Hebron. 4 Hee winneth the castle of Sion from the Iebusites, by Ioabs valour. 10 A catalogue of Dauids mightie men. 1 THEN [NOTE: 2Sa_5:] all Israel ga...
DAVID KING OF ALL ISRAEL...
And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. This is only a part of David's speech, the complete promise being given 2 Samuel 5:8. SO JOAB, THE SON OF ZERUIAH, WEN...
CHIEF: Heb, head...
1-9 David was brought to possess the throne of Israel after he had reigned seven years in Hebron, over Judah only. God's counsels will be fulfilled at last, whatever difficulties lie in the way. The w...
Before this he was one of David's chief captains, 2 SAMUEL 3:22,23, and general of the forces of Judah; but now he is made captain-general of all the forces of Israel and Judah....
1 Chronicles 11:6 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) attacks H5221 (H8688) Jebusites H2983 first H7223 chief H7218
CONTENTS: David becomes King of Israel. Catalog of his mighty men. CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Jashobeam, Eleazar, Abishai, Benaiah. CONCLUSION: God's counsels will be fulfilled at last, whatever...
1 Chronicles 11:11. _Jashobeam,_ called Tachmoni, 2 Samuel 23:8, a wise man and valiant. He had earned the laurel to sit as the chairman of David's generals. Three hundred men he killed, and five hund...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:4 From 2 Samuel 5:6. The conquest of JERUSALEM by DAVID AND ALL ISRAEL (see...
CRITICAL NOTES.] The writer here passes by the 7½ years of David’s reign over Judah, at which he had glanced in his introductory section (chap. 1 Chronicles 3:4), and hastens to the glorious period of...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 11:1 Upon the death of Saul, Abner, for a while espousing the cause of Ishbo-sheth, the only surviving son of Saul, "made him king over" a large proportion of the people, excl...
David became the king, and so in chapter eleven, All of Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron (1 Chronicles 11:1), And it tells the numbers of people that gathered. Huge force of people from...
1 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 3:27;...
Chief — Before this he was one of David's chief captains: but now he is made captain — general of all the forces of Israel and Judah....