"These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: onec of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand."
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The marginal rendering is preferable. (Compare Leviticus 26:8)....
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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 (1 Chr...
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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....
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Gadite Adherents of David
8. _And of the Gadites_ The Gadites had the name of marauders (Genesis
49:19), and David's mode of life would attract them. Chronologically 1
Chronicles 12:8 should precede...
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4. DAVID'S MEN IN SAUL'S DAY (1 Chronicles 12:1-22)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 12:1. Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag,
while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and
they...
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_THESE WERE OF THE SONS OF GAD, CAPTAINS OF THE HOST: ONE OF THE LEAST
WAS OVER AN HUNDRED, AND THE GREATEST OVER A THOUSAND._
One of the least was over an hundred ... David, while at Ziklag, had
not...
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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...
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 12
THE MEN WHO CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG – 1 CHRONICLES 12:1-7
V1 David went to Ziklag town to escape from Saul so...
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(8-18) A. list of Gadites, and an account of a band of Judæans and
Benjammites who joined David in the stronghold (1 Chronicles 11:14)
towards the desert of Judah....
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_[1 Chronicles 12:15]_ אֵ֥לֶּה מִ בְּנֵי ־גָ֖ד
רָאשֵׁ֣י הַ צָּבָ֑א אֶחָ֤ד לְ מֵאָה֙
הַ קָּטָ֔ן...
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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...
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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...
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_Thousand, after David had ascended the throne. (Calmet) --- At
Siceleg he had only 600. (Menochius) --- Some suppose that each of
these officers was worth 100 men, &c. (Vatable)_...
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The continued accumulation of David's forces, serves to remind us of
the wonderful accession of converts to the Lord Jesus from every part.
Oh! how truly lovely is it to behold souls flying to Christ,...
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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...
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THESE WERE OF THE SONS OF GAD, CAPTAINS OF THE HOST,.... Of the
militia in their own country, and of the men they brought with them;
or they were such afterwards in David's army:
ONE OF THE LEAST WAS...
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These [were] of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the
least [was] over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
Ver. 14. _One of the least was over a hundred._] Or, One that was
leas...
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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.]...
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THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
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ONE OF THE LEAST WAS OVER AN HUNDRED, AND THE GREATEST, OVER A
THOUSAND:
Or, one that was least could resist an hundred, and the greatest a
thousand...
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1-22 Here is an account of those who appeared and acted as David's
friends, while he was persecuted. No difficulties or dangers should
keep the sinner from coming to the Savior, nor drive the believer...
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Not that they brought now so many men with them; but either,
1. They had hitherto been captains or colonels under Saul, or in the
established militia or bands of their tribe. Or,
2. They were so aft...
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1 Chronicles 12:14 sons H1121 Gad H1410 captains H7218 army H6635
least H259 H6996 hundred H3967 greatest H1419 thousand H505
ONE OF THE LEAST WAS OVER AN HUNDRED, AND THE GREATEST OVER A THOUSAND
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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...
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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...
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_And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David._
DAVID AND HIS VOLUNTEERS
David, compelled to flee from his own country, and to hide himself
from the malice of Saul, was eminently a type...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:1 Before his reign in Hebron,
David took refuge from Saul in various strongholds in the Judean
desert. He also stayed in Ziklag for 16 months under the protection...
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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...
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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...
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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. The...
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Deuteronomy 32:30; Leviticus 26:8...