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11:1 All <03605> Israel <03478> joined <06908> David <01732> at Hebron <02275> and said <0559>, “Look <02009>, we <0587> are your very flesh <01320> and blood <06106>! 11:2 In the past <08032>, even <01571> when Saul <07586> was <01961> king <04428>, you <0859> were Israel’s <03478> commanding <0935> <03318> general. The Lord <03068> your God <0430> said <0559> to you, ‘You <0859> will shepherd <07462> my people <05971> Israel <03478>; you <0859> will <01961> rule <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.’” 11:3 When all <03605> the leaders <02205> of Israel <03478> came <0935> to <0413> the king <04428> at Hebron <02275>, David <01732> made <03772> an agreement <01285> with them in Hebron <02275> before <06440> the Lord <03068>. They anointed <04886> David <01732> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>, just as the Lord <03068> had announced <01697> through <03027> Samuel <08050>. 11:4 David <01732> and the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> army advanced <01980> to Jerusalem <03389> (that <01931> is, Jebus <02982>). (The Jebusites <02983>, the land’s <0776> original inhabitants, lived <03427> there <08033>.) 11:5 The residents <03427> of Jebus <02982> said <0559> to David <01732>, “You cannot <03808> invade <0935> this place <02008>!” But David <01732> captured <03920> the fortress <04686> of Zion <06726> (that <01931> is, the City <05892> of David <01732>). 11:6 David <01732> said <0559>, “Whoever <03605> attacks <05221> the Jebusites <02983> first <07223> will become <01961> commanding <07218> general <08269>!” So Joab <03097> son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> attacked <05927> first <07223> and became <01961> commander <07218>. 11:7 David <01732> lived <03427> in the fortress <04679>; for this reason <03651> <05921> it is called <07121> the City <05892> of David <01732>. 11:8 He built up <01129> the city <05892> around <05439> it, from <04480> the terrace <04407> to <05704> the surrounding <05439> walls; Joab <03097> restored <02421> the rest <07605> of the city <05892>. 11:9 David’s <01732> power steadily grew <01419> <01980> <01980>, for the Lord <03068> who commands armies <06635> was with <05973> him. 11:10 These <0428> were the leaders <07218> of David’s <01732> warriors <01368> who <0834> helped establish <02388> and stabilize his rule over <04427> all <03605> Israel <03478>, in accordance <05921> with the Lord’s <03068> word <01697>. 11:11 This <0428> is the list <04557> of David’s <01732> warriors <01368>: Jashobeam <03434>, a Hacmonite <02453> <01121>, was head <07218> of the officers <07970>. He killed <02491> three <07969> hundred <03967> men with <05782> his spear <02595> in a single <0259> battle. 11:12 Next in command <0310> was Eleazar <0499> son <01121> of Dodo <01734> the Ahohite <0266>. He <01931> was one of the three <07969> elite warriors <01368>. 11:13 He <01931> was <01961> with <05973> David <01732> in Pas Dammim <06450> when the Philistines <06430> assembled <0622> there <08033> for battle <04421>. In an area <02513> of the field <07704> that was full <04392> of barley <08184>, the army <05971> retreated <05127> before <06440> the Philistines <06430>,

• 1Ch 11:1-3 -- David Becomes King
• 1Ch 11:4-9 -- David Conquers Jerusalem
• 1Ch 11:10-47 -- David's Warriors

• David

  [ebd] beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother's name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam. 17:25. As to his personal ...
  [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
  [smith] (well-beloved), the son of Jesse. His life may be divided into three portions: His youth before his introduction to the court of Saul; His relations with Saul; His reign. The early life of David contains in many important re...
  [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...
  

• AMASAI

  [isbe] AMASAI - a-ma'-si (`amasay, perhaps rather to be read `ammishay; so Wellhausen, IJG, II, 24, n.2): (1) A name in the genealogy of Kohath, son of Elkanah, a Levite of the Kohathite family (compare 1 Ch 6:25; 2 Ch 29:12). (2) ...
  

• TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] TEXT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - || I. EARLIEST FORM OF WRITING IN ISRAEL 1. Invention of Alphabet 2. The Cuneiform 3. References to Writing in the Old Testament 4. Inscriptions after Settlement in Canaan 5. Orthography of the Pe...
  

• Captain

  [nave] CAPTAIN Commander-in-chief of an army, Deut. 20:9; Judg. 4:2; 1 Sam. 14:50; 1 Kin. 2:35; 16:16; 1 Chr. 27:34. Of the tribes, Num. 2. Of thousands, Num. 31:48; 1 Sam. 17:18; 1 Chr. 28:1. Of hundreds, 2 Kin. 11:15. See: Ce...
  

