역대상 27:23 KRV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 27:23

(23) But David took (Numbers 3:40, nâsâ’mispar) not the number of them.—This and the next verse contain concluding remarks on the two lists communicated in 1 Chronicles 27:1-22. The heading of the chapter professes that the “sons of Israel, according to their number,” is the subject in hand. This appended note limits that statement to those who were above “twenty years old,” that is, to those who were of the military age. The reference is undoubtedly to the census, of which 1 Chronicles 21:0... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:1-34

6. The Captains, Princes, and Various Officials CHAPTER 27 1. The twelve captains (1 Chronicles 27:1-15 ) 2. The princes of the twelve tribes (1 Chron. 27-16-22) 3. The unfinished numbering (1 Chronicles 27:23-24 ) 4. Various officers (1 Chronicles 27:25-34 ) We have here the military organization of David’s kingdom. The army comprised all males over twenty years of age. The host had twelve divisions each of 24,000. It is remarkable how the number twenty-four occurs again and again.... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:1-34

DAVID ’S REIGN THE DOWNFALL OF SAUL (1 Chronicles 10:0 ) In reading this chapter with whose general contents we became familiar in 1 Samuel 31:0 , it is important to note the inspired comment at its close (1 Chronicles 10:13-14 ). DAVID’S HEROES (1 Chronicles 11-12) In the history of David in this book, the writer dwells chiefly on its prosperous side, passing over the rest as lightly as possible. His anointing at Hebron (1 Chronicles 11:1-3 ) reveals nothing of what we learned earlier of... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Chronicles 27:23

"Handfuls of Purpose," For All Gleaners "But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens." 1 Chronicles 27:23 . David here showed himself to be at once a poet and a saint. He could have numbered Israel arithmetically, but the remembrance of a promise made by the Lord stayed his hand when he thought of thus limiting the Holy One of Israel. God's purpose concerning his Church is that it... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:16-24

All the heads of the tribes have honorable testimony given of them by way of perpetuating the memory of Israel. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:23

Heaven. It would have seemed, therefore, as if David distrusted the divine promise, (Haydock) and attempted what was impossible (Grotius) or useless. (Calmet) --- He had before offended, and hence would now only number those who were wanted. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:16-34

16-34 The officers of the court, or the rulers of the king's substance, had the oversight and charge of the king's tillage, his vineyards, his herds, his flocks, which formed the wealth of eastern kings. Much of the wisdom of princes is seen in the choice of their ministry, and common persons show it in the choice of their advisers. David, though he had all these about him, preferred the word of God before them all. Thy testimonies are my delight and my counsellors. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Chronicles 27:23-34

Special officers of the Nation v. 23. But David, at the time of that unfortunate census, took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, which would, moreover, not have fitted in with the army arrangements which he had in view, because the Lord had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens, Genesis 15:5; Genesis 28:14, v. 24. Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began to number, as David commanded him, 1 Chronicles 21:2, but he finished not, the pestilence from the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Chronicles 27:1-34

γ. Division of the Military Officers; Order of the Service and of the Royal Househould: 1 Chronicles 27:01. The Twelve Divisions of the Army: 1 Chronicles 27:1-151 Chronicles 27:1 And the sons of Israel after their number, the heads of the houses and the captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, that which came in and that which went out month by month for all the months of the year, the one course was twenty and four thousand.... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:1-34

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 chapter are not mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament. They may have been the toilers who wrought in some specific work. Perhaps this refers to arrangement made for the labor necessary to build the Temple. Then the rulers of the tribes are named. Following this is a significant statement that in the numbering necessary to organization David was... read more