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

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

¹⁸of Judah, Elihu¹, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar,
  Omri the son of Michael: ¹⁹of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of
  Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel: ²⁰of the
  children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half
  tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

    ¹ In 1 Samuel xvi. 6, _Eliab_.

=18.= _Elihu_] Perhaps the “Eliab” of 1 Samuel xvi. 6; compare margin.

  ²¹of the half _tribe_ of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
  Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: ²²of Dan,
  Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes
  of Israel.

=21.= _Gilead_] “Gilead” is strictly speaking the name of the district
between the Jabbok and Moab, in which the tribes of Gad and Reuben
dwelt. Here it is used less precisely to include Bashan, the district
north-east of Jordan in which the half tribe of Manasseh lived: compare
ii. 22, note.

_Iddo_] Spelt quite differently in Hebrew from the name of the father
of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah i. 1).

_Abner_] 1 Samuel xiv. 50, 51.

  ²³But David took not the number of them from twenty years old
  and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel
  like to the stars of heaven.

=23.= _took not the number_] In Numbers i. 3 ff. it is said that in the
census which God commanded Moses to take in the wilderness only those
above twenty years old were to be numbered, and a chief from each tribe
was appointed to assist Moses in the task of numeration. The Chronicler
in this section wishes to say that, though David erred in taking the
census unbidden by Jehovah, he at least conformed to the principles
of the Law in carrying out his project: those under 20 years of age
were not counted, and the princes just enumerated may be supposed to
correspond to the chiefs who assisted Moses.

  ²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and
  there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number
  put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

=24.= _but finished not_] Compare xxi. 6.

_into the account in_] A summary of the numbers of David’s census is
given in xxi. 5 and also (with divergences) in 2 Samuel xxiv. 9. The
Chronicler probably means in the present passage that the details of
the census were not entered in the official records.

_the chronicles_] Literally _the acts of the days_; compare
Introduction, § 5.


                               =25‒31.=
                     VARIOUS OFFICERS OF THE KING.

Twelve different officers are named here who acted as stewards of king
David’s property.

    ²⁵And over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
  and over the treasuries in the fields, in the cities, and in the
  villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
  ²⁶and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of
  the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

=25.= _castles_] Literally _towers_; compare 2 Chronicles xxvi. 10,
xxvii. 4.

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

Bible. Chronicles -- Commentaries

¹⁸of Judah, Elihu¹, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar,
  Omri the son of Michael: ¹⁹of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of
  Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel: ²⁰of the
  children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half
  tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

    ¹ In 1 Samuel xvi. 6, _Eliab_.

=18.= _Elihu_] Perhaps the “Eliab” of 1 Samuel xvi. 6; compare margin.

  ²¹of the half _tribe_ of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
  Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: ²²of Dan,
  Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes
  of Israel.

=21.= _Gilead_] “Gilead” is strictly speaking the name of the district
between the Jabbok and Moab, in which the tribes of Gad and Reuben
dwelt. Here it is used less precisely to include Bashan, the district
north-east of Jordan in which the half tribe of Manasseh lived: compare
ii. 22, note.

_Iddo_] Spelt quite differently in Hebrew from the name of the father
of the prophet Zechariah (Zechariah i. 1).

_Abner_] 1 Samuel xiv. 50, 51.

  ²³But David took not the number of them from twenty years old
  and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel
  like to the stars of heaven.

=23.= _took not the number_] In Numbers i. 3 ff. it is said that in the
census which God commanded Moses to take in the wilderness only those
above twenty years old were to be numbered, and a chief from each tribe
was appointed to assist Moses in the task of numeration. The Chronicler
in this section wishes to say that, though David erred in taking the
census unbidden by Jehovah, he at least conformed to the principles
of the Law in carrying out his project: those under 20 years of age
were not counted, and the princes just enumerated may be supposed to
correspond to the chiefs who assisted Moses.

  ²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and
  there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number
  put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

=24.= _but finished not_] Compare xxi. 6.

_into the account in_] A summary of the numbers of David’s census is
given in xxi. 5 and also (with divergences) in 2 Samuel xxiv. 9. The
Chronicler probably means in the present passage that the details of
the census were not entered in the official records.

_the chronicles_] Literally _the acts of the days_; compare
Introduction, § 5.


                               =25‒31.=
                     VARIOUS OFFICERS OF THE KING.

Twelve different officers are named here who acted as stewards of king
David’s property.

    ²⁵And over the king’s treasuries was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
  and over the treasuries in the fields, in the cities, and in the
  villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah:
  ²⁶and over them that did the work of the field for tillage of
  the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

=25.= _castles_] Literally _towers_; compare 2 Chronicles xxvi. 10,
xxvii. 4.

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