Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], the chief
fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers
that served the king in any matter of the courses, (a) which came in
and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of
every course [were] twenty... [ Continue Reading ]
And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite, and of
his course [was] Mikloth also the (b) ruler: in his course likewise
[were] twenty and four thousand.
(b) That is, Dodais lieutenant.... [ Continue Reading ]
Furthermore (c) over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites
[was] Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son
of Maachah:
(c) Meaning besides those twelve captains.... [ Continue Reading ]
Of the (d) half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
(d) Which is beyond Jordan in respect to Judah, also one captain was
over the Reubenites and the Gadites.... [ Continue Reading ]
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, (e)
because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number
put in the account of the (f) chronicles of king David.
(e) The commandment of the king was abominable to Joab, (1 Chronicles
21:6).
(f) The Hebrews make both th... [ Continue Reading ]
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a (g)
scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni [was] with the king's (h) sons:
(g) That is, a man learned in the word of God.
(h) To be their schoolmasters and teachers.... [ Continue Reading ]
And (i) after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and
Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.
(i) After Ahithophel hanged himself, (2 Samuel 17:23), Jehoiada was
made counsellor.... [ Continue Reading ]