1 Chronicles 10:1--21:30
Philistines fought ......... Philistines <03898 06430> [A.M. 2948. B.C. 1056. the Philistines fought.]
dead <02491> [slain. or, wounded. mount.]
Jonathan <03129> [Jonathan.]
Abinadab <041> [Abinadab.]
[Ishui. the sons.]
thick <03513> [went.]
archers <03384> [archers. Heb. shooters with bows. hit. Heb. found. he was.]
Draw <08025> [Draw.]
uncircumcised people <06189> [uncircumcised.]
torture <05953> [abuse. or mock.]
very <03966> [he was.]
Saul ..................................... Saul took <07586 03947> [Saul took.]
Saul <07586> [Saul.]
household <01004> [all his house.]
"All his men," in Samuel; that is, all who were present with him in the battle; and his family received such a blow, that it never recovered itself again. For though Ishbosheth reigned over a part of the country, yet it was not in any splendour. This history seems to be repeated here as an introduction to that of the kingdom of David.
abandoned <05800> [then they.]
strip <06584> [to strip.]
carried <05375> [took.]
proclaiming the news <01319> [tidings.]
gods <0430> [their gods.]
[Ashtaroth. in the temple.]
Jabesh <03003> [when.]
oak tree <0424> [the oak.]
fasted <06684> [fasted.]
<04603> [committed. Heb. transgressed. even against.]
<07592> [for asking.]
conjure <0178> [a familiar.]
seek <01875> [enquired.]
killed <04191> [he slew.]
transferred <05437> [turned.]
Jesse <03448> [Jesse. Heb. Isai.]
Israel <03478> [A.M. 2956. B.C. 1048. An. Ex. Is. 443. all Israel.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
very <06106> [Behold.]
past <08032 0935 08543> [in time past. Heb. both yesterday and the third day. that leddest.]
shepherd ....... rule <07462 05057> [Thou shalt.]
shepherd <07462> [feed. or, rule. ruler.]
leaders <02205> [elders.]
David made ............. David <03772 01732> [David made.]
before <06440> [before.]
anointed <04886> [anointed.]
announced <01697> [according.]
through <03027> [by. Heb. by the hand of.]
David <01732> [David.]
Jebus <02982> [Jebus.]
[Jebusi.]
inhabitants lived there <03427> [the inhabitants.]
<0935> [Thou shalt.]
fortress <04686> [the castle.]
City <05892> [the city.]
attacks <05221> [Whosoever.]
commanding ............ commander <07218> [chief. Heb. head. Joab.]
David lived .............. David <03427 01732> [David dwelt.]
David ............. City ... David <01732 05892> [the city of David. that is, Zion.]
terrace <04407> [Millo.]
restored <02421> [repaired. Heb. revived.]
steadily <03212 01980 01419> [waxed greater and greater. Heb. went in going and increasing.]
Lord <03068> [for.]
leaders <07218> [A.M. 2949-2989. B.C. 1055-1015. An. Ex. Is. 436-476. the chief.]
The valiant men who assisted David in his advancement, and helped to establish him in his authority, were those, in all likelihood, that had accompanied him during his persecution by Saul.
helped establish <02388 04438> [strengthened themselves with. or, held strongly with. to make.]
word <01697> [according.]
Jashobeam <03434> [Jashobeam.]
The Tachmonite, Adino, the Eznite.
Hacmonite <02453> [an Hachmonite. or, son of Hachmoni.]
Eleazar <0499> [Eleazar.]
[Dodai.]
Dodo <01734> [Dodo.]
This variation arises from the mutations of [Vƒv,] {wav,} and [Y“wd,] {yood;} it being written here [D“wd“w,] Dodo, and in the parallel passage [Dƒveh,] Dodai.
Ahohite <0266> [Ahohite.]
three <07969> [the three.]
Pas Dammim <06450> [Pas-dammim.]
Ephes-dammim is here called Pas-dammim, by aph‘resis.
[Ephes-dammim. a parcel.]
In Samuel it is, "a piece of ground full of lentiles;" and there is probably a mistake of {seâ€rim,} "barley," for {Æ’dashim,} "lentiles," or vice-versa. Some, however, think there were both lentiles and barley in the field, which is not unlikely.
stand <03320> [set. or, stood. and the Lord.]
victory <08668> [deliverance. or, salvation.]
thirty leaders <07970 07218> [of the thirty captains. or, captains over the thirty.]
cave <04631> [the cave.]
Valley <06010> [in the.]
Rephaim <07497> [Rephaim.]
[the giants.]
stronghold <04686> [in the hold.]
[the Philistines'.]
thirsty <0183> [longed.]
water <04325> [of the water.]
broke through <01234> [brake.]
poured ... out <05258> [poured.]
God <0430> [My God.]
drink ........................ drink <08354> [shall I.]
lives ...... lives <05315> [that have put their lives. Heb. with their lives.]
lives ...... lives <05315> [in jeopardy.]
do .......... men ........................ exploits .... three <0582 06213 07969> [These.]
Abishai <052> [Abishai.]
<0935> [howbeit.]
Benaiah <01141> [Benaiah.]
