19<\/strong>. in the country of Gilead<\/em> ] Geber had the oversight of that part of Gilead which lay south of the district assigned to Ben-Geber (1Ki 4:13<\/span>). This comprised all the kingdom of Sihon and part of the kingdom of Og (Deut. chh. 2. 3), and was a very extensive province, but on account of its rugged character was probably thinly populated. The extent of it may account for the notice which follows that Geber was the only<\/em> officer, though the country was so large.<\/p>\n The meaning of the last clause is somewhat doubtful. On the whole, our King James Version may well stand as nearly correct. The writer has assigned to Geber a wide stretch of territory; and, anticipating surprise, assures his readers (there was but) one officer who (purveyed) in this land.<\/P><\/p>\n In the country of Gilead, <\/B>i.e. in the remaining part of that land of Gilead, which was mentioned above, 1Ki 4:13<\/span>. <\/P> In the land, <\/B>or rather, in that land<\/I>; for the Hebrew points intimate that the emphatical article is there understood, to wit, in all Gilead, excepting the parcels mentioned before, in all the territories of Sihon and Og; which because they were of large extent, and yet all committed to this one man, it is here noted concerning him as his privilege above the rest, whose jurisdictions were of a narrower extent. <\/P> <\/p>\n Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead<\/strong>,…. Which was beyond Jordan, and inhabited by the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh; this must be understood of all the country, excepting what was under the jurisdiction of the son of Geber, 1Ki 4:13<\/span>; and which had been<\/p>\n the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan<\/strong>; until it was taken from them by Moses, Nu 21:25<\/span>;<\/p>\n and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land<\/strong>; which is not true of Geber; for there was another officer in the land of Gilead besides him, the son of Geber before observed, unless it should be rendered “in that land”, in that part of the land he had; but then the same might have been observed of all the rest of the officers: the words may be rendered best, “and there was one officer in the land”; which some understand of one officer over all the rest, Azariah the son of Nathan, 1Ki 4:5<\/span>; but it seems best what other Jewish writers say u, that this was another officer appointed for the intercalated month; when there were thirteen months in the year, there was an officer in the land fixed for that month to make provision out of the land; perhaps any where, where he pleased, being not limited to any certain place. These twelve providers for Solomon’s family were emblems of the twelve apostles of Christ, appointed to provide food for his family, the church; and if you add to them the Apostle Paul, it will make thirteen, as this officer did.<\/p>\n u T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 12. 1.<\/p>\n (19) The twelfth division was on the east of Jordan, south of the seventh, including the pastoral country of Reuben and part of Gad on the borders of Moab, probably occupied by the royal flocks and herds. In some MSS. of the Greek Version, 1Ki. 4:27-28<\/span> immediately follow 1Ki. 4:19<\/span>, and (as 1Ki. 4:20-21<\/span> are omitted) they form a link between 1Ki. 4:7-19<\/span> and 1Ki. 4:22-23<\/span>, in a very natural order.<\/p>\n 19<\/strong>. <\/strong> The country of Gilead <\/strong> The vast mountainous tract east of the Jordan, and south of Bashan. Here it is spoken of as including at least a part of Bashan. See on Deu 3:13<\/span>, and references. But the whole of Gilead was not under this Geber. His son and Ahinadab had their districts also in Gilead, (1Ki 4:13-14<\/span>\ud83d\ude09 but with that exception, the son of Uri was the only officer in all this vast tract of country, an evidence of the profound peace throughout Solomon’s dominions.<\/p>\n 1Ki 4:19<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And he was the only officer<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> Each officer presided over his land or province. <\/em>Houbigant. <\/p>\n 1Ki 4:19 Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead, [in] the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land.<\/p>\n Ver. 19. He was the only officer.<\/strong> ] Sitarchus unus,<\/em> the arch-prefect.<\/p>\n he = Geber. <\/p>\n officer. Not the same word as in 1Ki 4:7. <\/p>\n in the land = in the land [of Bashan]. <\/p>\n the country of Sihon: Num 21:21-35, Deu 2:26-37, Deu 3:1-17, Jos 13:9-12<\/p>\n 1Ki 4:19. In the country of Gilead That is, in the remaining part of that land of Gilead which was mentioned above. The only officer in the land Or rather, in that land; namely, in all Gilead, excepting the parcels mentioned before, the only one in all the territories of Sihon and Og. These were of large extent, and yet all committed to this one man, which is here noticed as a peculiar privilege which he had above the other officers, whose jurisdictions were of narrower extent.<\/p>\n Geber the son of Uri [was] in the country of Gilead, [in] the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and [he was] the only officer which [was] in the land. 19. in the country of Gilead ] Geber had the oversight of that part of Gilead which lay … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Kings 4:19”<\/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-8875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875","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=8875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
In place of the reading of the text, and he was <\/em>the only officer in the landwhich yields very little meaning, for in each of the divisions there was but one governorthe LXX. here reads, and Naseph (or an officer), one only in the land of Judah. The reading seems probable; for it will be noticed that in the enumeration the territory of Judah is otherwise altogether omitted. It supplies accordingly here the mention of a special governor, over and above the twelve, for the royal tribe. It has been thought that as Judah was the home province, it was under no other government than that of the kings officers at Jerusalem; but for purposes of revenue it seems hardly likely that it should have been excepted from the general system. Possibly Azariah, who was over the officers residing at the Court, may have been its territorial governor.<\/p>\nFuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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