1 Chronicles 27:1-15. The Service of the Courses These "courses" are not mentioned elsewhere in the O.T.; but in 1 Kings 5:14 (5:28 Heb.), where however the Heb. word is different, courses of Israelites engaged on Solomon's building works are mentioned. 1. _the chief fathers and captains_ R.V. THE... [ Continue Reading ]
_Jashobeam_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:11, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Of the children of Perez was the chief_ R.V. HE WAS OF THE CHILDREN OF PEREZ, THE CHIEF. Perez is the Pharez (R.V. "Perez") of 1 Chronicles 2:4-5.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Dodai an Ahohite_ Perhaps we should read (cp. 1 Chronicles 11:12), "Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite." of _his course_was _Mikloth also the ruler_ The words are corrupt and are omitted in the LXX. Perhaps the original text said that Mikloth (a Benjamite, 1 Chronicles 8:32) was deputy-ruler ove... [ Continue Reading ]
_Benaiah_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:22 ff. _Jehoiada, a chief priest_ R.V. JEHOIADA THE PRIEST, CHIEF, ("chief" referring to Benaiah).... [ Continue Reading ]
_mighty among the thirty and above the thirty_ R.V. THE MIGHTY MAN OF THE THIRTY, AND OVER THE THIRTY. Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:25. in _his course_ R.V. OF HIS COURSE (as in 1 Chronicles 27:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
_Asahel_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:26, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Shamhuth the Izrahite_ Perhaps to be identified with "Shammoth the Harorite" of 1 Chronicles 11:27; see note there.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ira_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Helez the Pelonite_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:27, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sibbecai the Hushathite_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:29, notes. _Zarhties_ R.V. ZERAHITES (also 1 Chronicles 27:13). Descendants of Zerah, son of Judah; 1 Chronicles 2:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Abiezer the_ ANATHOTHITE] Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Maharai the Netophathite_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:30.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Benaiah the Pirathonite_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 11:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Heldai_ Called _Heled_in 1 Chronicles 11:30. _of Othniel_ Cp. Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9. Thus Heldai was not of pure Israelite descent, but belonged to the Kenizzites (Kenaz), a younger branch of the Calebites, who, it seems, were a tribe incorporated into Judah either shortly before or during the c... [ Continue Reading ]
The Princes of the Tribes of Israel Cp. Numbers 1:2-15 where Moses is enjoined to have with him a representative of each tribe at the numbering of the people; cp. 1 Chronicles 27:23-24 below. In the present list the tribes of Gad and Asher are omitted, probably accidentally. 17. _Of the Levites_ R... [ Continue Reading ]
_Elihu_ Perhaps the "Eliab" of 1 Samuel 16:6; cp. R.V. mg.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Gilead_ "Gilead" is strictly speaking the name of the district between the Jabbok and Moab, in which the tribes of Gad and Reuben dwelt. Here it is used less precisely to include Bashan, the district N.E. of Jordan in which the half tribe of Manasseh lived. _Iddo_ Spelt quite differently in Heb. f... [ Continue Reading ]
_took not the number_ (Cp. the note at the head of this paragraph). The Chronicler notices that David conformed to the regulation given in Numbers 1:3, viz., that only those above twenty years old, and not those below twenty, were to be numbered.... [ Continue Reading ]
_he finished not_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 21:6. _because there fell wrath for it against Israel_ R.V. AND THERE CAME WRATH FOR THIS UPON ISRAEL. _in the account of_ R.V. INTO THE ACCOUNT IN. A summary of the numbers of David's census is given in 1 Chronicles 21:5 and also (with divergences) in 2 Samuel 2... [ Continue Reading ]
Various Officers of the King Twelve different officers are named here who acted as stewards of king David's property. 25. _treasures … storehouses_ R.V. TREASURIES … TREASURIES (the same Heb. word is repeated). _castles_ Lit. _towers_; cp. 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2 Chronicles 27:4. _Jehonathan_ R.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Ramathite_ The well-known Ramah was in Benjamin, but there was also a Ramah (or Ramoth) of the South (Joshua 19:8; 1 Samuel 30:27) from which the epithet "Ramathite" might be derived. _the Shiphmite_ The adjective is probably derived from "Siphmoth" (1 Samuel 30:28), the name of a place in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_sycomore_ The fig-mulberry, a tree having leaves like mulberry-leaves, and bearing a fruit resembling figs. Cp. 2 Chronicles 1:15; Amos 7:14. _in the low plains_ R.V. IN THE LOWLAND. Heb. _Shephelah_. See note on 2 Chronicles 1:15 ("vale"). _Gederite_ i.e. inhabitant of "Geder" (Joshua 12:13), pe... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sharon_ The great maritime plain bounded on the East by the "lowland" (Shephelah). "The valleys" would probably be the depressions among the hills of the Shephelah which open out into Sharon; cp. Song of Solomon 2:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Obil_ The name is a form of the Arabic word _âbil_, "one who feeds camels." _the Meronothite Meronoth_was perhaps near Gibeon and Mizpah; cp. Nehemiah 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Hagerite_ R.V. HAGRITE; cp. 1 Chronicles 5:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
(cp. 1 Chronicles 18:15-17 = 2 Samuel 8:16-18; cp. _ib._2 Samuel 20:23-26). David's Officers at Court 32. _Jonathan David's uncle_ Render (with R.V. mg.) JONATHAN DAVID'S BROTHER'S SON. This is most probably the "Jonathan son of Shimea David's brother" of 1 Chronicles 20:7 (2 Samuel 21:21). No _unc... [ Continue Reading ]
_Ahithophel_ See 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 16:20 to 2 Samuel 17:23. _Hushai_ See 2 Samuel 15:32-37; 2 Samuel 16:16-19; 2 Samuel 17:5-16. _Archite_ The meaning of this word is unknown; it has no connexion with the "Arkite" of 1 Chronicles 1:15. _king's companion_ R.V. KING'S FRIEND; cp.... [ Continue Reading ]
_after Ahithophel_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 27:7, note. _Jehoiada the son of Benaiah_ Either we must read, "Benaiah the son of Jehoiada" (cp. 1 Chronicles 18:17), or we must assume that a person known only from this passage is meant. _and Abiathar_ Probably such a phrase as "And Zadok and Abiathar were pr... [ Continue Reading ]