1 Chronicles 11:1--29:30
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.]
temple <01004> [This is the house.]
David perhaps had some assurance that this was the place on which God designed that His house should be built; and perhaps it was this that induced him to buy not only the threshing-floor, but probably some adjacent ground also, as Calmet supposes, that there might be sufficient room for such a structure.
altar <04196> [and this is the altar.]
resident foreigners <01616> [the strangers.]
stonecutters <02672> [masons.]
supplied ...... iron <03559 01270> [prepared iron.]
weighed <04948> [without weight.]
cedar logs ................ cedar logs <06086 0730> [cedar trees.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon.]
<04605> [exceeding.]
David .......................................... preparations ...... David .... preparations <03559 01732> [David prepared.]
charged .... build <06680 01129> [charged him.]
wanted <03824> [it was in.]
honor <08034> [unto the name.]
[Thou has shed.]
build <01129> [thou shalt not.]
son <01121> [a son.]
rest ................. give <05117 05414> [I will give.]
Solomon <08010> [Solomon. that is, Peaceable.]
give ... peace <07965 05414> [I will give peace.]
build <01129> [He shall build.]
son <01121> [he shall be.]
I ... grant <03559> [I will establish.]
Lord .............. Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Lord ....................... Lord <03068> [Only the.]
obey <08104> [that thou mayest.]
succeed <06743> [Then shalt.]
obey <06213> [to fulfil.]
strong <02388> [be strong.]
[trouble. or, poverty.]
100,000 ..... 1,000,000 <03967 0505> [an hundred thousand.]
This, at 5,075œ. 15s. 7«d. the talent, would amount to the sum of 507,578,125œ.
100,000 talents .... 1,000,000 talents ... silver <0505 03603 03701> [thousand thousand talents of silver.]
This, at 353Å“. 11s. 10d. the talent, would amount to 353,591,666Å“. 13s. 4d.; and both sums would amount to the immense sum of 868,169,791Å“. 13s. 4d.
weighed <04948> [without weight.]
stonecutters masons carpenters <02672 02796 068 06086> [hewers and workers of stone and timber. that is, masons and carpenters.]
skilled <02450> [all manner.]
gold <02091> [the gold.]
Get up ... begin <06965> [Arise.]
Lord <03068> [and the Lord.]
officials <08269> [all the princes.]
Lord ................................. Lord <03068> [Is not.]
secure <05117> [and hath.]
Lord ............................... before ... Lord <06440 03068> [before the Lord.]
wholeheartedly <05414 03824> [set your.]
Get <06965> [arise.]
bring <0935> [to bring.]
honor <08034> [to the name.]
old <02204> [A.M. 2989. B.C. 1015. An. Ex. Is. 476. old.]
Solomon <08010> [he made.]
assembled <0622> [he gathered.]
Levites <03881> [the Levites.]
thirty .......... 38,000 <08083 07970> [thirty and eight.]
24,000 <06242> [twenty.]
direct <05329> [set forward. or, oversee.]
officials ... judges <08199 07860> [officers and judges.]
gatekeepers <07778> [porters.]
praise ....... I supplied <01984> [praised.]
instruments <03627> [the instruments.]
[See on]
divided <02505> [divided.]
groups <04256> [courses. Heb. divisions.]
<01648> [Gershon.]
Gershon, [Gˆrsh“m <\\See definition 01648\\>,] is called [Gˆreshown <\\See definition 01647\\>,] Gershom, in the parallel passage, simply by the mutation of [N–wn,] {noon,} into [Mˆm,] {mem.}
[Gershom.]
Gershonites <01649> [Gershonites.]
Ladan <03936> [Laadan.]
Laadan and Libni, seem to have been two distinct names of this person; but the variation of Shimi and Shimei exists only in the translation, the original being uniformly [Shim'iy <\\See definition 08096\\>.]
[Libni, Shimi.]
Jehiel <03171> [Jehiel.]
Joel <03100> [Joel.]
Zina <02126> [Zina.]
Zina seems to be a mistake for Zizah; for both the LXX. and Vulgate read uniformly [Ziza,] Ziza.
[Zizah.]
Zizah <02125> [Zizah.]
many sons <07235 01121> [had not many sons. Heb. did not multiply sons.]
sons ... Kohath <06955 01121> [sons of Kohath.]
sons .......... descendants <01121> [The sons.]
chosen <0914> [separated.]
consecrate <06942> [sanctify.]
offer sacrifices <06999> [to burn incense.]
praise <01288> [to bless.]
man <0376> [the man.]
descendants <01121> [his sons.]
