{"id":10696,"date":"2022-09-24T03:41:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T08:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1111\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T03:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T08:41:02","slug":"exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1111","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1111\/","title":{"rendered":"Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 11:11"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align='center'><b><i> And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time. <\/i><\/b><\/h3>\n<p> <strong> 11<\/strong>. <em> this<\/em> is <em> the number<\/em> ] More suitably in Samuel, &ldquo;These be the names.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em> Jashobeam<\/em> ] Called &ldquo;Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel&rdquo; in <span class='bible'>1Ch 27:2<\/span>. The name &ldquo;Jashobeam&rdquo; is however uncertain. In 2 Sam. (<span class='bible'>1Ch 23:8<\/span>, R.V.) it appears as &ldquo;Josheb-basshebeth,&rdquo; which is certainly wrong. LXX. (B) varies in reproducing the name, but it seems to have read &ldquo;Ish-bosheth&rdquo; in Samuel, and &ldquo;Ish-baal&rdquo; (Esh-baal) In both places of Chron. These readings are probably right. For the identity of the names &ldquo;Ish-bosheth,&rdquo; &ldquo;Esh-baal&rdquo; see <span class='bible'>1Ch 8:33<\/span>, note.<\/p>\n<p><em> a Hachmonite<\/em> ] R.V. <strong> the son of a Hachmonite<\/strong>; cp. <span class='bible'>1Ch 27:32<\/span>. In Samuel (wrongly) &ldquo;a Tahchemonite.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em> chief of the captains<\/em> ] So Heb. (K&rsquo;r), but the C&rsquo;thb (which the R.V. follows) reads, <em> chief of the thirty<\/em>. Neither A.V. nor R.V. gives satisfactory sense. In <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:8<\/span> the LXX. gives, <em> chief of the third part<\/em> [ <em> of the army<\/em> ], cp. <em> ib.<\/em> <span class='bible'>2Sa 18:2<\/span>; and this is perhaps right; the Heb. text of Sam. (if not faulty) probably bears the same sense.<\/p>\n<p><em> he lift up his spear<\/em> ] Lit. &ldquo;he aroused his spear&rdquo; (a poetic expression). <em> Lift<\/em> is an obsolete form of the past tense.<\/p>\n<p><em> against three hundred<\/em> ] Samuel &ldquo;against eight hundred&rdquo;; so Pesh. (good MSS.) of Chron. Some light is thrown on this exploit by <span class='bible'>1Sa 18:25-27<\/span>; the two hundred Philistines slain by David and his men were carefully counted and reckoned to the credit of David personally.<\/p>\n<p><em> slain<\/em> by him <em> at one time<\/em> ] R.V. <strong> and slew them at out time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P STYLE=\"text-indent: 0.75em\"><B>Chief of the captains &#8211; <\/B>Or, of the thirty, according to another and better reading (see <span class='_0000ff'><U>1Ch 11:15<\/U><\/span>, <span class='bible'>1Ch 11:25<\/span>; compare <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:8<\/span> note). Jashobeam was the commander of the first monthly course of 24,090 soldiers <span class='bible'>1Ch 27:2<\/span>. He is probably the warrior of the name who joined David at Ziklag <span class='bible'>1Ch 12:6<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Albert Barnes&#8217; Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> Verse <span class='bible'>11<\/span>. <I><B>The number of the mighty men<\/B><\/I>] See <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:8<\/span>, c., and the notes there. The Targum has a remarkable addition here.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> &#8220;These are the numbers of the strong men who were with David he was the potent chief of the army; he sat upon the throne of judgment, anointed with the holy oil, all the prophets and wise men standing about him. When he went to battle, he was assisted from on high; and when he sat down to teach the law, the true meaning arose up in his mind. He was elect and pleasant, of a beautiful mien and lovely countenance, exercised in wisdom, prudent in counsel, and strong in virtue; the prince of the assembly, of a melodious voice, master in hymns, and chief among the mighty. He was instructed in the use of martial weapons; he carried a spear, to which was appended the ensign of the host of Judah; he went forth according to the voice of the Holy Spirit, was victorious in battle, and overthrew with his spear <I>three<\/I> <I>hundred<\/I> men at one time.&#8221; &#8211; <I>T<\/I>.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> On this and some of the following verses there is a judicious note of Dr. <I>Kennicott<\/I>, which I shall take the liberty to introduce, referring to his <I>first Dissertation on the Hebrew text<\/I> for farther illustration and proof, p. 128-144.