The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:15
Three of the thirty . The thirty here alluded to have not been mentioned either in the Book of Samuel or here, except by implication of our 1 Chronicles 11:11 , where we might imagine the sense to be, "Now these are the names of the mighty men, in number thirty , whom David had, viz. Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty ." Nor are we told in either place who were the "three" here spoken of. The article is absent in both places, or it would be convenient and natural to... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:14
This, as well as the latter half of the preceding verse, belongs to the account of Shammah the Hararite ( 2 Samuel 23:11 ), and in the parallel the verbs are accordingly in the singular number. In that same place Shammah is called the "son of Agee," which probably answers to the "Shage" of the present chapter ( 1 Chronicles 11:34 ), where our reading should rather be, "Jonathan the son of Shammah the son of Shage, the Hararite." The word "Hararite" designates, according to Gesenius, "one... read more