Gershom <01647> [Gershom.]
Shebuel <07619> [Shebuel.]
[Shubael.]
oldest <07218> [the chief. or, the first.]
many <04605 07235> [were very many. Heb. were highly multiplied.]
Shelomith <08019> [Shelomith.]
[Shelomoth.]
Hebron <02275> [Hebron.]
Merari <04847> [Merari.]
Mahli ....... Mahli <04249> [Mahli.]
[Mahali.]
sons ....... sons <01121> [had no sons.]
cousins <0251> [brethren. or, kinsmen. took them.]
Jeremoth <03406> [Jeremoth.]
[Jerimoth.]
descendants ... Levi .............................. old <03878 01121> [the sons of Levi.]
families ..................... temple <01004> [after the house.]
individually <01538> [by their polls.]
descendants ................................ old <01121> [from the age.]
At first David appointed the Levites to serve from thirty years old and upwards; but considering, probably, that the temple which was about to be built, with its courts, chambers, etc., would require a more numerous ministry, he fixed this period, by this subsequent regulation, at twenty years and upwards. In the time of Moses, the age was from thirty years to fifty: here this latter period is not mentioned, probably because the service was not so laborious now; for the ark being fixed, they had no longer any burdens to carry; and therefore even an old man might continue to serve. See the Note on Nu 8:24.
twenty <06242> [twenty.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
settled ... Jerusalem <07931 03389> [that they may dwell in Jerusalem. or, and he dwelleth in]
Jerusalem.
carry <05375> [carry.]
final <0314> [by the last.]
counted <04557> [numbered. Heb. numbers.]
ceremonial <03027 04612> [office was to wait, etc. Heb. station was at the hand of]
Aaron.
service ............................ service <05656> [for the service.]
purification <02893> [purifying.]
bread <03899> [for the shewbread.]
It was the priests' office to place this bread before the Lord; and it was their privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced by the new.
flour <05560> [the fine flour.]
unleavened <04682> [unleavened.]
round cakes <04227> [pan. or, flat plate. for all manner of measure.]
The standards of all weights and measures were in the sanctuary; and therefore the Levites had the inspection of weights and measures of every kind, that no fraud might in this way be committed. Honesty is inseparably connected with piety; and hence the Levites, being sufficiently numerous, were employed to superintend the former, as well as the latter.
stood <05975> [stand.]
morning <01242> [every morning.]
Sabbath <07676> [in the sabbaths.]
festivals ... assemblies <04150> [set feasts.]
in charge <08104> [keep.]
in charge ........... helped ..... descendants <04931 01121> [the charge of the sons.]
divisions <04256> [the divisions.]
descendants ...... sons <01121> [The sons.]
Nadab <05070> [Nadab.]
died <04191> [died.]
Eleazar <0499> [Eleazar.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
Ahimelech <0288> [Ahimelech.]
This was Abiathar, who appears to have had the name of Ahimelech, as well as his father.
more <07227> [more.]
descendants ... Eleazar ....... descendants ........... descendants ... Eleazar <0499 01121> [sons of Eleazar.]
descendants <01004> [according.]
divided .... lots <01486 02505> [they divided by lot.]
officials ....... officials <08269> [the governors.]
scribe <05608> [the scribe.]
leaders ......... family <01 01004> [principal household. Heb. house of the father.]
Jehoiarib <03080> [Jehoiarib.]
[Joiarib. to Jedaiah.]
Harim <02766> [Harim.]
Mijamin <04326> [Mijamin.]
[Miniamin.]
Abijah <029> [Abijah.]
As the Evangelist Luke mentions the course of Abia, it is evident that these courses of the priests, established by David, no doubt under Divine direction, were continued, with some alterations, till the days of Christ: these records must therefore have been very useful after the Babylonian captivity.
[Abia.]
[Jeshuah.]
Eliashib <0475> [Eliashib.]
Immer <0564> [Immer.]
assigned <06486> [the orderings.]
given ...... Aaron <03027 0175> [under Aaron.]
Amram <06019> [Amram.]
Shubael ............ Shubael <07619> [Shubael.]
[Shebuel.]
Rehabiah ...... Rehabiah <07345> [Rehabiah.]
Isshiah <03449> [Isshiah.]
