1 Chronicles 27:5, 1 Chronicles 27:6 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 27:2-15

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 27:5

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 27:5

Benaiah ( 1 Chronicles 11:22-25 ; 2 Samuel 23:20-23 ). To this name Keil thinks the word chief ( ראֹשׁ ), in the succeeding expression, chief priest , belongs. Thus Jehoiada would be named here only priest. Yet see 1 Chronicles 12:27 , where Jehoiada is called לְאַהֲרֹן חַגָּגִיד ; and 2 Kings 25:18 ; where כֹּהֵן הָראֹשׁ stands for our הכֹּהֵן ראֹשׁ , as applied to Seraiah. Benaiah was manifestly a Aaronite. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:5

A chief priest - Rather, “the chief priest” - an expression by which is meant, not the high priest, but probably the high priest’s deputy, who is sometimes called “the second priest” 2 Kings 25:18. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 27:5-6

1 Chronicles 27:5-6. Jehoiada, a chief priest Or rather, a chief prince, as the Hebrew word כהן , cohen, often signifies. For it is certain neither Benaiah nor his father was high-priest or second priest. In his course was Ammizabad his son Who seems to have been his father’s lieutenant, because his father was captain of the king’s guard, (2 Samuel 18:18,) and therefore needed a deputy in the one or other place. 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 27:5

Benaiah. Compare 1 Chronicles 11:22-25 . 2 Samuel 23:20-23 . chief priest. Read "Jehoiada the priest" a head (1 Kings 4:4 ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 27:5

1 Chronicles 27:5. Benaiah—a chief priest— As Benaiah was neither high-priest nor second priest, the marginal rendering, namely, principal officer, seems most proper; and the word כהן cohen, is doubtless used for a great officer in a king's court, from his office of regulating civil affairs. See 2 Samuel 8:18; 2Sa 20:26. 1 Kings 4:5.Job 12:19; Job 12:19. 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

1 Chronicles 27:5, 1 Chronicles 27:6 Niv