“ Hurain of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, ”
David Made King in Hebron; Jerusalem Taken; David's Mighty Men (see notes on 2 Samuel 5:1-3 ; 2 Samuel 5:6-10 ; 2 Samuel 23:8-39 ). 1 Chronicles 11:42-47 . An addition by the Chronicler from...
Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, No JFB commentary on these verses.
David's Coronation at Hebron and his Capture of Zion The writer, though mentioning David's crowning at Hebron, omits all description of his 7 years' reign there, and in this chapter unites with so...
(10-44) X list of the warriors who helped David to win and maintain his kingdom. This catalogue answers to that of 2 Samuel 23:8-39 , which, however, breaks off with Uriah the Hittite; whereas our...
DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared...
We now enter on the second section of this Book. In this section there are four movements: the story of David's crowning, the events connected with the Ark of God, the account of David's reign, and,...
We know not which to admire most, the bravery of those men, or the piety of David, in the instance concerning the water of Bethlehem here recorded. With what boldness did they enter the host of the P...
1 Chronicles 11:1
David's Mighty Men. B. C. 1048. 10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom D...
Of the brooks, or of the valleys , i.e. of one of them; the plural number for the singular; so called because he was born or bred there.
CRITICAL NOTES.] The writer here passes by the 7½ years of David’s reign over Judah, at which he had glanced in his introductory section (chap. 1 Chronicles 3:4 ), and hastens to the glorious period...
1 Chronicles 11:11 . Jashobeam, called Tachmoni, 2 Samuel 23:8 , a wise man and valiant. He had earned the laurel to sit as the chairman of David's generals. Three hundred men he killed, and five...
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 11:1 Upon the death of Saul, Abner, for a while espousing the cause of Ishbo-sheth, the only surviving son of Saul, "made him king over" a large proportion of the pe...
David's Mighty Men and their Deeds
2 Samuel 23:30 ; 2 Samuel 23:31