Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:1-47
Chapter 11David became the king, and so in chapter eleven,All of Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron ( 1 Chronicles 11:1 ),And it tells the numbers of people that gathered. Huge force of people from all of the tribes gathered to David. Hundreds of thousands actually gathered down in Hebron, and the mighty men, men of war and so forth. Now they said to David,Behold, we are your bone and flesh. And moreover in times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one that led us out and... read more
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:1-47
CRITICAL NOTES.] The writer here passes by the 7½ years of David’s reign over Judah, at which he had glanced in his introductory section (chap. 1 Chronicles 3:4), and hastens to the glorious period of his inauguration as king over the whole people of Israel. This, as we learn from 2 Samuel 4:5, was at the death of Ish-bosheth, who succeeded Saul as king over all the tribes, except that of Judah [Speak. Com.].1 Chronicles 11:1-4.—David made king. Hebron, chap. 1 Chronicles 3:4, an ancient royal... read more