1 Chronicles 27
Overview
27:1 The twelve captains for every several month;
27:16 The princes of the twelve tribes;
27:23 The numbering of the people is hindered;
27:25 David's several officers. Verse 1 the chief fathersThe patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This enumeration is widely different from that of the preceding. In that, we have the order and course of the priests and Levites, in their ecclesiastical ministrations: in this, we have the account of the order of the civil service, what related simply to the political state of the king and kingdom. Twenty-four persons, chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a second, were placed over 24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in turn; and this was the whole of their service during the year, after which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had always on foot a regular force of 24,000, who served without expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field 12 times 24,000 or 288,000 fighting men, independently of the 12,000 officers, which made in the whole an effective force of 300,000 soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and ready at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the king. These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelitish kingdom.captains 1 Chronicles 13:1; Exodus 18:25; Deuteronomy 1:15; 1 Samuel 8:12; Micah 5:2 served 1 Chronicles 28:1; 2 Chronicles 17:12-19, 26:11-13 any matter 1 Kings 5:14 month 4:7, 4:27 Reciprocal Numbers 1:4 - General; 1 Chronicles 7:2 - whose number; 29:6 - the chief; 2 Chronicles 1:2 - to the captains; 25:5 - captains over thousands Verse 2 Jashobeam 1 Chronicles 11:11; 2 Samuel 23:8, Adino the Eznite
Verse 3 Perez Genesis 38:29; Numbers 26:20, Pharezthe chief Genesis 49:8-10; Numbers 7:12, 10:14 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 32:6 - he set captains Verse 4 Dodai 1 Chronicles 11:12; 2 Samuel 23:9, DodoReciprocal 24:15 - the Lord Verse 5 BenaiahOr, "Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest:" it was Jehoiada, and not Benaiah, who was a priest. 1 Chronicles 18:17; 1 Kings 4:4 chief priestor, principal officer, 4:5 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 23:20 - Benaiah; 1 Kings 1:8 - Zadok; 1 Chronicles 11:22 - Benaiah Verse 6 mighty 1 Chronicles 11:22-25; 2 Samuel 22:20-23, 23:20-23 Reciprocal 23:23 - more honourable; 1 Kings 1:8 - Zadok Verse 7 Asahel 1 Chronicles 11:26; 2 Samuel 2:18-23, 23:24
Verse 8 ShamhuthIf this person was the same as Shammoth the Hararite, or Shammah the Harodite, it is probable that he took the denomination Izrahite, from one of his progenitors of the name Izrah, and derived the other from the place of his residence. 1 Chronicles 11:27, Shammoth the Hararite, 26:29; 2 Samuel 23:25, Shammah the Harodite
Verse 9 Ira 1 Chronicles 11:28; 2 Samuel 23:26
Verse 10 Helez 1 Chronicles 11:27 Pelonite 2 Samuel 23:26, Paltite
Verse 11 Sibbecai 1 Chronicles 11:29; 2 Samuel 21:18 Zarhites Numbers 26:20 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 27:13 - Zarhites Verse 12 Anetothite 1 Chronicles 11:28, Antothite, 2 Samuel 23:27, AnethothiteReciprocal Psalm 68:27 - little Verse 13 Maharai 1 Chronicles 11:30; 2 Samuel 23:28 Zarhites 1 Chronicles 27:11
Verse 14 Benaiah 1 Chronicles 11:31; 2 Samuel 23:30
Verse 15 Heldai 1 Chronicles 11:30, Heled, 2 Samuel 23:29, HelebOthniel 1 Chronicles 4:13; Judges 3:9
Verse 16 FurthermoreThese persons, called "princes of the tribes," in 1 Chronicles 27:22, and 28:1, appear to have been civil rulers over their several tribes, and honorary men, without pay, not unlike the lords lieutenants of our counties. In this enumeration there is no mention of the tribes of Gad and Asher, probably because they were joined to the neighbouring tribes; or perhaps, the account of these has been lost from the register.Reciprocal Genesis 35:22 - Now the sons; Exodus 1:1 - General; Numbers 1:16 - the renowned Verse 17 Hashabiah 1 Chronicles 26:30 of the Aaronites 12:27, 12:28, 24:4, 24:31 Reciprocal 1 Kings 4:2 - Azariah Verse 18 ElihuIf Elihu be not a mistake for Eliab, it is probable that he was called by both names. 1 Samuel 16:6, 17:13, 17:29, EliabReciprocal 1 Chronicles 2:13 - Eliab; 2 Chronicles 11:18 - Eliab Verse 21 Iddo 1 Kings 4:14 Abner 1 Samuel 14:50, 14:51; 2 Samuel 3:27, 3:37
