1 Chronicles 11:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chiefc and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. ”

• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  The narrative here given fills out a manifest defect in 2 Samuel 5:8 where something has evidently dropped out of the text. The prowess of Joab on this occasion, and the part which he took in t...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, х Yªbu...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (4-9) THE CAPTURE OF ZION BY JOAB’S VALOUR, AND DAVID’S SETTLEMENT THERE. The accession of the new king is followed by a warlike enterprise, according to the precedent of Saul ( 1 Samuel 11 ). Thi...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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,...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I refer the Reader to the parallel history, 2 Samuel 5:1-10 , and to the Commentary upon it in that Chapter. But in addition to the observations there, I would call upon the Reader to remark with me...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  1 Chronicles 11:1

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which [is] the city of David. 1Ch 11:6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusi...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And was chief Before this he was one of David's chief captains; but now he is made captain-general of all the forces of Israel and Judah.

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  David's Accession to the Throne. B. C. 1055.       1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to Da...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Before this he was one of David's chief captains, 2 Samuel 3:22,23 , and general of the forces of Judah; but now he is made captain-general of all the forces of Israel and Judah.

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  David King of all Israel

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 17:25 ; 2 Samuel 2:18 ; 2 Samuel 20:23 ; 2 Samuel 3:27 ; 2 Samuel 8:16 ; Joshua 15:16 ; Joshua 15:17

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• 1 Chronicles 11:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Chief — Before this he was one of David's chief captains: but now he is made captain — general of all the forces of Israel and Judah.

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