CHAPTER XX _Joab smites the city of Rabbah; and David puts the crown of its_ _king upon his own head, and treats the people of the city with_ _great rigour_, 1-3. _First battle with the Philistines_, 4. _Second battle with the Philistines_, 5. _Third battle with the Philistines_, 6, 7. _In th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 20:2. _DAVID TOOK THE CROWN OF THEIR KING - OFF HIS HEAD_] See 2 Samuel 12:30. _PRECIOUS STONES IN IT_] The Targum says, "And there was set in it a precious stone, worth a talent of gold; this was that magnetic stone that supported the woven gold in the air." What does he mean?... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 20:3. _HE BROUGHT OUT THE PEOPLE_] See this transaction particularly explained in the notes on the parallel places, 2 Samuel 12:30-10.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 20:5. _ELHANAN THE SON OF JAIR_] 2 Samuel 21:19. The _Targum_ says, "David, the son of Jesse, a pious man, who rose at midnight to sing praises to God, slew Lachmi, the brother of Goliath, the same day on which he slew Goliath the Gittite, whose spear-staff was like a weaver's bea... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 20:6. _FINGERS AND TOES_ WERE _FOUR AND TWENTY_] 2 Samuel 21:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 20:8. _THESE WERE BORN UNTO THE GIANT IN GATH_] "These were born להרפא _leharapha, to that Rapha in Gath_, or _to Arapha_." So the _Vulgate, Septuagint_, and _Chaldee_. THE compiler of these books passes by also the incest of Amnon with his sister Tamar, and the rebellion of Absa... [ Continue Reading ]