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Verse 1 Chronicles 12:15. _IN THE FIRST MONTH_] Perhaps this was the
month Nisan, which answers to a part of our _March_ and _April_. This
was probably before the snows on the mountains were melted,...
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On the danger of the exploit, see the marginal reference note.
This passage 1 Chronicles 12:8 seems to be taken verbatim from an
ancient source, the poetical expressions in 1 Chronicles 12:8,...
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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 ...
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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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THE FIRST MONTH. Nisan, or Abib.
OVERFLOWN. Compare Joshua 3:15....
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THESE ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN— This seems to be mentioned as
a mark of their intrepidity, who ventured to pass the Jordan at a time
when its current was most rapid, and the passage extremely ha...
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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 ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN IN THE FIRST MONTH, WHEN IT HAD
OVERFLOWN ALL HIS BANKS; AND THEY PUT TO FLIGHT ALL THEM OF THE
VALLEYS, BOTH TOWARD THE EAST, AND TOWARD THE WEST._
These are th...
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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 FIRST MONTH] Nisan(=March-April), when the river was in flood
after the melting of the snow. PUT TO FLIGHT, ETC.] Their endeavours
to join David were opposed on both sides of the river, but
unsucc...
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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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WHEN IT HAD OVERFLOWN. — A proof of their valour. They did not wait
till summer had made the Jordan shallow, but crossed it in spring,
when perilously swollen with the rains and the melted snows of
Le...
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_[1 Chronicles 12:16]_ אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר
עָבְר֤וּ אֶת
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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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These [are] they that went over Jordan in the (d) first month, when it
had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the
valleys, [both] toward the east, and toward the west.
(d)...
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_Month, Nisan. (Tirinus) --- Banks. This circumstance enhances their
courage. Maundrel (Alep. p. 136) went to see the Jordan, 13th March,
1697, but the river was nine feet from the banks. Its rapidity...
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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 ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN IN THE FIRST MONTH,.... The month
Nisan or Ab; as they must come over Jordan to come to David, since
they dwelt on the other side of it:
WHEN IT HAD OVERFLOWN ALL...
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These [are] they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the
valleys, [both] toward the east, and toward the west.
Ver. 15....
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_These are they that went over Jordan_, &c. Namely, in Saul's time,
when, it seems, the enemies of the Israelites had made an inroad, and
done some mischiefs to the Israelites beyond Jordan, to whose...
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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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These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflown all his banks, during the spring rise; AND THEY PUT TO
FLIGHT ALL THEM OF THE VALLEYS, BOTH TOWARD THE EAST AND TOWARD TH...
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OVERFLOWN:
_ Heb._ filled over...
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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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THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN, to wit, in Saul's time, when, it seems,
the enemies of the Israelites had made an inroad, and done some
mischiefs to the Israelites beyond Jordan, to whose help these then...
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1 Chronicles 12:15 crossed H5674 (H8804) Jordan H3383 first H7223
month H2320 overflowed H4390 (H8764) banks...
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FIRST MONTH
That is, April....
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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 o...
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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 12:8 David received support from
the GADITES of Transjordan earlier, possibly at Adullam (1 Samuel
22:1) or Engedi ...
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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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Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 49:19; Joshua 3:15; Joshua 4:18...