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FOR HITHERTO ... - Rather, “For still the greatest part of them
maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul.” This is given as
the reason for so few coming to Hebron. It shows us that, even after...
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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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KINDRED. Hebrew brethren. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species),
"brethren" put for other relatives.
KEPT THE WARD. kept the charge. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of
Effect), App-6, charge put fo...
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_hitherto_ i.e. up to the time referred to in 2 Samuel 5:1.
_kept the ward of the house of Saul_ R.V. KEPT THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE
HOUSE OF SAUL....
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_AND OF THE CHILDREN OF BENJAMIN, THE KINDRED OF SAUL, THREE THOUSAND:
FOR HITHERTO THE GREATEST PART OF THEM HAD KEPT THE WARD OF THE HOUSE
OF SAUL._
Benjamin ... three thousand. This small number s...
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12:29 adhered (a-21) Lit. 'kept the ward.'...
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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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KEPT THE WARD, etc.] i.e. maintained their allegiance to Saul (2
Samuel 2), a fact which accounted for so small a number assembling at
Hebron....
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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 Chronicles 12:30]_ וּ מִן ־בְּנֵ֧י
בִנְיָמִ֛ן אֲחֵ֥י
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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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And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand:
for hitherto the greatest part of them had (k) kept the ward of the
house of Saul.
(k) That is, the greatest number took Saul's s...
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_Followed. Hebrew, "kept guard at the palace." These guards submitted
to David, like the rest, after the death of Isboseth. (Calmet)_...
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David's army, in the numbers, may serve to remind us of that holy army
of the Lord Jesus which John saw, which over and above the hundred and
forty and four thousand of the sealed of Israel, had a mul...
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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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1 Chronicles 12:23....
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And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand:
for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house
of Saul.
Ver. 29. _Had kept the ward of the house of Saul._...
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_Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites_ Not the high- priest, for
that was Abiathar, (1 Samuel 23:6,) but one of some eminent place
under him. _And Zadok_ Thought to be the same who was made high-p...
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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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THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT HEBRON...
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And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand,
for many members of this tribe were still anxious to have the crown
remain in the family of Saul; FOR HITHERTO THE GREATEST PART O...
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KINDRED:
_ Heb._ brethren
THE GREATEST PART OF THEM:
_ Heb._ a multitude of them...
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23-40 When the throne of Christ is set up in a soul, there is, or
ought to be, great joy in that soul; and provision is made, not as
here, for a few days, but for the whole life, and for eternity. Ha...
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i.e. Endeavoured to keep the crown in their own tribe, and in Saul's
family....
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1 Chronicles 12:29 sons H1121 Benjamin H1144 relatives H251 Saul H7586
three H7969 thousand H505 greatest H4768 remained...
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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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_Until it was a great host._
THE ACCUMULATION OF POWER
It seems quite possible in the presence of this incident to find an
easy statement of the law of the accumulation of power. The law may be
stat...
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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:23 TO TURN THE KINGDOM OF SAUL
OVER TO HIM refers back to 1 Chronicles 10:14 and summarizes the
overal
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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 Chronicles 12:2; 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 2:9; Genesis 31:23...
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Kept the ward — Endeavoured to keep the crown in Saul's family....