Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 27:1-34
Preparations for governmental order ch. 27David also organized his army (1 Chronicles 27:1-15), Israel’s tribal leaders (1 Chronicles 27:16-24), his administrators (1 Chronicles 27:25-31), and his counselors and advisers (1 Chronicles 27:32-34). He did all this to ensure future stability so what God had promised could happen without unnecessary opposition or confusion. Again the writer mentioned 12 tribes, but in this list these included Levi and the two halves of Manasseh. He omitted Gad and... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:25
25. over the king's treasures—Those treasures consisted of gold, silver, precious stones, cedar-wood, c. those which he had in Jerusalem as distinguished from others without the city. the storehouses in the fields—Grain covered over with layers of straw is frequently preserved in the fields under little earthen mounds, like our potato pits. read more