Kabzeel <06909> [Kabzeel.]
great exploits <07227 06467> [who had done many acts. Heb. great of deeds. lion-like.]
struck down .............. killed ... lion <05221 0738> [slew a.]
tall <0376 04060> [a man of great stature. Heb. a man of measure. five.]
spear .................... spear ............. spear <02595> [a spear.]
spear .................... spear ........ killed ...... spear <02026 02595> [slew him.]
<0935> [but attained.]
David <01732> [David.]
Asahel <06214> [Asahel.]
Elhanan <0445> [Elhanan.]
Shammoth <08054> [Shammoth.]
Shammah, Shammoth, and as it is in ch. 27:8, Shamhuth, having all the same signification, appear to have been deemed perfectly interchangeable, and accordingly used indifferently.
[Shammah the Harodite. Harorite.]
The variation of [Har“wrŒy <\\See definition 02033\\>,] Harorite, for [Char“dŒy <\\See definition 02733\\>,] Harodite, arises from the mutation of [Rˆysh,] {raish,} and [Dƒleth,] {daleth.}
Pelonite <06397> [Pelonite.]
[Paltite.]
Ira <05896> [Ira.]
Anathothite <06069> [Antothite.]
This variation springs simply from the points; the word being written [Anth“thŒy <\\See definition 06069\\>,] {Anethothite} in Samuel, and here [Anneth“wthŒy <\\See definition 06069\\>,] {Antothite.}
[Anethothite.]
Sibbekai <05444> [Sibbecai.]
The reading of [Mebunnay <\\See definition 04012\\>,] {Mebunnai,} for [Cibbekay <\\See definition 05444\\>,] {Sibbecai,} seems to be occasioned by the mistake of [Cƒmek,] {samech,} for a [Mˆm,] {mem,} and a [N–wn,] {noon,} for a [Kaph,] {caph;} and a difference in the vowel points.
[Mebunnai, Zalmon. Ahohite.]
Maharai <04121> [Maharai.]
Heled <02466> [Heled.]
Heleb seems evidently a mistake for Heled, which is essentially the same with Heldai, the latter merely having a paragogic [Y“wd,] {yood.}
[Heldai.]
[Heleb.]
Ithai <0863> [Ithai.]
The variation of ['Iythay <\\See definition 0863\\>,] {Ithai,} and ['Ittay <\\See definition 0863\\>,] {Ittai,} simply arises from the elision of [Y“wd,] {yood,} which is compensated by the reduplication of the next letter.
[Ittai.]
Hurai <02360> [Hurai.]
[Hiddai. Abiel.]
[Abi-albon.]
Hashem <02044> [Hashem.]
[Jashen.]
Sakar <07940> [Sacar.]
[Sharar. Eliphal.]
[Eliphelet, Ahasbai.]
Hezro <02695> [Hezro.]
[Hezrai, Paarai the Arbite.]
Joel <03100> [Joel.]
[Igal the son of Nathan. the son of Haggeri. or, the]
Hagerite.
Ithrite .... Ithrite <03505> [Ithrite.]
[Jairite.]
Uriah <0223> [Uriah.]
son ... Shimri <08113 01121> [Son of Shimri. or Shimrite.]
joined <0935> [these are.]
banished <06113> [while he yet, etc. Heb. being yet shut up.]
Sometimes, in the East, when a successful prince endeavoured to extirpate the preceding royal family, some of them escaped the slaughter, and secured themselves in an impregnable fortress, or in a place of great secrecy; while others have been known to seek an asylum in a foreign county, from when they have occasioned, from time to time, great anxiety and great difficulties to the usurper of the crown. The expression shut up, so often applied to the extermination of eastern royal families. (De 32:32. 1 Ki 14:10; 21:21. 2 Ki 9:8; 14:26,) strictly speaking, refers to the two first of these cases; but the term may be used in a more extensive sense, for those who, by retiring into deserts, or foreign countries, preserve themselves from being slain by the men who usurp the dominions of their ancestors. Thus the term is here applied to David, though he did not shut himself up, strictly speaking, in Ziklag. It is described as a town in the country, and was probably an unwalled town; and it is certain that he did not confine himself to it, but, on the contrary, was continually making excursions from thence.
Saul <07586> [Saul.]
warriors <01368> [the mighty.]
right <03231> [could use.]
sling stones <068> [in hurling.]
Shemaah <08094> [Shemaah. or, Hasmaah. Gibeathite.]
Azmaveth <05820> [Azmaveth.]
Anathothite <06069> [the Antothite.]
Gibeonite <01393> [Gibeonite.]
warriors <01368> [a mighty man.]
Gederathite <01452> [Gederathite.]
Gedor <01446> [Gedor.]
stronghold <04679> [into the hold.]
trained <06635> [of war. Heb. of the host. handle.]
fierce <06440> [whose faces.]
quickly ... gazelles .... hills <06643 02022 04116> [as swift as the roes upon the mountains. Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste.]
hundred .... greatest a thousand <0259 06996 03967 01419 0505> [one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. or, one that was least could resist an hundred, the greatest a thousand.]
overflowing <04390> [it had overflown. Heb. it had filled over.]