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> &#8220;Among the parallel places, a comparison of which may be of very considerable service, scarce any passages will appear more effectually to correct each other than the catalogue of David&#8217;s mighty men of valour, as it now stands in <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:8-39<\/span>, and in this chapter. About <I>thirty-four Hebrew words<\/I> have been lost out of this part of the passage in <I>Chronicles<\/I>, which are happily preserved in <I>Samuel<\/I>.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> &#8220;The chief point of proof is this, that the catalogue divides these <I>thirty-seven<\/I> warriors into the <I>captain-general<\/I>, a <I>first<\/I> <I>three<\/I>, a <I>second three<\/I>, and the remaining <I>thirty<\/I>; and yet that the <I>third<\/I> captain of the first ternary is now here omitted. The following juxtaposition will show the whole deficiency, and properly supply it. But let it be observed that <I>Jashobeam<\/I>, the <I>first<\/I> captain of the first ternary, had been already mentioned, and that the history is here speaking of the <I>second<\/I> captain, namely, <I>Eleazar<\/I>.<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:9<\/span>: And after him was Eleazar the son<\/P> <P> <span class='bible'>1Ch 11:12<\/span>: <I>And after him was Eleazar the son<\/I><\/P> <P> S. of Dodo, the Ahohite, one of the three mighty<\/P> <P> C. <I>of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties<\/I>.<\/P> <P STYLE=\"margin-left: 0.9em\"> <\/P> <P> S. men with David when they defied<\/P> <P> C. <span class='bible'>13<\/span>. <I>He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there<\/I><\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. the Philistines that were there gathered together to<\/P> <P> C. <I>the Philistines were gathered together to<\/I><\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.<\/P> <P> C. <I>battle<\/I>, *     *     *     *     *     *<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. <span class='bible'>10<\/span>. He arose and smote the Philistines until his<\/P> <P> C. *      *     *     *     *     *     *<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. hand was weary and his hand clave unto the<\/P> <P> C. *      *     *     *     *     *     *<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. sword; and the Lord wrought a great victory<\/P> <P> C. *      *     *     *     *     *     *<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. that day: and the people returned after him only<\/P> <P> C. *      *     *     *     *     *     *<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. to spoil. <span class='bible'>11<\/span>. And after him was SHAMMAH. the<\/P> <P> C. *      *     *     *     *     *     *<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. son of Agee, the Hararite: and the Philistines<\/P> <P> C. *      *     *     *     *     *     *<\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. were gathered together into a troop, where was<\/P> <P> C. *      *      *    *     *      <I>where was<\/I><\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people<\/P> <P> C. <I>a parcel of ground full of barley,  and the people<\/I><\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. fled from the Philistines. <span class='bible'>12<\/span>. But he<\/P> <P> C. <I>fled from before the Philistines<\/I>. <span class='bible'>14<\/span>. <I>And they set<\/I><\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. stood in the midst of the ground and defended<\/P> <P> C. <I>themselves, in the midst of that parcel, and delivered<\/I><\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord<\/P> <P> C. <I>it, and slew the Philistines: and the Lord<\/I><\/P> <P> <\/P> <P> S. wrought a great victory.<\/P> <P> C. <I>saved than by a great deliverance<\/I>. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Adam Clarke&#8217;s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P> <B>An Hachmonite; <\/B>called the <I>Tachmonite<\/I>, and <I>Adino the Eznite<\/I>, <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:8<\/span>. <\/P> <P><B>Slain by him, <\/B>to wit, by his own hand, five hundred more being slain by others then joining with him, who pursued the victory that he alone got, and in the pursuit slew five hundred, both which sums make up the eight hundred numbered <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:8<\/span>, the slaughter of all which is justly ascribed to him, because it was the effect of his valour. But concerning that and other differences about these persons or things, see my notes on <span class='bible'>2Sa 23<\/span>. <\/P> <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><P><B>11-13. Jashobeam, an Hachmonite<\/B>or,&#8221;son of Hachmoni.&#8221; He is called also son of Zabdiel (<span class='bible'>1Ch27:2<\/span>), so that, strictly speaking, he was the grandson ofHachmoni (compare <span class='bible'>1Ch 27:32<\/span>). <\/P><P>       <B>lifted up his spear againstthree hundred slain by him at one time<\/B>The feat is said (<span class='bible'>2Sa23:8<\/span>) to have been a slaughter of eight hundred in one day. Someendeavor to reconcile the statements in that passage and in this bysupposing that he slew eight hundred on one occasion and threehundred on another; while others conjecture that he attacked a bodyof eight hundred, and, having slain three hundred of them, the restfled [LIGHTFOOT].