Gaddi, a city of the tribe of Gad, (2 Kings xxiii.) from which many went to join David, when he was in the country of Moab, (Menochius) as others of the Gadites did, ver. 14. --- Mountains. A fierce countenance and swiftness were much commended in soldiers. "The eyes are always first conquered." Primi in omnibus præliis oculi vincuntur, says Tacitus, Mor. Germ. (Calmet) See Proverbs xxx. 30., and 2 Kings ii. 18. (Menochius)
Verse 1 Chronicles 12:8. _AND_ WERE _AS SWIFT AS THE ROES_] That _swiftness_ was considered to be a grand accomplishment in a warrior, appears from all ancient writings which treat of military affairs...
INTO THE HOLD TO THE WILDERNESS - Rather, “into the hold toward the wilderness.” Some understand by this Ziklag, some En-gedi 1 Samuel 24:1; but it seems most probable that here and in 1 Chronicles 12...
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 ...
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....
SEPARATED THEMSELVES. Another example of how Judah came to be _representative_ of the whole of Israel. See note on 1 Kings 12:17. MEN OF MIGHT. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14. BUCKLER. Hebrew. spear. But s...
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 1...
LIKE THE FACES OF LIONS— See 2 Samuel 1:23; 2 Samuel 2:18....
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...
_AND OF THE GADITES THERE SEPARATED THEMSELVES UNTO DAVID INTO THE HOLD TO THE WILDERNESS MEN OF MIGHT, AND MEN OF WAR FIT FOR THE BATTLE, THAT COULD HANDLE SHIELD AND BUCKLER, WHOSE FACES WERE LIKE T...
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...
BUCKLER] RV 'spear.'...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 The men who came to David at Ziklag –...
SEPARATED THEMSELVES from the royalists of Gad, who clung to Saul. INTO THE HOLD TO (towards) THE WILDERNESS. — Perhaps the cave of Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Samuel 22:4), or one of David’s other haun...
(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....
_[1 Chronicles 12:9]_ וּ מִן ־הַ גָּדִ֡י נִבְדְּל֣וּ...
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...
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...
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were li...
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,...
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...
AND OF THE GADITES THERE SEPARATED THEMSELVES UNTO DAVID, INTO THE HOLD TO THE WILDERNESS,.... Men of the tribe of Gad, who lived on the other side Jordan; these separated themselves from the rest of...
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces [were li...
_There separated themselves_ From Saul, to whom they had hitherto adhered, and from their brethren of their own tribe, who yet maintained Saul's cause; and from their families, and the places where th...
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.]...
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
And of the Gadites, members of the tribe of Gad, THERE SEPARATED THEMSELVES UNTO DAVID INTO THE HOLD TO THE WILDERNESS, during the first year of his flight before Saul, 1 Samuel 22, MEN OF MIGHT AND M...
OF WAR: _ Heb._ of the host AS SWIFT AS THE ROES UPON THE MOUNTAINS: _ Heb._ as the Roes upon the mountains to make haste...
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...
SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM SAUL, to whom they had hitherto adhered; and from their brethren of their own tribe, who yet maintained Saul's cause; and from their families, and the places where they lived...
1 Chronicles 12:8 Gadites H1425 joined H914 (H8738) David H1732 stronghold H4679 wilderness H4057 men H1368 valor...
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...
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...
_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 o...
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...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:8 David received support from the GADITES of Transjordan earlier, possibly at Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1) or Engedi ...
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 11:16; 1 Chronicles 11:22; 1 Chronicles 12:16; 1 Samuel 23:14;...