Commentary on the Holy Bible

Varae 19. The name tif the one wai Peleg] " Beeauaa in hie daya the inhabitaata_^ of the earth were divided aoeording to their laiuua^M. And the name of bia trother waa Mdani becaun, in his day% the years of men began to be ahorfetiet^ on account ot their iniquitiei."— r.

. Verw 20. Joklan begat Almodad] "He divided and measured the earth by linea. Aefetm; be aaaigned rivere to be boundaries. Haxarmavelh; ne prepareda place of ■naree to kill by the bigbwi^. Jerah t he huilt ion% and when any person came to eat and drink, ha gave hLm deadly pcnaon, and so took bis proper^." — T.

Aoeording to these traditimu the two first were geographtre! the third, a public roMer; and the fourth, an un- Itfineipled fonieepn*, who gave pmaon to hii rich gueat^ that be might get their proper^. Such things have beea done even m moifsm times.

Verse 23. And Ophir) Whence gold is broo^L And Bbsildk/ wfasDoe pearls are hrougfaL — T..

Verse 32. Keiurah, Abraham't eoncubine\ Abraham's pUgteh, or vifo of tbe eeoontf rank: she wma naidisr wwn^ aar eoncHMiUk in oar sense ef Ibsss woidik

and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sona ofKeturah.

37 The sons ofReuel;Nahath,Zerah,Shainmah, and Mizzah.

38 And ■ the sons of Seir; Lotan^ and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.

39 And the sons of Lotan: Hon, and ''Hoqnm: and Tiinna ifo* Lotan's sister^

42 The Mme of Ezer; Bilhfui, and Zavan, and * Jakan. The eons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.

43 f Now these ore the *■ lungs that reigned in the land of Edom befcH-e anij king reigned over tbe children of Israel; Beia the son of Beor: and the name ofhiscity wtu Dinhabah.

44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah, of Bozrah, reigned in his etead.

45 And when Jobab was dead, Husharo, of the land of the Tcmanites, reigned in his stead.

46 And when Hushacn was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, whicb smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

47 And Tvlieo Hadad was dead, Semlah of Itfasrekati reigned ui his stead.

48 1 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Kehabath by the river reigned in his stead.

49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanas the son of Aohbor reigned in his stead.

50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, * Hadad MMrnad in his stead: and the name of his citv ^Sh Pai; and his wife's name loaa Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Meza* faab.

51 IT Hadad died also. And the " dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke ■ Aliah, duke Jetbeth,

3 IT The sons of ^ Jadah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him -of the daughter of ' Shua the Canaaniteas. And * Er, the orst-born of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LoRo: and he slew him.

4 And ■ Tamar his daughter<in-law bare him Pharez, and Zerah. All the sons of Jodab were five.

6 And the sons of Zerah; * Zimri, * and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and ' Data: five of them io all.

7 And the sons of ' Carmi; ■ Achar, the troubler of lurael, who transgresaed in the tiufug ' accursed.

8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariab.

9 The sons also m Hezron. thai were bacs unto him} Jerahmeel, and ■>Rain> and <Clielubai.

10 And Ram ^b^at Amminadnb; and Amminadab begat Nabahoo, * prince of the children of Judah;

1 1 And Nabshon begat ' Salma, aad Sahnft begat Boao,

12 And Boai begat Obed, and Obed begtt

13 V ( And Jesse begat his fira(-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and ^ S^umma tha

16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and AtugalL ■ And the sons of Zenuab; Abishai, and Joab^ and ABahel, three.

17 And ^ Abigail hare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was ' Jether the iBhmeelite.

18 IT And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah At* wife, and of Jerx>th: ber sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

19 And wh'en Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him » Epbrath, which bare him Hur.

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat " Bexaleel.

21 IT And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of " Machir, the father of Gilead,

TcTH 43. Bifora any king reigtud orar— Jbrool] See Oen. Xxxri. 31, &c. where tnese nine venei occur i as I have supposed, borrowed from dtia place; and see the noiea

Sebt the ton qf Beor] Balaam the impiouB, son of Beor, the nuAe as Laban the Syrian, who formed a coo- Ibderaey with the eona of Eiau, to destroy Jacob and hia dlildreni and he itudied to destroy them otterly. Afterward, he reigned in Edom; and the name of hU royal city was Dinhabab, beeause it was undoBervedly given to him.— T.

jofrob Ike eon qf Zerah] Suppoeed by some to be the mane as Job, whose book forme a part of the canon of Scripture. But io thar names there it no similarity; Job being written ynt aiyob; Jobab^ aan* yobai. See the notes on Job, and the parallel place in OwHwia.

Verse dS. By iiu river} Shanl of Phthiutha, a great eitrboftt on Ae banks of the Euriirales. — T.

Vaiae 60. Daughter tf JlfAcaAaft] Tliii w«<lant >0 DMv mAa^ is Hlerally Ac gvUm tester*; or Wh^ i» K^cn TV Itesmnist paraphrases thus; " Mehetabel, me dauj^er of Hhtred, was so earnest and diligml in naineas^dMt As became ImmeiMly riah i bat when she was eooverled, she said, WhatieOAst^ttr'i and Whti i»thit gM7 That is, they we of no real worth.

Verse 61. Hadad died] And his kingdom ended, far his land was subdued by the children « Bsan: and the dukes of Edom ruled in the land of QfMi»u~-Targwm.

For TBrioas psnieulars in tUadiaplsr, see Geo. x. and xzzvL and the parallel places.

NOTES ON CHAPTER U. Verse 1. 7%eM are lAs sons ^ AtmLJ Porihis|aBialory see (he parallel places poinred mn in tbe maiviSi

Verse 6. Five of Aem in alL] These were ail Am men; and on ihem the spirit of prophe«wre*ad.— 7".

Verse 17. Jtliur the MmseUc] ''^My called Irin Jether, beeause he eirded himaetf with b» sworti, thai h* mi^it asrist David with the Ambiaas^ when Atow «s» deavooring to deatrt^ David aad the ^lote lass as see, as being unfit to enter into th* eongrwatioa af 1h» >rd, OB acoount of Rndi the Moafaitsss."— T!

she albd AnteKY Because she was banea aod despised. Bat her iajory was manifested beilMe the hmA\ and ihs waa aeaiftiML and adorned wiA wisdom, and she spaa ridttillrgeair hair fi>r the oourt of the ubena^"— T.

Verse 20. Uri begti Bt*^.^ TUs was fnliMr fiHnona artist meaw—d Basl. vcn. % Ac. whan •as the nous.

whom he)> married when he was threescore years old: and atie bare him Segub.

22 Ad4 Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities m the land of Qilead.

23 1 And he took Geahor, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from tbem, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Oilead.

24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then AbiahjJIezroii's wife, bare him * Ashur the (kther of Tekoa.

25 IT And the sons of Jerahmeel. the first-born of Hezron, were, Ram the first-born, and Bunan. and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name ircw Atarah; ehewo^the mother of Onam.

37 And the eons of Ram, the first-born of /erahmeel, were, Maaz, and Jamtn, and Kker.

28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of aTMmippj ■ Nadab, and Abiahur.

29 And the name of the wife of Abiahnr was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And * the children of SiiBshan; Ahlai.

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

33 And the sons of Jonathu} Peleth. and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 1[ Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian^ whose name wa* Jarha.

39 And Sheshan gave his danehtor to Jarha lUB servant to wife; and she bare nim Attai.

38 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat t Zabad.

37 And Zabad begat Epblol. and Epblal begat Obed,

38 And Ob&i begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eteasah.

40 And Eteasah beg»t Stsamai, and Sisamai begat Shallam,

41 And Shallum be^at Jeknmiafa, and Jeka- Btuah beffat Bliehama.

42 ^ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Meuha his first-born, which

Verae 34. Whoae nonu wai Jarha.] And be g^vt him his liberW, snd Jtave blm Sbesltsn his UiiughteT to w ife.— T.

Verse 42. Now the «on# CaUb] Inii was not Caleb the son of Jephunneh, but Caleb the son of Hezron, Ter. 18. and 60. But some think tbat Caleb die ton ot Hezron was the erandaon of Calct^ son of Jephuns^; but this ia probably bnciful.

T^/alhtr ofZijA) The prince of the Ziphites.— T.

Verse 62. Hhobal — had gont] Disciples and priests, to whom belongsd the half of the oblations. — 7*.

Verse 63. ITu familiea ^riath-Jearim] TTimo were the children of Moses, which Zipponh bare to hiraj vix- the Jethrites, the Shumathitcs, and the Mishraites: of these came the diaciples of the prophets Zarah and EahtaoL-r.

Verse 64. TVte eotu of Saima] Tlw righteous Bethlehemites, who had a goM name, as the Nato^titea, who remorad the guards which Jeroboam had jplaeed in the way lest the peopls dumld carry the flist-fnriia lo Jani< aalsm t for the sons of Salma earried baAeta fiill of firstfruits privately to Jeruaalero; and haTine doven wood, tbCT nude ladders, and brought them to Jerasalem to be laid up in Beth-mokad (br oblations. These came frsm the IfaMBge of Joaih, the son of Zertiiah; and some of them wsn Briesta, and they divided remnaof the sseriSeas with (be sons of (be prophets iilio were iaZorsh.— T.

Tens SS. 7%> /omtlU] "The fcmKles of the Rscha- Wtaa, ihe sons of Elieser, tne eon of VtsM, the diadpte of fabez I he was Olhnie), the son of Keiwa. And Im was calM JSs6«v| bsesosE^ ia Im rtiMM^ he instimtsd a

waa the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappnah, and Rekem, and Shema,

44 And Shoiqa begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

45 And the son of Shammai loof Maoa: and Haon waa the father of Beth-zur.

47 And the sons of Jahdai; Resem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Efdiah, and Shaaph.

49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was <■ Achsah.

50 11 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the first-born of *Epbratahi Shobal the father of Rirjath-Jearim,

51 Stdma the father of Beth-Iehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

53 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; * Haroeh, and 'half of the Manabethites.

53 And the families of KirjatlHearim: the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the ^umatiaites, and the Mishraites; of them eame the 2areathites, and the Eshtaulites.

54 The BOOB of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, ^ Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zoritee.

55 And the fhmilies of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathitesj the Shimeathitcs, and Suchathites^ These are the ■ Kenites that came of Hemath, the &(taer of the house of ' Rechab.

laltnmim,t > ntnplllMllrwBoloraB.lS-*.

NOW these were the sons of David, ^ ^Jgt which were born unto him in He- p««^^i«^ bron J the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the "Jezreelitess: the second, 'Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

3 The third, Absalom, the son of Maaohah, the daughter of Tahnai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah, the eon of Haggith:

school of disciples: ihcy were called Teraihim, because in their hymns their voice Vaa like trumpetti and SfM* ffloAim, because in hearing they liflea up ibetr liu>e% {. e. in prayer: at>d Sucathxm, because they were ever* riiadowed of die spirit of prophecy. lYtese Salmtei were the children of Zipporah, who wen numbered among the Lerites, who came from the stock of Hoses, the msiloi of Israel, whose ririiteousness profited them more ttun &mr riots and horses.''— T. See on chap. iv. 9, 10.

In the above explanation of Terathitet, ShimeaUMts, and SucAoAtte, the IVugumistndbrs to the import of dia Hebrew roots, wfaenoethMB names are derived; seeehsp. It. 10. In this i^pter many nsmss ticMm an grnaas the names of men.

