1 Chronicles 18:1-17 (2 Samuel 8:1-18). A Summary of David's Foreign Wars. David's Officials This chapter like the last is taken from 2 Sam. with a few omissions and variations. The Chronicler paraphrases (1 Chronicles 18:1; 1 Chronicles 18:17), omits (1 Chronicles 18:2), has a different reading (1... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Chronicles 18:1-13 (2 Samuel 8:1-14). A Summary of David's Foreign Wars 1. _after this_ The phrase is adopted from 2 Samuel 8:1 and probably came originally from a still earlier book of annals, in which the context may have been different. We cannot therefore say at what period of David's reign t... [ Continue Reading ]
_smote Moab_ The Chronicler at this point omits, as he often omits, some obscure words of Samuel. 2 Samuel 8:2 seems to say that David put two thirds of the Moabites (presumably the warriors) to death, but the meaning of the verse is uncertain. _brought gifts_ R.V. BROUGHT PRESENTS, i.e. tribute. I... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hadarezer_ So spelt in 2 Samuel 10:16-19, but in 2 Samuel 8:3-12, _Hadadezer_, the right form (as inscriptions shew). _Zobah unto Hamath_ Render as R.V. mg. ZOBAH BY HAMATH, the position of Zobah being fixed by the note that it was near Hamath. _Hamath_ The modern Hama on the Orontes, midway betw... [ Continue Reading ]
_a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen_ Sam. _a thousand and seven hundred horsemen_(so Heb. but LXX. of Sam. agrees with Chron.). _Houghed_= "hamstrung.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Damascus_ The name is variously written in Heb., _Darmesek_(Chron.), _Dammesek_(Gen., 1 Kin.), _Dummesek_(2 Kings 16:10). In Arabic it is _Dimishk_. See _Bädeker_, p. 306 ff. and Kirkpatrick on 2 Samuel 8:5. _came to help_ By interposing between David and his own land and threatening his rear.... [ Continue Reading ]
_put_garrisons IN SYRIA OF DAMASCUS] To secure his rear in any future operations towards Hamath or towards the Euphrates. _brought gifts_ See note on 1 Chronicles 18:2. _preserved David_ R.V. GAVE VICTORY TO DAVID.... [ Continue Reading ]
_shields of gold_ "shields" = Heb. _shĕlâtim_. The meaning of the Heb. word is doubtful; most probably it does _not_mean "shield," for (1) a shield would not be described as "upon" the person to whom it belonged, (2) the early authorities, i.e. the LXX. translators, the Targum, and the Peshitta (on... [ Continue Reading ]
_Likewise from_ R.V. AND FROM. _Tibhath_ Cp. _Tebah_, the name of an Aramæan family, Genesis 22:24. Nothing is known certainly of the position of the city; but cp. Sayce, _Higher Criticism_, p. 317. In 2 Samuel 8:8 _Betah_(_Tebah_). _Chun_ R.V. CUN; 2 Samuel 8:8, "Berothai." Nothing is certainly k... [ Continue Reading ]
_Tou_ In 2 Samuel 8:9 "Toi" (so Heb., but LXX. "Tou").... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hadoram_ In 2 Samuel 8:10, "Joram." Both these forms are probably Heb. adaptations of the real name. _to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him_ R.V. TO SALUTE HIM, AND TO BLESS HIM (as Sam.). _and_with him _all_manner of _vessels_ Such informal tribute was an acknowledgment of David's s... [ Continue Reading ]
_from Amalek_ So 2 Samuel 8:12, but we have no record of any war of David with Amalek except the account in 1 Samuel 30.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Abishai the son of Zeruiah_ In 2 Samuel 8:13 David, and in Psalms 60 (title) Joab, receives the credit of this victory. Probably Abishai commanded in the battle, while Joab (cp. 1 Kings 11:16) completed the conquest of the country. _of the Edomites_ Lit. "of Edom," so Psalms 60 (title), but in 2 S... [ Continue Reading ]
_preserved David_ See 1 Chronicles 18:6, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
(2 Samuel 8:15-18; cp. _ib._2 Samuel 20:23-26). David's Officials 14. _among all his people_ R.V. UNTO ALL HIS PEOPLE. David was his own chief justice, but probably the work was too much for one man; cp. 2 Samuel 15:2-4 with Kirkpatrick's note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_recorder_ R.V. marg., CHRONICLER; LXX., ὑπομνηματογράφος.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Abimelech the son of Abiathar_ In 2 Samuel 8:17, _Ahimelech the son of Abiathar_, but read ABIATHAR SON OF AHIMELECH in both passages. Cp. 1Ch 15:11; 1 Chronicles 24:2, notes; and Kirkpatrick on 2 Samuel 8:17. _Shavsha_ 2 Samuel 8:17, _Seraiah_; _ib._2 Samuel 20:25 _Sheva_; and 1 Kings 4:3 (perhaps... [ Continue Reading ]
_Benaiah_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:22-25. _the Cherethites and the Pelethites_ David's bodyguard. The Cherethites were almost certainly Philistines (1 Samuel 30:14; Ezekiel 25:16; Zephaniah 2:5), the Pelethites were probably also Philistines (2 Samuel 15:18). Neither were heard of after the time of Davi... [ Continue Reading ]