<01121> [the children.]
stronghold <04679> [the hold.]
meet .... said <06440 06030> [to meet them. Heb. before them. If ye be come.]
make <03824> [heart.]
alliance <03162> [knit. Heb. one.]
harmed <02555> [wrong. or, violence. God.]
judge <03198> [rebuke it.]
spirit <07307> [the spirit.]
empowered Amasai <03847 06022> [came upon Amasai. Heb. clothed Amasai.]
[Amasa.]
Thine are we.
[and on they side.]
prosper <07965> [peace.]
God <0430> [thy God.]
leader ........................................... leaders ... raiding bands <01416 07218> [captains of the band.]
went <0935> [when he came.]
<07218> [to the jeopardy of our heads. Heb. on our heads.]
<03212> [As he went.]
These captains of Manasseh seem to have met David as he was returning from the army of the Philistines to Ziklag. It is probable that they did not bring their companies with them; yet they both assured him of future assistance, and very seasonably helped him against the Amalekites who had spoiled Ziklag.
leaders <07218> [captains.]
bands <01416> [against the band. or, with a band.]
raiding <01368> [mighty men.]
Each day <03117> [day by day.]
army <04264 0430> [like the host of God.]
That is, says the Targumist, a very numerous army, like the army of the angel of God.
record <04557> [A.M. 2956. B.C. 1048. An. Ex. Is. 433. the numbers.]
leaders <07218> [bands. or, captains, or men. Heb. heads. came to David.]
Some learned men understand this as relating to the time when David was make king over Judah, on his first coming to Hebron: but it seems wholly to refer to his being made king over all Israel, after the death of Ishbosheth; for there was no such union or assembly of the several tribes on the former occasion, as is here described.
in order to make <05437> [to turn.]
decree <06310> [according.]
trained <02502> [armed. or, prepared.]
leader <05057> [the leader.]
Aaron's descendants <0175> [Aaronites.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
tribe <0251> [kindred. Heb. brethren.]
most of whom ........ loyal <04768 08104> [the greatest part of them. Heb. a multitude of them.]
fame <08034> [famous. Heb. men of names.]
half tribe <04294 02677> [the half tribe.]
understood ... times <06256 0998> [understanding of the times.]
That is, as the following words indicate, intelligent men, who understood the signs of the times, well versed in political affairs, and knew what was proper to be done in all the exigencies of human life; and who now perceived that it was both the duty and political interest of Israel to advance David to the throne.
knew <03045> [to know.]
relatives <0251> [all their.]
prepared ... battle ....... weapons <06186 04421> [expert in war. or, rangers of battle, or ranged in battle. keep rank. or, set the battle in array. they were not of double heart. Heb. they were without a heart and a heart.]
That is, they were all sincerely affected towards David, though so numerous.
prepared ... battle <06186 04421> [expert in war. or, keeping their rank.]
other side <05676> [the other side.]
acclamation ........... agreement <08003 03820 03824> [with a perfect heart.]
The meaning of this expression may be inferred from that of a double heart in ver. 33. If a double heart be expressive of insincerity or duplicity, a perfect heart, which seems to be put in opposition to it, must signify a sincere, faithful, and entire attachment.
rest <07611> [all the rest.]
feasting <0398 08354> [eating and drinking.]
bringing <0935> [brought.]
The Septuagint reads [ ,] "brought (to) them" which is probably correct; the Hebrew {lahem,} "to them" might be easily mistaken for {lechem,} "bread." The passage will then read, "bought them on asses, on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, meat, meal, cakes of figs," etc., which renders the introduction of and unnecessary. From the mention of oil, figs, and raisins, Mr. Harmer thinks that this assembly was held in autumn.
supplies ... flour <07058 03978> [meat, meal. or, victual of meal. cakes of figs.]
celebrating <08057> [there was joy.]
consulted <03289> [consulted.]
desire <02895> [If it seem.]
Lord <03068> [and that it be.]
spread <06555 07971> [send abroad. Heb. break forth, and send. left.]
priests <03548> [the priests.]
cities <04054 05892> [their cities and suburbs. Heb. the cities of their suburbs.]
move <05437> [bring again. Heb. bring about. the ark.]
seek <01875> [we enquired.]
<01697> [the thing.]
David <01732> [David.]
Shihor River <07883> [Shihor.]
[Sihor.]
[Sihor. Hemath.]
[Hamath. Kirjath-jearim.]
Baalah <01173> [Baalah.]
[Baale. that dwelleth.]
name <08034> [whose name.]
transported ... ark <0727 07392> [carried the ark. Heb. made the ark to ride.]
At Nu 3:10, and again at ver. 38, a particular caution is given that strangers must not touch, or even pry into, the most holy things connected with the tabernacle, lest the offender die. In giving the law, also, even a beast which touched Sinai's mount was, by the Almighty's fiat, to be stoned or thrust through with a dart. And again we read, (Nu 4:15) after special orders to Aaron and his sons about covering the sanctuary and all the vessels previously to a removal, that the Kohathites, who were to carry them, "shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die." These were positive commands. May the sin of Uzza in touching the ark, warn Christians to take heed of rashness and irreverence in dealing about holy things: see ver. 9.
new cart ............. cart <02319 05699> [in a new cart.]
house <01004> [out of the house.]