Terse 1. The teetmd, Daniel] In % Sam. Hi. 3. tUa person ie called CMteoft; he probably had two names. TheTorcum says, "lbs seeond, Daniel, who was also called Cfleafa^ bscmise hs was in every resfieet like to his blher." IV l^rgumist refers here (o the import of the word awVs ke-l6-ab, to Ihe father. Janfai sari (he two names were nven to this person, because Davi^ having taken Abigmt inuosdiately after the death of Naha^ it could not be ascerlaiBod whether this child were the aon of i>tnrid;or(tf iVaiaf,therslMrsDsvidaUlsdbim Dmtd, Vio3^ Oodfsiny.Ai^andaittoaUtai^hswhoisltts toM«./hlft«r/pr(MMry fromOe striking resemblaaos hs bore to David, his reputed fiidwr. "Ood is mf^atnul have not fiuharsd another msa'asUldt ihiaiaeniiMyqks unto nyselt"

4 T^eae mx were born nnto him in Hebron; and 'there he reuned seven years and six months: and i in J^usalem he reigned thirty and tliree years.

6 ^ And these were born onto him in Jerusalem: I Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and 'Solomon, fonr, of iBathahua the daughter of ■ Ammiel:

9 These were all the eons of David, besides the SODS of the concubines, and « Tamar their sister.

10 IT And Solomon's son was ' Rehoboam,

* Abia tiis son, Asa his son, Jeliosliaphat bis son,

11 Joram his son, * Ahoziah his son, Joash his son,

12 Amaziah his son, " Azariah his son, Jotham

13 Ahaz his son, HezekiaJU his sod, MaiMuseh bis son,

14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.

15 And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born 'Johanan. the second *Jehoialum, the third

16 And the sons of ' Jehoiakim; *Jeeoniah his son, Zedekiah ■ his son.

17 If And the sons of Jeeoniah; Assir, *■ Salathiel *his son,

19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbobel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullaro, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:

21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Sbecbanian.

22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemauh: and the sons of Shemaiah; ^ Hattusb, and I^real, and Bariab, and Neariah, and Sh^Aat,

24 And the sons of Elioenai were. Hodaiah» and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Aklnw, and Jobanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

2 And ^ Reaiah the son of Shobal beeat Jar hath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathiies.

3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the nama of their sister was Hazelelponi:

4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Huehah. These are the sons of I Hur, the first-born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-Iehem.

5 HAnd ^Ashur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

Tans 3. By E^lah hit vr^fe] The Targum, JarMt and eilunv, m&iDtma th&t thii waa HCdtal, the dau^iter of Saul: but diutdoea not well agree with 2 Sam. vi. 23. Miehal had no child to tlu day (J her death. Yet she mi^t have bad a child before the time that ii mentioned above.

Vtnt B Siinua, and l^obab] Solomon ia mentioned lad, thoogh he was the <Mwf « these four wna, because the geneuogy was to be eoatinued from him. BaA-Aua, FWnaia thesameasBath-abdM pav-ns; the > vou being put by mistake in the former, for 3 bath, in the latter.

TersB 6. fUfftomo, and Elipheiet} In thii and the driuh v«ae iheae two names occur twice; aome think tbia is a miitake, but others auppose that two persons of theae names died youoA and that the next bora received tbe name of the daoeaaea. See JartM.

Terse^ Atne] There are OdrUtn if wa count dw four sons pf ^adi-aheba, and niat without themt and in the •aoOfld book pf Samuel there are eUvai, reekODiiw the above four; and without them only aevau In the book t( Samiul probably only thoso who were alive were tsakoDed j while the author of the Chronicles oomprisca those also irtiich were tUad ia his snomeratioo. Janht isppoaas that the diq>li«ate Elithana and SHphtUt, are those whioh incfease the ragul«r number ssMit to nine; and that the dead without postarity, as well as the Jiving, are nantioQed to inereaae toe numnar ti Pavid's descendants: for, says he, the whole book is written for the honour of David and his seed.

Verse 9. And Tamar tkmr eieter] This is the only 4siMftferof David whose namsiaoa netndi and yet he is Mid to have bad both soas and sAHSHiiSS, 2 8am, ofau. w. 13.

versa IS. Miolaktm\ Foe the diAraaee of sefwal names in dnas liata sbb did marginal rtadUtgf and

SSaihtm] So called because tbe kingdom dqgarted fimm dw hobae of David id his dajrsL — T.

Terse 16. Zedekiak kU aon] IT this be the same who waa the last king of Judah, btfsre the capliviw, lha word ten moat be takea here to aig»fy atiaceaaor; f«- it ia eer- Mu that Zsdekiah waa the sueeeaaar of ieconiah, Mid that Zedekiaiiwaaihesoncrf'ioaiat^ and aat of Jeboii^im.

ahould be thildUtt s but tlua must refer to his jmtaHf being deprived of the throne^ and indeed thiu the prophet interprets it himself: for no man tf hit teed ehatl proifv, witting twon tht Ihrme tf Davi^ and ruling any aura in Juaa/i

Auir] ' Salathiel was not tbe sm> of Aeuir, but of Jeooniah, Matt. i. 12, Who then waa Atmrf PomMf nofrMy; fbr,aBdisHAre«iBN««{rvainiilfesKpr>>aa(r, it may be eonsidered aa an epidMt of Jaeooiah, who ws know was a very long time priomer in Babylon. See 2 Kings xxiv. IB. and Calmti.

Terse 18. NhUhiram aUo\ Calmet siippoaea we ahoold read here, And At aon# iff Salathiet wre Maldtiram and PtdaiaiuSLC

Verse 19. TA« eon* qf PedajsAl Hodbigaat dunks theae words ahould ba omitted. Ptdaiiik is wamiqg in the Arahic and Svriae. If llda be Muitted ZendMkd will ^vpesr to be the son of ShMliid, aecorwig to MatL i. 12. and not the eon of Pedaiah, as here stated.

Verae22. TTtt oota (f Skem^ah—nx\ Pivsonlysm found in the text; and the veraion* give ua do aaaialance; neither do the MSS. comet dw pfiee. If the^hCftar ba not here included with his mna, aome name must be bat out of the tazt.

Verae 24. And Anan^ "'lUs ia die Eh« HeaaUt who ia to be revealed."— T. JanM mym the aeme, aad refera to Dan. vii. 13. Behold on* like th* ton of man came with the elouda {'^tf anani,) of keaten. Wot ihia application of the word he givea a fimciful rtasoe, dm worthy to be repeated. The A^ioc and 4rafr«c omit aercnl names in diia table I and majZe only twnty-thrt* veraeain thechiqiter: but aueh difowcas are frequent in lha bo^ of Cbronidea.

Verse I. The eone tff Judah] A genealogy of dtts tribe haa aliaady been ^ven in chapter the ssaosfl. ^Itis here ioMduoed again, with amne variau<mti proMbfy tbemwsradiflarentcopieain the puUior^iateni; ando» writer of this book, fiodii^ that this second one oootained some remarkdl>le particulars, Ibou^t proper to insert it in this place t and no reader will regret the inaertioii, lAm ha earefuUy considers tbe matur.

7 And the voni of Helah «cr«, Zerath, and

8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the &iDilies of Atmrbel the son of Harom.

9 if And Jabez wai ■ more honour^le than hii brethren: ' and hie mother called hii name *Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

10 And Jabez called on the God oC Israel, saying, " Oh that thou wouldest bless me indtxd, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest • keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And Qod granted him that whwli he requested.

1 1 f And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which iDtu the ihther of Eshton.

12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnab the father of Plrnahash. These are the men of Rechah.

13 And the sons of Senazj ^Othmel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othmel; ' Hatha th.

14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah beeat Joab, the father or ■ the ' valley of " Charaaliim; for they were crallsmen.

15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, * even E«naz.

16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Zipb, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

Tem 7. Aitd Bfimatu] After this word we ihould, with tbs Targitm, read Cat, whose poeterigr ie mentioned ia the next imm. Cat was pranbly lu sane w Kmtut.

TcneSL ton ^ BarumJi tlafte* dwaU be mentioaedatthe end of tfiisvasej else he ii w a cofuc^uenf without an antesetont

Tone 9. And Jabex wm more }ummtrabU'\ TioM whole account u variouahr undentood by eome of tbe principal tersion*. I ihall nibjoin a tranuation of each.

Seftuaoiht — "And Igabta wai more glorious tbu his bfetfaren; and bis momer called bis name Au&w, sayingi I have broo^ tbee forth as Gabea. And IgahM iavtAed the God of Israel, saying, If in blessiDg thou wilt tdesamc^ and enlarge tay borders, and thy hand m with mtk and wilt give me understanding not to depcSH me i ano Qod brought about all that he requeued."

Stsiao— " And one of these was dear to his &ther and to his mother; and be called his name atnai,) m sra. And he said to him, In blessing majr the Lord UesB thee, and enlarge thy boiutdaiy, and may his hand be widi thee, and may he preserve thee from evu, that it may not nUe over tbee \ end may he give to thee whatsoever thou shalt request of him V

Abasio — "And this one (JSutoAor, or flortm,) was beloved e4 his fiuher and his mother } and (bey calud his name iQK^ afno,) » srs; and they said unto him, Hay the Lord bless tbeoi and multiply thy pec^k: and tttnr his hand be pnaent with ibee^ because tnoa wast bora ia Beth-lebem."

These two latter versions seem to have copied eaeb other I and the VulgaU is nearlr, like ours, a literal rendering of the Hebrew: but tbe Cnal(U4 is widely different from alt tbe rest.

CuALOBi— " And JabtU also, he is Othniel. honourable and skilled in the law beyond his brethren t whose mother called his name JabtU, htetmt she had borne him with sorrow. And JabeU fnyed to the God of Israel, saying, O that in blessing thou wouldest bless ne widi childreiL aitd enlarge my borders with disciplea) and that thy haaa may be with me in business, that Ibou nayest make me liks to my ooauianiona that evil eonou^soeooB m«r the less grieve me f And Oe Lord gianted that which be ftmed tor."

Ot this hoDouraUe person we know nothing but what is here mentioned, nor does the name occur in any other part of Seripure except in chap. ti. 66. where it appean to be the name of a place; but is undentood by the Choi- fx to be tbe name of a paraon, as here. Tlioue^ have noticed this particularly m the note on that plaot, yet I think it right to add the Cbaldee here | that all that concerns this worthv person nmr be seen at one view.

Cbaf. iL 65. the Bmillea (rf ne Baebabite^ tlw son of EUeser, the son of Wosei^ the discsplea of Jabeia i.ha wa* Otbnie^ die sod ol Senas. And as was called MaUi.

17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she faara Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eehtemoa.

18 And his wife * Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heberthe&Uier of Socho. and Jeknthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithigdi,'tiie daughter ttf Pharaoh, which Mered took.

19 And the sons of At* wifb ' Hodiah, tbe aieter of Naham. the fKther of Keilah the Garmite, and Efihtemoa the Maachathite.

30 And the sons of Shimon were. Amnon, and Rinoah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi vere, Zoheth. and BeurzoheUi.

21 tThe sons of Shelah rthe son of Judah irere, Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashhea,

22 AM Jokhn, and the men of Chozdia, and Joash, and Seraidi, who had the dominion in Moah, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancieat things.

23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt amonff plants uid hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

r3)n 7a6ets, because in his counsel, rpninjra beytaatoK [from IT yo^ be counatUed, adoiaad, dbcthe instituted a school lor disciples. Hiey were called Tirathim, {jsvtg-vy tirdthimt) because ip their hymru their voieca were like trunuula, [from m r<l or ronf, 10 sound Wet a trumpei, see Niunk z. 9. 2 CbroD. xiiL 13.] and ahima' t&im, Gpnysv MmAtfiim, because, in hearing, they lifted up their &eea i j. e. in praver, [from ]7DV shamd, he Aeard^ hcarkanad;] and auehatnim craiv because th^ were ovarahadotoed with the spirit of propheciy;" [from Tfi aadft a tabamaeU, or azteoded cotenng.i Frar brthar particulars see at tb« end of this chapter.

