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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 27:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 27:23 |
Strong Concordance |
But David [01732] took [05375] not the number [04557] of them from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and under [04295]: because the LORD [03068] had said [0559] he would increase [07235] Israel [03478] like to the stars [03556] of the heavens [08064]. |
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King James |
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. |
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] |
| But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under--The census which David ordered did not extend to all the Israelites; for to contemplate such an enumeration would have been to attempt an impossibility (Gen 28:14), and besides would have been a daring offense to God. The limitation to a certain age was what had probably quieted David's conscience as to the lawfulness of the measure, while its expediency was strongly pressed upon his mind by the army arrangements he had in view. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| David's numbering of the people was therefore a military arrangement in order to fix the amount of his standing army. To the general Oriental prejudice against numbering possessions, etc., there was added in the case of the Jews a special objection - a feeling that it would be irreverent to attempt to count what God had promised should be countless. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| Ch1 27:23 and Ch1 27:24 contain a concluding remark on the catalogue of the twelve detachments into which the men capable of bearing arms in Israel were divided, contained in Ch1 27:2-15. David had not taken their number from the men of twenty years and under, i.e., he had only caused those to be numbered who were over twenty years old. The word מספּרם points back to למספּרם, Ch1 27:1. מספּר נשׂא as in Num 3:40 = ראשׁ נשׂא, Exo 30:12; Num 1:49, to take up the sum or total. The reason of this is given in the clause, "for Jahve had said (promised) to increase Israel like to the stars of heaven" (Gen 22:17), which cannot mean: For it was impossible for David to number all, because they were as numerous as the stars of heaven, which of course cannot be numbered (Berth.). The thought is rather that David never intended to number the whole people from the youngest to the eldest, for he did not desire in fidem divinarum promissionum inquirere aut eam labefactare (J. H. Mich.); and he accordingly caused only the men capable of bearing arms to be numbered, in order to organize the military constitution of the kingdom in the manner recorded in Ch1 27:2-15. But even this numbering which Joab had begun was not completed, because wrath came on Israel because of it, as is narrated in 1 Chron 21. For this reason also the number, i.e., the result of the numbering begun by Joab, but not completed, is not included in the number of the chronicle of King David, i.e., in the official number which was usually inserted in the public annals. בּמספּר neither stands for בּספר (according to Ch2 20:34), nor does it denote, "in the section which treats of the numberings" (Berth.). היּמים דּברי is a shorter expression for h' דּברי ספר, book of the events of the day. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Because - And therefore to number them all both above and under twenty years old, had been both an infinite trouble and a tempting of God, or a questioning the truth of his promises. |
14 And thy seed [02233] shall be as the dust [06083] of the earth [0776], and thou shalt spread abroad [06555] to the west [03220], and to the east [06924], and to the north [06828], and to the south [05045]: and in thee and in thy seed [02233] shall all the families [04940] of the earth [0127] be blessed [01288].
34 Now the rest [03499] of the acts [01697] of Jehoshaphat [03092], first [07223] and last [0314], behold, they are written [03789] in the book [01697] of Jehu [03058] the son [01121] of Hanani [02607], who is mentioned [05927] in the book [05612] of the kings [04428] of Israel [03478].
2 Over the first [07223] course [04256] for the first [07223] month [02320] was Jashobeam [03434] the son [01121] of Zabdiel [02068]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
3 Of the children [01121] of Perez [06557] was the chief [07218] of all the captains [08269] of the host [06635] for the first [07223] month [02320].
4 And over the course [04256] of the second [08145] month [02320] was Dodai [01737] an Ahohite [0266], and of his course [04256] was Mikloth [04732] also the ruler [05057]: in his course [04256] likewise were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
5 The third [07992] captain [08269] of the host [06635] for the third [07992] month [02320] was Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], a chief [07218] priest [03548]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
6 This is that Benaiah [01141], who was mighty [01368] among the thirty [07970], and above the thirty [07970]: and in his course [04256] was Ammizabad [05990] his son [01121].
