Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 27:28
And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that [were] in the low plains [was] Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil [was] Joash:
28. sycomore ] The fig-mulberry, a tree having leaves like mulberry-leaves, and bearing a fruit resembling figs. Cp. 2Ch 1:15; Amo 7:14.
in the low plains ] R.V. in the lowland. Heb. Shephelah. See note on 2Ch 1:15 (“vale”).
Gederite ] i.e. inhabitant of “Geder” (Jos 12:13), perhaps another form of “Gederah” ( ib. Jos 15:36). A place in the south of Judah is intended in any case.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 28. 1Ch 27:25.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
28. olive trees and the sycamoretrees . . . in the low plainsthat is, the Shephela, the rich,low-lying ground between the Mediterranean and the mountains ofJudah.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 1Ch 27:25].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
As to the , see on Jos 15:33. , he who was born in Geder, not Gedera, for which we should expect (1Ch 12:4), although the situation of Gedera, south-east from Jabne (see on Jos 12:4), appears to suit better than that of or in the hill country of Judah; see Jos 12:13 and Jos 15:58.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(28) Olive trees.The same word (zthm) is rendered olive yards in Jos. 24:13; 1Sa. 8:14, and elsewhere in the Authorised version.
The sycamore trees that were in the low plains.The sycomores that were in the Shephelah or lowland of Judah, between the hills and the sea (Jos. 15:33). The Ficus sycomorus, or fig-mulberry, a beautiful evergreen tree, indigenous to Egypt, was once abundant in Palestine, as appears from 1Ki. 10:27; 2Ch. 1:15. Its small sweet figs were much eaten by the poor. (Comp. Amo. 7:14.)
Baal-hanan (The Lord bestowed ).An older form of Jehohanan. (Comp. the Phnician Hannibal.)
The Gederite.Of Geder, or Gedor, a town in the hill-country of Judah (Jos. 12:13; Jos. 15:58).
Over the cellars of oil.Heb., treasures, or stores of oil. The oil was that of the olives. (Comp. Jdg. 9:9.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
And over: 1Ki 4:7
the sycamore trees: The Hebrew shikmin, Syriac shekmo, and Arabic jummeez, is the , or sycomore, of the Greeks, so called from , a fig-tree, and a mulberry- tree, because it resembles the latter in its leaves, and the former in its fruits. “The sycamore,” says Mr. Norden, “is of the height of a beech, and bears its fruit in a manner quite different from other trees: it has them on the trunk itself, which shoots out little sprigs, in form of grape stalks, at the end of which grow the fruit close to one another, almost like a cluster of grapes. The tree is always green, and bears fruit several times in the year, without observing any certain seasons; for I have seen some sycamores that have given fruit two months after others. The fruit has the figure and smell of real figs, but is inferior to them in the taste, having a disgusting sweetness. Its colour is a yellow, inclining to an ochre, shadowed by a flesh colour. In the inside it resembles the common figs, excepting that it has a blackish colouring with yellow spots. This sort of tree is pretty common in Egypt; the people, for the greater part, live on its fruit, and think themselves well regaled when they have a piece of bread, a couple of sycamore figs, and a pitcher of water.” 1Ki 20:27
Reciprocal: 2Ch 9:27 – the sycamore Psa 78:47 – sycamore Luk 19:4 – a sycamore