Verse 1 Chronicles 12:15. In the first month] Perhaps this was the month Nisan, which answers to a part of our March and April. This was probably before the snows on the mountains were melted, just as Jordan began to overflow its banks; or if we allow that it had already overflowed its banks, it made their attempt more hazardous, and afforded additional proof of their heroism.
On the danger of the exploit, see the marginal reference note. This passage 1 Chronicles 12:8 seems to be taken verbatim from an ancient source, the poetical expressions in 1 Chronicles 12:8,...
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 ...
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....
THE FIRST MONTH. Nisan, or Abib. OVERFLOWN. Compare Joshua 3:15....
Gadite Adherents of David 8. _And of the Gadites_ The Gadites had the name of marauders (Genesis 49:19), and David's mode of life would attract them. Chronologically 1 Chronicles 12:8 should precede 1...
_in the first month_ In Nisan (the month of harvest) when the snow was melting and filling all streams; cp. Joshua 3:15. _all_them of _the valleys_ i.e. all inhabitants of the valleys who in the inte...
THESE ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN— This seems to be mentioned as a mark of their intrepidity, who ventured to pass the Jordan at a time when its current was most rapid, and the passage extremely ha...
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...
_THESE ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN IN THE FIRST MONTH, WHEN IT HAD OVERFLOWN ALL HIS BANKS; AND THEY PUT TO FLIGHT ALL THEM OF THE VALLEYS, BOTH TOWARD THE EAST, AND TOWARD THE WEST._ These are th...
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...
THE FIRST MONTH] Nisan(=March-April), when the river was in flood after the melting of the snow. PUT TO FLIGHT, ETC.] Their endeavours to join David were opposed on both sides of the river, but unsucc...
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 The men who came to David at Ziklag –...
(8-18) A. list of Gadites, and an account of a band of Judæans and Benjammites who joined David in the stronghold (1 Chronicles 11:14) towards the desert of Judah....
WHEN IT HAD OVERFLOWN. — A proof of their valour. They did not wait till summer had made the Jordan shallow, but crossed it in spring, when perilously swollen with the rains and the melted snows of Le...
_[1 Chronicles 12:16]_ אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָבְר֤וּ אֶת
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...
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...
These [are] they that went over Jordan in the (d) first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [both] toward the east, and toward the west. (d)...
_Month, Nisan. (Tirinus) --- Banks. This circumstance enhances their courage. Maundrel (Alep. p. 136) went to see the Jordan, 13th March, 1697, but the river was nine feet from the banks. Its rapidity...
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,...
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...
THESE ARE THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN IN THE FIRST MONTH,.... The month Nisan or Ab; as they must come over Jordan to come to David, since they dwelt on the other side of it: WHEN IT HAD OVERFLOWN ALL...
These [are] they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [both] toward the east, and toward the west. Ver. 15....
_These are they that went over Jordan_, &c. Namely, in Saul's time, when, it seems, the enemies of the Israelites had made an inroad, and done some mischiefs to the Israelites beyond Jordan, to whose...
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.]...
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT ZIKLAG...
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks, during the spring rise; AND THEY PUT TO FLIGHT ALL THEM OF THE VALLEYS, BOTH TOWARD THE EAST AND TOWARD TH...
OVERFLOWN: _ Heb._ filled over...
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...
THEY THAT WENT OVER JORDAN, to wit, in Saul's time, when, it seems, the enemies of the Israelites had made an inroad, and done some mischiefs to the Israelites beyond Jordan, to whose help these then...
1 Chronicles 12:15 crossed H5674 (H8804) Jordan H3383 first H7223 month H2320 overflowed H4390 (H8764) banks...
FIRST MONTH That is, April....
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...
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...
_And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David._ DAVID AND HIS VOLUNTEERS David, compelled to flee from his own country, and to hide himself from the malice of Saul, was eminently a type o...
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...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:8 David received support from the GADITES of Transjordan earlier, possibly at Adullam (1 Samuel 22:1) or Engedi ...
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...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 49:19; Joshua 3:15; Joshua 4:18...