• Jerusalem

  [ebd] called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the dual form, and means "posses...
  [nave] JERUSALEM Called Jebus, Josh. 18:28; Judg. 19:10; Zion, 1 Kin. 8:1; Zech. 9:13; City of David, 2 Sam. 5:7; Isa. 22:9; Salem, Gen. 14:18; Psa. 76:2; Ariel, Isa. 29:1; City of God, Psa. 46:4; City of the Great King, Psa. 48:2;...
  

• JEBUS

  [ebd] trodden hard, or fastness, or "the waterless hill", the name of the Canaanitish city which stood on Mount Zion (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, 28). It is identified with Jerusalem (q.v.) in Judg. 19:10, and with the castle or city of Da...
  [isbe] JEBUS - je'-bus (yebhuc; Iebous): In Jdg 19:10,11, "Jebus (the same is Jerusalem)"; 1 Ch 11:4,5, "Jerusalem (the same is Jebus)." It was once thought that this was the first name of Jerusalem, as indeed might be suggested by...
  [smith] (threshing-floor), one of the names of Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites, are called JEBUSI. (Joshua 15:8; 18:16,28; Judges 19:10,11; 1 Chronicles 11:4,5) [JERUSALEM]
  

• Giants

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. nephilim, meaning "violent" or "causing to fall" (Gen. 6:4). These were the violent tyrants of those days, those who fell upon others. The word may also be derived from a root signifying "wonder," and hence "monste...
  

• Armies

  [nave] ARMIES Who of the Israelites were subject to service in, Num. 1:2, 3; 26:2; 2 Chr. 25:5; who were exempt from service in, Num. 1:47-50; 2:33; Deut. 20:5-9; Judg. 7:3. Enumeration of Israel's military forces, Num. 1:2, 3; 26...
  

• Jashobeam

  [ebd] dweller among the people; or to whom the people turn, the Hachmonite (1 Chr. 11:11), one of David's chief heroes who joined him at Ziklag (12:6). He was the first of the three who broke through the host of the Philistines to...
  [isbe] JASHOBEAM - ja-sho'-be-am (yashobh`am, probably "people will return"; see discussion of names compounded with `am, in HPN, 41-59): Jashobeam is mentioned in three passages (1 Ch 11:11; 12:6 (Hebrew 7); 27:2 f), but opinions ...
  [smith] (to whom the people turn), named first among the chief of the mighty men of David. (1 Chronicles 11:11) (B.C. 1046.) He came to David at Ziklag. His distinguishing exploit was that he slew 300 (or 800,) (2 Samuel 23:8) ...
  [nave] JASHOBEAM, 1. One of David's warriors, 2 Sam. 23:8; 1 Chr. 11:11; 27:2. 2. A Korhite Levite, 1 Chr. 12:6.
  

• Zion

  [ebd] sunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that of the Tyropoeon (q.v.) separating it from Moriah (q.v.), which it surpasses in height...
  [nave] ZION, called also Sion, stronghold of Jerusalem. Taken from the Jebusites by David, 2 Sam. 5:6-9; 1 Chr. 11:5-7. Called thereafter "the city of David,'' 2 Sam. 5:7, 9; 6:12, 16; 1 Kin. 8:1; 1 Chr. 11:5, 7; 15:1, 29; 2 Chr. 5...
  

• Eleazar

  [ebd] God has helped. (1.) The third son of Aaron (Ex. 6:23). His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas (Ex. 6:25). After the death of Nadab and Abihu (Lev. 10:12; Num. 3:4) he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary ...
  [isbe] ELEAZAR - el-e-a'-zar, e-le-a'-zar ('el-`azar; Eleazar, "God is helper"): (1) The 3rd son of Aaron by Elisheba (Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2). He married one of the daughters of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas (Ex 6:25). With his father an...
  [smith] (help of God). Third son of Aaron. After the death of Nadab and Abihu without children, (Leviticus 10:6; Numbers 3:4) Eleazar was appointed chief over the principal Levites. (Numbers 3:32) With his brother Ithamar he ministe...
  [nave] ELEAZAR 1. Son of Aaron, Ex. 6:23; 28:1. Married a daughter of Putiel, who bore him Phinehas, Ex. 6:25. After the death of Nadab and Abihu is made chief of the tribe of Levi, Num. 3:32. Duties of, Num. 4:16. Succeeds Aar...
  

• Joab

  [isbe] JOAB - jo'-ab (yo'-abh, "Yahweh is father"; Ioab): (1) Son of Zeruiah, David's sister. He was "captain of the host" (compare 2 Sam 19:13) under David. 1. Joab and Abner: (a) Joab is first introduced in the narrative of the w...
  [nave] JOAB 1. Son of David's sister, 1 Chr. 2:16. Commander of David's army, 2 Sam. 8:16; 20:23; 1 Chr. 11:6; 18:15; 27:34. Dedicated spoils of his battles, 1 Chr. 26:28. Defeated the Jebusites, 1 Chr. 11:6. Defeats and slays ...
  

