1 Chronicles 27:24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:16-34

We have here an account, I. Of the princes of the tribes. Something of the ancient order instituted by Moses in the wilderness was still kept up, that every tribe should have its prince or chief. It is probable that it was kept up all along, either by election or by succession, in the same family; and those are here named who were found in that office when this account was taken. Elihu, or Eliab, who was prince of Judah, was the eldest son of Jesse, and descended in a right line from Nahshon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:24

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number ,.... By the order of David, but entirely against his own will, see 1 Chronicles 21:2 , but he finished not ; the two tribes of Benjamin and Levi not being counted by him, 1 Chronicles 21:6 . because there fell wrath for it against Israel ; the plague being broke forth before he had done numbering, which put a stop to it, 1 Chronicles 21:14 . neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of David ; that which was brought... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:24

Neither was the number put in the account - Joab did not return the whole number; probably the plague began before he had finished: or, he did not choose to give it in, as he had entered on this work with extreme reluctance; and he did not choose to tell the king how numerous they were. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:24

It seems a little surprising to read of Joab, fixed on the page of history as the person who began to number, but … finished not, when we have been already particularly told that it was he to whom King David's command to number was "abominable" ( 1 Chronicles 21:6 ). However differently enough from the method of either nature or mankind, the antidote has here preceded the evil. For because there fell wrath for it , read the Hebrew, and there was for this wrath upon Israel. The last... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:24

Because there fell wrath - literally, “And there fell wrath.” The falling of God’s wrath was not the cause of Joab’s ceasing. His motive is clearly stated in 1 Chronicles 21:6. See also the marginal references.Neither was the number ... - The meaning is, that in the portion of the chronicles of King David which treated of numbers - the number of the standing army, of the Levitical and priestly courses, the singers, etc. - the return of the number of the people made by Joab was not entered. The... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 27:24

1 Chronicles 27:24. Joab began to number Namely, all from twenty years old and upward, as David commanded him. But he finished not For Levi and Benjamin he counted not, 1 Chronicles 21:6. Because there fell wrath for it against Israel While he was doing the work, which was one reason that made him desist. The Hebrew however is, And there fell, &c. Though David numbered them with caution and limitation, as was observed before, yet this did not hinder God’s wrath from falling upon... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:1-34

Military and civilian leaders (27:1-34)In contrast to the detail that the writer gives in the lists of the Levites, there is only a brief summary of David’s military and civil leaders. Each month 24,000 men were required to do one month’s military service. The twelve commanding officers (who took turns at commanding this fighting force, one month at a time) all belonged to David’s group of ‘mighty men’ (27:1-15; see 11:10-47). Three other lists name the leaders of Israel’s tribes (16-24), the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 27:24

there fell wrath. Compare 1 Chronicles 21:6 , 1 Chronicles 21:7 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:24

24. neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of King David—either because the undertaking was not completed, Levi and Benjamin not having been numbered (1 Chronicles 21:6), or the full details in the hands of the enumerating officers were not reported to David, and, consequently, not registered in the public archives. the chronicles—were the daily records or annals of the king's reign. No notice was taken of this census in the historical register, as from the public calamity... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 27:1-34

Preparations for governmental order ch. 27David also organized his army (1 Chronicles 27:1-15), Israel’s tribal leaders (1 Chronicles 27:16-24), his administrators (1 Chronicles 27:25-31), and his counselors and advisers (1 Chronicles 27:32-34). He did all this to ensure future stability so what God had promised could happen without unnecessary opposition or confusion. Again the writer mentioned 12 tribes, but in this list these included Levi and the two halves of Manasseh. He omitted Gad and... read more