Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 18:14
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
14 17 (= 2Sa 8:15-18; cp. ib. 2Sa 20:23-26). David’s Officials
14. among all his people ] R.V. unto all his people. David was his own chief justice, but probably the work was too much for one man; cp. 2Sa 15:2-4 with Kirkpatrick’s note.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
1Ch 18:14
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed Judgment and Justice.
I. The victories of peace are nobler and more enduring than those of war. We are very familiar with David the warrior. His early triumph over Goliath put his name into the mouth and songs of Israel. It had been a little thing if he had only vanquished the enemies of Israel. When this was done his truest, noblest works began. He encouraged the people to careful cultivation of their fields by carefully cultivating his own. He would have nothing lost. The waste land must be reclaimed. His stewards must give exact account of their stewardship. Commerce, with its increase of comforts, is quickened. Architecture is improved; huts give way to houses. Arrangements are made for due and prompt administration of justice in all parts of the country. The health and education of the people the king remembers and provides for. These were right royal undertakings, and became David better than his crown. Wars fill a large and loud place in history. The works of peace are silent, unobtrusive. Picturesque pens may describe a battle in which thousands perish, but how little can they describe the battle waged by sanitary officers and medical men against disease and its causes by which thousands, ten thousands, are saved!
II. The blessing of a wise administrator to a nation. David was a true ruler of men. Not only by possession of a personal charm which attached trusty friends to him, but also by devising those measures which were for the wider well-being of the people. He had eminently the faculty of government like many other great men of his nation–Joseph, Moses, Joshua, Hezekiah, Daniel. When rulers are wise, and, like David, know what they ought to do, this, too, is one of Gods gifts to men.
III. The importance of psalmody in Divine worship. Psalmody, as an institution, owes its origin to David. In chap. 25. we can see with what care it was instituted.
IV. The beauty of friendship is seen in davids treatment of mephibosheth.
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
See Gill “1Ch 18:1”.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) Executed.Was doing; a permanent state of things.
Judgment and justice.Right and justice. The former is the quality, the latter the conduct which embodies it.
Among.For, or unto.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
(14-17) Davids internal administration and high officers of state.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 18:14-17
1Ch 18:14-17
A LIST OF DAVID’S ADMINISTRATORS
“And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness unto all his people. And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests; and Shavsha was scribe; and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.”
These verses are parallel with 2Sa 8:15-18. Special attention is devoted there to the apparent conflict of 1Ch 18:17 here with 2Sa 8:18. It is resolved in the fact that there was an early meaning of the word incorrectly translated “priest,” in 2Samuel, which was sometimes used for administrator, which is the office meant in both references.
E.M. Zerr:
1Ch 18:14. All Israel is significant because at first he reigned only over one tribe. Judgment and justice means his decisions were wise and fair to all.
1Ch 18:15-17. See the remarks at 2Sa 8:16-18 on the cabinet of David.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
David: 1Ch 12:38
executed: 2Sa 8:15, Psa 78:71, Psa 78:72, Psa 89:14, Isa 9:7, Isa 32:1, Isa 32:2, Jer 22:15, Jer 23:5, Jer 23:6, Jer 33:15
Reciprocal: 1Ch 29:26 – over all Israel Act 13:36 – served Rom 13:6 – attending
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 18:14. So David reigned, and executed judgment and justice among the people And therefore answered the end of his elevation; and served the purposes of the kingdom of providence, and of that God who sits in the throne judging right. Thus also he became an eminent type of the Messiah, the sceptre of whose kingdom is a right sceptre.