1 Chronicles 20:1 . Joab besieged Rabbah. This is related more at large in 2 Samuel 12:0. David humanely left Shobi on the throne, after putting the rebel chiefs to death. 1 Chronicles 20:7 . When he defied Israel, as unable to find a man to fight him in single combat. read more
1 Chronicles 20:1-8And it came to pass, that after the year was expired.The capture of RabbahFrom its capture and punishment of its people we learn--I. That in spiritual warfare there must be no cessation. Rest gives advantage to the enemy, and may delay or frustrate the end in view. “Forwards, children, forwards”! urged Blucher, in meeting Wellington at Waterloo.1. Make needful preparation.2. Be ready for every advantage. “The time to go out” must be discovered and seized.II. That in... read more
1 Chronicles 20:6Where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty?Great giants and small“A giant,” “the son of a giant,” “children of the giant,” “a man of great stature.” There were giants in those days; there are giants in our day. There is nothing in all history so great as the history of the present; there is no moment of time so pregnant with the meaning of eternity as the moment of our present breathing. You tremble when you read the names of these giants.... read more
of great stature: Heb. of measure, 2 Samuel 21:20 the son of the giant: Heb. born to the giant, or Rapha Reciprocal: Numbers 13:32 - men of a great stature read more
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Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 20:1-8
By Chuck SmithAnd it came to pass, after the year was expired, and the time that the kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and he wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also... read more