Verse 1

Introduction

Overview

1 Chronicles 27 . 1 , The twelve captains for every several month; 1 Chronicles 27 . 16 , The princes of the twelve tribes; 1 Chronicles 27 . 23 , The numbering of the people is hindered; 1 Chronicles 27 . 25 , David’s several officers.

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.

captains . 1 Chronicles 13 . 1 , Exodus 18 . 25 , Deuteronomy 1 . 15 , 1 Samuel 8 . 12 , Micah 5 . 2

served . 1 Chronicles 28 . 1 , 2 Chronicles 17 . 12-19 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 11-13

any matter . 1 Kings 5 . 14

month . 1 Kings 4 . 7 , 1 Kings 4 . 27

Reciprocal . Numbers 1 . 4 . General 1 Chronicles 7 . 2 . whose number 1 Chronicles 29 . 6 . the chief 2 Chronicles 1 . 2 . to the captains 2 Chronicles 25 . 5 . captains over thousands

Verse 2

Jashobeam . 1 Chronicles 11 . 11 , 2 Samuel 23 . 8 , Adino the Eznite

Verse 3

Perez . Genesis 38 . 29 , Numbers 26 . 20 , Pharez

the chief . Genesis 49 . 8-10 , Numbers 7 . 12 , Numbers 10 . 14

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 32 . 6 . he set captains

Verse 4

Dodai . 1 Chronicles 11 . 12 , 2 Samuel 23 . 9 , Dodo

Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 24 . 15 . the Lord

Verse 5

Benaiah . Or , "Benaiah , the son of Jehoiada the chief priest . " it was Jehoiada , and not Benaiah , who was a priest. 1 Chronicles 18 . 17 , 1 Kings 4 . 4

chief priest . or , principal officer , 1 Kings 4 . 5

Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 23 . 20 . Benaiah 1 Kings 1 . 8 . Zadok 1 Chronicles 11 . 22 . Benaiah

Verse 6

mighty . 1 Chronicles 11 . 22-25 , 2 Samuel 22 . 20-23 , 2 Samuel 23 . 20-23

Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 23 . 23 . more honourable 1 Kings 1 . 8 . Zadok

Verse 7

Asahel . 1 Chronicles 11 . 26 , 2 Samuel 2 . 18-23 , 2 Samuel 23 . 24

Verse 8

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. 1 Chronicles 11 . 27 , Shammoth the Hararite , 1 Chronicles 26 . 29 , 2 Samuel 23 . 25 , Shammah the Harodite

Verse 9

Ira . 1 Chronicles 11 . 28 , 2 Samuel 23 . 26

Verse 10

Helez . 1 Chronicles 11 . 27

Pelonite . 2 Samuel 23 . 26 , Paltite

Verse 11

Sibbecai . 1 Chronicles 11 . 29 , 2 Samuel 21 . 18

Zarhites . Numbers 26 . 20

Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 27 . 13 . Zarhites

Verse 12

Anetothite . 1 Chronicles 11 . 28 , Antothite , 2 Samuel 23 . 27 , Anethothite

Reciprocal . Psalm 68 . 27 . little

Verse 16

Furthermore . These persons , called "princes of the tribes ," in 1 Chronicles 27 . 22 , and 1 Chronicles 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.

Reciprocal . Genesis 35 . 22 . Now the sons Exodus 1 . 1 . General Numbers 1 . 16 . the renowned

Verse 17

Hashabiah . 1 Chronicles 26 . 30

of the Aaronites . 1 Chronicles 12 . 27 , 1 Chronicles 12 . 28 , 1 Chronicles 24 . 4 , 1 Chronicles 24 . 31

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 4 . 2 . Azariah

Verse 18

Elihu . If Elihu be not a mistake for Eliab , it is probable that he was called by both names. 1 Samuel 16 . 6 , 1 Samuel 17 . 13 , 1 Samuel 17 . 29 , Eliab

Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 2 . 13 . Eliab 2 Chronicles 11 . 18 . Eliab

