fourth month
That is, July.
Asahel died before the courses, as here described, could have been instituted. Perhaps the arrangements of David in his later years were based upon...
Organisation of David's Army: Enumeration of his Officials ( cf. 1 Chronicles 11:10 ff.) 1 Chronicles 27:1 . According to this verse the arm...
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four...
Particulars respecting various Military Officers This c., as distinguished from the four preceding Chapter s which describe David's ecclesiastical...
The fourth captain for the fourth month. — Heb ., the fourth, for the fourth month; an abridged mode of expression, which is preserved from this p...
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 ch...
There is very little more to be observed on the contents of those verses, than, that as David wisely thought in time of peace, it is right to be prep...
1 Chronicles 27:2
The fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course [were] twenty and four...
Asahel the brother of Joab As Asahel was killed before all Israel had acknowledged David as king, it is likely that this course was called the cour...
The Officers of the Army. B. C. 1015. ...
The fourth captain was Asahel the brother of Joab; by which, it seems, the foundation of this project was laid whilst David was in Hebron, during w...
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...
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...
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 pr...
EXPOSITION This chapter, continuing the general subject of David's arrangements of all the leading departments, sacred and civil, of the kingdom...
The Captains and Princes of Israel
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel, the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah, his son, after him; and in his course were twenty and four tho...
1 Chronicles 11:26 ; 2 Samuel 2:18-23 ; 2 Samuel 23:24
7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.