1 Chronicles 18:16; 1 Chronicles 24:3; 1 Chronicles 24:4; 1 Chronicles 6:53; 1 Chronicles 6:8
For a similar account of the officers of Solomon’s kingdom, see 1 Kings 4:1-6 , where Jehoshaphat is still the recorder, and Benaiah is advanced t...
2 Samuel 8. David's Victories. His Ministers (D) . A concluding summary, corresponding to the similar section on Saul ( 1 Samuel 14:47 ff.) and by...
Zadok . Probably served at Gibeon. Compare 1 Chronicles 18:16 . Ahimelech the son of Abiathar . Named after his grandfather ( 1 Samuel 21:1 ; 2...
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; Seraiah - the scribe - Most likely...
Seraiah was the scribe— Supposed to be the king's secretary of state, or prime counsellor in the law. Bishop Patrick says, that as the Hebrew word...
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; Zadok ... and ... Ahimelech the...
David's Victories, and a List of his Officers This chapter concludes this account of David's reign. The remainder of the book is taken from a diff...
Zadok.. and Abimelech.. were the priests ] Zadok seems to have become chief priest under Saul: David had his own high priest, Abiathar. He solve...
Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar. — So Ahimelech is also described in 1 Chronicles 18:16 ; 1 Chronicles 24:6 ; on the other hand, Abiathar is expre...
CHAPTER XI. ADMINISTRATION OF THE KINGDOM. 2 Samuel 8:15-18 . IF the records of David's warlike expeditions are brief, still more so are the n...
Victorious on Every Side 2 Samuel 8:1-18 Twice in this chapter we are told that the Lord gave victory to David “whithersoever he went,” 2 Samu...
Here we have the record of some of the victories of David, again not necessarily in chronological order. There is, however, a very close relation bet...
(16) And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; (17) And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech t...
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests ,.... Not high priests, as Josephus i suggests, for there was onl...
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Seraiah [was] the scribe; Ver. 17. Were the priests. ] Ahi...
Zadok and Ahimelech were the priests That is, as some think, Zadok was the high-priest, and Ahimelech his sagan or vicar; or, according to others,...
God's declaration to David of His sovereign counsels in chapter 7 and David's submission and worship had good practical effect. Notice it is "after t...
David's Administration of the Government of Israel. B. C. 1042....
The son of Ahitub; not of that Ahitub, 1Sa 22 ; for that was of Ithamar's race, but this of Eleazar. Ahimelech the son of Abiathar; so Abiathar...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.— 2 Samuel 8:1 . “Metheg-ammah.” This is a very obscure word, and has been very variously translated. “Metheg”...
2 Samuel 8:2 . Two lines. The measuring line gave inheritance, but here the line gave the inheritance of rebels to others, as is the manner of tre...
David smote the Philistines and subdued them. The victorious king These years of war gave birth to some of the grandest of the psalms, amongst...
David reigned over all Israel. Administration of the kingdom I. The first thing pointed out to us here is the catholicity of his kingly governm...
EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 8:1 David smote the Philistines. In the previous chapter we have seen that the empire of David not only marked an era...
David's Prestige Recognized
and Zadok, the son of Ahitub, of the line of Eleazar, Aaron's son, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, of the line of Eli, were the priests, that...
Scribe — Or, secretary of state.
17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe;f