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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...
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CHAPTER 20 JOAB AND DAVID TAKE RABBAH
_ 1. Rabbah destroyed (1 Chronicles 20:1)_
2. The Philistine giants slain (1 Chronicles 20:4)
Rabbah was the capital of Ammon (Deuteronomy 3:11
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THE AMMONITES SUBDUED (see notes on 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:30 f.).
1 CHRONICLES 20:4. INCIDENTS DURING THE PHILISTINE WAR (see notes on...
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DAVID TOOK. No discrepancy here, for Joab had summoned David for the
purpose (2 Samuel 12:27)....
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_of their king_ So A.V. (rightly). R.V. mg. _of Malcam_(cp. Zephaniah
1:5), i.e. Milcom, the national god of the Ammonites (1 Kings 11:5).
LXX. has a double translation of the one Heb. word:
_Molchol_...
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1 Chronicles 20:1-3 (2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26-31). The
Subjugation of Ammon
The account of the siege of Rabbah is given more shortly in Chron.
than in 2 Sam. From the latter we learn that the Ar...
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_JOAB TAKES THE CITY OF RABBAH. THE PHILISTINES ARE THREE TIMES
OVERCOME BY DAVID AND HIS SERVANTS._
_Before Christ 1037._
REFLECTIONS.—While Joab conquered the country of the Ammonites,
David staye...
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12. WARS WITH RABBAH AND THE PHILISTINES (1 Chronicles 20:1-8)
1 Chronicles 20:1. And it came to pass, at the time of the return of
the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led for...
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_AND DAVID TOOK THE CROWN OF THEIR KING FROM OFF HIS HEAD, AND FOUND
IT TO WEIGH A TALENT OF GOLD, AND THERE WERE PRECIOUS STONES IN IT;
AND IT WAS SET UPON DAVID'S HEAD: AND HE BROUGHT ALSO EXCEEDING...
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DAVID TOOK, etc.] This implies David's presence at Rabbah, and as it
stands here is inconsistent with the previous verse. In 2 Samuel 12
the discrepancy is explained by a passage which Chronicles omit...
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THE SIEGE OF RABBAH. THE SLAUGHTER OF THREE PHILISTINE GIANTS
This chapter corresponds, with some unimportant differences, to
several distinct sections in 2 S, viz. 2 Samuel 11:1; 2 Samuel 12:26;
2 Sa...
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 20
Battles against the *Philistines –...
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THE CROWN OF THEIR KING. — Or, “of Milcom” or “Moloch,”
their god. The Heb. _malkâm,_ “their Melech” (i.e., king), occurs
in this sense (Zephaniah 1:5. Comp. Amos 5:26.) The same title is
applied by t...
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וַ יִּקַּ֣ח דָּוִ֣יד אֶת ־עֲטֶֽרֶת
־מַלְכָּם֩...
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Joab's conquest of the children of Ammon was complete. They were
despoiled of their possessions and reduced to servitude. There is
practically no doubt that this is the meaning of the story as it is
w...
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_Melchom. Septuagint add the explanation, "their king." It may also be
referred to the idol of Ammon. (Haydock) --- The massy crown was
suspended over David's head. (Tirinus) (Du Hamel)_...
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The Reader will recollect the circumstances which are here related
have been before noticed, and with more particulars in 2 Samuel 11:1
and 2 Samuel 12:1. I refer therefore to the account there given....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18, 19, AND 20.
In Chapter s 18, 19 and 20 David, already delivered from all internal
conflict in Israel, triumphs over the heathen, and spreads the glory
of...
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See Gill "1Ch 20:1"....
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_A.M. 2969. B.C. 1035._
A repetition of David's wars with the Ammonites, and the taking of
Rabbah, 1 Chronicles 20:1; with the giants of the Philistines, 1
Chronicles 20:4.
NOTES ON CHAPTER 20....
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1 Rabbah is besieged by Ioab, spoiled by Dauid, and the people thereof
tortured.
4 Three giants are slaine in three seuerall ouerthrowes of the
Philistines.
1 AND [NOTE: 2 Samuel 11:1.] it came to pa...
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And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it
to weigh a talent of gold (roughly, equal to one hundred and
twenty-five pounds); AND THERE WERE PRECIOUS STONES IN IT; AND IT WA...
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THE CITY OF RABBAH TAKEN...
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TO WEIGH:
_ Heb._ the weight of...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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1 Chronicles 20:2 David H1732 took H3947 (H8799) kings H4428 crown
H5850 head H7218 found H4672 (H8799) we
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CONTENTS: Joab and David take Rabbah. War with Philistines.
CHARACTERS: David, Joab, Sibbechai, Sippai, Jonathan, Elhanan.
CONCLUSION: The power and pride of great men against us need not
terrify us...
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1 Chronicles 20:1. _Joab besieged Rabbah._ This is related more at
large in 2 Samuel 12. David humanely left Shobi on the throne, after
putting the rebel chiefs to death.
1 Chronicles 20:7. When he de...
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_And it came to pass, that after the year was expired._
THE CAPTURE OF RABBAH
From its capture and punishment of its people we learn--
I. That in spiritual warfare there must be no cessation. Rest...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 20:1 The Chronicler omits 2 Samuel
12:27, Joab’s summons to David to come to Rabbah....
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This extract from the ancient records tells of Rabbah
taken (1 Chronicles 20:1); and three sons of the giant of Gath slain
(1 Chronicles 20:4). It covers 2 Samuel 11-21. [_Murphy_]....
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EXPOSITION
The contents of this chapter are all to be found in the work of
Samuel, but woven in, in very different places. The cause of the first
considerable difference of this kind is in connection...
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By Chuck Smith
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, and the time that the
kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and he
wasted the country of the children of Ammon,...
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1 Chronicles 18:11; 2 Samuel 8:11; 2 Samuel 8:12...
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To weigh a talent — Or, to be worth a talent, that is, five thousand
four hundred and seventy five pounds....