PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — I Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 60,920 words · 331 reading sections
1 Chronicles 8:14
1 Chronicles 8:14 Ver. 14. And Ahio, Shashak, and Jerimoth. These were also sons of Elpaal.…
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1 Chronicles 8:15 Ver. 15,16. And Zebadiah,.... And all that follow in this and the next verse were the sons of Beriah the son of Elpaal; namely, Arad, Ader, Michael, Ispah, and Joha.…
35 wordsSECTION 1231 Chronicles 8:17
1 Chronicles 8:17 Ver. 17,18. And Zebadiah, and Meshullam,.... These, with those that follow, Hezeki, Heber, Ishmerai, Jezliah, and Jobab, were the sons of Elpaal…
27 wordsSECTION 1241 Chronicles 8:19
1 Chronicles 8:19 Ver. 19-21. And Jakim,.... With all the rest in these verses, namely, Zichri, Zabdi, Elienai, Zilthai, Eliel, Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath, were the sons of Shimhi, the same with Shema brother of Beriah, and son of Elpaal, 1Ch 8:13.…
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1 Chronicles 8:22 Ver. 22-25. And Ishpan, and Heber,.... And all that follow to the end of these verses, Eliel, Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah, Iphedeiah, and Penuel, were the sons of Shashak, another son of Elpaal, 1Ch 8:14.…
43 wordsSECTION 1261 Chronicles 8:26
1 Chronicles 8:26 Ver. 26,27. And Shamsherai,.... Who, with those next mentioned, Shehariah, Athaliah, Jaresiah, Eliah, and Zichri, [were the sons of] Jeroham, who perhaps is the same with Jerimoth, another son of Elpaal, 1Ch 8:14 who makes a considerable figure in this genealogy. Kimchi observes that it is a traditi…
77 wordsSECTION 1271 Chronicles 8:28
1 Chronicles 8:28 Ver. 28. These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief [men],.... All from 1Ch 8:14, the sons of Elpaal and their sons: these dwelt in Jerusalem; part of which always belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, see Jos 15:63.…
47 wordsSECTION 1281 Chronicles 8:29
1 Chronicles 8:29 Ver. 29. And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon,.... The builder of the city, and prince of the inhabitants of it, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:25 whose name was Jehiel, 1Ch 9:35, (whose wife's name was Maachah;) of which name were many, see 1Ch 2:48.…
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1 Chronicles 8:30 Ver. 30,31. And his firstborn son Abdon,.... That is, Jehiel's, the father or prince of Gibeon; other sons follow: Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher; called Zechariah, 1Ch 9:37 and between Baal and Nadab, Ner is placed, 1Ch 9:36 and another son is added at the end of 1Ch 9:37, Mikloth …
63 wordsSECTION 1301 Chronicles 8:32
1 Chronicles 8:32 Ver. 32. And Mikloth begat Shimeah,.... Called Shimeam, 1Ch 9:38and these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them; in another part of the city, right beside them. 1 Chronicles 8:33Ver. 33. And Ner begat Kish,.... Who also is called Abiel, as the Targum here adds; for Ner had tw…
517 wordsSECTION 1311 Chronicles 9:1
1 Chronicles 9:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9 The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2, of th…
289 wordsSECTION 1321 Chronicles 9:2
1 Chronicles 9:2 Ver. 2. Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities,.... Who first returned from Babylon upon the proclamation of Cyrus, and enjoyed their former possessions, and dwelt in the cities they had before, or in such as were allotted them, or they chose: [were], the Israelites…
154 wordsSECTION 1331 Chronicles 9:3
1 Chronicles 9:3 Ver. 3. And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin,.... Of which tribes were the largest number that went into, and returned out of, captivity: and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh; such of those tribes who had joined the others when Jeroboam introduced hi…
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1 Chronicles 9:4 Ver. 4. Uthai, the son of Ammihud,.... Called Athaiah, Ne 11:4 though his ancestors there are differently reckoned here; his genealogy here is traced from his father Ammihud, through Omri, Imri, Bani, Pharez, to Judah.…
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1 Chronicles 9:5 Ver. 5. And of the Shilonites,.... Not called so from the city of Shiloh, which was in Ephraim; whereas these here intended were of the tribe of Judah, and were either the descendants of a man whose name was Shiloni, Ne 11:5 or rather these are the same with the Shelanites, Nu 26:20 so called from She…
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1 Chronicles 9:6 Ver. 6. And of the sons of Zerah,.... Another son of Judah: Jeuel, and their brethren; six hundred and ninety; or their kinsmen; for this number includes all of the posterity of Pharez, Shelah and Zerah mentioned.…