Probably Isshiah is a contracted form, or a corruption, of Jeshaiah.
[Jeshaiah.]
Izharites <03325> [Izharites.]
The original is uniformly Izharites.
[Izeharites. Shelomoth.]
The variation of [Shel“mŒyth ] Shelomith, and Shelomoth, arises from the mutation of [Vƒv,] {wav} and [Y“wd,] {yood}.
[Shelomith.]
Jeriah <03404> [Jeriah.]
The following variations exist only in the translation, the original being uniformly [YerŒyƒh ] or [YerŒyƒh–w ] Jerijah, [MŒykƒh] Michah, and [YishshŒyƒh ] Isshiah.
[Jerijah.]
Micah ....... Micah <04318> [Michah.]
[Micah.]
Isshiah ....... Isshiah <03449> [Isshiah.]
[Jesiah. Zechariah.]
sons ...... Beno <01121> [sons.]
sons <01121> [who had no sons.]
Mushi <04187> [Mushi.]
lots <01486> [lots.]
leaders ............. oldest <07218> [even the principal.]
The whole company being ranged according to their families, with the proper number of divisions, the order of their courses was assigned them by lot, without respect to rank or seniority.
officers <08269> [the captains.]
That is, the chief of the several orders; not military captains.
Asaph <0623> [Asaph.]
<05012> [prophesy.]
The word prophesy, here, seems to mean no more than praising God by singing inspired prophetical hymns.
stringed instruments <03658> [harps.]
Asaph .......... Asaph ..... Asaph <0623> [Asaph.]
Asarelah <0841> [Asarelah.]
"Otherwise called Jesharelah. ver. 14."
supervision <03027> [under the hands.]
king's supervision <03027 04428> [according to the order of the king. Heb. by the hands of the king.]
Jeduthun ................ Jeduthun <03038> [Jeduthun.]
Gedaliah <01436> [Gedaliah.]
Zeri <06874> [Zeri.]
[Izri. Jeshaiah.]
Mattithiah <04993> [Mattithiah.]
six <08337> [six.]
"With Shimei, mentioned ver. 17." Shimei is not only mentioned in the parallel passage, but is supplied here by the Arabic version.
giving thanks <03034> [to give thanks.]
Heman <01968> [Heman.]
Bukkiah <01232> [Bukkiah.]
Mattaniah <04983> [Mattaniah.]
Uzziel <05816> [Uzziel.]
[Azareel.]
Shebuel <07619> [Shebuel.]
[Shubael. Jerimoth.]
Hananiah <02608> [Hananiah.]
Hanani <02607> [Hanani.]
Eliathah <0448> [Eliathah.]
Giddalti <01437> [Giddalti.]
Romamti-Ezer <07320> [Romamti-ezer.]
Joshbekashah <03436> [Joshbekashah.]
Mallothi <04413> [Mallothi.]
Hothir <01956> [Hothir.]
king's prophet <04428 02374> [the king's seer.]
promised <01697> [words. or, matters. to lift up.]
This may denote that he presided over those who used wind instruments.
God ............. God gave <05414 0430> [God gave.]
supervision .............................. supervision <03027> [under the hands.]
musicians <07892> [for song.]
supervision .............................. supervision .... king <04428 03027> [according to the king's order. Heb. by the hands of the king.]
Asaph <0623> [Asaph.]
two hundred <03967> [two hundred.]
These two hundred and eighty-eight, being twenty-four courses of twelve each, were more skilful than the other Levites; and being placed under the twenty-four sons of the chief singers, they had the four thousand before mentioned divided among them, to officiate by courses, according to their instructions: ch. 23:5.
cast lots <01486 05307> [cast lots.]
responsibilities <04931 05980> [ward against ward.]
teacher <0995> [the teacher.]
Even among the twenty-four leaders, some were more expert than others; some were teachers, and others were scholars; but every one was taken by the solemn casting of lots, without any regard to these distinctions. Thus all things were disposed for the preserving of order, and avoiding all disputes about precedence: there being no respect had, in this divine distribution, to birth, but the younger in course preceded the elder.
Joseph <03130> [Joseph.]
second <08145> [the second.]
Dr. Geddes, chiefly on the authority of the Arabic, adds, "who with his sons and brethren were twelve."
Zaccur <02139> [Zaccur.]
Izri <03339> [Izri. [YitsrÅ’y <\\See definition 03339\\>.]]
