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1 Chronicles Chapter 11
David Anointed King
- 1Chronicles 11:1
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,
saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
- 2 And moreover in
time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest
out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto
thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler
over my people Israel.
- 3 Therefore came all
the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a
covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed
David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by
Samuel.
This is recorded also in 2 Samuel
chapter 5 where the people recognized from the word of Samuel the
prophet that God chose David to be king in place of Saul. He was
actually anointed king by Samuel years before after God rejected
Saul for his disobedience. It was quite a story. It was in 1 Samuel
chapter 16 where God sent Samuel to Jesse to choose a future king
from among his sons.
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1Samuel 16:7 But the
LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the
height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD
seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
Samuel surely thought the Lord would
pick Eliab one of the older sons of Jesse but God rejected all seven
and Samuel had to inquire whether there was another one around.
- 1Samuel 16:11 And
Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said,
There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the
sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we
will not sit down till he come hither.
- 12 And he sent, and
brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful
countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise,
anoint him: for this is he.
- 13 Then Samuel took
the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren:
and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day
forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
David loved the Lord, kept the sheep and
worshipped God continually.
David Takes Jerusalem
- 1Chronicles 11:4 And
David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where
the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
- 5 And the
inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither.
Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of
David.
The Jebusites occupied Jerusalem and
told David he wouldn't be able to come there and wouldn't be able to
defeat even the lame and the blind. I guess they were sort of making
fun of David. More about this is in 2 Samuel 5:6.
This is how Joab became the captain of
David's army.
- 1Chronicles 11:7 And
David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of
David.
- 8 And he built the
city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired
the rest of the city.
- 9 So David waxed
greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
So the captial was moved from Hebron to
Jerusalem and called the city of David.
David's Mighty Men
- 1Chronicles 11:10
These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who
strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all
Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD
concerning Israel.
- 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.
David gives God the glory for his
defeating those that opposed his ruling as king. Slaying 300 at one
time shows a strong and mighty person in Jashobeam. He was a
descendant of Hachmoni.
- 1Chronicles 11:12
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mighties.
- 13 He was with David
at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together
to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the
people fled from before the Philistines.
- 14 And they set
themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and
slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great
deliverance.
The Ahohites were from Bela the son of
Benjamin. Eleazar helped defeat the Philistines but is was by the
help of God. 2 Samuel 23 tells more about this event.
Rephaim was one of the tribes of the
giants also called the nephiliym. 2 Samuel 5 and 23 mentions the
Rephaim. Also mentioned in Isaiah 17.
After Saul's death and defeat by the
Philistines, the Philistines set up a garrison at Bethlehem. David
and his men defeated them.
- 1Chronicles 11:17
And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of
the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
- 18 And the three
brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of
the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and
brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured
it out to the LORD,
- 19 And said, My God
forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the
blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for
with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he
would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
This is a touching heart rending story
but sounds just like David. Sometimes he was quick to make comments
like many of us do but when he stops to think about it later, he
realizes what he said and how many lives could have been lost by
expressing his own desires loud enough for them to hear. It is
interesting too that David previously knew about the well water at
Bethlehem.
- 1Chronicles 11:20
And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for
lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and
had a name among the three.
- 21 Of the three, he
was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not to the first three.
Abishai was a mighty warrior. He was
the brother of Joab and Asahel. He was the one that wanted to kill
Saul in the cave in 2 Samuel 26 but David refused because he
recognized Saul as the Lord's anointed. Joab and Abishai later
killed Abner who was Saul's captain, because Abner killed their
brother Asahel. 2 Samuel chapters 2 and 3 tells of these events.
- 1Chronicles 11:22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of
Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy
day.
- 23 And he slew an
Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the
Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went
down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the
Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
- 24 These things did
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three
mighties.
- 25 Behold, he was
honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first
three: and David set him over his guard.
The Egyptian was over 7 feet tall and
even held a spear. Benaiah even slew a couple of men that had the
strength of lions.
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1Chronicles 11:26 Also the
valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
Abner killed Asahel when Asahel
pursured after him and refused to stop when Abner tried to get him
to stop pursuing him. So it seemed to be self defense but later Joab
and Abishai killed Abner which grieved David. 2 Samuel chapter 3
tells of the death of Abner and David's grief over it.
- 1 Chronicles 11:27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
- 28 Ira the son of
Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
- 29 Sibbecai the
Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
- 30 Maharai the
Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
- 31 Ithai the son of
Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite,
- 32 Hurai of the
brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
- 33 Azmaveth the
Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
- 34 The sons of
Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
- 35 Ahiam the son of
Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
- 36 Hepher the
Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
- 37 Hezro the
Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
- 38 Joel the brother
of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
- 39 Zelek the
Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the
son of Zeruiah,
Here we see an armour bearer was named
as part of the mighty men. I notice that in the bible they didn't
have last names like we do today so they described people by whose
son or daughter they were. Sometimes people existed with the same
name so naming a father helped them to know the difference. It would
be interesting to research when and where the beginng of have first,
middle and last names started in history.
- 1Chronicles 11:40
Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
- 41 Uriah the
Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
I never noticed before that Uriah was
among the mighty warriors. He was the wife of Bathsheba the woman
that David married after Uriah was killed in battle. David had Joab
set him at the front of the battle to make sure he would die to
cover up the sin of adultery with Bathsheba when he found out she
was pregnant. Although David repented and mourned over this sin and
God forgave him of it, it started a real mess among his kids later.
We do reap what we sow. David's child by Bathsheba died because of
this sin after Nathan the propet pointed out his sin.
When we read the New Testament the sins
of David is not mentioned because when God calls someone, forgives
someone, salvation comes, it is done. The consequences may cause
trouble in this world but when repentance is genuine, God makes us
new creatures. We who believe will see David one day. He was one
king who always loved God and never once worshipped idols or fell
away from the worship of God.
- 1Chronicles 11:42
Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the
Reubenites, and thirty with him,
- 43 Hanan the son of
Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
- 44 Uzzia the
Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
- 45 Jediael the son
of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
- 46 Eliel the
Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and
Ithmah the Moabite,
- 47 Eliel, and Obed,
and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
1 Chronicles
Chapter 12
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