Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 11:1-47
1 Chronicles 11:11 . Jashobeam, called Tachmoni, 2 Samuel 23:8, a wise man and valiant. He had earned the laurel to sit as the chairman of David’s generals. Three hundred men he killed, and five hundred more in the pursuit, which makes up the eight hundred mentioned in the above passage. 1 Chronicles 11:22 . Two lion-like men. The Vulgate reads as the Hebrew, two lions of Moab. Slaying the Egyptian giant, more than nine feet high, and the lion at the cave, or rather at the cistern,... read more
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