Izri, seems to be called [TserŒy <\\See definition 06874\\>,] Zeri, by the aph‘resis of [Y“wd,] {yood.}
[Zeri.]
Nethaniah <05418> [Nethaniah.]
Jesharelah <03480> [Jesharelah.]
This variation rises from the mutation of ['Aleph,] {aleph,} and [Y“wd,] {yood;} the word being written in the parallel passage ['Asar'ˆlƒh <\\See definition 0841\\>,] {Asarelah,} and here, [Yesar'ˆlƒh <\\See definition 03480\\>,] Jesarelah.
[Asarelah.]
Azarel <05832> [Azareel.]
Probably this person was called by both names; or Uzziel may be a mistake for Azareel. In the Syriac and Arabic, the name is nearly the same in both places.
[Uzziel.]
Hashabiah <02811> [Hashabiah.]
Shubael <07619> [Shubael.]
[Shebuel.]
Mahazioth <04238> [Mahazioth.]
divisions <04256> [the divisions.]
There were four classes of these, each of which belonged to the four gates of the temple, which opened to the four cardinal points of heaven. The eastern gate fell to Shelemiah; the northern to Zechariah, (ver. 14;) the southern to Obed-edom, (ver. 15;) and the western to Shuppim and Hosah, (ver. 16.) These several persons were captains of these porter-bands, or door-keepers, at the different gates. There were probably a thousand men under each of these captains; as we find, from ch. 23:5, that their whole number was four thousand.
gatekeepers <07778> [the porters.]
Korahites <07145> [Korhites.]
Meshelemiah <04920> [Meshelemiah.]
[Shelemyƒhuw <\\See definition 08018\\>,] Shelemiah, is merely an abbreviation of [Meshelemyƒh <\\See definition 04920\\>,] Meshelemiah, by the aph‘resis of [Mˆm,] {mem.}
[Shelemiah. Asaph.]
This variation arises from the rejection of the word [Ab <\\See definition 01\\>,] {av,} "father," and the mutation of [Y“wd,] {yood,} into ['Aleph,] {aleph;} being written in the parallel passages [Ebyƒcƒph <\\See definition 043\\>,] Ebiasaph, and here [Acƒph <\\See definition 0623\\>,] Asaph.
[Ebiasaph.]
Obed-Edom's <05654> [Obed-edom.]
[him.]
"That is, Obed-edom, as ch. 13:14."
highly respected <02428 01368> [mighty men of valour.]
They were not only porters, or door keepers, in the ordinary sense of the word, but they were a military guard to the gate, as Dr. Delaney suggests that the word {shâ€Æ’rim} should be rendered here: and perhaps in this sense alone are we to understand their office, which appears to have been of considerable dignity, and conferred only on men of the first rank. They were appointed to attend the temple, to guard all the avenues to it, to open and shut all the outer gates, and attend at them, not only for state but for service. They were also required to direct and instruct those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary in the conduct they were to observe, to encourage those who were timid, to send back the strangers and unclean, and to guard against thieves and others who were enemies to the house of God.
men capable <02428 0376> [able men.]
Meshelemiah <04920> [Meshelemiah.]
Hosah <02621> [Hosah.]
father <01> [his father.]
responsibilities <04931> [wards.]
That is, classes against each other. Ward formerly signified a class or division: we still apply the term to the different apartments in hospitals, and to the more extensive districts into which the city of London is divided.
young ... old <06996 01419> [as well the small as the great. Heb. or, as well for the small as for the great.]
Shelemiah <08018> [Shelemiah.]
[Meshelemiah. Zechariah.]
storehouses <0624> [Asuppim. Heb. gatherings. <\\See definition 0624\\>.]
Or collections; probably the place where either the supplies of the porters, or the offerings made for the priests and Levites, were laid up. Obed-edom is said to have had the charge of the treasures, etc., in 2 Ch 25:24.
Hosah <02621> [Hosah.]
Shalleketh <07996> [Shallecheth.]
That is, ejection; probably the gate through which all the filth which from time to time might accumulate in the temple and its courts, was cast out.
road <04546> [causeway.]
guard ... adjacent ... another <04929 05980> [ward against ward.]
That is, their stations were opposite to each other; as the north to the south, and the east to the west.
east <04217> [Eastward.]
storehouses <0624> [Asuppim.]
court ................ court <06503> [Parbar.]
