1 Chronicles 12:1
Now these, are they who came unto David, to Ziklag, he yet being shut up, because of Saul son of Kish,—and, they, were among the heroes, helpers in the war;
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1 Samuel 27:2And David arose, and he and the six hundred men that were with him passed over, unto Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
2 Samuel 1:1And so it was, after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the smiting of the Amalekites, and David had abode in Ziklag two days,
2 Samuel 4:10when he that brought tidings to me, saying, Lo! Saul is dead, though, he, was as one that bringeth good tidings, in his own eyes, yet I seized him, and slew him in Ziklag,—which was how I gave him reward for his tidings:
1 Chronicles 9:39And, Ner, begat Kith, and, Kish, begat Saul,—and, Saul, begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal;
1 Chronicles 11:19and said—Far be it from me, of my God, that I should do this! The blood of these men, shall I drink, with their lives? For, with their lives, have they brought it! So he would not drink it. These things, did the three heroes.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 12:1
What the mighty men did towards making David king we read in the foregoing chapter. Here we are told what the many did towards it. It was not all at once, but gradually, that David ascended the throne. His kingdom was to last; and therefore, like fruits that keep longest, it ripened slowly. After he had long waited for the vacancy of the throne, it was at two steps and those above seven years distant, that he ascended it. Now we are here told, I. What help came in to him to Ziklag, to make him king of Judah, ver.… Read the whole commentary →