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1 Chronicles 9:7 Ver. 7. And of the sons of Benjamin,.... Who were of the tribe of Benjamin, and went with Judah into captivity, and returned with them, and such of them as dwelt in Jerusalem before that: Sallu the son of Meshullam; whose pedigree is differently given, Ne 11:7, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassen…
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1 Chronicles 9:8 Ver. 8. And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham,.... Who with two more, Elah and Meshullam, whose ancestors are given, of whom we have no mention elsewhere, were all of the tribe of Benjamin, said to settle at Jerusalem.…
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1 Chronicles 9:9 Ver. 9. And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred amd fifty and six,.... Which was the number of the Benjaminites there resident put together, and which greatly exceeded that of Judah, 1Ch 9:6 all these men were chief of the fathers, in the house of their fathers; principal men…
72 wordsSECTION 1401 Chronicles 9:10
1 Chronicles 9:10 Ver. 10. And of the priests,.... Who returned and dwelt at Jerusalem: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin; Jedaiah was the son of Jehoiarib, and Jachin is called Jachin, Ne 11:10.…
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1 Chronicles 9:11 Ver. 11. And Azariah the son of Hilkiah,.... That is, the son of Azariah, whose name was Seraiah, see 1Ch 6:13, whose pedigree is traced up from Hilkiah through Meshullam, called Shallum, 1Ch 6:12. Zadok, Meraioth, to Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; high priest in it; which is to be understoo…
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1 Chronicles 9:12 Ver. 12. And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur,.... In this genealogy, between Jeroham and Pashur, were three more here omitted, Pelaliah, Amzi, Zechariah, Ne 11:12, and then Pashur the son of Malchijah, as here: and Maasiai the son of Adiel; whose pedigree is traced up from hence, throug…
94 wordsSECTION 1431 Chronicles 9:13
1 Chronicles 9:13 Ver. 13. And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand and seven hundred and threescore. These, with other priests, made up this number, which was greater than those of Judah and Benjamin, that dwelt in Jerusalem, put together: very able men for the work of the service of the…
100 wordsSECTION 1441 Chronicles 9:14
1 Chronicles 9:14 Ver. 14. And of the Levites,.... Having given an account of the two first classes of the people, the Israelites and priests, the author of the book now proceeds to the Levites, the third class; and the first mentioned is Shemaiah, whose ancestors, Hashub, Azrikam, and Hashabiah, [were] of the sons o…
62 wordsSECTION 1451 Chronicles 9:15
1 Chronicles 9:15 Ver. 15. And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah,.... Four more of the chief of the Levites, the pedigree of the last of which is traced up by Micah and Zichri to Asaph, the singer in the times of David, a descendant of Gershon, the first son of Levi; the first of these is thought by Hillerus…
77 wordsSECTION 1461 Chronicles 9:16
1 Chronicles 9:16 Ver. 16. And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah,.... Called Abda the son of Shammua, Ne 11:17 the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; who was Ethan, another of the singers in the time of David: and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites; the villages a…
108 wordsSECTION 1471 Chronicles 9:17
1 Chronicles 9:17 Ver. 17. And the porters,.... Or keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief; of these four porters, and their brethren.…
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1 Chronicles 9:18 Ver. 18. Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward,.... At the gate through which the king went into the temple, and was at the east of it; and here these porters were placed in the same order after the captivity, and their return from it, as before: they were porters in the companies of the c…
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1 Chronicles 9:19 Ver. 19. And Shallum the son of Kore,.... The same as in 1Ch 9:17 whose pedigree is traced up to Ebiasaph the son of Korah, see Ex 6:24 and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites; so called, because they descended from Korah: [were over] the work of the service, keepers of the gate…
132 wordsSECTION 1501 Chronicles 9:20
1 Chronicles 9:20 Ver. 20. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past,.... Over the host, over the Levites, and the chief of them; which is to be understood of Phinehas the son of Eleazar, in the time of Moses, who succeeded his father in that post, see Nu 3:32 though some think, as Kimchi ob…