David <01732> [David.]
singing <07892> [singing. Heb. songs. with harps.]
The word {kinnor,} in Chaldee, {kinnora,} in Syraic, {kainoro,} in Arabic, {kinnarat,} and in Greek [ ,] certainly denotes a harp, played on with the hand, according to 1 Sa 16:23. The number of strings in the harp was at first three; but afterwards they were increased to four, and at last to seven.
stringed instruments <05035> [psalteries.]
{Naivel,} or {naibel,} in Greek [ ,] and in Latin, {nablium,} was an instrument of the harp kind; having twelve sounds.
Kidon <03592> [Chidon.]
[Nachon. stumbled. or shook it.]
reached <07971> [he put.]
died <04191> [there he died.]
angry <02734> [displeased.]
Perez Uzzah <06560> [Perez-uzza. that is, The breach of Uzza. to this day.]
afraid ... God ................. God <0430 03372> [afraid of God.]
How <01963> [How.]
move <05493> [brought. Heb. removed. Obed-edom.]
Gittite <01663> [the Gittite.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Hiram <02438> [A.M. 2961. B.C. 1043. An. Ex. Is. 448. Hiram.]
[Huram. and timber.]
build ... palace <01129 01004> [to build him.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
kingdom <04438> [his kingdom.]
people <05971> [because.]
married <03947> [took.]
wives ..... sons <0802 01121> [more. Heb. yet.]
Shammua <08051> [Shammua.]
[Shimea.]
[Shammuah. Nathan.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon.]
Elishua <0474> [Elishua.]
[Elishama.]
Beeliada <01182> [Beeliada.]
Probably Beeliada is a mistake for Eliada, as the LXX., Syriac, and Arabic read here.
[Eliada. and Eliphalet.]
[Eliphelet.]
This variation merely arises from the change of a vowel. Here we have 13 persons mentioned, but only 11 in Samuel; and it is probable that the duplicate Elishama and Eliphelet dying when young, were therefore omitted in the latter.
Philistines .............. Philistines <06430> [A.M. 2957. B.C. 1047. An. Ex. Is. 444. And when.]
anointed <04886> [anointed.]
Philistines .............. Philistines <06430> [all the Philistines.]
Valley <06010> [the valley.]
asked <07592> [enquired.]
up .................. up <05927> [Shall I go.]
up .................. up <05927> [Go up.]
Baal Perazim .............................. Baal Perazim <01188> [Baal-perazim.]
God <0430> [God.]
bursts out <06556> [like the breaking.]
Baal Perazim .............................. Baal Perazim <01188> [Baal-perazim. that is, a place of breaches.]
burned <08313> [were burned.]
again <03254> [yet again.]
asked <07592> [enquired.]
circle <05437> [turn away.]
hear <08085> [when thou shalt hear.]
Some, taking the word {becha‹m,} translated "mulberry trees," as a proper name, render, "when thou shalt hear a sound of going upon the summits of Becha‹m;" other understanding {rosh,} "a top," in the sense of beginning or entrance, read, "when thou hearest a sound of footsteps at the entrance of the grove of mulberry trees;" and others think a rustling among the leaves is intended. The Targumist read, "When thou shalt hear the sound of the angels coming to thy assistance, then go out to battle; for an angel is sent from the presence of God, that he may render thy way prosperous." If there had not been an evident supernatural interference, David might have thought that the {ruse de guerre} which he had used, was the cause of his victory.
moment <03318> [then thou.]
Lord <0430> [for God.]
did .... God <0430 06213> [did as God.]
Gibeon <01391> [Gibeon.]
[Geba. Gazer.]
[Gezer.]
David ... famous <01732 08034> [fame of David.]
nations ... fear <06343 01471> [the fear of him.]
buildings <01004> [A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042. houses.]
[and he prepared.]
carry ............ carry <05375> [None ought to, etc. Heb. It is not to carry the ark of God, but for the Levites. them hath.]
serve <08334> [to minister.]
assembled <06950> [gathered.]
bring <05927> [to bring up.]
descendants ... Aaron <01121 0175> [the children of Aaron.]
Uriel <0222> [Uriel.]
relatives <0251> [brethren. or, kinsmen.]
Merari <04847> [Merari.]
Joel <03100> [Joel.]
Elizaphan <0469> [Elizaphan.]
[Elzaphan. Shemaiah.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
Uzziel <05816> [Uzziel.]
Amminadab <05992> [Amminadab.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
Uriel <0222> [Uriel.]
leaders <07218> [Ye are the chief.]
consecrate <06942> [sanctify.]
first <07223> [ye did it.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
ask <01875> [for that.]
consecrated <06942> [sanctified.]
carried ... ark <05375 0727> [bare the ark.]
David <01732> [And David.]
leaders <08269> [chief.]
musicians <07891> [the singers.]
<07311> [lifting up.]
Heman <01968> [Heman.]
Asaph <0623> [Asaph.]
Ethan <0387> [Ethan.]
son ......... son ....... descendants ..... son <01121> [son of Kishi.]
second in rank <04932> [the second.]
Zechariah <02148> [Zechariah.]
Jaaziel <03268> [Jaaziel.]
