CHAPTER XVIII _David smites the Philistines, and takes Gath_, 1. _Reduces the Moabites_, 2. _Vanquishes Hadarezer, king of Zobah_, 3, 4. _Overcomes the Syrians of Damascus, and takes several of their_ _cities_, 5-8. _Tou, king of Hamath, congratulates him on his victory, and_ _sends him vesse... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:2. _BROUGHT GIFTS_] Were laid under tribute.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:9. _TOU KING OF HAMATH_] Called _Toi_ in 2 Samuel 8:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:12. _ABISHAI - SLEW OF THE EDOMITES_] This victory is attributed to _David_, 2 Samuel 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attributed to David as commander-in-chief; _qui facit per alterum, facit per se_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:15. _JOAB _- WAS _OVER THE HOST_] General-in-chief. _JEHOSHAPHAT - RECORDER._] The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:16. _ZADOK-AND ABIMELECH - PRIESTS_] Both _high priests_; one at _Gibeon_, and the other at _Jerusalem_, as we have seen 1 Chronicles 16:39. _SHAVSHA WAS SCRIBE_] Called _Seraiah_, 2 Samuel 8:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:17. _CHERETHITES AND THE PELETHITES_] 2 Samuel 8:18. The _Targum_ says, "Benaiah was over the great Sanhedrin and the small Sanhedrin, and consulted Urim and Thummim. And at his command the archers and slingers went to battle." _THE SONS OF DAVID_] These were the highest in a... [ Continue Reading ]