1 Chronicles 12:29

Kept the ward — Endeavoured to keep the crown in Saul's family.

Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 12:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For hitherto ... - Rather, “For still the greatest part of them maintained their allegiance to the house of Saul.” This is given as the reason fo...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had (k) kept the ward of the house of Sa...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

kindred. Hebrew brethren. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Species), "brethren" put for other relatives. kept the ward . kept the charge. Figure...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Sa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Various Statistics This chapter is entirely supplementary to what is related in 2 S, and gives particulars respecting certain companies that joine...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Kept the ward, etc.] i.e. maintained their allegiance to Saul ( 2 Samuel 2 ), a fact which accounted for so small a number assembling at Hebron.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Kindred. — Fellow-tribesmen. Hitherto. — Up to that time. (Comp., same phrase, 1 Chronicles 9:18 .) Had kept. — Were still keeping guard...
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 di...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

David's army, in the numbers, may serve to remind us of that holy army of the Lord Jesus which John saw, which over and above the hundred and forty a...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Chronicles 12:23 .
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites Not the high- priest, for that was Abiathar, ( 1 Samuel 23:6 ,) but one of some eminent place under him....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Army. B. C. 1048. 23 And the...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Endeavoured to keep the crown in their own tribe, and in Saul's family.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Until it was a great host. The accumulation of power It seems quite possible in the presence of this incident to find an easy statement of the...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Companies that Came to David at Hebron
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand, for many members of this tribe were still anxious to have the crown remain in t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:2 ; 2 Samuel 2:8 ; 2 Samuel 2:9 ; Genesis 31:23

²⁹ And of the children of Benjamin, the kindredi of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

Related Commentaries of 1 Chronicles 12:29

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 12:29