[Aziel. Obed-edom.]
Aziel <05815> [Aziel.]
[Jaaziel. Alamoth.]
Mattithiah <04993> [Mattithiah.]
lyres <03658> [harps.]
sheminith ....... director <05329 08067> [Sheminith to excel. or, eighth to oversee.]
transport ..... well-informed <04853> [for, etc. or, for the carriage: he instructed about the carriage. song. Heb. lifting up.]
well-informed <03256> [he instructed.]
[the priest.]
Obed-Edom <05654> [Obed-edom.]
David <01732> [David.]
commanders <08269> [captains.]
Obed-Edom <05654> [Obed-edom.]
celebration <08057> [with joy.]
God <0430> [God.]
sacrificed <02076> [they.]
bulls <06499> [bullocks.]
robe <04598> [a robe.]
Kenaniah <03663> [Chenaniah.]
transport <04853> [song. or, carriage.]
brought up <05927> [brought up.]
shouting <08643> [with shouting.]
blowing <07782> [the cornet.]
Jerome on Ho 5:8 says this instrument is properly called in Greek [keratine,] from [keras <\\See definition 2768\\>,] a horn. The trumpets were, according to Josephus, made of metal, and about a cubit in length. See Note on Nu 10:2.
ark <0727> [as the ark.]
Lord's <03068> [Lord.]
Michal <04324> [Michal.]
jumping <07540> [dancing.]
despised <0959> [she despised.]
brought <0935> [they brought.]
middle <08432> [in the midst.]
it Then ... offered <07126> [they offered.]
burnt sacrifices <05930> [the burnt.]
blessing <01288> [he blessed.]
each ... man <0376> [to every one.]
He appointed <05414> [he appointed.]
serve <08334> [minister.]
offer ... songs <02142> [to record.]
Lord ............ Lord God <03068 0430> [the Lord God.]
Asaph ........................... Asaph <0623> [Asaph.]
stringed instruments <03658 05035> [psalteries and with harps. Heb. instruments of psalteries and harps.]
trumpets <02689> [with trumpets.]
day <03117> [on that day.]
<03027> [into the hand.]
Give thanks <03034> [Give thanks.]
This beautiful hymn, to the 22nd verse, is nearly the same as Ps 105:1-15; from the 23rd to the 33rd it accords with Ps 96; and the conclusion agrees with Ps 106, with the addition of ver. 34-36.
Call <07121> [call.]
known <03045> [make.]
Sing <07891 02167> [Sing unto.]
<02167> [psalms.]
music ........ miraculous <07878 06381> [talk ye.]
Boast <01984> [Glory.]
hearts <03820> [let the heart.]
Seek ......... Seek <01875 01245> [Seek.]
strength <05797> [his strength.]
Seek ......... Seek ... presence <01875 01245 06440> [seek his.]
Recall <02142> [Remember.]
judgments <04941> [the judgments.]
children <02233> [ye seed.]
chosen ones <0972> [his chosen.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
judgment <04941> [his judgments.]
Remember <02142> [ye mindful.]
thousand <0505> [a thousand.]
made <03772> [which he made.]
decree <02706> [for a law.]
lasting <05769> [an everlasting.]
give <05414> [Unto thee.]
portion <02256> [lot. Heb. cord.]
inheritance <05159> [inheritance.]
number <04557> [but few. Heb. but men of number. a few.]
wandered <01980> [they went.]
disciplined <03240> [He suffered.]
disciplined ..... sake <03198> [he reproved.]
touch <05060> [Touch.]
prophets <05030> [prophets.]
Sing <07891> [Sing.]
Announce <01319> [shew forth.]
great <01419> [great.]
awesome <03372> [he also.]
gods <0430> [all the gods.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
splendor <01935> [Glory.]
strength <05797> [strength.]
source <04725> [place.]
Ascribe .......... ascribe <03051> [Give.]
families <04940> [ye kindreds.]
splendor <03519> [glory.]
splendor <03519> [the glory.]
Bring <05375> [bring.]
enter <0935> [come.]
attire <01927> [the beauty.]
before ..... earth <06440 0776> [before him.]
established <03559> [stable.]
heavens <08064> [Let the heavens.]
earth <0776> [let the earth.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
sea <03220> [the sea.]
fields <07704> [fields.]
trees <06086> [the trees.]
comes <0935> [because.]
Give thanks <03034> [give thanks.]
Deliver .... God <03467 0430> [Save us.]
give thanks <03034> [that we may give.]
boast <07623> [glory.]
praised <01288> [Blessed.]
<0559> [said.]
before ... ark ........ before ... ark <0727 06440> [before the ark.]
day's requirements <03117> [as every.]
Obed-Edom ..... Obed-Edom <05654> [Obed-edom.]
Jeduthun <03038> [Jeduthun.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
before <06440> [before.]
worship center <01116> [in the high.]
offering <05927> [To offer.]
morning ... evening <01242 06153> [morning and evening. Heb. in the morning and in the evening.]
Heman <01968> [Heman.]
designated <05344> [expressed.]
give thanks <03034> [to give.]
trumpets <02689> [trumpets.]
musical instruments <03627 07892> [musical instruments.]
entrance <08179> [porters. Heb. for the gate.]
people <05971> [all the people.]
blessing <01288> [to bless.]
