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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 27:25 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 27:25 |
King James |
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
over the king's treasures--Those treasures consisted of gold, silver, precious stones, cedar-wood, &c.; those which he had in Jerusalem as distinguished from others without the city.
the storehouses in the fields--Grain covered over with layers of straw is frequently preserved in the fields under little earthen mounds, like our potato pits. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
This section is important as showing that David, the younger son of a not very opulent family Sa1 16:11, Sa1 16:20, had now become a large landed proprietor, as well as a capitalist, possessed of much moveable wealth. We may perhaps see the sources of both these kinds of property, in the successful wars which he had waged Sa1 27:8-9; Sa1 30:20; Sa2 8:4, Sa2 8:7-8, Sa2 8:12; in the revenue derived from subject kings Sa1 8:2, Sa1 8:14; Sa1 10:19; and in the purchase and occupation of lands in different places. Further, he enjoyed, of course, the usual rights of a Jewish king over the landed property of his subjects, and was thus entitled to receive a tithe of the produce in tithes (Sa1 8:15, Sa1 8:17) and in "benevolences." Compare Sa1 10:27; Sa1 16:20, etc.
Ch1 27:25
The castles - Probably the watchtowers in the border districts, exposed to raids from the plundering tribes of the desert Ch2 26:10; Ch2 27:4.
Ch1 27:28
In the low plains - Rather, "in the Shephelah," the proper name of the low tract between the hill country of Judaea and the Mediterranean. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The managers of David's possessions and domains. - The property and the income of the king were (Ch1 27:25) divided into treasures of the king, and treasures in the country, in the cities, the villages, and the castles. By the "treasures of the king" we must therefore understand those which were in Jerusalem, i.e., the treasures of the royal palace. These were managed by Azmaveth. The remaining treasures are specified in Ch1 27:26. They consisted in fields which were cultivated by labourers (Ch1 27:26); in vineyards (Ch1 27:27); plantations of olive trees and sycamores in the Shephelah, the fruitful plain on the Mediterranean Sea (Ch1 27:28); in cattle, which pastured partly in the plain of Sharon between Caesarea Palestina and Joppa, partly in various valleys of the country (Ch1 27:29); and in camels, asses, and sheep (Ch1 27:30.). All these possessions are called רכוּשׁ, and the overseers of them הרכוּשׁ שׂרי. They consisted in the produce of agriculture and cattle-breeding, the two main branches of Israelitish industry. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Over the king's treasures - We see from these verses in what the personal property of David consisted: -
1. Treasures, gold, silver, etc.
2. Goods and grain in castles, cities villages, and in the fields.
3. Vineyards and their produce.
4. Olive-trees and their produce.
5. Neat cattle, in different districts.
6. Camels and asses: they had no horses.
7. Flocks, sheep, goats, etc. |
28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
4 Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers.
10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
27 But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.
17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
19 And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.
2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
8 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
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.
30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: