1 Chronicles 27:1-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:1-15

We have here an account of the regulation of the militia of the kingdom. David was himself a man of war, and had done great things with the sword; he had brought into the field great armies. Now here we are told how he marshalled them when God had given him rest from all his enemies. He did not keep them all together, for that would have been a hardship on them and the country; yet he did not disband and disperse them all, for then he would have left his kingdom naked, and his people would... read more

John Gill

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

Now the children of Israel after their number ,.... Not the whole body of the people, but the militia of the nation; for after the account of the division of the priests and Levites into courses, follows an account of the militia of the nation, being divided also into monthly courses; which, though done in the beginning of David's reign, as Kimchi and Jarchi observe, yet is here related; and that it was so soon is clear from the instance of Asahel, who was killed while David was king in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:2-15

Over the first course for the first month ,.... The month Nisan, sometimes called Abib, which was March: was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel ; the first and chief of David's worthies, 1 Chronicles 11:11 . and in his course were twenty and four ; and so in all the following ones; this man was of the posterity of Perez, or Pharez, a son of Judah, and so had the preference and command of all the captains of the army for that month: Dodai an Ahohite ; the same with Dodo, 1 Chronicles... read more

Adam Clarke

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

The chief fathers and captains of thousands - The patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This enumeration is widely different from the preceding. In that, we have the orders and courses of the priests and the Levites in their ecclesiastical ministrations; in this, we have the account of the order of the civil service, that which related simply to the political state of the king and the kingdom. Twenty-four persons, chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:2

First course for the first month - Instead of mentioning first, second, third, etc., month, the Targum names them thus: First month, Nisan; second, Aiyar; third, Sivan; fourth, Tammuz; fifth, Ab; sixth, Elul; seventh, Tishri; eighth, Marchesvan; ninth, Cisleu; tenth, Tebeth; eleventh, Shebat; twelfth, Adar. No mention is made of a veadar or intercalary month. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:5

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada , a chief priest - Why should not this clause be read as it is in the Hebrew? "Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, a captain; and in his course," etc. Or, as the Targum has it, "The third captain of the host for the month Sivan was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, who was constituted a chief." He is distinguished from Benaiah, the Pirathonite, who was over the eleventh month. Some think that the original word הכהן haccohen , which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:7

Asahel the brother of Joab - This verse proves that the division and arrangement mentioned above were made before David was acknowledged king in Hebron; for Asahel, the brother of Joab, who was fourth captain, was slain by Abner, while Ishbosheth reigned over Israel at Mahanaim, 2 Samuel 2:19-23 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:1

EXPOSITION This chapter, continuing the general subject of David's arrangements of all the leading departments, sacred and civil, of the kingdom, which he was so soon to yield into the hands of his son Solomon, proceeds in the first fifteen verses to the enumeration of the military courses of his people, month by month. These were twelve in number, each containing twenty,four thousand men; and the captain , or chief , or chief father , of each is specially mentioned. It is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:2

Jashobeam is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 12:11 as son of Hachmoni, and as one of those "three mighties" of David, of whom the other two were Eleazar and Shammah (see also 1 Chronicles 12:6 ); he is again referred to ( 2 Samuel 23:8 ) in a verse of which the text is corrupt, as "the Tachmonite," or more correctly "the Tahh-cemonite." The tau in this word is probably an error for the article. Kennicott ('Dies.,' 72, 82) confirms this supposition by noting that the Book of Samuel... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:3

This verse tells us that Jasho-beam belonged to the tribe of Judah, through Perez , the fourth son of Judah ( 1 Chronicles 2:4 ). read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:1-15

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:2-15

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:1

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:2

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:3

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