167 wordsSECTION 1511 Chronicles 9:21
1 Chronicles 9:21 Ver. 21. And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah,.... Some think this refers to one that was in the times of David; but it seems rather to respect one that was after the Babylonish captivity, see 1Ch 26:1 though he and his brethren were in an office established in the times of David, and the order of wh…
120 wordsSECTION 1521 Chronicles 9:22
1 Chronicles 9:22 Ver. 22. All those that were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve,.... As fixed in the days of David, and might not be fewer: these were reckoned by their genealogies in their villages; where they dwelt: whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office; the sch…
82 wordsSECTION 1531 Chronicles 9:23
1 Chronicles 9:23 Ver. 23. So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord,.... They that were appointed in David's time to watch the gates of the temple, their posterity succeeded them in that office; for it was hereditary:namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards; that which wa…
1,300 wordsSECTION 1541 Chronicles 10:1
1 Chronicles 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 10 This part, 1Ch 10:1 which gives an account of the last battle of Saul with the Philistines, and of his death and burial, is the same with 1Sa 31:1 see the notes there; the cause of his death follows in 1Ch 10:13. Ver. 1. See Gill on "1Sa 31:1"…
62 wordsSECTION 1551 Chronicles 10:13
1 Chronicles 10:13 Ver. 13. So Saul died for his transgression,.... See Gill on "1Sa 31:13" A violent and dishonourable death, which was suffered on account of the sins he was guilty of: one was, which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not; both in not staying for Samuel …
123 wordsSECTION 1561 Chronicles 10:14
1 Chronicles 10:14 Ver. 14. And inquired not of the Lord,.... For though he did inquire in some sense in an external, careless, and hypocritical manner, yet not done seriously, sincerely, and heartily, nor with constancy; it was accounted as if he inquired not at all, 1Sa 28:6 the Targum adds another reason of his dea…
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1 Chronicles 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 11 This chapter treats of David's being anointed king by all Israel, 1Ch 11:1, which agrees with 2Sa 5:1 See Gill on "2Sa 5:1" See Gill on "2Sa 5:2" See Gill on "2Sa 5:3" and of his taking Jerusalem from the Jebusites, 1Ch 11:4 the account of which we have 2Sa 5:6. See G…
460 wordsSECTION 1581 Chronicles 11:47
1 Chronicles 11:47 Ver. 47. See Gill on "1Ch 11:1" John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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1 Chronicles 12:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 12 This 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 before he was king of all Israel, in order to it; of…
246 wordsSECTION 1601 Chronicles 12:2
1 Chronicles 12:2 Ver. 2. They 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 shoot arrows, with either, which was no small advantage to them: even of Sa…
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1 Chronicles 12:3 Ver. 3. The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite,.... Who was of Gibeah, in the tribe of Benjamin, sometimes called Gibeah of Benjamin, and of Saul, it being his birthplace, see 1Sa 11:4 and so these might be some of his kindred: and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmave…
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1 Chronicles 12:4 Ver. 4. And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty,.... That came with him, and he had the command of; this man was of Gibeon, another city in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:25 and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad, the Gederathite; one of Gederah, a…
88 wordsSECTION 1631 Chronicles 12:5
1 Chronicles 12:5 Ver. 5. Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite. A native of Haruph or Hariph, see Ne 7:24.…
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1 Chronicles 12:6 Ver. 6. Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites. Not Korahites, descendants of Levi, 1Ch 9:19, but the posterity of Korah a Benjaminite.…
32 wordsSECTION 1651 Chronicles 12:7
1 Chronicles 12:7 Ver. 7. And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. A city in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:58 and might now belong to Benjamin; or this was another city of the same name in that tribe.…
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1 Chronicles 12:8 Ver. 8. And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David, into the hold to the wilderness,.... Men of the tribe of Gad, who lived on the other side Jordan; these separated themselves from the rest of their tribe, from their families and dwellings, and from the government of Saul, and came ove…
