1 Chronicles 11:1
THEN ALL ISRAEL. Compare 2 Samuel 5:2. Omitting all events in Hebron (2 Samuel 2:1). See App-56. In this chapter we have 1-3 David's Coronation; 4-9, David's Capital; 10-47, David's Captains.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN ALL ISRAEL. Compare 2 Samuel 5:2. Omitting all events in Hebron (2 Samuel 2:1). See App-56. In this chapter we have 1-3 David's Coronation; 4-9, David's Capital; 10-47, David's Captains.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY SAMUEL. Hebrew by the hand of Samuel: "hand" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is done or written by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
WENT TO JERUSALEM. This is the first event recorded in Chronicles. See note on 2 Samuel 5:6. INHABITANTS. The descendants of the _Nephilim_. App-23 and App-25. INHABITANTS. The descendants of the _Nephilim_. App-23 and App-25.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. 2Sa 5:65... [ Continue Reading ]
MILLO. the filling up: i.e. of the valley north of Jebus and south of Moriah. Compare 2 Samuel 5:9. REPAIRED. rebuilt.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MIGHTY MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14. Introduced here, at _beginning_ of reign, instead of _end_ of it (2 Samuel 23:8). Both positions full of instruction: Samuel, _chronological_. Chronicles, _moral_ (according to the word of the LORD). See App-56.... [ Continue Reading ]
JASHOBEAM. See note on "Tachmonite" (2 Samuel 23:8). CAPTAINS, or thirty.... [ Continue Reading ]
DODO. Septuagint reads "Dodai". Compare 1 Chronicles 27:4. THREE. See note on 1 Chronicles 27:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE WAS WITH DAVID. Eleazar. In 2Sa 23:11, 2 Samuel 23:12, Shammah also was _with him._ Note the _plural_ verbs in next verse, "theyset. and [they] delivered it and [they] slew". This account is supplementary, not contradictory. PAS-DAMMIM. Probably Ephes-dammim, between Shocoh and Azekah (1 Samuel... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY: i.e. David and Eleazar. See note on 1 Chronicles 11:13. SAVED THEM BY. GREAT DELIVERANCE. Septuagint and Syriac read "wrought. great victory". Compare 2 Samuel 23:10; 2 Samuel 23:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIRTY. See note on 1 Chronicles 27:1. REPHAIM. Hebrew. _Rapha._ One of the great among the _Nephilim,_ like Anak; giving his name to this valley. Compare Joshua 15:8; 2 Samuel 5:18 2 Samuel 5:22. 2 Samuel 23:13.Isaiah 17:5. See note on Numbers 13:22; Numbers 13:28;... [ Continue Reading ]
OH THAT ONE, &C. Figure of speech _Ecphonesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEN. Hebrew. _'enosh._ App-14. THAT HAVE PUT THEIR LIVES IN JEOPARDY? Hebrew "with their lives". Compare Judges 12:3. 1Sa 19:5. 1 Samuel 28:21.Job 13:14. LIVES. souls. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
WAS. came to be (as in Genesis 1:2), THE THREE: i.e. who performed the foregoing act. HAD. Some codices, with five early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "he had".... [ Continue Reading ]
A LION. See note on 1 Kings 13:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
CUBIT. about 18 inches. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
GUARD. audience chamber.... [ Continue Reading ]
VALIANT MEN. Hebrew. _gibbor._ App-14. The list contains several non- Israelites. Compare Psalms 18:43; Psalms 18:44.... [ Continue Reading ]
PELONITE. Syriac reads "Paltite". Compare 2 Samuel 23:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
JOEL THE BROTHER OF NATHAN. Not to be confused with Igal the son of Nathan. The lists are supplementary and independent, Chronicles being of later date, and adding several names after Uriah (1 Chronicles 11:41).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MESOBAITE. Septuagint and Vulgate read "of (or from) Zobah".... [ Continue Reading ]