• Castle

  [ebd] a military fortress (1 Chr. 11:7), also probably a kind of tower used by the priests for making known anything discovered at a distance (1 Chr. 6:54). Castles are also mentioned (Gen. 25:16) as a kind of watch-tower, from wh...
  [nave] CASTLE A tower, Gen. 25:16; Num. 31:10; 1 Chr. 11:5, 7; 2 Chr. 17:12; 27:4; Acts 21:34, 37; 23:10, 16, 32. Bars of, Prov. 18:19. For the doctrine, "The house is my castle,'' see Deut. 24:10, 11. See: Fort; Tower.
  

• Dodo

  [ebd] amatory; loving. (1.) A descendant of Issachar (Judg. 10:1). (2.) An Ahohite, father of Eleazar, who was one of David's three heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12). He was the same with Dodai mentioned in 1 Chr. 27:4. (3.) A Be...
  [smith] (loving). A man of Bethlehem, father of Elhanan, who was one of David?s thirty captains. (2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26) He is a different person from DODO THE AHOHITE, father of Eleazar, the second of the three m...
  [nave] DODO 1. A descendant of Issachar, Judg. 10:1. 2. One of David's heroes, 2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12. Called Dodai, 1 Chr. 27:4. 3. A Bethlehemite, 2 Sam. 23:24; 1 Chr. 11:26.
  

• Millo

  [isbe] MILLO - mil'-o. (millo generally interpreted to mean a "filling," e.g. a solid tower or an earth embankment; in Jdg 9:6,20; 2 Ki 12:20, we get beth millo', translated in English Versions of the Bible "House of Millo," which ...
  [smith] (a rampart, mound) a place in ancient Jerusalem. Both name and place seem to have been already in existence when the city was taken from the Jebusites by David. (2 Samuel 5:9; 1 Chronicles 11:8) Its repair or restoratio...
  [nave] MILLO 1. The house of Millo, possibly a clan at Shechem, Judg. 9:6, 20. 2. A name given to part of the citadel of Jerusalem, 2 Sam. 5:9; 1 Chr. 11:8. King Solomon raises a levy to repair, 1 Kin. 9:15, 24; 11:27. Repaired ...
  

• Hachmoni

  [smith] (wise) Son of, and The Hach?monite. (1 Chronicles 11:11; 27:32) Hachmon or Hachmoni was no doubt the founder of a family to which these men belonged: the actual father of Jashobeam was Zabdiel, (1 Chronicles 27:2) and h...
  [nave] HACHMONI, father of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 11:11; 27:32.
  

• City of David

  [nave] CITY OF DAVID 2 Sam. 5:7, 9; 6:10, 12, 16; 1 Kin. 2:10; 3:1; 8:1; 9:24; 14:31; 15:8; 2 Kin. 8:24; 9:28; 12:21; 14:20; 15:7, 38; 16:20; 1 Chr. 11:5, 7; 13:13; 15:1, 29; 2 Chr. 5:2; 8:11; 12:16; 14:1; 16:14; 21:1, 20; 24:16, 2...
  

• ADINO

  [isbe] ADINO - ad'-i-no, a-di'-no (`adhino, "his adorned one"): The senior of David's "mighty men." "Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time" (...
  

• EPHES-DAMMIM

  [ebd] boundary of blood, a place in the tribe of Judah where the Philistines encamped when David fought with Goliath (1 Sam. 17:1). It was probably so called as having been the scene of frequent sanguinary conflicts between Israel...
  [isbe] EPHES-DAMMIM - e-fes-dam'-im ('ephec dammim): Some spot between Socoh and Azekah (1 Sam 17:1) where the Philistines were encamped; called in 1 Ch 11:13, "Pas-dammin." Ephes" end of" or "boundary" and the whole word may mean ...
  

• AHOHITE

  [ebd] an epithet applied to Dodo, one of Solomon's captains (1 Chr. 27:4); to his son Eleazar, one of David's three mightiest heroes (2 Sam. 23:9; 1 Chr. 11:12); and to Zalmon, one of the thirty (2 Sam. 23:28; 1 Chr. 11:29), from ...
  [isbe] AHOHITE - a-ho'-hit ('achochi): A patronymic employed in connection with the descendants of AHOAH (which see) such as Doda (2 Sam 23:9) or Dodo (1 Ch 11:12), Ilai (29) or Zalmon (2 Sam 23:28), and also Eleazar, son of Dodo (...
  

• Conquering Jerusalem

  

• David's Mighty Men

  

• King over Israel

  

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