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1 Chronicles 12:31

which were expressed by name The document followed by the Chronicler probably contained not the names of the 18,000 individuals, but the names of the heads of the families to which they belonged.

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See also 1 Chronicles 12:31 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND OF THE CHILDREN OF EPHRAIM TWENTY THOUSAND AND EIGHT HUNDRED, MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR, FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE OF THEIR FATHERS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 The men who came to David at Ziklag –...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WHICH WERE EXPRESSED BY NAME. — See the same phrase, 1 Chronicles 16:41; Numbers 1:17. Literally it is _pricked down,_ or entered in a list, _by names_. The men had been levied by the tribal chiefs, a...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[1 Chronicles 12:32]_ וּ מֵ חֲצִי֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Manasses, west of the Jordan. See ver. 37. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    David's army, in the numbers, may serve to remind us of that holy army of the Lord Jesus which John saw, which over and above the hundred and forty and four thousand of the sealed of Israel, had a mul...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    1 Chronicles 12:23....

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. Ver. 31. _Which were expressed by name._] Heb., Pierced or bored through; haply in tabl...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Of the half-tribe of Manasseh_ Which was within Jordan: for of the other half beyond Jordan he speaks 1 Chronicles 12:37. _Which were expressed by name_ Who were not ashamed publicly to own David by...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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.]...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the western half, EIGHTEEN THOUSAND, WHICH WERE EXPRESSED BY NAME, TO COME AND MAKE DAVID KING....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT HEBRON...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    23-40 When the throne of Christ is set up in a soul, there is, or ought to be, great joy in that soul; and provision is made, not as here, for a few days, but for the whole life, and for eternity. Ha...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OF THE HALF TRIBE OF MANASSEH, which was within Jordan; for of the other half beyond Jordan he speaks 1 CHRONICLES 12:37. WHICH WERE EXPRESSED BY NAME; which were not ashamed nor afraid publicly to ow...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 12:31 half-tribe H2677 H4294 Manasseh H4519 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 designated H5344 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:23 TO TURN THE KINGDOM OF SAUL OVER TO HIM refers back to 1 Chronicles 10:14 and summarizes the overal

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Joshua 17:1...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Manasseh — Which was within Jordan: for of the other half beyond Jordan he speaks, 1 Chronicles 12:37. By name — Who were not ashamed publickly to own David by putting their names to some paper presen...

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