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The skill of the Benjamites as archers is noted in 1 Chronicles 8:40,
and 2 Chronicles 14:8. Their proficiency in using the left hand
appears in the narrative of Judges (Judges 3:15, and marginal
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2. DAVID'S WARRIORS AND FRIENDS
CHAPTER 12
_ 1. The Benjamite warriors with David at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:1)_
2. The other warriors (1 Chronicles 12:8)
3. Those who came to make him king ...
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DAVID'S SUPPORTERS. An enumeration of those who rallied round David
during his outlaw life in Ziklag (_cf._ 1 Samuel 27:5 f.), and a list
of those who were instrumental in setting him upon the throne....
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COULD USE, &C. Compare Judges 3:15; Judges 20:15; Judges 20:16.
SAUL'S BRETHREN: i.e. his fellow-tribesmen. Compare 1 Chronicle
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Benjamite Adherents of David
1. _to Ziklag_ David at Ziklag was a client of Achish, king of Gath (1
Samuel 27:5-6), so that the Benjamites in joining him were putting
themselves under their hereditary...
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_both the right hand and the left_ On the occasion described in Judges
20 the Benjamites are said to have had seven hundred men
_lefthanded_who could sling stones at a hair and not miss (_ib._Judges
2...
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4. DAVID'S MEN IN SAUL'S DAY (1 Chronicles 12:1-22)
TEXT
1 Chronicles 12:1. Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag,
while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and
they...
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_THEY WERE ARMED WITH BOWS, AND COULD USE BOTH THE RIGHT HAND AND THE
LEFT IN HURLING STONES AND SHOOTING ARROWS OUT OF A BOW, EVEN OF
SAUL'S BRETHREN OF BENJAMIN._
Of Saul's brethren of Benjamin - i...
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VARIOUS STATISTICS
This chapter is entirely supplementary to what is related in 2 S, and
gives particulars respecting certain companies that joined David at
various times, and the numbers that came t...
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THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT] For this faculty in connexion with
Benjamin cp. Judges 3:15; Judges 20:15; Judges 20:16. SAUL'S BRETHREN]
i.e. fellow-tribesmen: cp....
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THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES
GOD RULES HISTORY
1 CHRONICLES
_Ian Mackervoy_
CHAPTER 12
The men who came to David at Ziklag –...
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(1-7) Men of Benjamin and Judah who joined David at Ziklag. (Comp. 1
Samuel 27)...
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ARMED WITH BOWS. — Literally, _drawers of the bow_ (2 Chronicles
17:17).
AND COULD USE. — They were ambidextrous “with stones, and with
arrows on the bow.” The left-handed slingers of Benjamin were fa...
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נֹ֣שְׁקֵי קֶ֗שֶׁת מַיְמִינִ֤ים וּ
מַשְׂמִאלִים֙ בָּֽ †...
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DAVID
1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY
KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for
the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory
possessed by either was shared by...
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Here the story is continued; it thrills with the enthusiasm of the
multitudes as they marched under the standard of the new king. Over
the list of names flashes light from certain outstanding statemen...
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[They were] armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the
left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out of a bow, [even] of
Saul's (b) brethren of Benjamin.
(b) That is, of the trib...
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_Hand, like Aod, Judges iii. 15. (Menochius) --- Brethren, of the same
tribe. The opinion which they entertained of David, must have been
very great, to make them expose themselves to such dangers. In...
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The continued accumulation of David's forces, serves to remind us of
the wonderful accession of converts to the Lord Jesus from every part.
Oh! how truly lovely is it to behold souls flying to Christ,...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10, 11, AND 12.
A brief recital of the ruin of Saul's house introduces Jehovah's
establishment of the house of David. All that took place before the
people g...
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THEY WERE ARMED WITH BOWS,.... Much used in war in those times:
AND COULD USE BOTH THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT, IN HURLING STONES, AND
SHOOTING ARROWS OUT OF A BOW; they were ambidextrous; who could...
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1 Chronicles 12:2 [They were] armed with bows, and could use both the
right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows out
of a bow, [even] of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
Ver. 2. Ev...
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_Could use both the right hand and the left_ With like nimbleness and
certainty: compare Judges 3:15; and Judges 20:16. _Saul's brethren of
Benjamin_ Of Saul's own tribe: who were moved hereto by God'...
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1 The companies that came to Dauid at Ziklag.
23 The armies that came to him at Hebron.
1 NOW [NOTE: 1 Samuel 27:1.] these are they that came to Dauid to
Ziklag [NOTE: _Hebrew:_ being yet shut vp.]...
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They were armed with bows, their work consisting in bending the bow in
shooting, AND COULD USE BOTH THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT IN HURLING
STONES, as slingers, AND SHOOTING ARROWS OUT OF A BOW, thus h...
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THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
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1-22 Here is an account of those who appeared and acted as David's
friends, while he was persecuted. No difficulties or dangers should
keep the sinner from coming to the Savior, nor drive the believe...
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COULD USE BOTH THE RIGHT HAND AND THE LEFT, with like nimbleness and
certainty. Compare JUDGES 3:15, JUDGES 20:16. OF SAUL'S BRETHREN OF
BENJAMIN, i.e. of Saul's own tribe; who were moved hereunto by...
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1 Chronicles 12:2 armed H5401 (H8802) bows H7198 hand H3231 (H8688)
left H8041 (H8688) stones H68 arrows...
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CONTENTS: David's army at Ziglag. The leaders who made David king.
CHARACTERS: Holy Spirit, David, Amasai, Jehoiada.
CONCLUSION: It is good to take sides with those who take sides with
God and have...
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1 Chronicles 12:14. _Over a thousand._ David at Ziklag had but six
hundred men; the query is, whether these had already been captains
over a thousand, or whether David after his coronation promoted th...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:1 Before his reign in Hebron,
David took refuge from Saul in various strongholds in the Judean
desert. He also stayed in Ziklag for 16 months under the protection...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter entirely new matter—supplementary to
Samuel—contains a list of those who joined David in time of Saul (1
Chronicles 12:1), and of those who came to make him king over Isr...
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EXPOSITION
This chapter is retrospective, and the contents of it are not found
elsewhere. It is occupied, first (1 Chronicles 12:1), with the names
and some accounts of those who had come to the help...
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Now in chapter twelve.
These are they which came to David to Ziklag, because he yet kept
himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the
mighty men, the helpers of the war. They...
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1 Samuel 17:49; Judges 20:16; Judges 3:15...
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Even — Of Saul's own tribe: who were moved hereto by God's spirit,
by the conscience of their duty to David; and by their observation of
God's departure from Saul, and of his special presence with Dav...