7 The fourth [07243] captain for the fourth [07243] month [02320] was Asahel [06214] the brother [0251] of Joab [03097], and Zebadiah [02069] his son [01121] after [0310] him: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
8 The fifth [02549] captain [08269] for the fifth [02549] month [02320] was Shamhuth [08049] the Izrahite [03155]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
9 The sixth [08345] captain for the sixth [08345] month [02320] was Ira [05896] the son [01121] of Ikkesh [06142] the Tekoite [08621]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
10 The seventh [07637] captain for the seventh [07637] month [02320] was Helez [02503] the Pelonite [06397], of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
11 The eighth [08066] captain for the eighth [08066] month [02320] was Sibbecai [05444] the Hushathite [02843], of the Zarhites [02227]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
12 The ninth [08671] captain for the ninth [08671] month [02320] was Abiezer [044] the Anetothite [06069], of the Benjamites [01145]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
13 The tenth [06224] captain for the tenth [06224] month [02320] was Maharai [04121] the Netophathite [05200], of the Zarhites [02227]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
14 The eleventh [06249] [06240] captain for the eleventh [06249] [06240] month [02320] was Benaiah [01141] the Pirathonite [06553], of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
15 The twelfth [08147] [06240] captain for the twelfth [08147] [06240] month [02320] was Heldai [02469] the Netophathite [05200], of Othniel [06274]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
17 That in blessing [01288] I will bless [01288] thee, and in multiplying [07235] I will multiply [07235] thy seed [02233] as the stars [03556] of the heaven [08064], and as the sand [02344] which is upon the sea [03220] shore [08193]; and thy seed [02233] shall possess [03423] the gate [08179] of his enemies [0341];
49 Only thou shalt not number [06485] the tribe [04294] of Levi [03878], neither take [05375] the sum [07218] of them among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478]:
12 When thou takest [05375] the sum [07218] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [06485], then shall they give [05414] every man [0376] a ransom [03724] for his soul [05315] unto the LORD [03068], when thou numberest [06485] them; that there be no plague [05063] among them, when thou numberest [06485] them.
40 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Number [06485] all the firstborn [01060] of the males [02145] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] from a month [02320] old [01121] and upward [04605], and take [05375] the number [04557] of their names [08034].
1 Now the children [01121] of Israel [03478] after their number [04557], to wit, the chief [07218] fathers [01] and captains [08269] of thousands [0505] and hundreds [03967], and their officers [07860] that served [08334] the king [04428] in any matter [01697] of the courses [04256], which came in [0935] and went out [03318] month [02320] by month [02320] throughout all the months [02320] of the year [08141], of every [0259] course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
2 Over the first [07223] course [04256] for the first [07223] month [02320] was Jashobeam [03434] the son [01121] of Zabdiel [02068]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
3 Of the children [01121] of Perez [06557] was the chief [07218] of all the captains [08269] of the host [06635] for the first [07223] month [02320].
4 And over the course [04256] of the second [08145] month [02320] was Dodai [01737] an Ahohite [0266], and of his course [04256] was Mikloth [04732] also the ruler [05057]: in his course [04256] likewise were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
5 The third [07992] captain [08269] of the host [06635] for the third [07992] month [02320] was Benaiah [01141] the son [01121] of Jehoiada [03077], a chief [07218] priest [03548]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
6 This is that Benaiah [01141], who was mighty [01368] among the thirty [07970], and above the thirty [07970]: and in his course [04256] was Ammizabad [05990] his son [01121].
7 The fourth [07243] captain for the fourth [07243] month [02320] was Asahel [06214] the brother [0251] of Joab [03097], and Zebadiah [02069] his son [01121] after [0310] him: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
8 The fifth [02549] captain [08269] for the fifth [02549] month [02320] was Shamhuth [08049] the Izrahite [03155]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
9 The sixth [08345] captain for the sixth [08345] month [02320] was Ira [05896] the son [01121] of Ikkesh [06142] the Tekoite [08621]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
10 The seventh [07637] captain for the seventh [07637] month [02320] was Helez [02503] the Pelonite [06397], of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
11 The eighth [08066] captain for the eighth [08066] month [02320] was Sibbecai [05444] the Hushathite [02843], of the Zarhites [02227]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
12 The ninth [08671] captain for the ninth [08671] month [02320] was Abiezer [044] the Anetothite [06069], of the Benjamites [01145]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
13 The tenth [06224] captain for the tenth [06224] month [02320] was Maharai [04121] the Netophathite [05200], of the Zarhites [02227]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
14 The eleventh [06249] [06240] captain for the eleventh [06249] [06240] month [02320] was Benaiah [01141] the Pirathonite [06553], of the children [01121] of Ephraim [0669]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
15 The twelfth [08147] [06240] captain for the twelfth [08147] [06240] month [02320] was Heldai [02469] the Netophathite [05200], of Othniel [06274]: and in his course [04256] were twenty [06242] and four [0702] thousand [0505].
24 Joab [03097] the son [01121] of Zeruiah [06870] began [02490] to number [04487], but he finished [03615] not, because there fell wrath [07110] for it [02063] against Israel [03478]; neither was the number [04557] put [05927] in the account [04557] of the chronicles [01697] [03117] of king [04428] David [01732].
23 But David [01732] took [05375] not the number [04557] of them from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and under [04295]: because the LORD [03068] had said [0559] he would increase [07235] Israel [03478] like to the stars [03556] of the heavens [08064].