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David’s numbering of the people was therefore a military arrangement
in order to fix the amount of his standing army. To the general
Oriental prejudice against numbering possessions, etc., there was
a...
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6. THE CAPTAINS, PRINCES, AND VARIOUS OFFICIALS
CHAPTER 27
_ 1. The twelve captains (1 Chronicles 27:1)_
2. The princes of the twelve tribes (1 Chron. 27-16-22)
3. The unfinished numbering (1 Chro...
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ORGANISATION OF DAVID'S ARMY: ENUMERATION OF HIS OFFICIALS (_cf._ 1
Chronicles 11:10 ff.)
1 Chronicles 27:1. According to this verse the army comprised 288,000
soldiers; this is an exaggeration....
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NOT THE NUMBER. Only the fighting men. See 1 Chronicles 21:5 and 2
Samuel 24:9.
THE STARS OF THE HEAVENS. Figure of speech _Paroemia._ App-6. See note
on Genesis 15:5....
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_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, an...
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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...
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21. THE PRINCES OF THE TRIBES (1 Chronicles 27:16-24)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 27:16. Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the
Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites,
She...
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_BUT DAVID TOOK NOT THE NUMBER OF THEM FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND
UNDER: BECAUSE THE LORD HAD SAID HE WOULD INCREASE ISRAEL LIKE TO THE
STARS OF THE HEAVENS._
But David took not the number ... from tw...
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PARTICULARS RESPECTING VARIOUS MILITARY OFFICERS
This c., as distinguished from the four preceding Chapter s which
describe David's ecclesiastical officials, relates to his secular
officers....
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FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UNDER] In Numbers 1:3 it is laid down that
those required for military service should be above this age....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 27
Organisation of other leaders –...
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BUT DAVID TOOK (Numbers 3:40, _nâsâ’mispar_) NOT THE NUMBER OF
THEM. — This and the next verse contain concluding remarks on the
two lists communicated in 1 Chronicles 27:1. The heading of the
chapter...
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וְ לֹא ־נָשָׂ֤א דָוִיד֙ מִסְפָּרָ֔ם
לְ מִ
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This chapter gives us an idea of the internal order of the kingdom
under the government of David. The courses mentioned in the opening
part of the chapter are not mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testam...
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_Heaven. It would have seemed, therefore, as if David distrusted the
divine promise, (Haydock) and attempted what was impossible (Grotius)
or useless. (Calmet) --- He had before offended, and hence wo...
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All the heads of the tribes have honorable testimony given of them by
way of perpetuating the memory of Israel....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 THROUGH 27.
From this chapter to Verses 28, 29 of chapter 26 all refers to the
house which is to be built. We see the provision that David made of
everythi...
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BUT DAVID TOOK NOT THE NUMBER OF THEM FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND
UNDER,.... Only those that were twenty years and upwards; but,
according to Cornelius Bertram k, he numbered them that were under
twenty...
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But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under:
because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars
of the heavens.
Ver. 23. _He would increase Israel._] And t...
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1 The twelue Captaines, for euery seuerall moneth.
16 The Princes of the twelue Tribes.
23 The numbring of the people is hindered.
25 Dauids seuerall Officers.
1 NOWE the children of Israel after...
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SPECIAL OFFICERS OF THE NATION...
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But David, at the time of that unfortunate census, TOOK NOT THE NUMBER
OF THEM FROM TWENTY YEARS OLD AND UNDER, which would, moreover, not
have fitted in with the army arrangements which he had in vie...
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16-34 The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's
substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his
vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern
kin...
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The meaning is, David, when he desired to number the people, he
designed to number only those who were from twenty years old and
upward, or (which is the same thing) those _that drew sword_, 1
CHRONIC...
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1 Chronicles 27:23 David H1732 take H5375 (H8804) number H4557 twenty
H6242 years H8141 old H1121 under H42
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CONTENTS: The captains for each month. Princes of the twelve tribes.
David's several officers.
CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Jonathan, Jeluel, Ahitophel, Hushai,
Jehoiada, Abiathar.
CONCLUSION: It i...
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1 Chronicles 27:23. _The Lord had said he would increase Israel like
to the stars of heaven. Genesis 15:5_. If all had been numbered, David
would have had about a million and a half of men, from twent...
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_Now the children of Israel._
WISDOM, KINDNESS, AND FOLLY
In reading this chapter we are struck with three features of David’s
rule.
1. The presence of royal wisdom in--
1. Securing the safety of h...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 27:23 Joab did not complete the
unauthorized census (1 Chronicles 21:6) because he recognized that
David’s order was against God’s promise to A
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CRITICAL NOTES.] We have captains of monthly divisions of the army (1
Chronicles 27:1), princes of tribes (1 Chronicles 27:16), stewards of
treasures and possessions of the king (1 Chronicles 27:25
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EXPOSITION
This chapter, continuing the general subject of David's arrangements
of all the leading departments, sacred and civil, of the kingdom,
which he was so soon to yield into the hands of his so...
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And then the courses were established in chapter twenty-seven. There
were twelve captains for, one for each month to oversee a particular
month. And then the princes were established for the twelve tr...
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Genesis 15:5; Hebrews 11:12; Numbers 1:18...
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Because — And therefore to number them all both above and under
twenty years old, had been both an infinite trouble and a tempting of
God, or a questioning the truth of his promises....