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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 ...
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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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IF YE BE COME, &C.. second band made David suspicious.
KNIT UNTO. one with.
WRONGS. act of violence. Hebrew. _hamas,_ not same word as 1
Chronicles 16:21....
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Amasai and his Companions
16. _to the hold_ See 1 Chronicles 12:8, notes....
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_David went out to meet them_ Instead of letting himself be surprised
he took up a favourable position in advance from which he could hold
parley with them. The south of Judah with its ravines and cli...
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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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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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IF YE.. COME PEACEABLY] The advances of a second body of deserters
made David suspicious of treachery....
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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 –...
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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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(16-18) Some Benjamite and Judæan accessions. The names are not
given, why we cannot tell....
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AND DAVID WENT OUT TO MEET THEM. — From his fastness or hiding-place
in the hill or wood. Literally, _before them, i.e.,_ confronted them.
(Comp, same phrase, 1 Chronicles 14:8.)
AND ANSWERED AND SAID...
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_[1 Chronicles 12:18]_ וַ יֵּצֵ֣א דָוִיד֮ לִ
פְנֵיהֶם֒
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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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_Hands. At that time he had done no injury to any man. (Haydock)_...
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David seemed to have good ground for his enquiry of the Benjamites,
for Saul was of that tribe. But the Lord was better to him than all
his fears. Is there not a sweet spiritual lesson veiled under th...
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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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AND DAVID WENT OUT TO MEET THEM,.... Out of the hold where he was;
either out of respect and deference to them, some of them being
persons of eminence; or it may be out of suspicion, fearing they were...
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And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If
ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto
you: but if [ye be come] to betray me to mine enemies, seein...
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_David went out to meet them, and answered_ That is, _spake_, for that
word is often used in the Scriptures, even of him that speaks first.
_My heart shall be knit unto you_ I shall ever esteem and lo...
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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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And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If
ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto
you, their mutual friendship would be so firm as to make the...
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THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
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TO MEET THEM:
_ Heb._ before them
BE KNIT:
_ Heb._ be one
WRONG:
Or, violence...
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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 believe...
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AND ANSWERED, i. e. spake, as that word is oft used in Scripture, even
of him that speaketh first. MINE HEART SHALL BE KNIT UNTO YOU; I shall
ever esteem and love you, and show this by my actions to y...
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1 Chronicles 12:17 David H1732 out H3318 (H8799) meet H6440 answered
H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) com
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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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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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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:16 When David’s life is
threatened by Saul, AMASAI encourages loyalty to David, declaring that
he has God’s support. THE SPIRIT CLOTHED is the Chronicler’s
charact...
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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. They...
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1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Kings 2:13; 1 Peter 2:23; 1 Samuel 16:4;...
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The God of our fathers — He calls God, the God of our fathers, both
his fathers and theirs; thus he minds them, not to deal ill with him;
for they were both descendents from the same patriarchs, and s...