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Author: Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

³³Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that
  could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of
  war, fifty thousand; and that could order _the battle array, and
  were_ not of double heart. ³⁴And of Naphtali a thousand captains,
  and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
  ³⁵And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty
  and eight thousand and six hundred. ³⁶And of Asher, such as were
  able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array,
  forty thousand.

=33.= _such as were able_, etc.] This description is intended to
exclude mere lads (such as David appeared to be, 1 Samuel xvii. 33)
who might be in attendance on the warriors.

_that could order_, etc.] i.e. who moved as one man in battle array;
compare verse 8, note on _shield and spear_. For “of double heart”
compare 2 Chronicles xxx. 12, “one heart.”

  ³⁷And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
  Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner
  of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty
  thousand.

=37.= _an hundred and twenty thousand_] Evidently a round number,
giving 40,000 to each tribe; compare verse 36.

  ³⁸All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array,
  came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over
  all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to
  make David king.

=38.= _with a perfect heart_] i.e. with whole, undivided heart.

  ³⁹And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking:
  for their brethren had made preparation for them.

=39.= _eating and drinking_] The feasting probably began with the
sacrificial meal by which a covenant was usually ratified; compare
Genesis xxxi. 46, 54.

  ⁴⁰Moreover they that were nigh unto them, _even_ as far as
  Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and
  on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victual of meal, cakes of
  figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and
  sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

=40.= _they that were nigh unto them_] The relatives of the assembled
warriors cared for their needs.

_as far as Issachar_] Even those warriors who came from the northern
districts were provisioned by their kinsfolk.




                             CHAPTER XIII.


                     =1‒14= (= 2 Samuel vi. 1‒11).
          REMOVAL OF THE ARK FROM KIRIATH-JEARIM TO THE HOUSE
                     OF OBED-EDOM. DEATH OF UZZA.

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Opening the text

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introductionElmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

History

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

Elmslie, W. A. L. (William Alexander Leslie)

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

³³Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that
  could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of
  war, fifty thousand; and that could order _the battle array, and
  were_ not of double heart. ³⁴And of Naphtali a thousand captains,
  and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
  ³⁵And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty
  and eight thousand and six hundred. ³⁶And of Asher, such as were
  able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array,
  forty thousand.

=33.= _such as were able_, etc.] This description is intended to
exclude mere lads (such as David appeared to be, 1 Samuel xvii. 33)
who might be in attendance on the warriors.

_that could order_, etc.] i.e. who moved as one man in battle array;
compare verse 8, note on _shield and spear_. For “of double heart”
compare 2 Chronicles xxx. 12, “one heart.”

  ³⁷And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
  Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner
  of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty
  thousand.

=37.= _an hundred and twenty thousand_] Evidently a round number,
giving 40,000 to each tribe; compare verse 36.

  ³⁸All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array,
  came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over
  all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to
  make David king.

=38.= _with a perfect heart_] i.e. with whole, undivided heart.

  ³⁹And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking:
  for their brethren had made preparation for them.

=39.= _eating and drinking_] The feasting probably began with the
sacrificial meal by which a covenant was usually ratified; compare
Genesis xxxi. 46, 54.

  ⁴⁰Moreover they that were nigh unto them, _even_ as far as
  Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and
  on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victual of meal, cakes of
  figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and
  sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

=40.= _they that were nigh unto them_] The relatives of the assembled
warriors cared for their needs.

_as far as Issachar_] Even those warriors who came from the northern
districts were provisioned by their kinsfolk.




                             CHAPTER XIII.


                     =1‒14= (= 2 Samuel vi. 1‒11).
          REMOVAL OF THE ARK FROM KIRIATH-JEARIM TO THE HOUSE
                     OF OBED-EDOM. DEATH OF UZZA.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

The books of Chronicles : $b With maps, notes and introduction

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