David ....... he <01732> [as David.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
settled .............. living <03427> [I dwell.]
ark <0727> [the ark.]
tent <03407> [under curtains.]
should do ...... mind <06213 03824> [Do all.]
God <0430> [for God.]
told <01697> [word.]
tell .......... says <0559> [tell.]
build <01129> [Thou shalt not.]
lived <03427> [dwelt.]
tent ...... various places <0168> [gone. Heb. been. from tent to tent.]
moved <01980> [walked.]
leaders <08199> [the judges.]
[tribes.]
care <07462> [feed.]
took ..... pasture <03947 05116> [I took thee.]
shepherd <0310> [from following. Heb. from after. ruler.]
went <01980> [I have been.]
defeated <03772> [have cut off.]
make .... famous <06213 08034> [made thee.]
establish <07760> [I will.]
settle <05193> [plant.]
disturbed <07264> [and shall be.]
men <01121> [the children.]
oppress <01086> [waste.]
beginning <07223> [as at the.]
time <03117> [And since.]
subdue <03665> [Moreover.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
time <03117> [when thy.]
raise up <06965> [I will raise.]
build <01129> [He shall.]
I <03559> [I will.]
father <01> [I will be.]
son <01121> [my son.]
withhold ......... withheld ... from ... one ... ruled <05493> [I will not.]
withhold ......... withheld ... from ... one ... ruled <05493> [as I took.]
house <01004> [in mine.]
In the parallel passage, it is "thine house, and thy kingdom." Jehovah was Israel's king; and David and Solomon were merely his viceregents, as well as types of the Messiah.
words <01697 02377> [According.]
sat before <06440 03427> [sat before.]
Lord ........ Lord <03068> [Who am I.]
family <01004> [what is.]
went ........................ brought <0935> [that thou hast.]
<06994> [a small thing.]
spoken <01696> [thou hast.]
have revealed <07200> [hast regarded.]
honored <03519> [the honour.]
recognition <03045> [thou knowest.]
[thy servants.]
according <03820> [according.]
great thing ....... greatness <01420> [great things. Heb. greatness.]
God <0430> [none.]
besides ..... heard <02108 08085> [beside thee.]
heard <08085> [according.]
unique <0259> [what one.]
claim ............................. delivered <06299> [redeem.]
made ... name <07760 08034> [make thee.]
great <01420> [greatness.]
drove out <01644> [by driving.]
Israel ..... nation <05971> [thy people.]
promise <01697> [let the thing.]
fame <08034> [that thy name.]
God <0430> [a God.]
dynasty <01004> [and let.]
revealed .... servant .............. servant <05650 01540> [told thy servant. Heb. revealed the ear of thy servant.]
build <01129> [that thou.]
has had ... courage <04672> [found.]
God <0430> [thou art God.]
willing <02974> [let it please. or, it hath pleased. blessest.]
Later <0310> [A.M. 2964. B.C. 1040. An. Ex. Is. 451. after this.]
Gath <01661> [Gath.]
[Metheg-ammah.]
defeated <05221> [He smote.]
brought tribute <04503 05375> [brought gifts.]
<01928> [Hadarezer.]
Hadadezer, [Hadad'ezer <\\See definition 01909\\>,] in the parallel passage, seems an evident mistake for [Hadar'ezer <\\See definition 01928\\>,] Hadarezer; for the LXX. and Vulgate there, as here, read [Adaraazar,] Adarezer. The difference arises from the mistake of a [Rˆysh,] {raish,} for a [Dƒleth,] {daleth,} two letters very similar.
[Hadadezer. Zobah.]
River <05104> [by the river.]
1,000 ... 7,000 .... 20,000 <0505 07651> [seven thousand.]
[seven hundred. David.]
The words {wyakker Dawid eth col haraichev,} should be rendered, "and David disjointed all the chariots;" which is nearly the rendering of the LXX., [kai paraluse David panta ta armata.] To have houghed the horses would have been both unreasonable and inhuman; for, as he had gained so complete a victory, there was no danger of their falling into the hands of the enemy; and if he did not choose to keep them, which indeed the law would not permit, he ought to have killed them outright.
cut the hamstrings <06131> [houghed.]
chariots ............... hundred .... chariot horses <07393 03967> [an hundred chariots.]
Arameans ................. Arameans <0758> [the Syrians.]
Damascus <01834> [Damascus. Heb. Darmesek. to help.]
Zobah <06678> [Zobah.]
David ............... David's ......... David <01732> [became David's.]
Lord <03068> [Thus the Lord.]
shields <07982> [shields.]
Tibhath <02880> [Tibhath.]
[Betah, Berothai. wherewith.]
Tou <08583> [Tou.]
[Toi.]
Hadoram <01913> [Hadoram. or Joram.]
Joram, in the parallel text, seems a mistake for Hadoram, or Idoram; for the LXX. have there [Leddouram.]
pronounce <07592> [enquire. or salute him. congratulate him. Heb. bless him.]
<0376> [had war. Heb. was the man of wars. all manner.]
dedicated <06942> [dedicated.]