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1 Chronicles 12:9 Ver. 9-13. Ezer the first,.... This, and those that follow, are the names of the Gadites given, according to their age, or merit, or order in coming to David: Obadiah, Eliab, Mishmannah, Jeremiah, Attai, Eliel, Johanan, Elzabad, Jeremiah, Machbanai; in all eleven.…
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1 Chronicles 12:14 Ver. 14. These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host,.... Of the militia in their own country, and of the men they brought with them; or they were such afterwards in David's army: one of the least was over one hundred, and the greatest over thousand; not that they were so when they came, or…
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1 Chronicles 12:15 Ver. 15. These are they that went over Jordan in the first month,.... The month Nisan or Ab; as they must come over Jordan to come to David, since they dwelt on the other side of it: when it had overflown all its banks; as it did at this time of the year, see Jos 3:15 which is observed to show both…
234 wordsSECTION 1701 Chronicles 12:16
1 Chronicles 12:16 Ver. 16. And there came of the men of Benjamin, and of Judah,.... Besides those before mentioned, 1Ch 12:2, to the hold unto David; the same as in 1Ch 12:8.…
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1 Chronicles 12:17 Ver. 17. And David went out to meet them,.... Out of the hold where he was; either out of respect and deference to them, some of them being persons of eminence; or it may be out of suspicion, fearing they were not his friends, being, it may be, chiefly of the tribe of Benjamin, and therefore was des…
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1 Chronicles 12:18 Ver. 18. Then the spirit came upon Amasai,.... Or "clothed" {f} him; a spirit of fortitude, as the Targum, of strength, courage, and presence of mind, with which he was endowed, covered, and clothed as with a garment; this was a sister's son of David's, see 2Sa 17:25 who was chief of the captains; …
247 wordsSECTION 1731 Chronicles 12:19
1 Chronicles 12:19 Ver. 19. And there fell some of Manasseh to David,.... Of the tribe of Manasseh; they took his part, and on his side, and joined him: when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle; which was a strong proof of their cordial attachment to him: but they helped them not: the Philistines; ne…
1,456 wordsSECTION 1741 Chronicles 13:1
1 Chronicles 13:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 13 The contents of this chapter are the same with 2Sa 6:1, only David's consultation with the principal men of Israel concerning the affair herein transacted is premised in the first four verses of this. Ver. 1. And David consulted with the captains of thousands, and hu…
208 wordsSECTION 1751 Chronicles 13:2
1 Chronicles 13:2 Ver. 2. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel,.... To the above persons, as representatives of it: if it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God; if it could be thought by them a good and useful thing, and agreeable to the will of God, and would make for his glory: let u…
161 wordsSECTION 1761 Chronicles 13:3
1 Chronicles 13:3 Ver. 3. And let us bring again the ark of our God to us,.... The symbol of the divine Presence, than which nothing was more desirable to David, and he chose to begin his reign overall Israel with it: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul; he being indifferent to religion, and careless about …
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1 Chronicles 13:4 Ver. 4. And all the congregation said that they would do so,.... They unanimously agreed to the motion: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people; they saw the propriety, necessity, and usefulness of it.…
43 wordsSECTION 1781 Chronicles 13:5
1 Chronicles 13:5 Ver. 5. So David gathered all Israel together,.... The principal of them, even 30,000 select men, 2Sa 6:1 from Shihor of Egypt; or the Nile of Egypt, as the Targum and other Jewish writers, called Shihor from the blackness of its water, see Jer 2:18 though some think the river Rhinocurura is meant, …
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1 Chronicles 13:14 Ver. 14. See Gill on "1Ch 13:5". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
19 wordsSECTION 1801 Chronicles 14:1
1 Chronicles 14:1 INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 14 This chapter gives an account of the message of Hiram king of Tyre to David, and of David's taking him more wives, with the names of his children by them; and of two battles he fought with the Philistines, in which he had the victory over them; the same are recorded i…
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