Verse 21

Iddo . 1 Kings 4 . 14

Abner . 1 Samuel 14 . 50 , 1 Samuel 14 . 51 , 2 Samuel 3 . 27 , 2 Samuel 3 . 37

Verse 22

Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 27 . 16 . Furthermore

Verse 23

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.

from twenty . Numbers 1 . 18

he would increase . Genesis 15 . 5 , Hebrews 11 . 12

Reciprocal . Genesis 13 . 16 . General Numbers 1 . 2 . Take ye the sum Deuteronomy 1 . 10 . your God 2 Samuel 24 . 1 . number 2 Samuel 24 . 9 . eight hundred thousand 1 Kings 3 . 8 . cannot 1 Chronicles 7 . 2 . whose number 1 Chronicles 21 . 2 . bring 1 Chronicles 21 . 5 . a thousand Nehemiah 9 . 23 . multipliedst Psalm 80 . 9 . and it

Verse 24

began to number . 1 Chronicles 21 . 1-17 , 2 Samuel 24 . 1-15

was the number put . Heb. ascended the number

Reciprocal . Exodus 30 . 12 . no plague Numbers 1 . 2 . Take ye the sum Numbers 16 . 46 . there is wrath 2 Samuel 24 . 9 . eight hundred thousand 1 Kings 3 . 8 . cannot 1 Kings 14 . 19 . book 1 Chronicles 7 . 2 . whose number 1 Chronicles 21 . 2 . bring Psalm 80 . 9 . and it

Verse 25

the king's . 2 Kings 18 . 15 , 2 Chronicles 16 . 2

the storehouses . Genesis 41 . 48 , Exodus 1 . 11 , 2 Chronicles 26 . 10 , Jeremiah 41 . 8

Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 28 . 1 . the captains of the companies 1 Chronicles 29 . 6 . the rulers 2 Chronicles 17 . 13 . much business 2 Chronicles 32 . 27 . treasuries Proverbs 24 . 4 . General Isaiah 22 . 15 . treasurer

Verse 26

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 26 . 10 . he had much Ecclesiastes 5 . 9 . the king

Verse 27

the increase of the vineyards . Heb. that which was of the vineyards

Reciprocal . Genesis 40 . 2 . the chief of the butlers Ecclesiastes 2 . 4 . I planted

Verse 28

And over . 1 Kings 4 . 7

the sycamore trees . The Hebrew shikmin , Syriac shekmo , and Arabic jummeez , is the ףץךןלןסןע , or sycomore , of the Greeks , so called from ףץךןע , a fig-tree , and לןסןע 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." 1 Kings 20 . 27

Reciprocal . 2 Chronicles 9 . 27 . the sycamore Psalm 78 . 47 . sycamore Luke 19 . 4 . a sycamore

Verse 29

Sharon . 1 Chronicles 5 . 16 , Isaiah 65 . 10

Reciprocal . Genesis 47 . 6 . rulers 1 Samuel 21 . 7 . herdmen 2 Chronicles 32 . 29 . possessions Proverbs 27 . 23 . diligent Ecclesiastes 2 . 7 . also

Verse 30

the camels . Job 1 . 3

the Ishmaelite . Genesis 47 . 6

Verse 31

Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 5 . 10 . the Hagarites

Verse 32

uncle . 2 Samuel 13 . 3 , 2 Samuel 21 . 21 , nephew

scribe . or , secretary

son of Hachmoni . [Strong's H2453] , or , Hachmonite , 1 Chronicles 11 . 11

Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 23 . 8 . General 1 Chronicles 28 . 1 . and of his sons

Verse 33

Ahithophel . 2 Samuel 15 . 12 , 2 Samuel 16 . 23 , 2 Samuel 17 . 23

Hushai . 2 Samuel 15 . 32 , 2 Samuel 15 . 37 , 2 Samuel 16 . 16

companion . 2 Samuel 16 . 17 , Psalm 55 . 13 , Zechariah 13 . 7

Reciprocal . Joshua 16 . 2 . Archi 2 Samuel 23 . 34 . Eliam 1 Kings 4 . 5 . the king's

Verse 34

Abiathar . 1 Kings 1 . 7

the general . 1 Chronicles 11 . 6

Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 23 . 34 . Eliam