{Parbar} is most probably the same as {parwar,} which denotes suburbs, (2 Ki 23:11,) in which sense it is often used in the Chaldee Targums; and consequently this may be considered as leading to the suburbs.
Korah <07145> [Kore.]
Kore, or rather, Kohri, [QorchŒy <\\See definition 07145\\>,] is essentially the same with [Q“rach <\\See definition 07141\\>,] Korah, merely having a paragogic [Y“wd,] {yood.}
[Korah.]
storehouses ....... storehouses <0214> [treasures.]
consecrated items <06944> [dedicated things. Heb. holy things.]
Ladan ........ Ladan ......... Ladan <03936> [Laadan.]
[Libni.]
Jehieli <03172> [Jehieli.]
Jehieli, [YechŒy'ˆlŒy <\\See definition 03172\\>,] is the same as Jehiel, [Yechav'ˆl <\\See definition 03171\\>,] with the addition of [Y“wd,] {yood.}
[Jehiel. over the treasures.]
Amramites <06020> [Amramites.]
Shebuel <07619> [Shebuel.]
The difference between [Sh–wbƒ'ˆl <\\See definition 07619\\>,] Shubael, and [Shˆb–w'ˆl <\\See definition 07619\\>,] Shebuel, simply arises from the elision of [Vƒv,] {wav} and a change of vowels.
[Shubael.]
Eliezer <0461> [Eliezer.]
Rehabiah <07345> [Rehabiah.]
<08019> [Shelomith.]
storehouses <0214> [over all the treasures.]
plunder <07998> [Out.]
plunder .... battles <04421 07998> [spoils won in battles. Heb. battles and spoils. to maintain.]
Samuel <08050> [Samuel.]
Abner <074> [Abner.]
Joab <03097> [Joab.]
Izharites <03325> [Izharites.]
outside <02435> [the outward.]
officers <07860> [officers.]
Hebronites <02276> [the Hebronites.]
relatives ... respected men <01121 02428> [men of valour.]
assigned responsibilities <06486> [officers. Heb. over the charge.]
Jeriah <03404> [Jerijah.]
[Jeriah. fortieth.]
Jazer <03270> [Jazer.]
relatives .... respected <01121 02428> [men of valour.]
family leaders <07218 01> [chief fathers.]
Reubenites <07206> [Reubenites.]
matters pertaining <01697> [and affairs. Heb. and thing.]
There were more Levites employed as judges with the two tribes and half on the other side of Jordan, than with all the rest of the tribes; there were two thousand seven hundred, whereas on the west side of Jordan there were only one thousand seven hundred. Either those remote tribes were not so well furnished as the rest with judges of their own, or because they lay farthest from Jerusalem, on the borders of the neighbouring nations, and were thus much in danger of being infected with idolatry, they most needed the help of Levites to prevent their running into the abominations of the idolaters.
family leaders <01 07218> [the chief fathers.]
The patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This enumeration is widely different from that of the preceding. In that, we have the order and course of the priests and Levites, in their ecclesiastical ministrations: in this, we have the account of the order of the civil service, what related simply to the political state of the king and kingdom. Twenty-four persons, chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a second, were placed over 24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in turn; and this was the whole of their service during the year, after which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had always on foot a regular force of 24,000, who served without expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field 12 times 24,000 or 288,000 fighting men, independently of the 12,000 officers, which made in the whole an effective force of 300,000 soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and ready at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the king. These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelitish kingdom.
commanders of units <08269> [captains.]
served <08334> [served.]
matters <01697> [any matter.]
one month <02320> [month.]
Jashobeam <03434> [Jashobeam.]
[Adino the Eznite.]
Perez <06557> [Perez.]
[Pharez. the chief.]
Dodai <01737> [Dodai.]
[Dodo.]
Benaiah <01141> [Benaiah.]
Or, "Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest:" it was Jehoiada, and not Benaiah, who was a priest.
priest ..... leader <03548 07218> [chief priest. or, principal officer.]
warriors <01368> [mighty.]
Asahel <06214> [Asahel.]
Shamhuth <08049> [Shamhuth.]
If this person was the same as Shammoth the Hararite, or Shammah the Harodite, it is probable that he took the denomination Izrahite, from one of his progenitors of the name Izrah, and derived the other from the place of his residence.
[Shammoth the Hararite.]
[Shammah the Harodite.]
Ira <05896> [Ira.]
Helez <02503> [Helez.]
Pelonite <06397> [Pelonite.]