Terse 16. Caleb iheaonof J^AuanAJ We have already met with this eminent person in Numb. xiii. 6, 30. xiv. 14. and elsewhere t ana seen his courageous pieQf and inflexible integri^. The Targum says here, " Thef called him Caleb, tbe son of Jephunneh, because he baa purged his soul from die counstu of tbe spies."

vaat IS, And hia wye JeAud^Jah) liie Targum eon* aiders the immes in this verse as epimells of Moses: "And his wife Jehuditha educated Moses after she had drawn him out of the water; and she called his name Jered, because he caused the manna to descend upon Israel. And prince Qador, because he rtatored the deaaiationa of Israel; Utber also^ because he Joinad Israel to their heavenly Fktheri and prince Soehti, because he over* ahadgtaad Imel with his ri^iteousness | and JakutUJ, because the Isiaelites v^ted on the God of heaven in his time, finty years in die desert t and prince Zanoah^ be* cause Qod. on his account, bad passed by the sins of Iwael. lliese names, BWiiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, called him by the spirit of prophet^, lor she became a Mtwelyte; sira Uerea took her to hunself to wife; he is Cal^ and was so called because he oppoatd the counsel o< tbe spies-"— T. A similar explanation is given by yordU.

Terse 21. Thai wroughi Jina ftnen] ^'Of ths frimily of diose who workied in fine flax to make garments for kings and priests."— T.

Terse 22. And Jbaah, and Saraph] *< And d>a prvphets and scribes which spraiiR from m seed of Joshua, and the Gibeonites, whose office it was to serve in the house of tbe sanctuary, because they had lied to the princes o{ Israel; also Joaah, who is the same as Mahlon; and Sarapk, who ia tbe same as ChiHon, who took wives of tbe daughters of Moah and Boas, tbe chief of iim wise men of the coll^ of Beth-lebem, and ti those who exislad in (brmer dns." — T.

Terse 23. Theae wtn tiu potters] "These are die disciples of tbe laWf lor whose sake 'the world was created t who presids in judgment, and est^tish die worldi and they Doiki and perfect tbe fallen down house oTIiibali disy dmU them wiik d» Shckinab of tbe Kti^ of lbs warl4 in tbe sW^ of dis law^td inisreahitien of mendMy

96 And the sons of Mishma; Hanrael his bod, Zscchur his son, Shimei bia aon. ' 37 And Shimei had Bizteen fons and six dauf^hters; but his brethren had not many diildren, neither did all their family multiply like to the diildren of Judah.

23 And they dwelt at ° Beer-sheba, andMoiftdah, and Hazftr-ahual,

29 And at ' BilhaA. ftud at Ezem. and at • Tolad.

31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and ' Hazarnuha, and at Beth-birei, ana at Shaaraim. These viei'e their cities mito the reign of David,

33 And all their villages that were round about the ea^iiB cities, unto Baal. These irere their habitationa, ami > their genetAogy.

^nl\ the detefminiiig tho conuaenceineat of yun and festivals: and thev computed the times from heaven in the 4ays of Ruth, the mother of kinedom^ to the days of Solomon the 14'^'" — ' alraid this paraphrase gives oi as little light u die text itsell which speolu potter*, and Aoat imo dvelt among planU ana hedga. The; Irera protiably tH^k-vutker* t perhapa vottert also, who Iiad their dwelling in low grounds, and bldlcated Che clay fiiat was digged up in fbrming fences in the king's domains.

very diiferent from that given in Oen. xlvi. 10. and Numb, axri. 12. TtoM may be occasioned by the same person havi^ SBveral names; one HMt taking one name, another Bat some other, and so on: to reconcile is impossible, to attempt it useless.

Terse 27. iVrirter did ail their JhrnUy multiply} In Numb. i. 23. the number of all theiamiliea of Simeon was fifly-^int tkouaand three huTxdred; and that of Judah was, ver. 27. not leas than seiJeniy^/burttoiMandKx Awndred. When the next census was made. Numb. xxvi. the tribe of Judah amounted to tevmttf-tix thouaand fiee Atmdred, an increase of on« OimaarA nine hundrait while the tribe of Simeon amounted only to twenty-tv>o ihouaait^ two hundred, a decrease of Oixrty-eeven thouaand one htmdred. It was at that time the smallest tribe in Israel.

Verse 31. Tfuee -were ffteir eitiea unto ffu reign qf David.} It appears that DarU took some of the eitiea of the Simeonitee, and added thelffto Judafa; ZUdag, for instance, 1 Sam. xxvii. 6.

Ah uie tribe of Simeon had wididrawn dieir allegiance from the house of David, the kings of Jud^ extended dieir domination as tkr as poisible into the territories of dtat tribe, so that they were obliged to seek pasture for tfwir fioeks at Oedar, and in the mountains 6f iSeir, as we find ver. 39—42.

Verse 40. They of Ham. had dwelt there qfotd.'i These were probably either PhUletines or E^/ptiaru, who dwelt at Qedor, which was situated in Uw eavirons of Joppa and SaTtmia.

VhsMo whom the Ave hundred Simeonitea expelled from Sair were Am^UlaUa, ver. 43.

Verse 43. TheuamaUAereatff OieAmedeHteB'\ Those who hod escapea in the war which Saul made against them; see t Sam. xiv. 43. And from David, who had attacked them afterward, 2 Sam. viii. \%

Thb expedition of the Simeonitea, mentioned here, ■gainst Qedor and Stir, was ia the days of Hezekioh; and, as Calmet conjecture^ near about the time of the oautMty of the ten trims, when the nmoant of Simeon would ftel themselves oUiged to retire more KuthtDard, into Antbia Petnea, for fear of ^e Jews, "niese may be pro- Mila conjectures; see Calmet.

1. He appears to have been a chiTd brought imo the voiU whh ^reof df^feu^at die ri«t of hU own and

37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the aon oTAI* Ion, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

38 Theee * mentioned by fAei'r names wen princes in their femiKes: and the house iriT their iathe» increased greatly.

39 \ And they went to the entrance t ^ **■ of Gedor, even unto the east side of o» ] the valley, to seek pasture fbr Uieir flocks.

40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land wtM wide, and Quiet, and peaeeafale: for they of Ham had dwelt there old.

41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiab kin? of Judah, and > smote their tents, and the habitations tttat were fbood there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there wof pasture there for their flocks.

*2 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, Ave hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and IHeariah, and Rephaiah, and tJzziel, the sons of Idu.

43 And they sraote " the rest of the Amalekites that were eaca4>ed. tutd dwelt there onto this ^y.

that of his ntaflksr. So mudi awima to be it< bare him viOi mroui i- e. with peeoKar aiannr mi

2. To perpetuate the merciful mler^ttiflaof Cbdinhav own and ner son's behalf^ she gave him a name lhat niMt recall to tia and his remembrance the danger w> wUdk both their lives were enoaed, and frnn whidn they Could not have been extrieatea bat by the especial help of Qod> She called hie name Jabex, &c.

3. He was brought up in the fear of God: he was ■» idolater; he worshipped the God qf Itrael, and be duwed the sincerity of hia fcuth by frequent and earnest prayer.

4. His prayer was at once both enKghttned and piaa. He had piety toward Ood, and therefore be tniOed ia him: he Imeie that he was the fountain of all good; nd therefore he sought all necessaries both for bot^ and wol from him. He prayed to Ac Ood qf hraeL

6. Both the matter and manner of his prayer were excellent. His heart was deeply impressed with its waaa, and dierefore he was earnewt a.ai fervent; O Aat Ash vauldtst blaa me indeed! ^3*i3n sm im bardk Uharkeni; "0 that in blessing, diou vonldest bless me!" Let me live under diy beneractiOAl Do ifaou diUgcriHy tad frequently bUst me!

6. He prays for the things aecesairy for the body aa well as for the tout i — and enlarge my eoOMte; grant me OS much territory as may stipport my feinily. Let the means of living be adequate to tlie demands of tife: let sw have the neeessariea, conveniences, and, (as br as dxv may be safely inirusied with me,) me con\fitrtM of \ile \ O that Ihou wnUdeet enlarge my eoatU!

7. He is conscious that, without the eontimud suyport of Ood, he muAt fcil; and, therefore, he prays to be n[l)^ by his power. thy hajid night m vOh nu!

t ever walk with thee, and ever ffaelihe hand of tbj pmetr to support and cover me io all the trials, dangers, aad USficulnes of lifb: and the hand of thy pmtdcnot to sM^f^ all my wants in reference to both worlds.

& He dreads both sfn and tt^fertng, mi thefefae prays against bodi; O thtU thou vmUdett keep mtfrtm evil, that it may not grieve me t Sin txd misery an st every step of the journey of life; keep me frvm stit, tfast I grieve thee not; and keep me from ai^ diat I render vtA mya^ miaerablc! We can never qffend God wfthoot injuring oaredtta: b« that stns most w^fftr. Tktnta and aeorpiona are even where in the way to peiJitiani and he that walks in it must be torn asd sfnr. He alone is hapwf who walks in the waya of Ood. £9 mm from evO, Otai it may not grieve me.

9. Prayers that have a right ofm will have & r{gW answer s Jabex did not pray in vain, for God ^raairf Aim that which he requeeted. Be was contimMHy ucmr^ his £unily was increased: the hand of God was xnaa bim for good. Ho was saved from sin, and saved im tbt pangs and sudbtings of a guilr^ conscience.

10. If we take up the disrocter and oaaSaet ef Mat in the view givsn by the CAoMec, we shah not anly sea

FMBiinin.'VrO'W the Boiu of Rcubeti, the firatll born of leraet, (for " he was the firat-bora; bat, IbraBmucb as he ' defiled his firther's bed, 'nia birthright waa given unto the ■ona of Joaeph the son of Israel: and the geoealogj i> not to be reckoned after the birthrighL

2 For fJodah jMrevaOed above hia brethren, and of him came the ' chief ■ ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog hie Bon, Shimei his son,

6 Beerah his eon,, whom " Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria earned away co^ttve.' ne was ivince of the Reubenites.

7 And hia brethren by their families, * when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariafa.

8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of * Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in ' Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:

9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness firom the river Euphrates: bMauee their oatUe were mnltiidied ' in the land of Gilead.

10 And in the days of Saul they made war ■ with the HagariteB, who fell by their hand: and they dww in their tents ' throogbout all the east land of Gilead.

him u & jrimu and careful man, deeply intereeted in behalf of fuTnattfandimJ'amityi but we ihall aee him u a bmcvoUnt man, lalxxiring for the welfore of otbera; •ad especially for the religious inttruolioa of youih. He fbunded kAom*, in which the young and riaing generation were taught useful knowledge sod espeeially ibe knowl«dg«ofQod. He bad tffae&lM, iriii<A were divided inu three dosM*, who diitinRuiMied themselves by their /ervour in the loorihip ef Ood, bj their docility la obediently hearing and treasuring up the advioea aoid instnietiona of their laadberat aad,by tlieirdeeppte^ to Ood, inla-inging fi»th die fruiu of (he S[^c Tbaaptrimf proplueyi that i& of vraytr and mspptieatian, nktd vpm Hum,

11. He did not da thass thhwi nanly m a dtafy be owed to Ood and hia fellows, bntfrom the abundaaet of a generoiu and loving k«art i in hU amnatl Ae vraeUd a mAool <if diteipUt. Ood had blessed him with temporal Ibiiaest and be secures their oontinuanoe by devoting ihem to hia aerviee: he hoooura Ood with hia aubstanee, and <3od honours him widi hiaeipeeiKl Wswiiig andapprobatioo.

