1 Chronicles 27:29 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: ”

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This section is important as showing that David, the younger son of a not very opulent family 1Sa 16:11 , 1 Samuel 16:20 , had now become a large landed proprietor, as well as a capitalist, pos...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Organisation of David's Army: Enumeration of his Officials ( cf. 1 Chronicles 11:10 ff.) 1 Chronicles 27:1 . According to this verse the army comprised 288,000 soldiers; this is an exaggerat...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: Herds that fed in Sharon - a fertile plain between C...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Particulars respecting various Military Officers This c., as distinguished from the four preceding Chapter s which describe David's ecclesiastical officials, relates to his secular officers.
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And over the herds that fed in Sharon. — Heb., the oxen that grazed in the Sharon. The Sharon ( i.e., “the Level”) was a fertile strip of pasture-land running along the coast of the Mediterranea...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter gives us an idea of the internal order of the kingdom under the government of David. The courses mentioned in the opening part of the chapter are not mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testa...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The particular mention that is made of the respective situations of those heads of houses, no doubt had a divine authority, and may serve to convey to us, that the Lord arrayeth and disposeth all thi...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 27:25 .
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Over the herds that fed in Sharon A place famous for its fruitfulness, (see Isaiah 33:9 ; Isaiah 35:2 ,) which lay about Lidda and Joppa. David seems to have kept great store of cattle in his pas...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Military Force. B. C. 1015. 16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Sharon; a place famous for its fruitfulness. See Isaiah 33:9 , Isaiah 35:2 .
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] We have captains of monthly divisions of the army ( 1 Chronicles 27:1-15 ), princes of tribes ( 1 Chronicles 27:16-24 ), stewards of treasures and possessions of the king ( 1 Chronic...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 27:23 . The Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven. Genesis 15:5 . If all had been numbered, David would have had about a million and a half of men, from...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now the children of Israel. Wisdom, kindness, and folly In reading this chapter we are struck with three features of David’s rule. 1. The presence of royal wisdom in-- 1. Securing the saf...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter, continuing the general subject of David's arrangements of all the leading departments, sacred and civil, of the kingdom, which he was so soon to yield into the hands of...
1 Chronicles 27:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Special officers of the Nation
1 Chronicles 27:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 5:16 ; Isaiah 65:10

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:29 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Chronicles 27:29 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Chronicles 27:29 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:29 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Chronicles 27:29 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge