first month
That is, April.
On the danger of the exploit, see the marginal reference note. This passage 1 Chronicles 12:8-15 seems to be taken verbatim from an ancient sou...
These [are] they that went over Jordan in the (d) first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys,...
David's Supporters. An enumeration of those who rallied round David during his outlaw life in Ziklag ( cf. 1 Samuel 27:5 f.), and a list of thos...
the first month. Nisan, or Abib. overflown. Compare Joshua 3:15 .
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, bo...
These are they that went over Jordan— This seems to be mentioned as a mark of their intrepidity, who ventured to pass the Jordan at a time when its...
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, bot...
Various Statistics This chapter is entirely supplementary to what is related in 2 S, and gives particulars respecting certain companies that joine...
The first month ] Nisan(=March-April), when the river was in flood after the melting of the snow. Put to flight, etc. ] Their endeavours to join Da...
(8-18) A. list of Gadites, and an account of a band of Judæans and Benjammites who joined David in the stronghold ( 1 Chronicles 11:14 ) towards the...
When it had overflown. — A proof of their valour. They did not wait till summer had made the Jordan shallow, but crossed it in spring, when perilou...
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 di...
Here the story is continued; it thrills with the enthusiasm of the multitudes as they marched under the standard of the new king. Over the list of na...
The continued accumulation of David's forces, serves to remind us of the wonderful accession of converts to the Lord Jesus from every part. Oh! how t...
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month ,.... The month Nisan or Ab; as they must come over Jordan to come to David, since they dwel...
These [are] they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [bo...
These are they that went over Jordan , &c. Namely, in Saul's time, when, it seems, the enemies of the Israelites had made an inroad, and done so...
David's Army. B. C. 1055. 1 Now these...
They that went over Jordan, to wit, in Saul's time, when, it seems, the enemies of the Israelites had made an inroad, and done some mischiefs to th...
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter entirely new matter—supplementary to Samuel—contains a list of those who joined David in time of Saul ( 1 Chronicles 12...
1 Chronicles 12:14 . Over a thousand. David at Ziklag had but six hundred men; the query is, whether these had already been captains over a thousa...
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David. David and his volunteers David, compelled to flee from his own country, and to hide h...
EXPOSITION This chapter is retrospective, and the contents of it are not found elsewhere. It is occupied, first ( 1 Chronicles 12:1-13 ), with t...
The Companies that came to David at Ziklag
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks, during the spring rise; and they put to flight all the...
Jeremiah 12:5 ; Jeremiah 49:19 ; Joshua 3:15 ; Joshua 4:18
15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflownd all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.