12. Oa these aacouaia he wia men AwMiiraMaifcanfti* AreCkren; he waa of dte aarae atodr aad (be saaoe liaeam; be had neither wAilitv of birth, nor was distinguished pv earthly titles; in all theae respects he was on a level wiui ftim bretbiea: but God tells us that he was tnora homitirable fftan Ihtm all — and why 1 Because he yroy«d, because he atrvtd his Maker, and because he Kvid to do good among nun: therefore be received the boaour dtat eometh frmn Ood, Besdsr. imiiats dw eoDdoet of this worthy laraslilc^ thst thou mayest be a putsker of hia bleaaingi-

TTie things added by the Targumia^ he night have rsoeivad from authentic tradition.

Verse 1. TTk «ona q/* Reubtn, the Jlrat born\ As Reuben was the etdut »oa of Jacobs, why wasnothis ganealo- a reviewed first)? Thia verseanswera thequeeUon: be; tbe birthright becauae of the iran^reasitHt mentioned Oaru xszv. 22. and xlix. 4. and the jfrtetdmey waa given to Judah-^rom him, thsrsfbra, came the chief nier. ^ipeara to be the meaning of the phuse. Verae Z And nf Aim came Me dtitf ruUrl lliis ia, try bMh the Syriac and Arabie, underatood of ChrUt. '<Froiii Jadah the King HeMiidi ihall ivooeed." The

11 1[ And the children of Gad dwelt over ^^ist theiU) in the land of ^ Bashan, onto

13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, lifichael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

14 These are the children of Abihail the wrn of Huri, the eon of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the eon of Buz;

15 Ahi the son of Abdiel. the eon of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of ' Sharon, upon their borders.

17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the davB of ■ Jotham king of Judah, and m the days of ' JCToboam king of Israel.

18 H The sons of Reuben, and the Gaditea, and half the tribe of Manasaeh, > of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred oiid threescOTe, that went out to the war.

19 And tbey made war with the Hagaritea, with ^Jetur, and NephiBh, and Nodab.

20 And 1 they were helped against them, and the HagariteB were delivered mto their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them { because they ' put their trust in him.

21 And they i took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two himdred and filly thousand, uid of asses two thousand, and of " men a hundred thousand.

Chaldae paraphmsee the verse thus: " Seeing Judith prevailed over his brethren, so the kingdom was taken from Reuben and given to Judah i and becauae he was atrong, BO was his kingdom. Levi also was godly, and did sot transgress in the matter of the golden call; therefore the high pheatbood was taken away irom the children of Reuben, and, on their account, from all the first-bom, and given to AsLron and liis eons. The custody of the sancbiary belonged to the Leviteat but the birthhgnt to Joaeph." — T.

Terae 6. Beerah hit oen] Aftar tbeir aeparatioa from the hooee of David, the ten tribes ooatinued to have piineas of the tribea; and thia ooatinued till the time that Tiglath-pileeer carried them captives into Aayris. At that time Aoaraft waa dieir prince nrcAft^; sndwidihfaB this apeciea of dominioi or preeedency terminated. According to the Targum, BtonA waa me aame aa Banii^ the prt^>het.

Verse & Who dwelt in Aroar} lUa town waa aituated on the river Amon; and JVm* waa bodi a dty and a mooDtain in the aame eountiy. Tb^ both lay on dw other rideof Jordan.

Verae 10. And Ouv dtaeU in thdr UnU] Tint Hag»^ liea were tribes of ffomade, or Semite, Anba f people who lived in lenle, without any fixed dwellings, utd whose property eonaisted in calue. Tbt deecentutnU of Reuben extirpated these Hagaritea^ seized oo their ]»operty and their tenta, and dwelt in their place-

Verae IZ Joel the chuf] '*Joel, prince of the sanhedrim j and Sbi^>ban, master of the eollkgei and Jaaid^ and Shaphat, judges in Maihnan." — T.

Verae 13. And their brtOiren] lUa vsrw ii waatillg both in the SyHae an in the Arabic.

Versa 16. tTm tuburbt qf Sharon] "Hiere were three plaeea of thia name; that meoiionea here waa a distiiet in the oountry of Bashan, beyond Jordan t aee Joeh. xii IS. TTiere waa another that lay between Csaarea of Palestine andJoppai and there was a third between mount 'ntbor and the aea of Tiberias. See CalmeL

Verse 19. TTiay made var-wiAAe Hlagariiea} Ttlm is proM>ly the aame war diatia mentioned ver.UL Those called Uagaritet in the text, are eveiTvhere dwwiinetid by the luwmn «(ruiin BonMoraai, Hongaritea.

92 For there Tell down many slain, because (he war wtz* of God. And tbejr dwelt in their ■teads until " the captivity.

S3 f And the chOdrea of the half tribe of Manaeeeh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, unto mount Hermon.

24 And these vere the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi. and Eliel, and Azriel^ and Jeremiah, and Hooaviah, and Jahdiel, mifhtr men of valour, "famous men, and heads ^ the house of their fathers.

25 1[ And they transfp-essed ae&inst the<?od of their fhthers, and went a ' whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God.watrored before them.

Se And the God of Israel stfared up the spirit of * Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of ' Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Rewenitea. and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manaffwh, and brought them unto ■ Halab, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, tinto this day.

X hath, and MerarL 9 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, "Izhar, end Hebron, and Uzziel.

3 Aiiid the children of Amram: Aanm. and Mosea, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; 'Nadab, and Abihu, Eleasar, and Ithamar.

5 And Abishna begat BtUdd, and Bukki begat

6 And Uzzi begat SSerahtah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,

8 And ■ Ahitub begat Zadok, and <* Zadok begat Ahimaaz,

9 And Ahimaax begat Azariah, and AzariiA begat Johanan,

Vflrs» 21. Tfu]/ took aieay their eaUle] Hit wu a war of extermioation, as to the political stale of the people^ whidi nothine could iuatify but an oepeoiBl direetion

God; and this ne could never give against say, unless Am cini of their iniquity had beeo full. The HBgariles wars full of klolatfT: see ver. 26.

Tsraa 23. Vun fall dnon Many «/atn] 'Pat tendtrad ihtniKmd men mentioned above, vere probably made tlatt*, and were not slain. The Toigum says, one ktmdred thoiuand aoult qf men.

TTu war -vm qf God.] The Tusum says, " the war was tn (Turs id min meymra dayaQ' from the woao of AeLord.

Varse 2S. TV godt o/* tkt peo^e of the towf) We sas the reaaon vtnr Ood deliverad u» HagaritM into the banda of these tnbea; they were aborainaUe tdolaton, mod therefore Ood destroyed them.

Terse 26. TUaathrpiinaet^ Many HSS. have nim T\gtath, instead of ru^n Titgaih. The.Striae, the S^Kogint, afld the ChaUUt, have the aonie reading oa in t Kings XV. 29, dec.

Brought tium. unto Batah} See the noleo on the panllel pMoea muked in the mat^n, for many particulara ct dwee ware, and consequent captivity. It is a pinr that ■one mediod were not found out to harmonSM the Boc^ of Kings with the Books of Chronielea; Aat lbs variatioTU might be aeen at one view.

Verse 1. 7^ sotu tff LevCl It haa been well remarked *at the genealogy of Ltvi is given hare more ample and eonact man that of mn of tns others. And this is per- Inpa an additianal proof dnu die aathor was a prieut, itit touA tor the prieMhood, and took care to give the gene- •loBy of the Levitical and saeardotal families, from die nost oomct laUea; fi>r, with auch laUa^ we may pn- MBM OS was intiinMaly ^^uainted.

10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (be it w s that executed Che priest's office ^ in the ' teople that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)

11 And ^ Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat > Shallum,

13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkak begat Azariah,

14 And Azariah begat ■ Seraiah, and Seraiah b^at Jehozadak,

15 And Jehozadak went into ciDft'vtfsr.-wheD the Lord carried awav Jndah and Jermleffl bf the hand of Nebnchadnezzar.

17 And these be the names of the soot of Grershom; Libni, and ShimeL

18 And the sons of Kohath vere, Amran, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19 The sons of Merari; MahH, and Moalii. And these are the families of the Invites according to their fathers.

25 And the eons of Etkaaah { ■ Aaasa, and Ahimoth.

26 As fiyr Elkanah: the sons of Elkaiudi; r Zophai his eon, and ■ Nflhatfa his eon.

28 And the sons of Samuel; tbe firtt-boa

Verse 4. EUasar begat Phijuhiui] As the hkfa prieal> hood continued in thia fomilv for « long time, Sx aacni historian confines himself to tnis chiefty t omitdi^ NadA and Atrihu, and even the fiunily of ImtauM:

Verse 8. Ahitub begat Xaaok] Through ihiaBemM the high piieadiood oame again into the faimlyef Slaaar.

Executed the prieatt <Mee\ PrcMrty thia refers u die dignified manner in whien A^riah oppowed King Uzxitdi, who willed to invade the priest'a tmae, anl oHBRsr iiii,i aau in the temple. See 2 ChroD. zxvL 17, 18>

Verae 14. &nt*aA] He was pot to deMh IMaehodnezzar, 2 Kings xxv. 1^ 21.

Verse 28. Thejiftl-bom VaJtni, and AbiA.\ nan ia a heavy mistake in thia verse: in 1 Sam. vuL S. «v read, Nov the name ^ him (Samuel's) fir^hara, vaa Jotil and the name hie eeeond, AbMh. void Vfv Joel, ia lost out of the leit in ihia plar«; and vtiAeni, which ngnifiea t/u eeeend, and which refera at Abiah^w mode here into a proper name. TtK SifNM gint, VulgaU, and Chaldee, copy thia bhiader; but d» Striae and Arabic read aa in 1 Sam. viiL The MSB. have all copied the corrupted Hebrew in thia place. JanM labours to restore the true reading, and ytt pietiw the integrity of the text, by parai^ranpr tboa; " And &« eeeond, {"im veeheni,) in respect drtbe first, he -wm Abiah; and tAa tecond in respect of AbaalL he

Iliese, J6d and Abiah, were the two aooe (d who adminiatercd jtiatiea so bskdly diat the pcobVe^ll. _ opjTOBed^ bepM^to munnar, and demsaded a iaag s ns

32 And thev mioistered before the dwellin? place of the taoernaole of the congregatioa with nnging, until Stdomon had built the house of the LoHD in Jerusalem; and then ihej waited on their office according to their order.

33 And these are they tliat waited with their chiUrco. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman, a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Sfaemuel,

34 The son of filkanah, the son of JerohaBi, the son of Eliel, the son of * Toah,

35 The son of ' Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 The son of Elkanah, the son of ' Joel, tbe sen of Azariah, the son of Zepbaniah,

S7 The son of Tahath, the eon of Auir, the •on of ' Ebiasaph, tbe son of Eorah,

38 The son ot IbIuu-, the son of Kofaath, the •on of Ijeri, the son of Israel

39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, eren Aeaph the ion of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

40 The son of MiohncA, the son of Baaseiah, |he aon « Malcbiab,

41 The son of ' Ethni, the son of Zerah, the •on of Adaiah,

49 The son of Ethan, the son of Ziramab the aon of Sbimei,

43 The son of Jahath, tbe son of Qershom tbe son of Levi.

44 And their brethren, the sons of Merari, 9tood on the lefl hand: Ethan the eon of ■ Kishi, tbe son of Abdi, the son of Mallach,

45 The son of Hashabiah, tbe son of Amaziah, the eon of Hilkiab,

47 The son of Mahli, tbe son of Mushi, the •on of Merari, the son of Levi. t

48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of serrica of the tabernacle of tbe house of God.

