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Verse 1 Chronicles 12:22. _LIKE THE HOST OF GOD._] "That is, a very
numerous army; like the army of the angel of God." - _T_....
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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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A GREAT HOST. About 300,000 men....
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Manassite Adherents
19. _And there fell some of Manasseh_ R.V. OF MANASSEH ASLO THERE FELL
AWAY SOME.
_when he came with the Philistines_ See 1 Samuel 28:1-2; 1 Samuel
29:1-11.
_but they helped the...
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_For at_that _time day by day_ R.V. FOR FROM DAY TO DAY.
_the host of God_ The phrase comes from Genesis 32:2; cp. Psalms 68:15
(R.V.) "a mountain of God." The epithet "of God" is used to
distinguish...
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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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_FOR AT THAT TIME DAY BY DAY THERE CAME TO DAVID TO HELP HIM, UNTIL IT
WAS A GREAT HOST, LIKE THE HOST OF GOD._
The host of God - i:e., great and powerful army. 'Of all the Hebrew
tribes, there were...
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12:22 God. (c-23) See Genesis 32:2 ....
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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 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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(19-22) The seven Manassite chieftains who went over to David on the
eve of Saul’s last battle....
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FOR AT THAT TIME DAY BY DAY... — Literally, _For at the time of each
day_ (_i.e._, every day) _men used to come to David to help him;
amounting to a mighty camp, like a camp of God_. The verse explain...
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_[1 Chronicles 12:23]_ כִּ֚י לְ עֶת ־יֹ֣ום בְּ...
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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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_Of God; very great, (Calmet) particularly when Isboseth was slain, 2
Kings v. 1. (Haydock) --- The angels are to us innumerable, Job xxv.
An army in concord is compared to them. (Worthington)_...
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David seemed to have good ground for his enquiry of the Benjamites,
for Saul was of that tribe. But the Lord was better to him than all
his fears. Is there not a sweet spiritual lesson veiled under th...
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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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FOR AT THAT TIME, DAY BY DAY, THERE CAME TO DAVID TO HELP HIM,....
Particularly after the defeat of Saul by the Philistines, unto the
time that David came to Hebron:
UNTIL IT WAS A GREAT HOST, LIKE T...
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For at [that] time day by day there came to David to help him, until
[it was] a great host, like the host of God.
Ver. 22. _Like the host of God,_] _i.e., _ A numerous and a notable
host, such as God...
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_They helped David against the band_, &c. Against the Amalekites, who
had taken and burned Ziklag, and whom David and his six hundred men
were now pursuing. Or, as in the margin, _with a band_, or tro...
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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 ZIKLAG...
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For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, gradually
increasing the number of his followers, UNTIL IT WAS A GREAT HOST,
LIKE THE HOST OF GOD. From having only six hundred men loyal t...
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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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AT THAT TIME, i.e. while he was at Ziklag, and in his march to Hebron,
and principally at Hebron, as the next verse explains it. LIKE THE
HOST OF GOD, i.e. innumerable, like the stars or angels, both...
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1 Chronicles 12:22 time H6256 came H935 (H8799) David H1732 day H3117
day H3117 help H5826 ...
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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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1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 12:22 FROM DAY TO DAY MEN CAME TO
DAVID TO HELP HIM. This comment summarizes the chapter. A great army
was gathered to David. LIKE AN ARMY OF GOD. God was strengtheni...
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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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2 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 3:1; Genesis 32:2; Job 17:9; Joshua 5:14;...
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That time — While he was at Ziklag, and in his march to Hebron, and
principally at Hebron. Like — Innumerable, like the stars or angels,
both which are called God's hosts....