Verse 1 Chronicles 18:12. _ABISHAI - SLEW OF THE EDOMITES_] This victory is attributed to _David_, 2 Samuel 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attri...
8. DAVID'S WARS AND SUCCESSFUL REIGN CHAPTER 18 _ 1. War with the Philistines (1 Chronicles 18:1)_ 2. War with Moab (1 Chronicles 18:2) 3. War with Zobah (1 Chronicles 18:3
DAVID'S WARS (see notes on 2 Samuel 8). GATH AND HER TOWNS: lit. and her daughters; in 2 Samuel 8:1 the words the bridle of the mother city are probably corrupt. 1 Chronicles 18:17. the sons of David...
EIGHTEEN THOUSAND. This was Abishai's command. In 2 Samuel 8:13 we have David's command; while in Psalms 60 (title, Psalms 60:1) we have Joab's share in the campaign ...
_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) comple...
10. WAR WITH MOAB, PHILISTIA, AND SYRIA (Chapter 18) TEXT 1 Chronicles 18:1. And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of th...
_MOREOVER ABISHAI THE SON OF ZERUIAH SLEW OF THE EDOMITES IN THE VALLEY OF SALT EIGHTEEN THOUSAND._ Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt eighteen thousand. T...
ABISHAI] In Psalms 60 (title) this success is attributed to Joab, and the number of the slain is stated at 12,000....
DAVID'S WARS AND OFFICERS OF STATE This chapter is closely parallel to 2 Samuel 8:1, but with some variations in names and numbers....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 18 David’s battles –...
MOREOVER ABISHAI ... — Heb., _And Abishai son of Zeruiah had smitten Edom in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand._ In Samuel we read something quite different: “And David made a name, when he return...
The reduction of Edom. The paragraph mark should be at 1 Chronicles 18:12, not 1 Chronicles 18:13....
וְ אַבְשַׁ֣י בֶּן ־צְרוּיָ֗ה הִכָּ֤ה אֶת ־אֱד
With slight variations, this chapter is identical with 2 Samuel 8:1. It tells the story of David's victories over surrounding foes by which he made the boundaries of his kingdom secure, and put himsel...
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt (f) eighteen thousand. (f) Which is understood that Joab slew 12,000 as is in (Psalms 60:1) and Abishai the rest....
_Edomites. David seems to have been present, and the victory is sometimes attributed to him. Joab afterwards slew 18,000, 3 Kings xi. 15., and title of Psalm ix. (St. Jerome, Trad.) (Calmet) --- Pits....
The equity and righteous reign of David serves to remind us of Jesus, of whom it is said, Behold a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. Isaiah 32:1....
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 18, 19, AND 20. In Chapter s 18, 19 and 20 David, already delivered from all internal conflict in Israel, triumphs over the heathen, and spreads the glory of...
See Gill "1Ch 18:1"....
1 Dauid subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 3 He smiteth Hadadezer and the Syrians. 9 Tou sendeth Hadoram with presents to blesse Dauid. 11 The presents & the spoile, Dauid dedicateth to God...
Moreover, Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, slew of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt, at the southwestern end of the Dead Sea, EIGHTEEN THOUSAND. They had ventured an attack upon Judah in the absence of...
THE EDOMITES SUBDUED...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 18:12 Abishai H52 son H1121 Zeruiah H6870 killed H5221 (H8689) eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505
ABISHAI Nephew of David, brother to Joab. (2 Samuel 23:18); (1 Chronicles 2:16)....
CONTENTS: David's kingdom fully established. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hadarezer, Tou, Hadoram, Abishai, Joab, Jehoshaphat, Benaiah. CONCLUSION: Those who take God along with them whithersoever they g...
1 Chronicles 18:3. _Zobah_ is placed a few leagues east of Palmyra in the old maps; and Hamath, as in 1 Chronicles 12:5. See the illustrations in 2 Samuel 8....
_Now after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines._ SPOILS FROM EDOM If we have conquered an enemy we must hold the conquest as an illustration of the power of God rather than of the s...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter, parallel with 2 Samuel 8, gives an account of David’s wars (1 Chronicles 18:1); and a list of his chief officers. _1 Chronicles 18:1_.—_Gath_, “the arm bridle,” so calle...
EXPOSITION The course of last chapter's parallel is continued here, and answers closely to 2 Samuel 8:1. The present chapter contains the wars and victories of David (2 Samuel 8:1), with the arrangeme...
1 Chronicles 11:20; 1 Chronicles 19:11; 1 Chronicles 2:16; 1 Samuel 26:6;...