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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 18:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 18:1 |
Strong Concordance |
And David [01732] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were with him, and set [07760] captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and captains [08269] of hundreds [03967] over them. |
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King James |
And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
DAVID REVIEWING THE ARMIES. (Sa2 18:1-4)
David numbered the people that were with him--The hardy mountaineers of Gilead came in great numbers at the call of their chieftains, so that, although without money to pay any troops, David soon found himself at the head of a considerable army. A pitched battle was now inevitable. But so much depending on the life of the king, he was not allowed to take the field in person; and he therefore divided his forces into three detachments under Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, the commander of the foreign guards. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Preparation for war. - Sa2 18:1-2. David mustered the people that were with him, and placed over them captains of thousands and hundreds, and divided them into three companies, under the generals Joab, Abishai, and Ittai the Gathite, who had given such decided proofs, according to Sa2 15:21-22, of his fidelity to David. בּיד שׁלּח, to leave to the hand of a person, i.e., to his power, is used here in the sense of placing under his direction. The people opposed in the most decided manner the wish of the king to go with them to the war, saying (Sa2 18:3), "Thou shalt not go out: for if we flee, they will take no heed of us (i.e., attach no importance to this); and if half of us die, they will take no heed of us: for thou art as ten thousand of us (we must evidently read אתּה for עתּה, and עתּה has merely got into the text in consequence of ועתּה following): and now it is good that thou be ready to give us help from the city" (the Chethib לעזיר, inf. Hiphil for להעזיר, is not to be disputed). David was to stay behind in the city with a reserve, that he might be able to come to their relief in case of need. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| And set captains of thousands - By this time David's small company was greatly recruited; but what its number was we cannot tell. Josephus says it amounted to four thousand men. Others have supposed that they amounted to ten thousand; for thus they understand a clause in Sa2 18:3, which they think should be read, We are now ten thousand strong. |
1 And David [01732] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were with him, and set [07760] captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and captains [08269] of hundreds [03967] over them.
2 And David [01732] sent forth [07971] a third part [07992] of the people [05971] under the hand [03027] of Joab [03097], and a third part [07992] under the hand [03027] of Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], Joab's [03097] brother [0251], and a third part [07992] under the hand [03027] of Ittai [0863] the Gittite [01663]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the people [05971], I will surely [03318] go forth [03318] with you myself [0589] also.
3 But the people [05971] answered [0559], Thou shalt not go forth [03318]: for if we flee [05127] away [05127], they will not care [07760] [03820] for us; neither if half [02677] of us die [04191], will they care [07760] [03820] for us: but now thou art worth [03644] ten [06235] thousand [0505] of us: therefore now it is better [02896] that thou succour [05826] [05826] us out of the city [05892].
4 And the king [04428] said [0559] unto them, What seemeth [05869] you best [03190] I will do [06213]. And the king [04428] stood [05975] by the gate [08179] side [03027], and all the people [05971] came out [03318] by hundreds [03967] and by thousands [0505].
3 But the people [05971] answered [0559], Thou shalt not go forth [03318]: for if we flee [05127] away [05127], they will not care [07760] [03820] for us; neither if half [02677] of us die [04191], will they care [07760] [03820] for us: but now thou art worth [03644] ten [06235] thousand [0505] of us: therefore now it is better [02896] that thou succour [05826] [05826] us out of the city [05892].
21 And Ittai [0863] answered [06030] the king [04428], and said [0559], As the LORD [03068] liveth [02416], and as my lord [0113] the king [04428] liveth [02416], surely in what place [04725] my lord [0113] the king [04428] shall be, whether in death [04194] or life [02416], even there also will thy servant [05650] be.
22 And David [01732] said [0559] to Ittai [0863], Go [03212] and pass over [05674]. And Ittai [0863] the Gittite [01663] passed over [05674], and all his men [0582], and all the little ones [02945] that were with him.
1 And David [01732] numbered [06485] the people [05971] that were with him, and set [07760] captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and captains [08269] of hundreds [03967] over them.
2 And David [01732] sent forth [07971] a third part [07992] of the people [05971] under the hand [03027] of Joab [03097], and a third part [07992] under the hand [03027] of Abishai [052] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870], Joab's [03097] brother [0251], and a third part [07992] under the hand [03027] of Ittai [0863] the Gittite [01663]. And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the people [05971], I will surely [03318] go forth [03318] with you myself [0589] also.
3 But the people [05971] answered [0559], Thou shalt not go forth [03318]: for if we flee [05127] away [05127], they will not care [07760] [03820] for us; neither if half [02677] of us die [04191], will they care [07760] [03820] for us: but now thou art worth [03644] ten [06235] thousand [0505] of us: therefore now it is better [02896] that thou succour [05826] [05826] us out of the city [05892].