1 Chronicles 11 - Introduction
_DAVID IS ANOINTED KING IN HEBRON. HE TAKES ZION FROM THE JEBUSITES. A CATALOGUE OF HIS WORTHIES._ _Before Christ 1048._... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVID IS ANOINTED KING IN HEBRON. HE TAKES ZION FROM THE JEBUSITES. A CATALOGUE OF HIS WORTHIES._ _Before Christ 1048._... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS WITH DAVID AT PAS-DAMMIM— See 2 Samuel 23:9; 2 Samuel 23:39. In general, the seeming differences which are found in this book, and that of Samuel, may be reconciled from the latter.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THREE OF THE THIRTY CAPTAINS— In 2 Samuel 23:13 _three of the thirty chief._ There were thirty-seven heads or chiefs, if we reckon all; and but seven if we reckon only those who were most honourable, and to whom also the name ראשׁ _rash, head,_ or _chief,_ is peculiarly attributed. The Hebrew wo... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID LONGED, AND SAID, O THAT ONE WOULD GIVE ME DRINK, &C.— The 17th verse seems to contain, not barely David's longing for the water of Bethlehem, but his passionate wish to see his native town freed from the troops of the Philistines; and should be rendered, _David longed and said, who will give... [ Continue Reading ]
OF THE THREE HE WAS MORE HONOURABLE, &C.— _He was after those three, in the second place of honour, although he commanded them; nor did he attain to their glory._ Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIRTY WITH HIM— Though the author of the book of Samuel concludes with Uriah, the last of the thirty-seven, yet the author of this book adds fifteen warriors more. These fifteen are, undoubtedly, recorded because they were brave men; and we may fairly presume that they were recorded after the t... [ Continue Reading ]