"Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David."
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Verse 1 Chronicles 27:24. _NEITHER WAS THE NUMBER PUT IN THE ACCOUNT_]
Joab did not return the whole number; probably the plague began before
he had finished: or, he did not choose to give it in, as h...
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BECAUSE THERE FELL WRATH - literally, “And there fell wrath.” The
falling of God’s wrath was not the cause of Joab’s ceasing. His
motive is clearly stated in 1 Chronicles 21:6. See also the marginal
r...
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6. THE CAPTAINS, PRINCES, AND VARIOUS OFFICIALS
CHAPTER 27
_ 1. The twelve captains (1 Chronicles 27:1)_
2. The princes of the twelve tribes (1 Chron. 27-16-22)
3. The unfinished numbering (1 Chro...
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ORGANISATION OF DAVID'S ARMY: ENUMERATION OF HIS OFFICIALS (_cf._ 1
Chronicles 11:10 ff.)
1 Chronicles 27:1. According to this verse the army comprised 288,000
soldiers; this is an exaggeration.
1 C...
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THERE FELL WRATH. Compare 1 Chronicles 21:6; 1 Chronicles 21:7....
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The Princes of the Tribes of Israel
Cp. Numbers 1:2-15 where Moses is enjoined to have with him a
representative of each tribe at the numbering of the people; cp. 1
Chronicles 27:23-24 below. In the...
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21. THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES (1 Chronicles 27:16-24)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 27:16. Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the
Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites,
She...
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_JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH BEGAN TO NUMBER, BUT HE FINISHED NOT, BECAUSE
THERE FELL WRATH FOR IT AGAINST ISRAEL; NEITHER WAS THE NUMBER PUT IN
THE ACCOUNT OF THE CHRONICLES OF KING DAVID._
Neither was...
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PARTICULARS RESPECTING VARIOUS MILITARY OFFICERS
This c., as distinguished from the four preceding Chapter s which
describe David's ecclesiastical officials, relates to his secular
officers....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 27
ORGANISATION OF OTHER LEADERS – 1 CHRONICLES 27:1-34
ARMY GROUPS – 1 CHRONICLES 27:1-15
V1 Each month a grou...
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JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH BEGAN. — Or, _had begun._ This clearly
refers to 1 Chronicles 21:6. Joab omitted to number Levi and Benjamin.
BECAUSE THERE FELL WRATH FOR IT. — The same phrase recurs in 2
Ch...
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יֹואָ֨ב בֶּן ־צְרוּיָ֜ה הֵחֵ֤ל לִ
מְנֹות֙ וְ לֹ֣א כִלָּ֔ה וַ יְהִ֥י בָ
זֹ֛את קֶ֖צֶף...
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This chapter gives us an idea of the internal order of the kingdom
under the government of David. The courses mentioned in the opening
part of the chapter are not mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testam...
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Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, (e)
because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number
put in the account of the (f) chronicles of king David.
(e) Th...
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_Number, those above 20; but he acted with reluctance, (Tirinus) and
the wrath of heaven prevented the entire completion of the king's
order, chap. xxi. 6., and 2 Kings xxiv. 9. --- David. It would he...
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All the heads of the tribes have honorable testimony given of them by
way of perpetuating the memory of Israel....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27.
From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the
house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of
everythi...
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JOAB THE SON OF ZERUIAH BEGAN TO NUMBER,.... By the order of David,
but entirely against his own will, see 1 Chronicles 21:2,
BUT HE FINISHED NOT; the two tribes of Benjamin and Levi not being
counte...
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_Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because
there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in
the account of the chronicles of king David._
Ver. 24. _Ne...
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_Joab began to number_ Namely, all from twenty years old and upward,
as David commanded him. _But he finished not_ For Levi and Benjamin he
counted not, 1 Chronicles 21:6. _Because there fell wrath fo...
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1 The twelue Captaines, for euery seuerall moneth.
16 The Princes of the twelue Tribes.
23 The numbring of the people is hindered.
25 Dauids seuerall Officers.
1 NOWE the children of Israel after...
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SPECIAL OFFICERS OF THE NATION...
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WAS THE NUMBER:
_ Heb._ ascended...
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16-34 The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's
substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his
vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern
kin...
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BEGAN TO NUMBER, to wit, all from twenty years old and upward, as
David commanded him. HE FINISHED NOT; for Levi and Benjamin he counted
not, 1 CHRONICLES 21:6. BECAUSE THERE FELL WRATH FOR IT AGAINST...
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1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab H3097 son H1121 Zeruiah H6870 began H2490
(H8689) census H4487 (H8800) finish H3615 (H8765) wrath H7110 Israel
H3478 census H2063 number H4557 recorded H5927 (H8804) account H4...
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CONTENTS: The captains for each month. Princes of the twelve tribes.
David's several officers.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Jonathan, Jeluel, Ahitophel, Hushai,
Jehoiada, Abiathar.
CONCLUSION: It i...
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1 Chronicles 27:23. _The Lord had said he would increase Israel like
to the stars of heaven. Genesis 15:5_. If all had been numbered, David
would have had about a million and a half of men, from twent...
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_Now the children of Israel._
WISDOM, KINDNESS, AND FOLLY
In reading this chapter we are struck with three features of David’s
rule.
1. The presence of royal wisdom in--
1. Securing the safety of...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 27:23 Joab did not complete the
unauthorized census (1 Chronicles 21:6) because he recognized that
David’s order was against God’s promise to Abraham of countless
des...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] We have captains of monthly divisions of the army (1
Chronicles 27:1), princes of tribes (1 Chronicles 27:16), stewards of
treasures and possessions of the king (1 Chronicles 27:25),...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter, continuing the general subject of David's arrangements
of all the leading departments, sacred and civil, of the kingdom,
which he was so soon to yield into the hands of his s...
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And then the courses were established in chapter twenty-seven. There
were twelve captains for, one for each month to oversee a particular
month. And then the princes were established for the twelve tr...
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1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Samuel 24:1...