Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Chronicles 11:23
Verse 1 Chronicles 11:23. Plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.] 2 Samuel 23:21.
Verse 1 Chronicles 11:23. Plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.] 2 Samuel 23:21.
FIVE CUBITS HIGH - About 7 ft. 6 in. high. The height is not so great as that recorded of other giants....
III. THE CROWNING OF DAVID AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGDOM 1. David at Hebron CHAPTER 11 _ 1. David crowned king (1 Chronicles 11:1)_ 2. Jerusalem becomes David's capital (1 Chronicles 11:4)...
DAVID MADE KING IN HEBRON; JERUSALEM TAKEN; DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN (see notes on 2 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 5:6; 2 Samuel 23:8)....
CUBIT. about 18 inches. See App-51....
_of_great _stature_ Heb. "of measurement." Samuel has a better reading, "a goodly man" (man of presence), "goodliness" according to the Hebrews consisting in being well-built for warlike exercises. _a...
(2 Samuel 23:8-39). David's Mighty Men and their Deeds (The names of twelve of these heroes reappear in chap. 27 as the commanders of David's twelve "courses.") This section seems to consist of elem...
3. DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN (1 Chronicles 11:10-47) TEXT 1 Chronicles 11:10. Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with al...
_AND HE SLEW AN EGYPTIAN, A MAN OF GREAT STATURE, FIVE CUBITS HIGH; AND IN THE EGYPTIAN'S HAND WAS A SPEAR LIKE A WEAVER'S BEAM; AND HE WENT DOWN TO HIM WITH A STAFF, AND PLUCKED THE SPEAR OUT OF THE...
DAVID'S CORONATION AT HEBRON AND HIS CAPTURE OF ZION The writer, though mentioning David's crowning at Hebron, omits all description of his 7 years' reign there, and in this chapter unites with some...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 11 All *Israel accepts David as king –...
(22-25) BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA. — Captain of the royal guard (1 Chronicles 18:17) and third “captain of the host” (1 Chronicles 27:5). SON OF A VALIANT MAN. — “Son” is probably a spurious additio...
AND HE SLEW AN EGYPTIAN ... — Literally, _and he it was who smote the Egyptian, a man of measure, five in the cubit._ Samuel has only “who (was) a sight;” or “a man to look at” (Heb. margin). The chro...
(10-44) _X_ list of the warriors who helped David to win and maintain his kingdom. This catalogue answers to that of 2 Samuel 23:8, which, however, breaks off with Uriah the Hittite; whereas our text...
(20-25) Feats of Abishai and Benaiah. (Comp. 2 Samuel 23:18, of which the present passage is little more than a duplicate.)...
וְ הֽוּא ־הִכָּה֩ אֶת ־הָ אִ֨ישׁ הַ
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...
We now enter on the second section of this Book. In this section there are four movements: the story of David's crowning, the events connected with the Ark of God, the account of David's reign, and, f...
_Cubits. 2 Kings, "a man of great aspect." --- Ones. Hebrew, "and he had a name among three mighty men." (Kennicott) --- Shelosha, "three," has the u omitted, (2 Kings) as it is frequently on other oc...
We know not which to admire most, the bravery of those men, or the piety of David, in the instance concerning the water of Bethlehem here recorded. With what boldness did they enter the host of the Ph...
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...
1 Chronicles 11:1...
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of t...
1 Dauid by a generall consent is made king at Hebron. 4 Hee winneth the castle of Sion from the Iebusites, by Ioabs valour. 10 A catalogue of Dauids mightie men. 1 THEN [NOTE: 2Sa_5:] all Israel ga...
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high (about eight feet); AND IN THE EGYPTIAN'S HAND WAS A SPEAR LIKE A WEAVER'S BEAM, on the order of that carried by Goliath; AND HE WENT...
David's Mighty Men and their Deeds...
A MAN OF GREAT STATURE: _ Heb._ a man of measure...
10-47 An account is given of David's worthies, the great men who served him. Yet David reckoned his success, not as from the mighty men that were with him, but from the mighty God, whose presence is...
No text from Poole on this verse....
1 Chronicles 11:23 killed H5221 (H8689) Egyptian H4713 man H376 height H4060 five H2568 cubits H520 Egyptians...
CONTENTS: David becomes King of Israel. Catalog of his mighty men. CHARACTERS: God, David, Joab, Jashobeam, Eleazar, Abishai, Benaiah. CONCLUSION: God's counsels will be fulfilled at last, whatever...
1 Chronicles 11:11. _Jashobeam,_ called Tachmoni, 2 Samuel 23:8, a wise man and valiant. He had earned the laurel to sit as the chairman of David's generals. Three hundred men he killed, and five hund...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 11:10 From 2 Samuel 23:8, with additional material (1 Chr
CRITICAL NOTES.] The writer here passes by the 7½ years of David’s reign over Judah, at which he had glanced in his introductory section (chap. 1 Chronicles 3:4), and hastens to the glorious period of...
EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 11:1 Upon the death of Saul, Abner, for a while espousing the cause of Ishbo-sheth, the only surviving son of Saul, "made him king over" a large proportion of the people, excl...
David became the king, and so in chapter eleven, All of Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron (1 Chronicles 11:1), And it tells the numbers of people that gathered. Huge force of people from...
1 Chronicles 20:5; 1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:51; Deuteronomy 3:11...