[Paltite.]
Sibbekai <05444> [Sibbecai.]
Zerahite <02227> [Zarhites.]
Anathothite <06069> [Anetothite.]
[Antothite.]
[Anethothite.]
Maharai <04121> [Maharai.]
Zerahite <02227> [Zarhites.]
Benaiah <01141> [Benaiah.]
Heldai <02469> [Heldai.]
[Heled.]
[Heleb. Othniel.]
tribes <07626> [Furthermore.]
These persons, called "princes of the tribes," in ver. 22, and ch. 28:1, appear to have been civil rulers over their several tribes, and honorary men, without pay, not unlike the lords lieutenants of our counties. In this enumeration there is no mention of the tribes of Gad and Asher, probably because they were joined to the neighbouring tribes; or perhaps, the account of these has been lost from the register.
Hashabiah <02811> [Hashabiah.]
Aaron <0175> [of the Aaronites.]
Elihu <0453> [Elihu.]
If Elihu be not a mistake for Eliab, it is probable that he was called by both names.
[Eliab.]
Iddo <03035> [Iddo.]
Abner <074> [Abner.]
David <05375 01732> [David took not.]
It seems probable, from this passage, that Joab began, by David's order, to number the children, as well as adults, but was prevented from finishing the account, probably because the plague had begun. The numbering of the effective men might have been deemed a political expedient; but pride and ostentation alone could dictate the numbering of minors and infants, especially as God had pronounced the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, innumerable.
twenty <06242> [from twenty.]
promised ... make .... numerous <07235> [he would increase.]
started ... count <02490 04487> [began to number.]
so ... number <05927 04557> [was the number put. Heb. ascended the number.]
king's <04428> [the king's.]
storehouses ........... storehouses <0214> [the storehouses.]
vineyards .............. vineyards <03754> [the increase of the vineyards. Heb. that which was of the vineyards.]
olive .............. storehouses <02132 0214> [And over.]
[the sycamore trees.]
The Hebrew {shikmin,} Syriac {shekmo,} and Arabic {jummeez,} is the [sykomoros,] or sycomore, of the Greeks, so called from [sykos,] a fig-tree, and [moros] a mulberry- tree, because it resembles the latter in its leaves, and the former in its fruits. "The sycamore," says Mr. Norden, "is of the height of a beech, and bears its fruit in a manner quite different from other trees: it has them on the trunk itself, which shoots out little sprigs, in form of grape stalks, at the end of which grow the fruit close to one another, almost like a cluster of grapes. The tree is always green, and bears fruit several times in the year, without observing any certain seasons; for I have seen some sycamores that have given fruit two months after others. The fruit has the figure and smell of real figs, but is inferior to them in the taste, having a disgusting sweetness. Its colour is a yellow, inclining to an ochre, shadowed by a flesh colour. In the inside it resembles the common figs, excepting that it has a blackish colouring with yellow spots. This sort of tree is pretty common in Egypt; the people, for the greater part, live on its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water."
Sharon <08289> [Sharon.]
camels <01581> [the camels.]
Ishmaelite <03459> [the Ishmaelite.]
uncle <01730> [uncle.]
[nephew. scribe.or, secretary.]
son ... Hacmoni ...... sons <02453 01121> [son of Hachmoni. <\\See definition 02453\\>.]
[or, Hachmonite.]
Ahithophel <0302> [Ahithophel.]
Hushai <02365> [Hushai.]
confidant <07453> [companion.]
Abiathar <054> [Abiathar.]
commanding general <08269> [the general.]
assembled <06950> [assembled.]
officials ...... commanders ...... commanders ........... commanders ........... officials .... in charge <08269> [the princes.]
officials ...... commanders ...... commanders ..... divisions ....... commanders ........... officials .... in charge <04256 08269> [the captains of the companies.]
officials ...... commanders ...... commanders ........... commanders ........... officials .... in charge <08269> [the stewards.]
property <07399> [substance. or, cattle. and of his sons. or, and his sons. officers. or, eunuchs.]
warriors ..... skilled <01368> [the mighty men.]
rose <06965> [stood up.]
brothers <0251> [my brethren.]
wanted <03824> [I had in mine heart.]
placed <04496> [rest.]
footstool <01916> [the footstool.]
preparations <03559> [had made ready.]
build <01129> [Thou shalt.]
blood <01818> [blood. Heb. bloods.]
chose ........ family .............. chose ........ family within <0977 01004> [chose me.]
chose ..................... chose Judah ......... Judah <03063 0977> [chosen Judah.]
family ............... Judah ....... family within Judah <03063 01004> [the house of Judah.]
father's ... family .................... father's family within ............ father's <01 01004> [the house of my father.]
sons <01121> [among the sons.]
sons ........... son <01121> [all my sons.]
chose <0977> [he hath chosen.]
rule <03427> [to sit.]
build <01129> [he shall.]
chosen <0977> [I have.]
