Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 16:19
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
19. when ye were ] Psa 105:12 when they were.
strangers ] R.V. sojourners. The patriarchs were not simply strangers, but strangers who made a long sojourn in Canaan.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
1Ch 16:19-22
He suffered no man to do them wrong.
Evil-doing restrained
I. Here is the nearness and dearness of the saints unto God.
II. Here is the great dancer to kings and states to deal with His saints otherwise than well.
III. Here is the care and protection which God had over them, set and amplified.
1. By the number and condition of the persons whom He defended.
2. By what He did for them. (Thomas Goodwin.)
Touch not Mine anointed:–
Touch not Mine anointed
I. The person whose the speech is. He is the Lord our God (1Ch 16:14).
II. The persons to whom. In general to all; specially to some.
III. The persons concerning whom. His anointed.
1. The patriarchs, who were the rulers of their people. The name implies fatherhood and government. They were anointed before there was any material anointing at all.
2. The kings who were the successors of the patriarchs.
(1) The Holy Ghost applies this term to Saul, David, Solomon, Hezekiah, Josiah, Cyrus (1Sa 12:3-4; 2Sa 19:21; 2Ch 6:42; Lam 4:20; Isa 45:1).
(2) This is affirmed by
(a) The third general Council of Ephesus.
(b) The great Council of Toledo the Fourth.
(c) The great Western Council of Francford.
3. The fathers use the term in the same way.
4. After the patriarchs, this term is appropriate to kings, and kings only, all the Bible through. It is used–
(1) Four times by God, Mine anointed.
(2) Six times to God, Thine anointed.
(3) Ten times of God, His anointed.
(4) Twelve times it is Gods anointed.
In the text and in Psa 105:1-45. it is applied to the patriarchs; all the other instances refer either to Christ or to kings. (Bp. Andrewes.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
[See comments on 1Ch 16:7]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(19) The fourth strophe of Psalms 105 begins here.
When ye were but few.The psalm has when they [that is, your fathers] were but few; and so LXX. here.
Few.Literally, men of number = easily counted. (Comp. Gen. 34:30.)
Strangers in it.Sojourners, (Gen. 23:4).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
ye. In Psa 105:12 it is “they”. See notes on verses: 1Ch 16:13 and 1Ch 16:15 above.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
but few: Heb. but men of number
a few: Gen 34:30, Act 7:5, Heb 11:13
Reciprocal: Jer 35:6 – Ye shall
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:19 When ye were but {h} few, even a few, and strangers in it.
(h) Meaning, from the time that Abraham entered, to the time that Jacob went into Egypt for famine.