Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
These are
1 Samuel 27:2,6 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that …
2 Samuel 1:1 Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned …
2 Samuel 4:10 When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have …
while he yet, etc. {heb] being yet shut up Sometimes, in the East, when a successful prince endeavoured to extirpate the preceding royal family, some of them escaped the slaughter, and secured themselves in an impregnable fortress, or in a place of great secrecy; while others have been known to seek an asylum in a foreign county, from when they have occasioned, from time to time, great anxiety and great difficulties to the usurper of the crown. The expression {shut up}, so often applied to the extermination of eastern royal families.
Deuteronomy 32:32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: …
1 Kings 14:10 Therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and …
1 Kings 21:21 Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will take away your posterity, …
2 Kings 9:8 For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from …
2 Kings 14:26 For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: …
strictly speaking, refers to the two first of these cases; but the term may be used in a more extensive sense, for those who, by retiring into deserts, or foreign countries, preserve themselves from being slain by the men who usurp the dominions of their ancestors. Thus the term is here applied to David, though he did not shut himself up, strictly speaking, in Ziklag. It is described as a town in the country, and was probably an unwalled town; and it is certain that he did not confine himself to it, but, on the contrary, was continually making excursions from thence.
Saul
1 Chronicles 8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, …
1 Chronicles 9:39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, …
the mighty
1 Chronicles 11:10,19,24,25 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened …
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
into the hold
1 Chronicles 12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold to David.
1 Chronicles 11:16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was …
1 Samuel 23:14,29 And David stayed in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained …
1 Samuel 24:22 And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men …
of war [heb] of the host
handle
2 Chronicles 25:5 Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains …
Jeremiah 46:9 Come up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men …
whose faces
1 Chronicles 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, …
2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in …
2 Samuel 17:10 And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, …
2 Samuel 23:20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, …
Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
as swift as the roes upon the mountains [heb] as the roes upon the mountains to make haste.
2 Samuel 2:18 And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and …
Proverbs 6:5 Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird …
Songs 8:14 Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart …
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
to meet them [heb] before them
If ye be come
1 Samuel 16:4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. …
2 Samuel 3:20-25 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David …
1 Kings 2:13 And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. …
2 Kings 9:22 And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, …
Psalm 12:1,2 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from …
heart
1 Samuel 18:1,3 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, …
2 Kings 10:15 And when he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of …
Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart …
2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of …
Philippians 1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: …
knit [heb] one
Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me …
Acts 4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul…
1 Corinthians 1:10 Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, …
wrong. or, violence
God
Genesis 31:42,53 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of …
1 Samuel 24:11-17 Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: …
1 Samuel 26:23,24 The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; …
Psalm 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage …
1 Peter 2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he …
rebuke it
Zechariah 3:2 And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; even the …
Jude 1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed …
Then 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 unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
the spirit
Judges 6:34 But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; …
Judges 13:25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp …
Isaiah 59:17 For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation …
came upon Amasai [heb] clothed Amasai
1 Chronicles 2:17 And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
2 Samuel 17:25 And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which …
2 Samuel 19:13 And say you to Amasa, Are you not of my bone, and of my flesh? God …
2 Samuel 20:4 Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within …
Amasa
Thine are we
2 Kings 10:5 And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the …
and on they side
Ruth 1:16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following …
2 Samuel 15:21 And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD lives, and as …
2 Kings 9:32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? …
Matthew 12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with …
peace
Galatians 6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and …
Ephesians 6:23,24 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father …
thy God
1 Samuel 25:28,29 I pray you, forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for the LORD will …
2 Samuel 5:2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led …
Zechariah 8:23 Thus said the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, …
John 6:67,68 Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will you also go away…
captains of the band
1 Samuel 8:12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over …
1 Samuel 22:7 Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites…
1 Kings 9:22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no slaves: but they …
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
against the band. or, with a band
1 Samuel 30:1-17 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on …
mighty men
1 Chronicles 12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, …
1 Chronicles 5:24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, …
1 Chronicles 11:10,21,22 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened …
For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
day by day
2 Samuel 2:2-4 So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, …
2 Samuel 3:1 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of …
Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands …
like the host of God That is, says the Targumist, a very numerous army, like the army of the angel of God
Genesis 32:2 And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called …
Joshua 5:14 And he said, No; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now …
Psalm 148:2 Praise you him, all his angels: praise you him, all his hosts.
And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
A.M.
1 Chronicles 11:1-3 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, …
2 Samuel 2:3,4 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with …
2 Samuel 5:1-3 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, …
bands. or, captains, or men {heb] heads
came to David Some learned men understand this as relating to the time when David was make king over Judah, on his first coming to Hebron: but it seems wholly to refer to his being made king over all Israel, after the death of Ishbosheth; for there was no such union or assembly of the several tribes on the former occasion, as is here described.
to turn
1 Chronicles 10:14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the …
according
1 Chronicles 11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened …
1 Samuel 16:1,3,12,13 And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing …
2 Samuel 3:18 Now then do it: for the LORD has spoken of David, saying…
Psalm 2:6 Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalm 89:19,20 Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid …
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.
And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
understanding of the times That is, as the following words indicate, intelligent men, who understood the signs of the times, well versed in political affairs, and knew what was proper to be done in all the exigencies of human life; and who now perceived that it was both the duty and political interest of Israel to advance David to the throne.
Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a strong donkey couching down between two burdens:
Esther 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by …
Isaiah 22:12-14 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to …
Isaiah 33:6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and …
Micah 6:9 The LORD's voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see …
Matthew 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is …
Luke 12:56,57 You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; …
to know
Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly …
Ephesians 5:17 Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
all their
Proverbs 24:5 A wise man is strong; yes, a man of knowledge increases strength.
Ecclesiastes 7:19 Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.
Ecclesiastes 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good.
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
And 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.
All these men of war, that could keep rank, 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.
with a perfect heart. The meaning of this expression may be inferred from that of {a double heart} in verse
1 Chronicles 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all …
1 Kings 8:61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk …
1 Kings 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned …
2 Kings 20:3 I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you …
Psalm 101:2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come …
all the rest
1 Chronicles 12:17,18 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If …
Genesis 49:8-10 Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall …
2 Chronicles 30:12 Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the …
Psalm 110:3 Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties …
Ezekiel 11:19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within …
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
brought The Septuagint reads () `brought to them' which is probably correct; the Hebrew {lahem} `to them' might be easily mistaken for {lechem} bread. The passage will then read, `bought them on asses, on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, meat, meal, cakes of figs,' etc., which renders the introduction of {and} unnecessary. From the mention of oil, figs, and raisins, mr. Harmer thinks that this assembly was held in autumn.
2 Samuel 16:1 And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba …
2 Samuel 17:27-29 And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi …
meat, meal, or victual of meal
cakes of figs
1 Samuel 25:18 Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles …
there was joy
1 Kings 1:40 And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, …
2 Kings 11:20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: …
Proverbs 11:10 When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when …
Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when …
Jeremiah 23:5,6 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David …
Luke 19:37,38 And when he was come near, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives…
Revelation 19:5-7 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you …
