And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the (l) times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their commandment.
(l) Men of good experience, who knew at all times what was to be done.
Verse 1 Chronicles 12:32. _CHILDREN OF ISSACHAR_] According to the Targum they were all astronomers and astrologers: "and the sons of Issachar, who had understanding to know the times, and were skill...
MEN THAT HAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES - This is best interpreted politically. Compare the marginal reference...
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....
HAD UNDERSTANDING. Understood statesmanship. THE TIMES. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), put for what is (or ought to be) done in them. COMMANDMENT. Hebrew mouth. Put by Figure of speech _M...
which were men] R.V. MEN (simply). _that had understanding of the times_ Cp. Esther 1:13, "which knew the times." "Times" are "opportunities," "vicissitudes" (cp. 1 Chronicles 29:30), "experiences," g...
DISCOURSE: 384 THE PROPRIETY OF CONSIDERING TIMES AND CIRCUMSTANCES 1 Chronicles 12:32. _The children of Issachar were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do_. THE d...
CHILDREN OF ISSACHAR—THAT HAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES— See Genesis 49:15. _To know what Israel ought to do;_ that is, says Houbigant, when the passover, the feast of pentecost, and the new moons we...
_AND OF THE CHILDREN OF ISSACHAR, WHICH WERE MEN THAT HAD UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES, TO KNOW WHAT ISRAEL OUGHT TO DO; THE HEADS OF THEM WERE TWO HUNDRED; AND ALL THEIR BRETHREN WERE AT THEIR COMMANDM...
12:32 bidding. (b-34) Lit. 'mouth.'...
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...
HAD UNDERSTANDING, etc.] possessed practical statesmanship: cp. Esther 1:13. ALL THEIR BRETHREN] The rank and file were obedient to their chiefs. The full numbers of Issachar are not given....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 12 The men who came to David at Ziklag –...
AND OF THE CHILDREN OF ISSACHAR... — Rather_,_ And of the sons of Issachar (_came_) men sage in discernment for the times (_tempora, critical junctures_)_,_ so as to know what Israel ought to do; viz....
_[1 Chronicles 12:33]_ וּ מִ בְּנֵ֣י יִשָּׂשכָ֗ר יֹודְעֵ֤י
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...
_Should, in agricultural pursuits, in which those of Issachar excelled, Genesis xlix. 14. Countrymen have often more skill about the weather, then the greatest astronomers, Virgil, Georg. i. (Menochiu...
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...
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 12:23....
And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren [were] at their com...
_That had understanding of the times_ They understood public affairs, the temper of the nation, and the tendencies of the present events. And they showed their wisdom at this time; for as they had adh...
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.]...
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, eminent for their knowledge of astronomical and physical science. THE HEADS OF THEM...
THE COMPANIES THAT CAME TO DAVID AT HEBRON...
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...
UNDERSTANDING OF THE TIMES; either, 1. Skill in the stars, and several seasons and changes of the air; which might be of good use in husbandry, to which this tribe was addicted GENESIS 49:14 DEUTERON...
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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...
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...
_Men that had understanding of the times._ WANTS OF THE TIME It is an important thing to understand the times in which we live, and to know what those times require (Esther 1:13; Matthew 16:3; Luke 1...
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
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...
Ecclesiastes 7:19; Ecclesiastes 9:18; Ephesians 5:17; Esther 1:13;...
The times — They understood public affairs, the temper of the nation, and the tendencies of the present events. And they shewed their wisdom at this time; for as they had adhered to Saul while he live...