I ... establish <03559> [Moreover.]
remains <02388> [if.]
remains <02388> [constant. Heb. strong.]
day <03117> [as at this day.]
sight <05869> [in the sight.]
hearing <0241> [in the audience.]
Carefully <08104> [keep.]
possess <03423> [that ye may.]
inheritance <05157> [leave it.]
obey ... God <03045 0430> [know thou.]
God <0430> [the God.]
serve ..... submissive <05647 08003> [serve him.]
willing spirit <05315 02655> [a willing mind.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
motive <03336> [the imaginations.]
examines ............. seek <01875> [if thou seek.]
abandon <05800> [if thou forsake.]
Realize ..... Lord <07200 03068> [Take heed now.]
David <01732> [David.]
He gave him an ichnograph of the building, with elevations, sections and specifications of every part; and all this he himself received by inspiration from God himself, (ver. 12, 19,) just as Moses had received the plan of the tabernacle.
blueprints <08403> [the pattern.]
porch <0197> [the porch.]
temple ............... room <01004> [the houses.]
treasuries <01597> [the treasuries.]
[gnzkyw,] {ganzakkaiv:} the word [gnzk,] {ganzach,} is supposed to be not Hebrew, but Persian; in which language we have [gng,] {ganj,} a granary, a hidden treasure, and [gngwr,] {gunjoor,} and [gngynh,] {gunjineh,} a treasure, treasury, or barn. It may, however, be a Chaldee form of the Hebrew [gnz,] {genez,} (from [gnz,] {genaz,} to treasure up;) the [k] being merely formative, as in [dk,] {dech,} ['lk,] {illaich,} and other Chaldee words.
upper areas <05944> [upper chambers.]
temple ............... room <01004> [the place.]
blueprints <08403> [the pattern.]
"By the spirit of prophecy that was with him," say the Targumist.
<07307> [that he had by. Heb. that was with him by. the spirit.]
storehouses ....... storehouses <0214> [the treasuries.]
divisions <04256> [the courses.]
items <03627> [the vessels.]
gold <02091> [of gold.]
The quantity of gold which was to be put in each article.
lampstands .......... each lampstand ........ lampstands ....... lampstand ........... each lampstand <04501> [the candlesticks.]
display tables .......... table ........... tables <04635 07979> [tables of shewbread.]
pure gold ............. gold <02091 02889> [pure gold.]
bowls <04219> [the bowls.]
altar <04196> [the altar.]
seat <04818> [the chariot.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
details <03027 04399> [by his hand upon me.]
strong <02388> [Be strong.]
afraid .... panic <03372 02865> [fear not.]
leave .... abandon <07503 05800> [he will not fail thee.]
divisions <04256> [the courses.]
work <04399> [all manner.]
willing <05081> [willing.]
officials <08269> [also the princes.]
said ..... assembly <0559 06951> [said unto.]
one <0259> [whom.]
young man <05288> [young.]
palace <01002> [palace.]
provide .... needed <03559> [I have prepared.]
effort <03581> [with all.]
gold <02091> [the gold.]
onyx ....... stones ...... stones <07718 068> [onyx stones.]
{Avney shoham,} which was, probably, not the precious stone or gem called onyx, but a marble called in Greek {onychites,} which Pliny mentions as a stone Caramania; for one would hardly think that gems of any kind were used externally in such a building as the temple. Antiquity gave both stones this name, because of their resemblance to the nail of the finger.
onyx .... antimony .... stones ...... stones <068 06320> [glistering stones.]
{Avney phuch} seems to denote a kind of black marble, so called from its colour resembling stibium: so Vulgate {quasi stibinos.}
onyx ....... stones ...... stones ... alabaster <068 07893> [marble stones.]
