27 And Jehojada was the leader of + the Aaro- nites 7, and with him were three thouſand and ſeven
hundred.
i Not the High-prieſt, for that was Ab:iathar, r Sam: 23. 6. but one of Eminent place under him, and who had a great Power and intereſt among his Brethren. |
28 And * Zadok &, a young man mighty of valour, and of his fathers houſe twenty and two captains 7.
k Thought to be the ſame who was made High-prieſt in Solomons time, 1 Kings 2: 35. which if rrue, he was very young at this time« I Whom he brought along with him. _ :
29 And of the children of Benjamin, the + kindred of Saul, three thouſand : for hitherto the + * greateſt pare of them had kept the ward of the houſe of Saul »».
m 7.e. Indeavoured to keep the Crown in their own Tribe, and in Sauls Family. :
20 And of the children of Ephraim, twenty.thou- {and and eight hundred mighty men of valour,j famous throughout the houſe of cheir fathers. 31And of the half tribe of Manaiſeh »,eighteen thou-
ſand, which were expreiſed by name o, to come and make David king.
.#. Which was within Jordan : for of the other half beyond Jor- dan he ſpeaks v. 37. o Which were not aſhamed nor afraid pub- lickly to- own David firſt by purting their Names to fpme Paper preſented to them for that purpoſe ; and then by marching to him to Hebron, :
22And of the children of Iſſachar,»hich were menthat had underſtanding of the times p, to know what Iſrae] Ought to do : the heads of them were two hundred,and
all their brethren were at their commandment.
Þ- Either, 1. $kill in the Stars,and ſeveral Seaſons and Changes of the Aif 3 which might be of good uſe in Husbandry,to which this Tribe was addiQted, Gen: 49: 14. Deut: 33:18. Or rather, 2. Poli- tical Prudence to diſcern & embrace the fit Seaſons for all Aftions- as appears, 1.ftoni the following words,to know what not only their own 'Tribe but all 1/reel ought to do. 2. By the great Authority and Command which they had over all their brethren upon this ac- count, as it here follows. 3+ Becauſe this is ſo conſiderable a Cir- cumſrance in all Humane, and eſpecially in publick Afffairs, that the Succeſs or Diſappointment of them depends very much upon the right or wrong Timing of them, and th:refore this is a very fit expreſſion to ſignifie their great prudence. And particularly they ſhewed this point of their Wiſdom ar this time ; for as they had adhered to Sal, whileſt he lived,as knowing the time was not yet come forDavid to take poſſeſſion of the Kingdom, & as they could
not joyn themſelves to David, whilſt Abner lived, and was potent,
and had the Comfnand of the other Tribes wherewith they were encompaſſed, ſo as ſoon as he was dead, and they bad opportunity
| Or, r417- £0 declare themſelves, they owned David for their King. 4. By gers of bats the like uſe of this Phraſe, Eſfth: 1: 13-
33 Of Zebulun ſuch as went forth to battel.|] expert an war, With all inſtruments of war, fifry thouſand 9, which could keep || rank r ; they were F not of doubie —_—_— |
For this Tribe being next to that of 1/achar,which was generals Iy well-afte&ed roDavid,were probably very much. ſwayed by their Opinion and Advice: r Or, which were diſpoſed or prepared, ot order- ed for batted or to fight for David, if occalion ſo required, s Heb. without an heart and an heart : which may relate either, 1. to the whoie Body of them,they were all of one heart and one mind to- wards David, not fome for him, and others ſecretly againſt him, bur all with one ſoul and one conſent adhered ro him. Or, 2. To the ſame particular perſons,they were each of them lincerely Loyal to David, and did nor diſſembie with David, pretending to be for him,whilt in their hearts they favoured Saut's Family ; which poſ- ſibly ſome of thoſe who came to Hebron, did. Or this is particularly nored of this Tribe, becauſe they lay under ſome ſuſpicion in this matter ; as alſo ſome of the other "Tribes did ; and therefore the like teſtimony is given to all of them, +: 38.
14 And of Naphtali a thouſand captains, and with them, with ſhield and ſpear, thirty and ſeven thouſand,
35 And of the Danirtes, expert in war, twenty and eight thouſand and ſix hundred.
36 And of Aſher,luch as went forth to baits], {| ex- pert ig war, forty thouſand,
WH Ic:1iKt0>
hundred and rwenty thouſand.
heart ? to make David king. t To wit, after the death of Abner and IÞvoſterh.
for thern.
Ifachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali x, brought bread on aſſes, and on camels, and on mukes, and on oxen y, and || meat, meal, cakes of igs, and bunches of raifins and wine, and oil, and oxen, and ſheep abundantly :
for there was joy in Ifrael z.
«That lived not far from Hebron,the place where they now were; x This is added by way of amplification & explication,to ſhew thar he did not underſtand rhis of thoſe Ifraclites only who lived in the Neighbourhood of [H-brn,but of tholt that lived at ſome diſtance, yet were nearer to Hcbr-n, than ſome of rhe other Tribes here na« med.y Which,though not commenly uſed in this manner,ncr fit for ſuch purpoles, now they ſo ufed, becauſe the quantity of Proviſi- ons which they brought was very great,as the Numbers of the Pecos ple at Hebron were, and Horſes they had few in 1/rael, and moſt of their 4ſ's and Camels, and Mules here mentioned probably were uſed rocarry divers Men,or Women aad Children,to this great,and pub- lick,and happy Solemnity. z Partly becauſe their Civil Wars were wholly ended, and they were all united under one King: and partly becauſe they had now a King of Eminent VaJour and Piety, and Felicity, and therefore expeCted to be ſaved from all their Enemies and Calamuties, as the were.
CHAP. - AL
David fetchech the Ark from Kirjath-jearim, with great Solemmity,
j 8. Uzza being ſmitten, the Ark us left at the Houſe of Obed-
Edom, 9 I4. N D David conſulted with the captains of thou-
{ands, and hundreds, and with every leader 4. s Or, Governour, or Eldcr of the People. | 2AndDavid taid unto all the congregation of Iſrael b, If it ſeem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God c, F let us ſend abroad d unto our brethren every where, that are left e in all the land of Iſrael, and with them a!/o to the Prieſts and Levites, which are f in
{elves unto us.