The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:18
David… poured it out to the Lord . This was done after the nature of a libation ( 1 Samuel 7:6 ; 6:20 ; Exodus 30:9 ; Genesis 35:14 ). read more
历代志上 11:11-18 Cunpss
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 11:11
Chief of the captains - Or, “of the thirty,” according to another and better reading (see 1Ch 11:15, 1 Chronicles 11:25; compare 2 Samuel 23:8 note). Jashobeam was the commander of the first monthly course of 24,090 soldiers 1 Chronicles 27:2. He is probably the warrior of the name who joined David at Ziklag 1 Chronicles 12:6. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 11:13
Compare this passage with 2 Samuel 23:9-10.Barley - In 2 Samuel 23:11, “lentiles.” The words for barley and lentils are so similar in the Hebrew that we may fairly explain the diversity by an accidental corruption. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 11:11
1 Chronicles 11:11. Jashobeam a Hachmonite Called the Tachmonite, and Adino the Eznite, 2 Samuel 23:8. He lifted up his spear against three hundred slain, &c. By his own hand, five hundred more being slain by others then joining with him, who pursued the victory, both which sums make up the eight hundred, numbered 2 Samuel 23:8. The slaughter of all is justly ascribed to him, because it was the effect of his valour. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 11:18-19
1 Chronicles 11:18-19. David would not drink of it That water which he thought too precious for his own drinking, he poured out to the Lord For a drink-offering. If we have any thing better than other, let God be honoured with it, who is the best, and should have the best. Shall I drink the blood, &c. It put him into the utmost confusion, to think three brave men should hazard their lives to fetch water for him. In his account it turns the water into blood. It is to the honour of... read more
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:1-47
David made king (11:1-12:40)It seems clear that the writer of Chronicles assumes that his readers have already read the books of Samuel and Kings. (In this commentary also it is assumed that the reader has read these books. For further details see notes and maps at the relevant places in Samuel and Kings, and the appendix at the end of Chronicles.)In view of his readers’ assumed knowledge, the Chronicler makes no attempt to record events that have little to do with his central purpose. For... read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 11:11
Jashobeam. See note on "Tachmonite" (2 Samuel 23:8 ). captains, or thirty. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 11:12
Dodo. Septuagint reads "Dodai". Compare 1 Chronicles 27:4 . three. See note on 1 Chronicles 27:1 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 11:13
He was with David. Eleazar. In 2Sa 23:11 , 2 Samuel 23:12 , Shammah also was with him. Note the plural verbs in next verse, "theyset. and [they] delivered it and [they] slew". This account is supplementary, not contradictory. Pas-dammim. Probably Ephes-dammim, between Shocoh and Azekah (1 Samuel 17:1 ). barley. In 2 Samuel 23:11 , "lentiles". Therefore the field contained both: and the accounts are complementary, not contradictory. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:17
The well of Bethlehem … at the gate. Nothing else is known of this well. No trace of it exists now, according to Dr. Robinson ('Bibl. Res.,' 1:473). The traditional well is half a mile distant, to the north of the town, and consists of a group of three cisterns, while the present town is supplied with water by an aqueduct. read more