1 Chronicles 11:9-26 WEB

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:13

Pas-dammim . This word, הַפַּס דַּמִּים , appears in 1 Samuel 17:1 as אֶפֶס דַּמִּים , and is supposed to mean, in either form, "the boundary of blood;" it was the scene of frequent conflicts with the Philistines, and was the spot where they were encamped at the time of Goliath's challenge to Israel. It was near Shocoh, or Soech, in Judah, some fourteen miles south-west of Jerusalem. Full of barley . The Authorized Version reading in the parallel passage ( 2 Samuel 23:11... read more

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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

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:16

David was then in the hold . This statement may, perhaps, sufficiently identify this occasion with that of 2 Samuel 5:17 , 2 Samuel 5:18 ; where it is expressly said that "David went down to the hold" ( מְצוּדָה being the word found there as here ) . Garrison. The Hebrew here says "officer" ( נְצִיב ), but the parallel passage has "garrison" ( מַשָּׂב ); yet, according to Gesenius, the former word has both meanings. He is right, certainly, if he means that it has received... 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

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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

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:19

My God forbid it me. Compare the Hebrew of this with that of the expression in the parallel ( 2 Samuel 23:17 ), where יְהֹוָה is found in the place of our מֵאֱלֹהַי . It is probable that the preposition nieni is lost from before "Jehovah." Shall I drink the blood, etc.? i.e. the water which has been obtained at the imminent peril of the life of these three brave men (comp. Genesis 4:10 , Genesis 4:11 ; Genesis 9:4-6 ; John 6:53 , John 6:54 ). read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:20

Abishai… was chief of the three . It is remarkable that again the name of one of the three is wanting, even if we take Benaiah of 1 Chronicles 11:22 for the second. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:21

Than the two . The Hebrew ( בַשְׁנַיִס ) cannot be thus translated, but possibly the words may mark the second set of three. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:22

Benaiah , His father Jehoiada was chief priest ( 1 Chronicles 27:5 ). Benaiah was, therefore, a Levite by tribe, though Kabzeel ( Joshua 15:21 ) was in Judah far south. He was "captain of the host for the third month… and in his course were twenty and four thousand" ( 1 Chronicles 27:5 ). When in our 1 Chronicles 11:25 it is said that "David set him over his guard," the allusion probably is to his uniform and prolonged command of "the Cherethites and Pelethites" ( 2 Samuel 8:18 ; ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:13

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:15

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:18

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:19

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:22

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