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Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on 1 Chronicles 18". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/acc/1-chronicles-18.html. 1832.
Clarke, Adam. "Commentary on 1 Chronicles 18". "The Adam Clarke Commentary". https://studylight.org/
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Verse 1
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:1. David - took Gath and her towns — See the comparison between this chapter and 2 Samuel 8:1, &c., in the notes on the latter.
Verse 2
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:2. Brought gifts — Were laid under tribute.
Verse 9
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:9. Tou king of Hamath — Called Toi in 2 Samuel 8:9.
Verse 12
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:12. Abishai - slew of the Edomites — This victory is attributed to David, 2 Samuel 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attributed to David as commander-in-chief; qui facit per alterum, facit per se.
Verse 15
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:15. Joab - was over the host — General-in-chief.
Jehoshaphat - recorder. — The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.
Verse 16
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:16. Zadok-and Abimelech - priests — Both high priests; one at Gibeon, and the other at Jerusalem, as we have seen 1 Chronicles 16:39.
Shavsha was scribe — Called Seraiah, 2 Samuel 8:17.
Verse 17
Verse 1 Chronicles 18:17. Cherethites and the Pelethites — 2 Samuel 8:18.
The Targum says, "Benaiah was over the great Sanhedrin and the small Sanhedrin, and consulted Urim and Thummim. And at his command the archers and slingers went to battle."
The sons of David — These were the highest in authority.