1 Chronicles 12 - Introduction
_THE NAMES OF THOSE BRAVE MEN WHO CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG. THE ARMIES THAT CAME TO HIM AT HEBRON._ _Before Christ 1048._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE NAMES OF THOSE BRAVE MEN WHO CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG. THE ARMIES THAT CAME TO HIM AT HEBRON._ _Before Christ 1048._... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN OF SAUL'S BRETHREN OF BENJAMIN— Bishop Patrick observes, that possibly these persons came to David from a generous motive, as they could not bear to see an innocent man persecuted in so violent a manner, especially after he had refused, when he had it in his power, to hurt the person who thus p... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OVER THE THIRTY— _And with him thirty, Jeremiah,_ &c. Houbigant.... [ Continue Reading ]
LIKE THE FACES OF LIONS— See 2 Samuel 1:23; 2 Samuel 2:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN— This seems to be mentioned as a mark of their intrepidity, who ventured to pass the Jordan at a time when its current was most rapid, and the passage extremely hazardous.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE SPIRIT CAME UPON AMASAI— See Judges 6:34.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN OF ISSACHAR—THAT HAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES— See Genesis 49:15. _To know what Israel ought to do;_ that is, says Houbigant, when the passover, the feast of pentecost, and the new moons were to be celebrated; a meaning plainly to be inferred from the foregoing words, and agreeable to Jac... [ Continue Reading ]