Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 12:23
Verse 1 Chronicles 12:23. And came to David to Hebron] That is, after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son. See 2 Samuel 4:5.
Verse 1 Chronicles 12:23. And came to David to Hebron] That is, after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son. See 2 Samuel 4:5.
Rather, “These are the numbers of the men, ready equipped for the host, that came to David, etc.” In the list which follows such points as (1) The large mumber sent by the trans-Jordanic tribes; (2...
2. DAVID'S WARRIORS AND FRIENDS CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The Benjamite warriors with David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:1)_ 2. The other warriors (1 Chronicles 12:8) 3. Those who came to make him king ...
DAVID'S SUPPORTERS. An enumeration of those who rallied round David during his outlaw life in Ziklag (_cf._ 1 Samuel 27:5 f.), and a list of those who were instrumental in setting him upon the throne....
WORD. mouth. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what was spoken by it. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
_AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE BANDS THAT WERE READY ARMED TO THE WAR, AND CAME TO DAVID TO HEBRON, TO TURN THE KINGDOM OF SAUL TO HIM, ACCORDING TO THE WORD OF THE LORD._ These are the numbers of...
12:23 men (d-8) Lit. 'heads' or 'polls.' word (e-30) Lit. 'mouth.'...
VARIOUS STATISTICS This chapter is entirely supplementary to what is related in 2 S, and gives particulars respecting certain companies that joined David at various times, and the numbers that came t...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 The men who came to David at Ziklag –...
II. THE NUMBER OF THE WARRIORS WHO MADE DAVID KING IN HEBRON AFTER SAUL’S DEATH (1 Chronicles 12:23). (23) AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE BANDS THAT WERE READY ARMED TO THE WAR. — Literally, _And th...
_[1 Chronicles 12:24]_ וְ֠ אֵלֶּה מִסְפְּרֵ֞י רָאשֵׁ֤י הֶֽ
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...
Here the story is continued; it thrills with the enthusiasm of the multitudes as they marched under the standard of the new king. Over the list of names flashes light from certain outstanding statemen...
David's army, in the numbers, may serve to remind us of that holy army of the Lord Jesus which John saw, which over and above the hundred and forty and four thousand of the sealed of Israel, had a mul...
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...
Ver. 23-37. AND THESE ARE THE NUMBERS OF THE BANDS THAT WERE READY ARMED TO THE WAR,.... That were trained up to it, and accounted for it: AND CAME TO DAVID TO HEBRON; after the death of Ishbosheth a...
_And these [are] the numbers of the bands [that were] ready armed to the war, [and] came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD._ Ver. 23. _And came...
_According to the word of the Lord_ Whereby he had settled the crown on David after Saul's death. _Six thousand_, &c. Who came hither in the name of their brethren: for that whole tribe adhered to Dav...
1 The companies that came to Dauid at Ziklag. 23 The armies that came to him at Hebron. 1 NOW [NOTE: 1 Samuel 27:1.] these are they that came to Dauid to Ziklag [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ being yet shut vp.]...
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT HEBRON...
And these are the numbers of the bands, the sums or masses of the warriors armed for military service, THAT WERE READY ARMED TO THE WAR, AND CAME TO DAVID TO HEBRON, after the seven and a half years o...
BANDS: Or, captains, or, men. _Heb._ heads...
23-40 When the throne of Christ is set up in a soul, there is, or ought to be, great joy in that soul; and provision is made, not as here, for a few days, but for the whole life, and for eternity. Ha...
Whereby he had settled the crown upon David after Saul's death....
1 Chronicles 12:23 numbers H4557 divisions H7218 equipped H2502 (H8803) war H6635 came H935 (H8804) David H1
CONTENTS: David's army at Ziglag. The leaders who made David king. CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, David, Amasai, Jehoiada. CONCLUSION: It is good to take sides with those who take sides with God and have...
1 Chronicles 12:14. _Over a thousand._ David at Ziklag had but six hundred men; the query is, whether these had already been captains over a thousand, or whether David after his coronation promoted th...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:23 TO TURN THE KINGDOM OF SAUL OVER TO HIM refers back to 1 Chronicles 10:14 and summarizes the overal
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter entirely new matter—supplementary to Samuel—contains a list of those who joined David in time of Saul (1 Chronicles 12:1), and of those who came to make him king over Isr...
EXPOSITION This chapter is retrospective, and the contents of it are not found elsewhere. It is occupied, first (1 Chronicles 12:1), with the names and some accounts of those who had come to the help...
Now in chapter twelve. These are they which came to David to Ziklag, because he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, the helpers of the war. They...
1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Chronicles 11:10; 1 Chronicles 11:1; 1 Samuel 16:1;...