; Not that they brought now ſo many Men with them, but ei- gn it ther, 1. They hat hitherto been Captains or Colonels under Saul, cgy1d re.
or in the eſtabliſhed Miliria or Bands of their Tribe. Or, 2. The) Js were ſo afterwards under David,who for their Valour and Bideliry ng rhus advanced them. FL the greateſt
15 Theſe are chey that went over Jordan & in the firſt » :houſand © month,when it had F overflown all his banks /,and they put to, flight all them of the valleys m, both toward the + Heb- #6 . | eaſt, and toward the weſt ». | led ever. k. To wit, in Sau['s time, when it ſeems, the enemies of the I{- raelites had made an Inroad,and done ſome Miſchiefs to the Itrace Ittes beyond Jordan, to whoſe Help theſe then came. 1 As it con- monjy did abour ttt time. See Joſ: 3:15: and 4: 18. Jer: 49: 19,
This is hored either as a Deſcription of the Time when this was. done, it being uſual with Hiſtorians to nore the Circumſtances of ou Actions: cr as an aggravation of the Fact. And poſſibly theſe eing Men of great Nimbieneſs and Dexterity, d:d ſweem over Jordan, through their 2tdent D-:fice to help their Brethren, and ro fight with their Enemies. m 5. e. The people that lived in the Vals leys or Deſarts beyond Jordan,who,as it teems, when Saul was en- gaged againſt ch< Phiſiſtines, took that advantage to fall upon the iraelites beyond Jordan, n Either; 1. the People that lived more Eaſtward and remote from Jorden,and thoſe who lived more Weſt- ward or nearer to it. Or, 2, them made they fly ſeveral ways,ſome Eaſtward, ſome Weſtward, as they ſaw the way open for them. See Deut: 28: 7, 25. |
16 And there came|| of the children of Benjamin and Judah t6 the hold 0 unto David. || ſo;
0 To the ſame Hold mentioned v: 8. where ſee the Notes.
17 And David went ont f to meec them, and anſwe- red pand faid unto them,If ye be come peaceably unto + x1, z;z .me to help me, mine hearr ſhall + be knic unto you q : fore th em* but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies r, ſeing f Heb. be
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there is no || wrong in mine hands s, the God of our | Or, wi fathers look thereon, and rebuke it z. ; Ban _
:, e. Spake; as that word is oft ufed in Scripture even of him _ that ſpeaketh firſt. q I hall ever eſteem and love you, and ſhew this by my Attions to you hereafter. » Which your Number,and Qualiry, and near Relation to Sul gives me ſome cauſe to ſuf pe. 5 1 have done no Injury to Saul, nor to you; but have ſpared him and you when it was in my power to have deſtroyed you» £ To wit, by his Hand and Power manifeſted for me and againſt you for your Perfidiouſneſs.
18 Then t the ſpirit came upon Amaſai », who was chief of the captains, and he ſaid, Thine are we, David, and on thy ſide, thou ſon of Jeſſe ; peace, peace be un- -
> IT thed Aman to thee, and peace be to thine helpers, for thy God [2;. 5 helperth thee x. Then David received them : and made Jud. 6, them captains of the band y. 34
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tions are aſcribed roGcdsSpirit,which here ſtirred up inhimamore than ordinary greatnels and preſentneſs of Mind and Reſolution. x We have oblerved God's ſingular and gracious Care of thee, and Kindneſs to thee,and if we ſhould oppoſe thee,we ſhould be Fighters againſt God and his Word and Providence. yz. e. Of thoſe Forces which they brought with them. Or, he puts chem among the h:ad:s or officers of us band ; i. e. He gave them Commands either now in his {mall army, each accordirg ro his Quality : Or afterwards when he was ad\anced to the Kingdom : for it is not here expreſſed when he did this.
19 And there fell ſoze of manaſſeh to David (when he came with the Philiſtines againſt Saul to battel, but they helped them not z; for the lords of the Philiſtins, | upon adviſement, ſent him away, ſaying, * He will * , gy; fall to his malter Saul, f to the Feopardy of our heads.) 29: 4.
z i. e.The Manaſlites here named,and the reſt of David's Forces, t Heb. of to whom they had now joyned themſelves,did not help the Phili- *9r heads. ſtines in Battel, as David had pretended ro do. :
20 As he went toZiklag a, there fell to him of Ma- nafſeh, Adnah, and Jezabad, and Jedaiel, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Ziithai, captains of the thouſands that were of Manaſſeh.
. # As he returned from the Camp of the Philiſtines ro Zilleg, r Sam: 29: 11.
21 And* they helped David |] againſt the band of *he *,$:am:303 rovers b: for they were all mighty men of valour c, and 1, 9, 10 were Captains in the holt 4, || Or,with
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c Therefore they readily came ro David's txIp. 4 Therefore they bronghr others along with them.
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e 7. 8. While he was at Zillag, and in int ah wT'1\ _ principally at Aebron, as the next Verſe explains it. f #. e. 1nnu- .conw'< like the Stars or Angels,both which are called God s hoſts. Oth. the ho# of God, i. e. a very great Hoſt, great things being ſo called, as Cedars, Mounrains, &c. of God. Bur the particle of likeneſs here added excludes this ſenſe, for it had _w_ very improper to ſay, a great h»ſt like a great hoſt, 1. e. like it 1elt. | "22 And theſe are the numbers of the || bands, that
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bd. Hebron. to turn the kingdom of Saul to him,* accord- m:2. ing to the-word of the LORD g.
g Whereby he had ſettled the Crown upon David after Saul's death. : - Ya Phe ary \ 24 The children of Judah that bare ſhield and ſpear, were ſix thouſand and eight hundred h ready || armed to the war, ; 'þ Who came hither in the name of all their Brethren : for that
whole Trible ſtuck to Davrd zt his very firſt coming to Hebron.
25 Of the children of Simeon,mighty men of valour for the war, ſeven thouſand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Levi, four thouſand and ſix hundred.