49 IT But Aaron and bis sons offered " upon tbe altar of the burnt-olfering, and " on tbe altar « incense, and were appointed for all tbe work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, accoraing to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son^

am, " "Hieae are the^ whom David over the aerviee or the sinking, in the House of the ■snelusry, or Ubernaele of ms l<onL at the time in which ihe (u-k wa* brought into iL" That i>, when it waa brought from ihe bouae of Obed-Bdom.

Verse 39. Ataphl lUi person, with Bmnan, tha worn of KoroA, Ethattt Jeduthun, Ac are celebrated in tbeae booki^ and in the Paalma, rar dieir dtil) in singing, and the put they performed in the pnUte wonhip of God.

It U very likely that their singing was onl^ a kind of reci'talive or chanting, sueh at we atill find in the synftgozusa. It does not appear that God had especially appointed these ringeri^ much less anv musical inst^umeDti^ {the silver trumpets excepted,) to be emplmd in hb service. Muaieal instrumenta in the house of God are^ at bast under the Gospel, repugnant to the tpirii ot Chrvh fianity, and tend not a little to corrupt the wondtip <it God. Those who are fiHid of muno in (be dteatre are Rmd of it in the house of God, when dury go thither: and apint^ prrtfaaaiM' Chriatianigr, set up suoh a sporiona woribip in Oder to draw people to hear the Gpnel 1 lliia is doing •vil thai good may come oi it: and, qy ibis means, li^t and trifimg people are iuroduoad into the eburoh of

64 TF "Now these are their dwelling-plac6* throughout their castles, iti their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Koathites^ for theirs was the lot.

55 » And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judab, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

56 ''But the fields of tbe city, and the village* thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephvmneh.

57 And * to the sons of Aaron they gave tbe cities of Jodah, namety, Hebron, the cUy of refuse, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs,

58 And tHilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

59 And ' Ashan with her raborlw, and Bethshenesh with her suburbs:

60 And out of the tribe' of Benjamin t Geb& with her suburbs, and * Alemeifa with her suburbs, and Anatboth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their fiimiliefl were thirteen

61 And unto the sons of Kohath, ^which were left of the family of that tribe, were citiee given out of the hair tribe, namely, out <}f tbe half tribe of Manasseh, ' by lot, ten cities.

62 And to the sons of Gershom, throughout their families, out of tbe tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the triba of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseb in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and ont of the tribe of Zebulun, 'twelve cities.

64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

65 And they fave by lot, out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of tbe tribe of tha children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of tba ■ children of Benjamin, these cities, which ara called by their names.

66 And ■ the reaidue at the &miliea of the mmu of Kohath had dtie^ of thair coasts ont of tha tribe of Ephraim.

67 ■ And they gave unto them of the cities <^ refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with ha suburbs; fAey gave also Gecer with her snbnrba,

68 And "Jolf meam with her raboriM, and Betiihoron with her suburbs,

69 And Aijalon with her raborbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseb; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam 'with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of tbe sons of Kohath.

71 Unto tbe sons of Gershom were given, ont

Ofarist) and when ia, are Mwrally very troubleoonwk iMrd to be pleased, ana difioult to be saved.

Terse 60. T^eM SM A* sMte cf Aaron] We hfive already had a list of these, see ver. i—lS. ibia is a aecond, but less exteosivet and ia a proof that the writer of this book had several Usu before bun, from which be bwrowet^ as he judged proper.

VersaM. TTudrt tsa« t}u M.] All tbe tribes and fami* lies obOtined their respective inbarilanoe liy lott and to the sons of Aarat was wnjini ktt mad so tlis £bruK aoi AroMe have onderstood this plaee. first lot," says

JarM, "kill to Jodah, that tiwy miAl sire to tbe prieMs and the Levites tbe cities markM below." See an account ol the posaasaioaB of the priests and Levites Jodwa zx.

TsTM 60. Att auir citU»~^wtn UdrUml But thsvs «rs oahr W«M» reokoDsd hen, tilftem and JuUak htiam ondttedTsiKl ths asmas of soma of ths others ebai^ea. Nona of As vsrrions give iba ftill nuaiber of nsise^ although d>ey allgive the whole sum ikirtun.

TerseM. W&A art eaUed by tbOr nemta.} Frobsli|r flwli fcmily gave its own name to dwci^ thst Ml lo its biC

Verse $i. AOatm leUk Aer aubmiM Theca are tm iMm wamii«W% AMUk and OibbMamt em JMi.

of the family of the hnlf tribe of Mnnanaeh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedeah with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

73 And RamoUi with her ndnirbv, and Admd with her Buborbs:

74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

75 And Hukok with her suborba, and Rehob with her suburbs:

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Gfihlee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her Buburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

77 Unto the rest of the children of Merariw«re

£tt)«n, out of the tribe of Zebulon, Rimmon with er suburbs. Tabor With her suburbs:

78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were ^ven them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

79 ' Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her euborbs,

60 And out of the trOie of ^ Gad; Ramoth in Qilead with her suburbs, and Blananaim with her suburbs,

81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi.and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsom, and Sherauel, heads of their father's house, to vit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their reneratioDB; 'whose number vas in the days of Dav^ two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

4 And with them, by their generationB, alter the house of their fathers, wer« bands of strfdiers for war, six and thirty thousand men; ibr they had many wives and sons.

5 And thMr brethren, among all the families of Issachar, were valiant men of might, reckoned bi all by thmr genealogies, fourscore and seren tliousand.

7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzaj, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five: heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by Uieir genealogiH twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash. and EUezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Aiiathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

9 And the number of them, after their raiesr logy their generations, heads of the oouae of their fhthers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thouBand and two hundred.

10 The sons also of Jediael; BillMUi: and the sons of BiUian; Jeush, and Beiyamm, and Ehad, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tlnu^ shish, and Ahishahar.

U All these the sons of Jediae^ the heafc of their fathers, mighty men oT valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred wieUera, fit to go out for war and battle.

12 ■ Shuppim also, and Hui^im, the children of ^ Ir, ana Huahira, the sons of > Aher.

13 K The sons of Naphtali; Jahziet, and Guni, and Jezer, and " Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

14 1[ The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (fruf bis concubine the Aramiteas bore Machir, the father of Oilead:

15 And Machir took to wUe the Hfter oC Huppim and Shuppim, whose stater's name wa$ Maachah i) and the name of the secood voe Zeloi^ehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 And Maachah, the wife of Machu, bare a son, and she called his name Peresh*. and tha name of his brother was Shereah: and hi* sens were Ulam and Rakem.

17 And the sons ofOlam; >Beduk. Thm were the sons of Oilead, the aon Madiir, tiw son of Manasseh.

18 And his sister Hammoldceth bare Uwd, and ' Abiezer, and Mahalah.

19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

20 5 And p the sons of Eohraim; Shuthebhi and Bered his son, and Tahath his aon, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

21 And ZebaA his son, and Shnthelah his ■on, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of

How baireo to us ii thii regiiter, both of incident and interest: and yet, m barren rooka aod ■tndy deaerts make integral and neceaoary paru of the globe i so do these genealogical tablee make neceenry parts of the hiatonr of providence and nace in the maintenance of truth, and die MaUishment of the church of'Ohrist. 'HiBre&re, no one that fean God, wiH eidier despise or lightly estaem tbmo. NOTES ON CHAPTEirTn.

Terse 2. Whou mmfter was in Oc «lay» ^ Dwrid\ Whether this was the munber returned by Joan and his ■■eutants, when they made that oeoaus of the people with which Ood was so much displeased, we know not. It is worthy of remark, that we read hsre die sum of three tribea, Beniamio, laaaehar, and Asher, under the reign of David, wfaidiistBenttQned nowhere elaet and yet we have no aeooant here of the other tribes, pn^idi^Decause the antbiir found no DuUie regjatora io which suoh enumer*- tion wu rseorded.

TamS. TIkeaeiu y braUoAr-^be] lliere are, however, only /our names in the text. Instead otfitt, the Byncu tmaArobie rmAfmr. Hfite'bt the true reading, then IzraMah must be reckoned with his fiwreom.

Teree 6. The sons Bmfomin; Baa, and Btdur, tmd Jtdtatl\ In Oen. xlvi. 21. ten sons of Benjamin an nekoned i viit. BtiM, Btdktr, AMel, Gero, Naaman, SUj AoaA, Mtppim, Aupptm, and AnL In Numb, xxn. 3% ma. fixe aont osdv ol Benjamin an mentiftnfd. BOa, AtUtO, Ahimmj iShqAam, and IfiipAata; and Aid and Naaman an then said to be the eoni of Bela; OPoaayenUy, giandaona of Benjamin. In ibe bc^inniiv of the following ehuter,^a sons of Benjamin an nao- Uoned, viz. BtSa. Ambtl, Aharoh, Nohah, and Rtfkmt where also Addar, Gera, Abihud, A&uAna, iVatMa, Akoah, a eecond Otra, Skephup/ian, and Buram, wfaidi are all represented aa grandwotu, not «on«, of BenjamiB t hence we see that, in manycaaei, gratuUont an caUed mnu, and both are often oonfounoea in the genealngirat tables. To atlenpt to nooodle aoch diaci^aacies weaU be a task a> Mdleaa as it would be naeleaa. Tb» nbUai mj that Ezra, who wrote this book, did not know whetha soma of these were aone or ffran<boiu: and thery intimii also that the tables from which be omied wei« «A«adefective, and here we must leave all m» matter*.

Verse 21. Whom the men qf OotA— efeiol We knew DOihing of ihis circumitance but what is related btn. TheTargum parwihrases the whole Aue: "These wen die leaders of the nouae of Ei^raim; and tbey their period, [w boundary, ttrp kUtoA bom the tine ia which the Word of the Lord of the universe qnke wift Abraham batmen the divinona, [£. <: ifae anataud parts of the covenant saciifiee, aee Ool zv.] but they erred, far ihCT should have counted from die time in whkh faaae. was bom t they went out of Egypt therefore thirty years before the penod: for, diirly years before the fatfth of Isaac, the Word of iha Lord of the Universe spake wiA Abraham between the divisions. And when ihsT wfot out of Egypt, there wen with them tteo hmdrtd Ikoi^ aandwamorsof ^ tribe of EnbniaL wbon Aa maa of Ofoh, the natives of the land ti the FhniBtiD«% alew, Mcanae they came down that they mi^t cany away their cattle. 22,— And S^iaim their &lher mourned for ftcaa many day% nad aU hia teslfaren canu to eonSott

Gath that were born in that land slew, because ther came down to take away their cattle.

22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren come to comfort him.

23 IT And when he went in to hia wife, she conceived, and tare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

24 f And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-noron the nether, ai^ the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)

25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan hia son,

28 T And their posseasiona and habitations were Beth-el and tne towns thereof, and eastward 'Naaran, and westward Gezcr, with the

* towna thereof: Shechem also and the towna thereof, umo > Gaza and the towns thereof:

29 And by the borders of the children of

• Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, * Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph, the aon of larael.

30 T " The sons of Asher; Imnah, and lauah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malebiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Aahvath. These ore the children of Japhlet.

35 And the sons of hia brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Sbelesh, and AmaJ.

38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispafa, and Ara.

39 And the sons of UUa; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princea. And the number throughout the gMiealoey of them that were apt to.the war am to battle wot twenty and aix thousand men.

3 And the sons of Bela were, ^ Adder, and Gera, and Abihud,

6 And these are the aons of Ehud; these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to * Manahath:

7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Qera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihnd,

8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after heliad sent them away; Hushim and Baara were hie wives.

