1 Chronicles 12:1, The companies that came to David at Ziklag; 1 Chronicles 12:23, The armies that came to him at Hebron.
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1 Chronicles 12
1 Chronicles 12 — Overview
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1 Chronicles 12 — Overview1 Chronicles 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWhat the mighty men did towards making David king we read in the
foregoing chapter. Here we are told what the many did towards it. It
was not all at once, but gradually, that David ascended the throne. His…1 Chronicles 12 — Overview1 Chronicles 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter gives an account of those that came to David at different times, and joined and assisted him both before the death of Saul, and when persecuted by him, and after he was made king of Judah in Hebron, and…1 Chronicles 12:1-221 Chronicles 12:1-22 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of those that appeared and acted as David's
friends, upon the death of Saul, to bring about the revolution. All the
forces he had, while he was persecuted, was but 600 men, who served for…1 Chronicles 12:11 Chronicles 12:1 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgethese are: 1 Samuel 27:2, 1 Samuel 27:6; 2 Samuel 1:1, 2 Samuel 4:10
while he yet: etc. Heb. being yet shut up, Sometimes, in the East, when a successful prince endeavoured to extirpate the preceding royal family, some…1 Chronicles 12:21 Chronicles 12:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgecould use: Judges 3:15, Judges 20:16
in hurling: 1 Samuel 17:491 Chronicles 12:21 Chronicles 12:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThey were armed with bows,.... Much used in war in those times:and could use both the right hand and the left, in hurling stones, and shooting arrows out of a bow; they were ambidextrous; who could sling stones, or…