Ammonites <01121> [the children.]
Amalek <06002> [Amalek.]
Abishai <052> [Moreover.]
Abishai <052> [Abishai. Heb. Abshai.]
killed ... Edomites <05221 0123> [slew of the Edomites.]
Valley ... Salt <04417 01516> [the valley of Salt.]
garrisons <05333> [garrisons.]
Edom ..... Edomites <0123> [all the Edomites.]
Lord <03068> [Thus the Lord.]
David <01732> [David.]
guaranteed <06213> [executed.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
Jehoshaphat <03092> [Jehoshaphat.]
secretary <02142> [recorder. or, remembrancer.]
Abimelech <040> [Abimelech.]
[Ahimelech. Abiathar.]
Shavsha <07798> [Shavsha.]
[Seraiah.]
[Sheva.]
[Shisha.]
Benaiah <01141> [Benaiah.]
Kerethites <03774> [Cherethites.]
king's <03027 04428> [about the king. Heb. at the hand of the king.]
Nahash <05176> [Nahash.]
express <06213> [I will shew.]
son ........................... Ammonite <01121> [the children.]
officials <08269> [but the princes.]
David <05869 01732> [Thinkest thou that David. Heb. In thine eyes doth David.]
they can ... information <02713> [to search.]
seized David's <03947 01732> [took David's.]
shaved their beards off ... cut off <01548 03772> [shaved them.]
cut off <03772> [and cut.]
sent ... away <07971> [sent them.]
told David <01732 05046> [and told David.]
Jericho <03405> [at Jericho.]
beards <02206> [your beards.]
disgusted <0887> [had made.]
disgusted <0887> [odious. Heb. to stink.]
1,000 <0505> [a thousand.]
Aram <0758> [Syria-maachah.]
Zobah <06678> [Zobah.]
hired <07936> [hired.]
32,000 <07970> [thirty.]
Thirty-two thousand soldiers, exclusive of the thousand send by the Maachah, are mentioned in the parallel passage (2 Sa 10:6;) but of chariots or cavalry there is no mention; and the number of chariots stated here is prodigious, and beyond all credibility. But as the word {raichev} denotes not only a chariot, but a rider, (see Isa 21:7,) it ought most probably to be rendered here, in a collective sense, cavalry; and then the number of troops will exactly agree with the passage in Samuel. It is probable that they were a kind of auxiliary troops who were usually mounted on horses, or in chariots, but who occasionally served as foot-soldiers.
king ... Maacah <04601 04428> [the king of Maachah.]
This variation exists only in the translation, the original being the same in both places, {melech m„achah,} "the king of Maachah."
king <04428> [king Maachah. Medeba.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
battle <04421> [put the battle.]
kings <04428> [the kings.]
Joab <03097> [when Joab.]
battle <04421> [battle. Heb. face of the battle. set against.]
chose <0977> [choice. or, young men.]
Abishai <052> [Abishai. Heb. Abshai.]
The variation of ['AbŒyshay <\\See definition 052\\>,] Abishai, and ['Abshay <\\See definition 052\\>,] Abshai, is simply caused by the elision of [Y“wd,] {yood,} which is by no means uncommon.
deployed <06186> [and they set.]
Arameans <0758> [If the Syrians.]
strong .... bravely <02388> [of good.]
strong .... bravely <02388> [let us behave, etc.]
In Samuel, "let us play the men;" but the original is the same in both places, {nithchazzak}.
Lord <03068> [let the Lord.]
fled <05127> [they fled.]
flee ... fled <05127> [they likewise.]
<03318> [A.M. 2968. B.C. 1036. An. Ex. Is. 455. and drew.]
Euphrates <05104> [river. that is, Euphrates. Shophach.]
This variation arises from the permutation of [Bˆyth,] {baith,} and [Pˆ,] {pay;} being written in the parallel passage [Sh“wbƒk <\\See definition 07731\\>,] Shobach, and here [Sh“wphƒk <\\See definition 07780\\>,] Shophach.
[Shobach.]
deployed <06186> [upon them.]
Instead of {alaihem,} "upon them," it is in 2 Sa 10:17 {chelamah,} "to Helam:" the one seems evidently to be a mistake for the other.
deployed <06186> [and set.]
fled before Israel <05127 06440 03478> [fled before Israel.]
7,000 ..... 40,000 <07651 0505> [seven thousand.]
In the parallel passage, "the men of seven hundred chariots;" which difference probably arose from mistaking [N–wn,] {noon final}, which stands for 700, for [Zayin,] {zayin,} with a dot above, which denotes 7,000, or vice versa: the great similarity of these letters might easily cause the one to be mistaken for the other.
<0376> [footmen.]
If these troops were as we have suppose, a kind of dismounted cavalry, the terms footmen and horsemen might be indifferently applied to them.
[horsemen.]
subjects <05650> [the servants.]
willing <014> [would.]
time <06256> [A.M. 2969. B.C. 1035. An. Ex. Is. 456. And it came.]
spring .... time <08141 08666 06256> [after the year was expired. Heb. at the return of the year.]
devastated <07843> [wasted.]
Rabbah ......... Rabbah <07237> [Rabbah.]