9 And he begat of Hodeab his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

10 And Jeuz.and Sbachia, and Mirma. These were hia sons, heads of the fathers.

11 And or Hushim he begat Ahitub, and Elpaal.

13 The sons of Eloaal } Eber, and Hiaham, and Shamed, who bout Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

13 Beriah also, and * Shetfia, who were heads of the fhthera of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

19 And Jakim, and Zichrt, and Zabdi, SO And Elienai, and Zilthai. and Eliel,

21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shmirath* the BonB of 'Shimhi;

25 And Itdiedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak:

26 And Shamaherai, and Shehariab, and

27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

28 These were heads of the &tfaera, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jeror salem.

29 And at Oibeon dwelt the 'ffitther of QiboMi; whose ^wife*a name wo* Maachah:

30 And hiB first-born eon Abdon, and Znr, and Kisb, and Baal, and Nadab,

32 And Mikloth begat ^ Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over againet thera.

23. — And he went in to his vif^ and ahe cODceived and tare ■ aon, and called his name Berial^ (np-i3 in nil,) because he vim born in Ike time in icAtdt thi» evil kapptnod to hi* hotue."

Verae 24. His daughter was jS&eniAJ That ia, r«mnantt called so, aayi the Targum, because she was the reTttnanl that tacaptd Jthtk iAa riaughier meotiODed above.

Veiae 32. And Sua iheir sUter. It ia veiy rarely that VMMn are found in the Jewiih genealogies t and ttwy are never inserted but for especial reaaona.

Verae 40. The children <if AAer] The rabbina aay diat tbe daughiera of Aaher were very beautiftil, and were all malebed with jtin^ • or prieete. Several things relative to the aulnecta in this chanter may be found y»p'»*«*^ in dw parallel plaeea marked in the margin.

irOTES ON CHAPTER VHI. Verse 1. JVotc Benjamin begat, &«.] See vbU has bean aaid oo the preceding chapter, ver. 6.

Verse 9. Be begat ef Hodetk At* vife] In the preceding verse it ia Kud that Btuhim ana Baara were hU asfcas; and here it ia aaid, he begat of Badah hi» vife, Ac And then his children hr Aumm are mentianed, bttC not a wofd of Baaral It ia hkelr, thweAn, ttist

HbdeA was another name for Baara, and this is sWiiluJ the Targum, And he begat nf Baara, that U Chadmh hi* w\fe 1 ao called beemue he eupouted her anete. It m suppowd that he had put her away befbre, and now romarrted her. *;

Verse 12. WTui built Ono, and Lod\ Tlie INtrgum adds "Which the children of Israel ravaged and burnt with fire, when they made war on the tnbe of Benjauin in GKbeah."

were heada tif tht fatheni] On tbe fel> lowing veraea Dr. Kennicott haa laboured hard to restore the true reading. See hii detailed of these

Verse 29. And at Giheon} This passage, to the end o( the 38th verse, is found, wim a litde vari^ in the oasMft ehao.ix.8B-44l

Ilia rafatrina say that Ezra, having found hto beoka diat had these passages with a variety m the name*, as tbeif agreed in general, he thought t)cat to insert them Mtll, not being; able to discern which was the besL

Hu general plan was to collate all the copies he ha^ and to lollow ibe greater number when ha fiMmd them lo agrea: dioae whidt dtaagread frou ths Boajortlr, waie

34 And the son of Jonathan wot ■ Merib-baal }

35 And the eons of Micah were, Pithon, and Meleoh, and ' Tarea, and Ahaz.

36 And Abaz begat 'Jeboadah; and Jehpadah be^ at Aleiaeth, and Azmavethi aiid Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, _,

37 And Moza begat Binea: < Rapha umu his son, Eleosah his Bon, Azel his son:

38 And Azel had si^ sons, whose names ar« these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

39 And the sons of Eshek his brother ipere, V^m hiB firet-born, Jebush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of "valoiu-, archers, and had many sons, and sons' ■one, a htudred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

A.ic.im,*e. QO 'al! Israel were reckoned by ge- RanS^ ^ nealoi^iea; and, behold, they were _ written m the book of the kings of

S ll ^ Now the first mhabitants that dwelt in their poseessions in their cities, tcere the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and ' the Nethinims.

3 TT And in ^Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Jodah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of tlie chddrea of Ephrairo. and Manaeseh;

4 UtIuJtbe sonorAmmihud, the Bonof Omri, the son of Imri, the eon of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the first-born, and bis Bona. „ „.,,

6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

thrown aside u ■purioui j and yet, in many canei, proba' Ur the njeoted etfpiea conlainM the tnie tezL

If Ezra proeeeded m R. Sol. Jarchi says, he bad a ■ntj imperfeot notioB of the Ailes of true criticiam; and it is no 'vonder that he has left ao many ^Its is his tezL

Terse 34. Xmib-luu^i Tbe same as Mephi'bo^uA: iot, m the Israeli Im detested Baal, which sigiufiss lord, my changed it into BoshsA, which signifies thamu, or ragroadt.

Vene 40. TTie «m« Vlam mn nu^ly mm of va- Itmrt The Tw^m speaks bonounbly oT them: the sons of Hum were mi^ty and strong men, subduing by wisdom their evil eoocupisccooe, as men bend a bowi therriMe they had many soiu and grandsniw.

Of the six sons of AzeL mentioned ver. 33. R. S. Jarchi •lys^ that their alle^ricai ezpositions were sufficient to load ihirtem Ihouwand camels 1 No doubt these were reto be de^ly learned mien. Thers was a time when aUtgorixen and metajituyr nun, ranked very hi|^ among tkealagiaiu, even in our own enlightened and critical countiy. At present they are almost totally out of fiudiioa. May they never recover their footing I NOraS ON CHAjPTER IX.

Verse 1. Wert redctmed by gentatogiea] Jarchi considers these as the words of Ezra, tlie compiler of the book. As if be hod said, "I have pveo the genealogies of the Israelites, as I have found them in a book whiw was carried into Babylon, when the people were carried thither for 4keir transgressions; and this book which I found, is that %luch I have transcribed in die precedii^chapters."

Terso 2. Noa Quftnt inhalntanWl This is spoken td ttiose who returned Cram the Babylonish eaptivi^; and of the time io which tbc^ returned: for it is insinuated here ftuu othv p<r»»jn* c\flerv<ard seUled at Jerusalem: thourii thsM mentioned here were the^rat on the return from tte •sMiT^f. Prqwr^ speakiiw, the divisions mentionad in PUS TCMB, eoBstitoted the uAob of the Iwaelitidi people, «M war^ nw liiwa Joduv, divided into dw

7 And of the sons of Beiuamin: Sallu thenD of MeshuUam, the son of Hodaviah, the son or Hasenuadi, ^,, „,.

8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meahntlam the Bon of Shephatiab, the sonof Reuel,dift son of Ibnijah;

9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred nod fifly six. All these men "were chief of the fathers in the honse of their fathers.

11 And 'Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the sob of Meshullam, the eon of Zadok, the ton of Meraioth, the eon of Ahitub, the ruler oftlie house of God;

12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham. the boo of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the Bon of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of MeshuUam, the son of MeshiUemith, the son of Immer;

13 And their brethren, heads of the home of their fathers, a thousand and seven htmdred and threescore; k very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

14 H And of the Levites; Sbemaiah the son of Haashub, the son of Azrikam, the soa of Hadtabtah, of the sons of Merarl;.

15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh. and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the mmi of Zidiri, the son of Asaph;

16 And Obaoiah the sonofShemaiali, thesiw of Galal, the eon of Jednthun, and Berecniah the son of Asa, the sonof Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

17 And the porters vere, Shallum^ and Akkidi, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethrea: Shallum "was the chief;

18 Who hitherto waited in the fcine'e gale eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. -

19 And ShoUum the son of Kore, the boo oT Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and bis brethrtn, of the house of his father, the Eorahites, were

fnar following dasses 1. The priests— Z Hie I<til»- 3. lie common pwpU, or, nmpU Jlvoeftlcs— 4. The ihinim, or slaves of the temple^ the remsina of the OAse>* iies, who, having deceived Joshua, were condemned id Ass service, Joah. ix. 21. Slo. In David's lime it is probaUe that other oonquereii people were added, as the suocesssn of the GKbeonites were not sufficient to peribna aB lbs drudgery of the tenple service.

Terse 3. Andin^iuiatmdwdt\Svnrtilttd»tAm of JudalL Benjamin, Ephroi^ Mtd UuiasMh, Uok advaatan of the proclamatin of C^raa to return to Jensalen, and io mingle with Ibe Israelite^ and those to whom Jcmsolem had previously ajmieriainea t end this wu ncDtssaiy, in <mier to intivide a sumcient pi^lation for so large a oCy.

V'erse4. Ulhai thi »(M ^ Ammi}md\ The Itsi here m nearly the same with those found in Exra and NcAcmiak, and contaiDB those who returned to Jerusalem with Zenbbabel: but the list in Ndwmiah is more onuiI^praWbly because it contains those who come aJUrvanL 'n» otqeel of the secred writer here was to gnre the list of those who vtaoB first. Noa, t/u ftrat inkaSitantt, Ati.

Terse 11. Tfu ruler <if the hou*e qf God] The bi^ priest at this time was Jukua, the son of ^>xadai. Earn lii. 8. and &rataA, (Neh. zl.ll.) called here Asortoft, was die TuUr tf St» hooM; the person next in authority Is tfaa hidi priest, and vbo probably had the Kuard of the KomK aM command of the priest^ Levites, etc It is likely am theperson here was the some as is called the aemmd frimt, 2 Kings zxv. 18. who was. At tagoit, or high jnm^ deputy. See the note there.

Verse 13. AndtiuirbreArm} What a prodigk—iMber of ecclesiastics to perform the divine somce of on* temple, no less than ons thotuond hmuM and eiffity able bodied men I and this number is leuionsd im^ di^ndentlv of die too hundred and fwetos portent vbo served at (he gatM of the house of the Lord, ver. S.

TerselS. Tlu king's gataj That by wlikhAwl of JodthmnttotlMlenvhi mttnZtiagtxti. i& orar the work of the ierTice, keepers of the kntes of the tabernacle: and their ththera, bett^ over the host of the Loso, were keeper* of the

20 And il^inehae the aonof Eleaxar wae the mler over them in time past, and the Lord wa« with him. -.,

21 And Zechariah the son of Mesheiemiah WM porter of the door of the tabernacle of the oonfreration.

22 ATI these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by Uieir genealf^y in their ▼illafes, whom ^ David and Samuel >the seer *dM ordain in their 'set office.

23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.

24 In four qoarters were the porters, towftrd Che eaat, west, north, and sooth.

S5 And their brethren, wAtcA irere m their villagee, were to come ' after seven days from time to time with them.

26 For these Levitea, the four chief porters, were in their ' set oroce, and were over the 'chambers and treastnries of the house of Qod.

57 And they lodged round about the house of Qod, because the charge was npon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to

58 And eertotn of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should * brmg them in and o^ny tale.

39 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the t instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, aiul the frankincense, and the spices.

30 And some of the sons of the priests mside " the ointment of the spices.

31 And Mattitbiah, one of the Levites, who wxs the first-born of Shallom the Korahite, had the "set office *over the things that were made ■in the pans.

32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, 'were over the ■ riiow-breed, to prepare it every sabbath.

33 And these are * the Bingers, chief of the fhtbers of the Levites, wAo remotntng in the chambers were free: for ^ they were employed in that work day and night.

34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations: these dwelt at Jerusalem.

35 IT And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name v)as ' Maacbah:

3d And his firet-boro son Abdon, then Zur, abid Eish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

VenRO t9. Keeper* qf the «nlry.] Whose busiaeai it wu to sa0<sr no peraon to come u> the tabernacle but the prietU, during ihe porfortnaiiM of the Hicred Mnrice; see Jardd.