Verse 22 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 27:16 - Furthermore Verse 23 David took notIt seems probable, from this passage, that Joab began, by David's order, to number the children, as well as adults, but was prevented from finishing the account, probably because the plague had begun. The numbering of the effective men might have been deemed a political expedient; but pride and ostentation alone could dictate the numbering of minors and infants, especially as God had pronounced the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, innumerable.from twenty Numbers 1:18 he would increase Genesis 15:5; Habakkuk 3:1 Reciprocal Genesis 13:16 - General; Numbers 1:2 - Take ye the sum; Deuteronomy 1:10 - your God; 2 Samuel 24:1 - number; 24:9 - eight hundred thousand; 1 Kings 3:8 - cannot; 1 Chronicles 7:2 - whose number; 21:2 - bring; 21:5 - a thousand; Nehemiah 9:23 - multipliedst; Psalm 80:9 - and it Verse 24 began to number 1 Chronicles 21:1-17; 2 Samuel 24:1-15 was the number putHeb. ascended the numberReciprocal Exodus 30:12 - no plague; Numbers 1:2 - Take ye the sum; 16:46 - there is wrath; 2 Samuel 24:9 - eight hundred thousand; 1 Kings 3:8 - cannot; 14:19 - book; 1 Chronicles 7:2 - whose number; 21:2 - bring; Psalm 80:9 - and it Verse 25 the king's 2 Kings 18:15; 2 Chronicles 16:2 the storehouses Genesis 41:48; Exodus 1:11; 2 Chronicles 26:10; Jeremiah 41:8 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 28:1 - the captains of the companies; 29:6 - the rulers; 2 Chronicles 17:13 - much business; 32:27 - treasuries; Proverbs 24:4 - General; Isaiah 22:15 - treasurer Verse 26 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 26:10 - he had much; Ecclesiastes 5:9 - the king Verse 27 the increase of the vineyardsHeb. that which was of the vineyardsReciprocal Genesis 40:2 - the chief of the butlers; Ecclesiastes 2:4 - I planted Verse 28 And over 1 Kings 4:7 the sycamore treesThe Hebrew shikmin, Syriac shekmo, and Arabic jummeez, is the συκομορος, or sycomore, of the Greeks, so called from συκος, a fig-tree, and μορος a mulberry-tree, because it resembles the latter in its leaves, and the former in its fruits. "The sycamore," says Mr. Norden, "is of the height of a beech, and bears its fruit in a manner quite different from other trees: it has them on the trunk itself, which shoots out little sprigs, in form of grape stalks, at the end of which grow the fruit close to one another, almost like a cluster of grapes. The tree is always green, and bears fruit several times in the year, without observing any certain seasons; for I have seen some sycamores that have given fruit two months after others. The fruit has the figure and smell of real figs, but is inferior to them in the taste, having a disgusting sweetness. Its colour is a yellow, inclining to an ochre, shadowed by a flesh colour. In the inside it resembles the common figs, excepting that it has a blackish colouring with yellow spots. This sort of tree is pretty common in Egypt; the people, for the greater part, live on its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water." 20:27 Reciprocal 2 Chronicles 9:27 - the sycamore; Psalm 78:47 - sycamore; Luke 19:4 - a sycamore Verse 29 Sharon 1 Chronicles 5:16; Isaiah 65:10 Reciprocal Genesis 47:6 - rulers; 1 Samuel 21:7 - herdmen; 2 Chronicles 32:29 - possessions; Proverbs 27:23 - diligent; Ecclesiastes 2:7 - also Verse 30 the camels Job 1:3 the Ishmaelite Genesis 47:6
Verse 31 Reciprocal 1 Chronicles 5:10 - the Hagarites Verse 32 uncle 2 Samuel 13:3, 21:21, nephewscribeor, secretaryson of Hachmoni[H2453], or, Hachmonite, 1 Chronicles 11:11 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 23:8 - General; 1 Chronicles 28:1 - and of his sons Verse 33 Ahithophel 2 Samuel 15:12, 16:23, 17:23 Hushai 15:32, 15:37, 16:16 companion 16:17; Psalm 55:13; Zechariah 13:7 Reciprocal Joshua 16:2 - Archi; 2 Samuel 23:34 - Eliam; 1 Kings 4:5 - the king's Verse 34 Abiathar 1 Kings 1:7 the general 1 Chronicles 11:6 Reciprocal 2 Samuel 23:34 - Eliam