Joab ........................ Joab defeated <05221 03097> [Joab smote.]
David ............... weight .............. He <04948 01732> [it. Heb. the weight of it. and he brought.]
removed <03318> [And he.]
made them do hard labor <07787> [and cut.]
Instead of {wyyasar,} "and he cut," the parallel passage is {wyyasem,} "and he put them;" which is also the reading here of seven MSS. collated by Dr. Kennicott. Sawing asunder, etc., of human beings, have no more place in the text, than they had in David's conduct towards the Ammonites.
saws ..... axes <04050> [with saws.]
there was <05975> [A.M. 2986. B.C. 1018. An. Ex. Is. 473. there arose. or, there continued. Heb. there stood.]
Gezer <01507> [Gezer. or, Gob.]
Sibbekai <05444> [Sibbechai.]
Sippai <05598> [Sippai.]
[Saph. the giant. or, Rapha.]
Jair <03265> [Jair.]
[Jaare-oregim. Goliath.]
large <04060> [of great stature. Heb. of measure.]
descendant ... Rapha <07497 03205> [the son of the giant. Heb. born to the giant. or Rapha.]
taunted <02778> [defied. or, reproached.]
Shimea <08092> [Shimea.]
[Shimma.]
[Shammah.]
killed <05307> [they fell.]
adversary <07854> [A.M. 2987. B.C. 1017. An. Ex. Is. 474. Satan.]
inciting David <01732 05496> [provoked David.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
Beer Sheba <0884> [Beer-sheba.]
bring <0935> [bring.]
know <03045> [that I may.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
judgment <0819> [why will.]
king's <04428> [the king's.]
Joab's .... Joab <03097> [Wherefore.]
traveled <01980> [and went.]
1,100,000 ....... 470,000 <0505> [a thousand.]
The Syriac has 800,000 as in the parallel passage of Samuel.
Levi <03878> [Levi.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
God <0430 03415 01697> [And God was displeased with this thing. Heb. And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this thing.]
attacked <05221> [he smote.]
sinned <02398> [I have sinned.]
remove <05674> [do away.]
greatly ... doing ............... very <06213 03966> [I have done.]
Gad <01410> [Gad.]
three forms <05186 07969> [offer thee. Heb. stretch out. choose.]
<06213> [that I may.]
Pick <06901> [Choose thee. Heb. Take to thee.]
three .... famine ... three ............... three <07458 07969> [three year's famine.]
In 2 Sa 24:13, it is seven years; but the Septuagint has there [tria <\\See definition 5140\\> ete,] three years, as here; which is, no doubt, the true reading; the letter [Zayin,] {zayin,} seven, being mistaken for [Giymel,] {gimmel,} three.
chased <05595> [to be destroyed.]
swords ........ by <02719> [the sword.]
plague <01698> [even the pestilence.]
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
decide <07200> [Now therefore.]
very ............... very <03966> [I am in.]
prefer .................... attacked <05307> [let me fall.]
David here acted nobly: had he chosen war, his personal safety was in no danger, as there was an ordinance preventing him from going to battle; and in famine, his wealth would have secured his and his family's support; but all were equally exposed to the pestilence.
very ............... very great <03966 07227> [great. or, many.]
prefer .................... attacked <05307> [but let me.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
70,000 <07657> [seventy.]
Jerusalem <03389> [unto Jerusalem.]
doing ....... relented .... judgment <05162 07451> [repented him.]
enough <07227> [It is enough.]
Ornan <0771> [Ornan.]
[Araunah.]
saw .... messenger <04397 07200> [saw the angel.]
covered <03680> [clothed.]
threw ...... faces <05307 06440> [fell upon.]
said .......... decided <0559> [Is it not I.]
sheep <06629> [these sheep.]
done <06213> [what have.]
family <03027> [let thine.]
family <01> [on my father's.]
plague <04046> [that they should.]
messenger <04397> [the angel.]
David <01732> [that David.]
up <05927> [went up.]
Ornan <0771> [And Ornan, etc. or,]
When Ornan turned back and saw the angel, then he, and his four sons with him, hid themselves.
David ......... David .......... bowed ... David <07812 01732> [bowed himself.]
Sell .................. pay <05414> [Grant. Heb. Give.]
Sell .................. pay <05414> [thou shalt grant.]
plague <04046> [that the plague.]
have .... master <03947 0113> [Take it.]
oxen <01241> [the oxen.]
insist .... it <07069> [Nay.]
<05375> [for I will not.]
It is a maxim from heaven, "Honour the Lord with thy substance." He who has a religion that costs him nothing, has a religion that is worth nothing; nor will any man esteem the ordinances of God, if those ordinances cost him nothing. Had Araunah's noble offer been accepted, it would have been Araunah's sacrifice, not David's; nor would it have answered the end of turning away the displeasure of the Most High. It was David that sinned, not Araunah; therefore David must offer sacrifice.
built .... altar ................................... altar <01129 04196> [built there.]
called <07121> [and called.]
fire <0784> [by fire.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
back <07725> [he put.]
tabernacle <04908> [the tabernacle.]
Gibeon <01391> [Gibeon.]
afraid <01204> [he was afraid.]
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