Verse 20. And PhinAaa\ TV Torgum wye, " And Phioehu, the aon of Eleezar, wu ruler over them from aneient time*, from the day in which the tabernacle wu ■et up in ihe wilderueai; uid the Wou of the Lord wu hi« uraUtant"

VerM 30. 7^ tone ef Ihe pritMU made the otnimeal} Only the priesta were perniittea to mske this ointment; sll others were forbidden to do it on pain of death i see Exod. XXX. 34—38. and (be noiee there.

Verse 36. WKoee wifVt name w*m JUbocaAl Here our tranel&ton have departed from the ofigina]; for the word » v^nti aiAoto, hia iistes: but the VulgcUe, Septuagint, Ssfriae, Arabic, and Ckaldee, have wirs | to wnich may be added, obap. viii. 29. the parallel place. Almost all the •arlv editioiu, ss well u the MS. editioni, have the nme lea^ng. Of all the PolvglotU, the Cov^utetuian alone bas WM iAeto, wifb. There is most flertainly a fauU auiiMH rtwiti, for Maacah eould not be boUt the tUUr and wf/befMM. WbsdMr,lhmfbre,flhsp.TiiL29. huhw

38 And Mikloth l«gat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at JerusaleiHt over against their brethren.

39 Olnd Ner begat Kish; and Ei^ begat Saul; and Saul b^at Jonathan, and Malcbishua, and Abinadab, and Ksh-baal.

40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah.

41 And the bodb of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, * and Ahax.

42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmavetfa, and Zimri; and Zioui begat Moza;

43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rq;>h«iahhis son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

44 And Azel had six sons, whose names «r« these, Azrikam, Bocheru. and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

NOW ^the Philistines foiight against 1^5^ Israel; aitd the men oflsrael fled from before the Philistines, and fell down > slain in mount Gilboa. '•fflyf.^

2 And the Philistines followed YiarA after 8an^ and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Joa» than, and ^ Abinadab, and Malcbishua, the aoM of SauL

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the > archers ^ hit him, and he was wounded oC the archers.

4 Then said Saul to hie armour-bearer. Draw thy Bword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and i abuse me. But his armour-bearer woold not; for he was sore afraid. So Sanl took a swwd, and fell upon it.

5 And when his armonr.bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and da^

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and aU his house died together.

7 And when all the men oflsrael that verein the vfliley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his BODS were dead, then they forsook their cities and fled: and the Philistines can^ and dwelt in

8 V AiilI it riime to pass on the morrow, wh«i thr' I'liilisf fiii-c' L:.ame to strip the slain, that they fouiiJ Siiiil iMid his sons fallen in mount Giilbo^ u An<l wU'iu they had sb-imped him, tbey took hid tic'iid. luid iits armour, ana sent iitfo the land of liii- I'hili-:t7iies round about, to carry tidtnga tinuv Uu;ic biola, and to the people.

10 " And they put his armour in the house of

altered from tkie, or (his allcied from that, who can tell) A einglt Utter makee the whole dilTerettce: if the word ba written with n c&ett, ii ia eieraa; if with v Mn, it is wiFK. The latter is most prahobly the true reading.

Verse 41. Aod Ahaz.] Thia ii added fay our traoalators from chap. viii. 36; but such libertlea ihould only be lakea in a note { for, although (he words are now lufficieotly dietinguiabed from the text by being printed in Halicet yet it ie too much to expect that every editor of a Bible will attend to Rich diftincliona and in proeesi of time the words will be found incorponud with the text

VerM 35, aod the following veraea, on a repetitioa of what we find in chap. viii. 29—38. where see the iMts>

Verae 1. Note tke Philielinea fought againet AruQ The reader will find the same hiatory, in almoat the earns worda, in 1 9am. xxxL 1 — 13. to the notea on which he is referred for every thing important in thia

Verse 6. So Saui died— and all Am Amim} BfSfj branch of hia family that had followed him to the war «M eut off: hia three eone are mentioned M bsiag Ihs eUm No doabt all his ofBeers were alain.

13 They arose, all the valiant men, and took awar the body of SeuiI. and the bodies of hie sons, and broofbt them to Jabeah, and bUried their bones under the oi^ in Jabeah, and rasted seven days....

13 1F So Saul died for his tranagreBsions which he ■* committed ajnuiat the Lord, * even agamst the word of the Lord, which be kept ^t, emd sJso for asking coun«e2 of one£Aa<Aaaaminiuar spirit, P to inquire qfUs...

14 And inquired not of the Lobd: therafOTe he dew him, and ^ turned the Idngdom unto David the BOOM 'Jfesse.

aciiMfc T^HEN 'all Israel gathered them- An.B«od.i«. X selves to David unlo Hebron, sayjj!^ ing, Behold, we are thy bone and thy

2 And moreover, ' in lime past, even when Saul was king, tbou vast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LoBo thy God said uBto thee, Thou shalt " feed ' my people Israel, and thou'shalt be ruler over my people IsraeL

3 Therefore came aU the eUm of Imd to the \doe to Hebron: and David made a oov«aaiit with t£em in Hebron before the Ikad; and " they anointed David king over Israel, accord* ing to the word of the Lord ' bv ' Samuel

4 IT And David and all Israel ■ went to Jentsalem, which u Jebus: ' where the Jebositea were, the inhabitanta oTtiie land-

. & And the inhahitanU of Jebus said to David. T hou sfaalt not come hither. Mevertbdees Da> vid took the castle dT Zion, which it the city of

6 And David said, Whosoever amiteth the Jebusites 6rat shall be ^ chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was

7 And David dwelt in the castle; ther^bre they called it ' the city of David.

8 And he built the city round about, even fhim MUlo routul id>out; and Joab <> repcured the raA of the city.

9 So David * waxed greater and greater; for tbe LoBD of hosts was with him.

10 yi ' These also ore the chief of the migfatv men whom David had, who * etrengtheDsa themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to "the word of tbe Lord concerning Israel.

11 And this is the number of the mighty ran whom David had: Jashobeam, ' a Hachmontte, the chief of the captains; he lifled up his spear against three hundred, slain by him at one time

Tene U. When ail JabetK'giUad heard\ For a geoentl account of tbe principles of Anvism and gratitude from which this action of the men of Jsbesh-guead pro- Meded, see tbe note on 1 Sam. xzjd. 1 1, IZ

By me kindness of a literary friend I am enabled to lay a fulher iUustrntton of this noble act before Ihs reader, vhtcb he vill find at the conclusion of the chapter. ■ Verse 13. ScmI ditd/or hit trantgramtm] See the MO^uding observatifms on the First Book of Samuel.

Voie 14. huuirtd not ^ the Loid] On these two ' last verses the Targum speaks thus: " And Saul died for A* ttamrression ay wtuch he tranwressed agaioat the Word of UM Lord, and because he didoot keep the commandment of the Lord when he warred gainst the house of Amalek; and because he consulted Pythons, and sought oracular answers from them. Neither did he wk counsel from before the Lord by Urim and 'nuutnim, for be bad slam the priests that wore in Nob; therefore dw Lord ^ew him, and transferred the Uagdom to David the son of Jesse?^

" The sacred writer, in the First Book of Samuel, ebu>. zxxi. 11—13. and 1 Chntn. x. II, 12. after relating the defeat and death of Saul, and the igoominious tnaiment oChts lemnins, thus concludes:

" 'Aad when the inhabilanta of Jabesh-gilead heard of ttstt which tbe Philistines had done to Sau^ all tbe valiant mea arose, and went all night, and took the bodr of Saul, and the bodies of bis sons, from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there; aixl they took the bones, and buned them imder a tree at Jabesh, and hsted seven davi.'

"Often has toia account been read with admiration of the bravery and devotednesa of the men of JabeiAi-gilead, bat without considering that these men bad any grea^ cause then other* for honouring the remains of their sovereign: but, on reflection, it will oe perceived that the strong impulse of gratitude prompted them to this honourable exertion. They remembered their preservation from destruction; and, what to brave men ia more galling, from baring marks of having been defeated, and being deprived of the honourable hope of wiping off diigrace, or defending their country at future seaaona.

" Reading these verses in conjunction with the attack of Nnhadi, we perceive the natural feelings of humuiity, of honourable respect, prompting the men of Jabeah to act as they did in rescuing the bones of Saul and hia family."

" tW &ther of Grecian poeUy relates in bow great a degree tbe warriora of ancient days honoured the remains of tbnr leaders; how severe were the contests fbr the body of the fcllsB catsf; more determined ofientimto than the 9M stiuzgle for victory: this point of military hoomi was poai^y excited or heiriitened by the reC^oos idea so prevalent in bis age, and aftertimes^ respecting die fcle of the spirits of those vho vcre imburied.

" Homer wrote of events passing at do distant penad from these recorded in the first volume of Samoel; and these accounts mutually corroborate each other, be^ia unison not only with the feelings of humanity, but wiA the euatoma of aneieot nationa. These may be bnbv illustrated comparing tbe conduct ot tbe nultMaaes wiih regard to Saul and his sons, with that of the faeso «f Am Ibad toward Hector, the most finished charafter of d» poem. Saul bad been a severe scourge to the PhiliMMB throufbout a long series of yean; the illustrious chief et Troy nad loiig warded off the ruin of hts country, aad destroyed the flower of her foes, independently of bis bMi victory over Patroclus, which drew on his remsins tbai dishonour trtiich, however, ftitl only on his destroyer.

" Should the siege of Troy be considered a E&ble, it aaj then be concluded that Homer introduced into his poeas the customs and manners known to those (or wboe per*- sal he wrote, if these customs were not prevalent ainoag his readers; but anzie^ for the body of die ittistrioas dead, or regret for bis death, has oRen caused saooess when all exerttoos prior to this powerful stimnluahaiv not availed! and this even in our days.

"Tbe PhilistiDea had loiw been confined to tbe weakwast angle of tbe promised land, and in the earlier part Saul's reign had suffered many and severe losses; yM it appears by this chapter that, alone or in ooojunctiaa wiA alhes, they had been able to penetrate nearly to the banks of the Jordan, to fight the battle on mount Oilboa. Ubi could only have bran effected by a march through great part of the kingdom of Israel.

"Doubtless tbe attention of Saul in ita defcooe nuAt have been greatly distractsd by his pursait and fcar of David, wliich appear to have absorbed his whole nrndf and it may account for the defenceless or weakaned slate of bo forces.

" These circumsiancea appear to corroborate die auAeaticity of these booki^ independently of the many pamie transactions therein reeoraed, particularly tbe inicfwfisg and singular friendship of Jonathan and David, a tnamr tionnotlikelytooccurtoafoi^ofananatiTO.^

NOTES ON CHAPTER XL ' " Verse 1. Then aU Itmel gathered Ouvudvt te

See 2 Sam. v. i, 1—10. for the history cootajoed in the nine first verses of thia chapter, and the notes there. Verse 11. 7^ nttm&er 4^ Ou mt^hr am] Bai S

18 And after him wo* Eleazar son or

Va HM ^3 He was with David at ^ Pasdamim. "St'' ii^m, and thrare the Philuttines were

AmiTwm gathered toicether to Inttle, where L oiTn»- was a paroel of ground full of barley; aod the people fled from before the Philidtioes.

■ 14 Aod they ' set themselves in the midst of tJtai parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistinea; and the Lord saved them by a ffreat

15 Now ■ three of the thirty; captains * went down to the rock to David, into the cave of AdaUam; and the host of the Philistinea encamped P in the valley of Rephaim.