<\/P><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown&#8217;s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span class='bible'>[See comments on 1Ch 11:1]<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Gill&#8217;s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>(11) <strong>And this is the number of the mighty men.<\/strong>The heading of the catalogue in Samuel is merely, These are the names of the warriors whom David had. The chronicler resumes, after the parenthetic explanation of the last verse, with These, the number of the warriors. The word number (<em>mispar<\/em>) seems to refer to the fact that the corps was originally known as the Thirty (comp. <span class='bible'>1Ch. 11:12<\/span>). In <span class='bible'>1Ch. 12:23<\/span>, the plural (<em>misp<\/em><em>e<\/em><em>r<\/em>) is used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jashobeam, an Hachmonite.<\/strong>Literally, <em>Jasho-beam, son of a Hakmonite;<\/em> but <em>ben<\/em> may be spurious, as in <span class='bible'>1Ch. 9:7<\/span>, and <span class='bible'>Neh. 11:10<\/span>. The Hebrew of <span class='bible'>2Sa. 23:8<\/span> has <em>yoshebbashshebeth Tahk<\/em><em>e<\/em><em>moni,<\/em> which has been supposed to be a corruption of <em>Ishbosheth ha-hahmoni<\/em> (Ishbosheth the Hachmonite). If this guess be right, the Jashobeam of our text may be a disguise of Eshbaal. This seems to be borne out by the readings of the Vatican LXX<strong>.<\/strong> here and at <span class='bible'>1Ch. 27:2<\/span> :  and <em>.<\/em> The Alex. MS., however, reads  and <em>,<\/em> that is, Jashobeam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The chief of the captains.<\/strong>The Hebrew text has head of the Thirty, and so the LXX. and Syriac. Captains (knights, or members of the royal staff.) is the reading of Samuel and the Hebrew margin here. The corps of the Thirty may also have been called the Knights; but the two Hebrew words might easily be confused (<em>sh<\/em><em>e<\/em><em>lshm, shalshm<\/em>)<em>.<\/em> It is possible that the original reading was head of the Three (<em>sh<\/em><em>e<\/em><em>lshah<\/em>)<em>,<\/em> as <span class='bible'>1Ch. 11:11-14<\/span> describe an exploit of three champions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He lifted up his spear.<\/strong>Literally, <em>he it was who brandished his lance over three hundred slain in a single encounter.<\/em> Samuel says eight hundred, but. the text there is otherwise very faulty. Yet as <span class='bible'>1Ch. 11:20<\/span> records that the lesser hero, Abishai, slew three hundred, the greater number may be correct here. (Comp. the like exploit of Shamgar (<span class='bible'>Jdg. 3:31<\/span>), and the feats ascribed to Rameses II. and to the heroes of the Iliad.) A well-armed champion might cut down whole companies of ordinary fighting-men.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Ellicott&#8217;s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p> 1Ch 11:11 And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.<\/p>\n<p> Ver. 11. <strong> Jashobeam, a Hachmonite.<\/strong> ] See on <span class='bible'>2Sa 23:8<\/span> , where he is called Adino the Eznite; for he had two names. <\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/p>\n<p> Against three hundred.<\/strong> ] At one time, and eight hundred at another. 2Sa 23:8 <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: John Trapp&#8217;s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Jashobeam. See note on &#8220;Tachmonite&#8221; (2Sa 23:8). <\/p>\n<p>captains, or thirty. <\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>Jashobeam: 1Ch 27:2, 2Sa 23:8, The Tachmonite, Adino, the Eznite. <\/p>\n<p>an Hachmonite: or, son of Hachmoni <\/p>\n<p>Reciprocal: Lev 26:8 &#8211; General 1Ch 27:32 &#8211; son of Hachmoni<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>1Ch 11:11. Jashobeam a Hachmonite  Called the Tachmonite, and Adino the Eznite, 2Sa 23:8. He lifted up his spear against three hundred slain, &amp;c.  By his own hand, five hundred more being slain by others then joining with him, who pursued the victory, both which sums make up the eight hundred, numbered 2Sa 23:8. The slaughter of all is justly ascribed to him, because it was the effect of his valour.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<p>11:11 And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the {b} chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time.<\/p>\n<p>(b) Meaning, the most excellent and best esteemed for his valiantry: some read, the chief of the princes.<\/p>\n<h4 align='right'><i><b>Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at one time. 11. this is the number ] More suitably in Samuel, &ldquo;These be the names.&rdquo; Jashobeam ] Called &ldquo;Jashobeam the son of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/exegetical-and-hermeneutical-commentary-of-1-chronicles-1111\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 11:11&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}