1 Chronicles 27:1-34 . Organisation of David’ s Army: Enumeration of his Officials ( cf.1 Chronicles 11:10 ff.)
1 Chronicles 27:1 . According to this verse the army comprised 288,000 soldiers; this is an exaggeration.
1 Chronicles 27:32 . David’ s uncle: better “ kinsman” ; the Hebrew word dô d is used in this general sense.
1 Chronicles 27:33 . Cf.2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:37.— the king’ s friend: a title of honour probably adapted from the Egyptian court; it occurs several times in 1 Mac., e.g. 1Ma_2:18 , 1Ma_3:38 .
Bibliographical Information Peake, Arthur. "Commentary on 1 Chronicles 27". "Peake's Commentary on the Bible ". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/pfc/1-chronicles-27.html. 1919.
Verses 1-34
1 Chronicles 27:1-34 . Organisation of David’ s Army: Enumeration of his Officials ( cf. 1 Chronicles 11:10 ff.)
1 Chronicles 27:1 . According to this verse the army comprised 288,000 soldiers; this is an exaggeration.
1 Chronicles 27:32 . David’ s uncle: better “ kinsman” ; the Hebrew word dô d is used in this general sense.
1 Chronicles 27:33 . Cf. 2 Samuel 15:12; 2 Samuel 15:37.— the king’ s friend: a title of honour probably adapted from the Egyptian court; it occurs several times in 1 Mac., e.g. 1Ma_2:18 , 1Ma_3:38 .