{Avney shayish} is rendered in the Targum {avney marmoraiyah,} "stones of marble," and by the LXX., and Vulgate [Parion] or [Parinon,] or {marmor Parium,} "Parium marble," which was remarkable for its bright white colour. Josephus says that the temple was built of large blocks of white marble, beautifully polished, so as to produce a most splendid appearance.
show ... commitment <07521> [I have set.]
show ... commitment ......... donate ....................... supplied <07521 03426 05414 03559> [I have.]
personal treasure <05459> [of mine own proper good. i.e., "of my own private property:" at present we only use the plural goods to designate property or personal effects. over and above.]
gold ... Ophir <0211 02091> [gold of Ophir.]
[who them.]
[consecrate his service. Heb. to fill his hand.]
leaders ...... leaders ....... commanders ............ supervisors <08269> [the chief.]
leaders ...... leaders ....... commanders ............ supervisors <08269> [the rulers.]
Jehiel ... Gershonite <01649 03171> [Jehiel the Gershonite.]
donations .... contributed <05068> [they offered.]
willing attitude <03820 08003> [perfect heart.]
David <01732> [David.]
David praised ................. praise <01288 01732> [David blessed.]
praised ... Lord ....... Lord ......... praise <01288 03068> [Blessed be thou.]
Lord ....... Lord God <0430 03068> [Lord God.]
father <01> [our father.]
great <01420> [is the greatness.]
magnificent <05331> [the victory.]
glorious <01935> [majesty.]
sky <08064> [all that.]
dominion <04467> [thine is the.]
<04984> [exalted.]
wealth <06239> [riches.]
rule <04910 03027> [reignest over all.]
strength <03581> [power.]
strength <02388> [give strength.]
give thanks <03034> [we thank.]
people <05971> [who am I.]
in a position <06113> [that we should.]
[be able. Heb. retain, or obtain strength. willingly.]
simply <03027> [all things.]
simply <03027> [of thine own. Heb. of thine hand.]
resident foreigners <01616> [For we.]
days <03117> [our days.]
security <04723> [abiding. Heb. expectation.]
wealth <01995> [all this store.]
examine thoughts ......... motives <03824 0974> [triest the heart.]
[hast pleasures.]
integrity <04339> [in the uprightness.]
joy .... people <05971 08057> [joy thy people.]
gathered <04672> [present. Heb. found.]
Lord God <0430 03068> [Lord God.]
maintain <08104> [keep.]
motives <03336> [in the imagination.]
keep <03559> [prepare. Heb. stablish.]
Make <05414> [And give.]
preparations <03559> [the which.]
Praise .......... praised <01288> [Now bless.]
bowed <06915> [bowed down.]
before <07812> [worshipped.]
<02076> [sacrificed.]
drink offerings <05262> [drink-offerings.]
held ... feast <08354 0398> [eat and drink.]
second <08145> [the second time.]
anointed <04886> [and anointed.]
Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]
sat ..... throne <03427 03678> [sat on the throne.]
successful <06743> [prospered.]
Israel <03478> [all Israel.]
officers <08269> [all the princes.]
sons <01121> [all the sons.]
pledged ...... Solomon <05414 08010> [submitted themselves unto. Heb. gave the hand under.]
magnified Solomon <01431 08010> [magnified Solomon.]
bestowed <05414> [bestowed.]
Israel <03478> [over all Israel.]
forty years ....... years <08141 0705> [forty years.]
died <04191> [he died.]
David at his death had every thing that his heart could wish: "he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour;" having gained more renown than any crowned head ever did. "David," says Dr. Delaney, "was a true believer, a zealous adorer of God, teacher of His law and worship, and inspirer of His praise; a glorious example, a perpetual and inexhaustible fountain of true piety; a consummate and unrivalled hero; a skilful and successful captain; a steady patriot; a wise ruler; a faithful, generous, and magnanimous friend; and what is yet rarer, a no less generous and magnanimous enemy; a true penitent, a divine musician, a sublime poet, and an inspired prophet. By birth a peasant, by merit a prince! In youth a hero, in manhood a monarch, and in age a saint."
good old age <07872 02896> [a good old age.]
enjoyed long life <07649 03117> [full of days.]
accomplishments .......... Annals ....... Annals ........ Annals <01697> [the acts.]
accomplishments .......... Annals ....... Annals ........ Annals <01697> [book. or, history. Heb. words. Samuel.]
Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]
prophet ............ Gad ... prophet <07200 02374 01410> [Gad the seer.]
accomplishments <01369> [his might.]
that <06256> [the times.]