16 And David weu then in the hold, and the Philistines* farrisoa vets then at Beth-lehem.

17 And David loneed, and said, Oh that one would five me drink of the water of the well of Beth-4ehem, that ts at the Rate t

13 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the ^te^ and took it, and brought it to David; but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,

19 And said. My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men 4 that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they bronght it Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.

20 ' And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

21 * Of the three he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to thejirst three.

33 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, ' who had done many acts; ■ he stew two Uon-likc menofMoab: also he went down and slewalionin a pit in a snowy day.

S3 And he slew an Egyptian, ' a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's

"Thew are the numbers of Ihe Btrong men who were with David: hewu the potent chief of theanny; he mu

XQ the throne of juii^aMn^ anointed with the holy oil, the propheta and wisemen alanding abouthim. when he went to battle, he wu asnsted from on hi^; and when he aax down to teaoh the law, the true meaning row up in his mind. He vu elect aod pleannt, of a bewitilul mien •tkd lovely couiueiiai)c«; exercised in wisdom, prudent in Boonael, and ilron^ in virtoe; the prince of the aasembly, of a melodious voiatt nutsr in hymDik ond chief smoiw the mighty. He waa iuatrucied in the use of martial weapons t he carried a spear, to which waa appended the ensign of the host of Judah: he went forth accoraing to the voice of the Holy Spirit, was victorious in battle, and ovordjrew with hia spear three Kuj\dred tnen atone time." — T, On this and matne of the following verses, there is a judicious note of Dr. KetmUatl, which I shall Oke the liberty to introduce, referring to his Jirtt dUtertatiOn on the flchfew text, for farther mustntton and proof, ppi 128—144.

** Among the ^Muiillel places, a comparison of which nay he of very considerable service, scarce any passages will appear more effectually to correct each other than the catalogue of David's mi^ty men of valour t aa it now stands in 2 Sam. xxiii. 8—40. and in this charter. About (Atrtofour Btbrew wordM have been lost out of this part of the nassage in Chrmt^, which ore happily preserved in BamneL

T^e chief point of proof is this, mat the catalogue divides these thirttj-teven warriors into the captatngenered, a Jirtt three, neecond three, and the remaining eUrty I and yet, that the ttdrd captain of the first temanr is now here omitted. The following juxta-poeition will ■how the whole deficiency, and properly supply it But let libe observed, that JoMobcam, 'daejint c^tain of the lEMrWtuuT, haa been olresdy menaoned, and d»t the history is here speaking of the eteond captain, auaely, JBt^xar.

hand ■woi a spear Uie a. weaver*! beam; andhe went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's haod, and slew him With his own epear.

24 These thinuB did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mightiea.

35 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the Jirtt three: and David set him over his guard.

36 Also the valiant men of the armies were V Aeahel the brother of Joab, ElhacKin the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,

30 Mabarai the Netophathite, ' Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Glbeah, ihat pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah ^o Pirathonite.

34 The sons of '' Haihem the Qisonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Harartte,

35 Ahiam the son of ' Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of ' Ur,

37 k Hezro the Carmelite. > Naarai the son of Ezbai^

39 ZeIektheAmmonite,Naharai theBerothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,

41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

42 Adina the eon of Shiza the Reuhenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnile,

Vn to K* uw, and not* ihi PU. Itatfawa anUI bl> bud ««a wtan, lad bk bond dan bou iha nrard i and tta linri:aadllN

Terse 22. Smaiak—»Uw tw» Uon-Kia sun ^ JlfeoA] ' The Tor^m says, Beoaish was a valiant nun, fearing sin, and of a rwnteous cooduet in Kabxeel: be ^w two of the nobles of Moab, who were like two strong lions. He was a great and righteous man as any -in the second saneOiaryi oa a certain day, having struck nia foot against a dead tortoise, he vent down to Shiloht and luLving broken |HOces of ice, he washed himself with tbcsn, and afUrward went upt sad read the book of the lav of the prieslSt (in which much is eontaised,) in aahort wioter'a day, sir. the tenth of the month TebeL

Verse 23. Plueked the wpear out nf Ae Bgyottam'e ^land, and Mete him with ait omt Sfwor] See toe note on 2 Sam. zxiii. 21.

Terse 26. David ttl Kim oser his guardi Made hisa chief ruler over his disaylss.— T.

For other ponieuiara^ see the nocaaondupsidld piseas whm the sabject ii iaribsr considered.

Rc'Sn AJOW " theae are Ihey that came to iiTc^i i>. 1 1 David to p Ziklag, <i while he kept iJKoto himeelf close because ol' Saul the son toiiwff.« of Kish; and they were among the mUrh^ men, helpers of the war.

2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and ' the left in hurling stonea, and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

3 The chief va» Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of * Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmavethj and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,

4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,. «...

7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the aona of Jerohamof Gedor.,,

8 And of the Qaditea there separated themselves unto David, into the hold to the wilderneae, men of might, and men 'of war Jit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and vera ":ut ' Bwi(\ as the roea upon the mountains;

9 Ezer the first, Obadiah, the second, Eliab the third,

10 Mishmannfih the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, Attai Ihe sixth, Eliel the seventh, Johanon the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

V^Vn Theee vsere of the eons of Gad, captains ^ (he hwi: ' i>ae of the least wob over a hun- (Ired, and till';:;i-eatest over a thousand.

15 Theee are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had 'overflown all his r banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

17 And David went out »to meet them, and answered and said unto them. If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart ahall ■ be knit unto you: but if be come to betray me to mine enemies, aeeing there t« no wrong in

TerM 1. Came to David to SSiklag} Aehiih, kiiv of Omih, bad nven ZiUag to David, u a mf« retreat uom the vnuh of Saul.

VerM 8. And wen a* «wi/1 at the roe$] That twi/Inet* was cODBidered to be a grand aeeompliriimeBt io a mrrior, ^ppeara from all aacient writiiiga which treat of military aflaira.

Vene 16. In the JtrH monA] Peihua Ihla was die month Ninn, iriiich anawera to a part of our SSanh and A^riX. H)ia was probably before the inowi on the mountauu were melted, juit oa Jordan began to overflow iti banlfsj or, if we allow diat it bod already overflowed iti bank*, it mode their attempt more hazaidoui^ and afforded additioDal proof of their heroinn.

Verae IS. The tpiril eamt upon JmoMt] The opirit M fortitud* clothed Aoiaaai, the chief of the mighty men; ud be onawered. For thy nka, O David, are we come, m wa iM^ be with diee, thou son of Jeaae. Proaperi^

18 Then < the spirit came upon ^ Amaeai, «kfl> was chief of the captains, and he »aid. Thine are we, I^vid, and on thy side, thou aoo of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them ea^H tains of the band.

19 And there fell mniMof Manaspeh to David, ■when he came with the Philistinee gainst Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon adviseneat sent

Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zitthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

81 And they helped David ^ agauwt ' the bend Hf the rovers j for they were alfmighty men of toIout, and were captains in the host.

22 For at thai time, dav by day, there came to Davkl to help him, until t( wo* agreatbm^ like the host oTGod.

24 The children ofJudahthatbareahieldaad spear were six. thousand and eight hnodred.

25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men o£ valour for the war, seven thonauid and tne

27 And Jehoiadaioa« the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;

28 And ^ Zadok, a young man mighty of nilour, and of hie fathers house twenty and two captaina.

29 And of the children of Benjamin, the ' kindred of Saoi, three thousand: for hitherto ■ the • greatest part of them had kept the ward of the

30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thouaand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, " famous throughout Ae nouse of their

31 Andof the half tribe ofManaaaeheichteea thousand, which were exprewed Iqr name, to come and make David king.

32 And of the children of Issachar, ' wkick were men that had understanding of the time^ to know what Israel ought to do: the heads of them were two hundr^l; and all Uieir brethren were at their commandment.

be to thee by night and by day; and proqwii^ be to helper*; for the Word of the L<vd ia thy aMMuiL— T.

Verae 22. Like the hoel iff Ood] That ia, a very aomeroua army; like the otcdt of the aneel of Ood. — T.

Verae 27. JAoiada waa the leader qf the Aanmilm] Abiaihar was than high prieat, and Jcfaoiada ea}ttaia occr the warriors of the houae of Aarao.

Terae 32. OWAfrm ^ JuaeharJ Aeeofding Io dia Torgum they were all aatronomera and aatrologers: and the aoDB of Iwachar, who hod underatonding to aaow the timei^ end were akilled in fixing the beginnmga of year* the commencement of montha, and the iDterceJaaon of monthfl and ye&rt; ildlful in tlu changea of the aMoo, and in fixing the lunar aolemnitiea to their proper timeai ^UHr ful also tn the doctrine of the aoiut penoda; aalroloe«a ■ •igna and Biar% that theiy mi^t dww larael what to 4>i and their Uaehrn were two kuTidnd daeb «f iha — *"

S3 Of Zebulttn, lueh ai went forth to battle, * expert in war, with all instrumeDta of war, fiAy thoueand, whicK could ■ keep rank: tkey vert ' not of double heart,

34 And of Naphtali a thousand captaini, and with them with shield and spear thirty aod seven thousand.

35 And of the Danites, expert in war, twenty and eight thousand and eix hundred.

36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, ■ expert in war, forty thousand.

37 And on the other aide of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with ail manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.

38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to mEike David kiiifr.

3d And there thejr were with David three days, eating and drinlcing: for their brethren had prepared for them.

40 Moreover, they that w»e nigh them, even unto Issacbar, and Zebulun, tuid Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, ana ■ meat, meal, cakes of £g6, and bunches of raisins, anct wine, and oil, wid oxen, and sheep abundantly} for tkere va» joy in IsraeL

Ovid CMiala wiih Mt iSeei, and mohH U tidiK >lit ut from dM Inna (/ AUb- •dUhl— 4. T)H] ptwH Hianrw oin.iiad Ubh udAUatblTCikiaUt; Iba wan ■■gliHiifc Linwm fam hia b— I «b aw ita ait fma UUiw, and fw la

2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our CSd, ^ let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are *■ left in all the land of Israel, and with them alao to the priests and Levites ichich are ^ in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather them- •elres unto us:

3 And let us * bring again the ark of our God

drim: and k11 their brathren excelled in the «x>rdi of the Uw, and were endued with wisdom. «nd were obedient lo their command. — T. It appears that in their wisdom, experieocfc sod dull, their l>nthrea had dte fulleM confldaiioei and nethtng was done but I17 their diisMion and advice.

Terse 39. 77t<y vert vriA David three day} These were the deputu* of the different peoole mentioned here: te is not powible that all the thousuias mentioned above eould have feasted with David for three days; and yet it appears there was even of these a neat number, for the man of iMsehar, Zebuhm, and Naimtali, who were near- «aC (0 tMs pbee of readezvoite, had brought all the neces- ■aries for such a feasb From the whole, it appears roost evident that the great majority of the tribes of Israel wished to see the kii^om confirmed in die hands of David 1 NOT was there ever in any country a man more worthy 01 the public choice. As a statesman, warrior, hero, poet, Msd oivins, he stands unrivalled in the annals of the world; by him alone were the Israelites raised to a pitch of the MghMt splendour} sod their aams became a terror to their enemies, and a priuse in the earth. Bu^ alas I bow are the mignty now fcllen 1

Terse I. David consaUe^ Having taken the strongbald of Zion from the JdHuiles, organized bis army, and fbt Mstumnees of the fHendly disposition of the Israelites mnrd bio^ be judged it right to do what he eouM for the •stsUUuiMiU « religion in the land; and, as a first step, eoasulied on the pr^rie^ of bringi^ig the ark from an village, where it had remained during the reign of Saul, to the royal city, or seat of government.