1 Chronicles 11:4

HE WINS THE CASTLE OF ZION FROM THE JEBUSITES BY JOAB'S VALOR. (Ch1 11:4-9)

David and all Israel went to . . . Jebus--(See on Sa2 5:6).

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1Ch 11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which [is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were], the inhabitants of the land.

Ver. 4. And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem.] He laid hold on so good an opportunity, having now all his forces about him, to set upon the Jebusites, and expelled them. We should watch and catch at opportunities of grace, and not procrastinate.

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1Ch 11:4. David and all Israel went to Jerusalem — Of this and the following verses, to 1Ch 11:9, see notes on 2Sa 5:6, &c.

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11:4-9 David’s conquest and rebuilding of Jerusalem established it as the capital city of his reign over all Israel.

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(4) And David . . . land.—Samuel is briefer: “And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land.” The chronicler adds the explanatory “that is Jebus,” because of the after-mention of the Jebusite. He then further modifies the form of the original statement, continuing “and there (lived) the Jebusite (collect.), the inhabitants,” &c.

Jerusalem means city of Salem; Assyrian, Ursalimmê. But in Hebrew the name has been so modified as to suggest “vision of peace.” In Greek the name became Hierosolyma, “Sacred Solyma.”

Inhabitants of the land.—A standing name of the native Canaanites, and equivalent to indigenæ, or Ἀυτόχθονες.

(4-9) THE CAPTURE OF ZION BY JOAB’S VALOUR, AND DAVID’S SETTLEMENT THERE.

The accession of the new king is followed by a warlike enterprise, according to the precedent of Saul (1 Samuel 11). This agrees with the reason assigned for the election of a king (1Sa_8:20), as well as with what we know of Assyrian custom, and is a mark of historic truth.

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4–9 (= 2Sa_5:6-10). The “City of David” captured and made a royal residence

4. David and all Israel] In Samuel (more accurately) “The king and his men,” i.e. his household and body-guard; cp. 1Ch_10:6, note. A picked force, not a large one, was necessary.

which is Jebus] R.V. (the same is Jebus). Jerusalem (or Jebus) consisted, it seems (cp. 1Ch_11:8; Jdg_1:21), of a citadel inhabited by Jebusites and of a lower city inhabited by a mixed population of Jebusites and Benjamites. It was the citadel only which David stormed.

where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land] R.V. and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. The Jebusites are called “inhabitants of the land,” because they were one of the “seven nations” dispossessed by Israel at the conquest (Deu_7:1).

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Of this and the three following verses See Poole "2Sa 5:6", &c.

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Jerusalem, which is Jebus. This ancient name of Jerusalem, of Canaanitish date, is found only once beside, viz. in Jud_1:19:10, 11; the Gentile form of the noun, however, Jebusi, is of more frequent occurrence, and sometimes it is found even as the name of the city. (Jos_15:8, 63 18:16, 28) The derivation and meaning of the word are unascertained. Gesenius explains it to mean "a place dry or downtrodden like a threshing-floor.

Vers. 4-9.

Capture of Jerusalem.

David and all Israel with him went to Jerusalem, then called Jebus, and in the possession of the Jebusites. But they would have none of him. David, however, took the castle of Zion, and Joab subsequently captured the city, and was rewarded for his bravery by promotion to the chief military rank. We have seen the anointed king and his subjects, and now we are presented to the royal residence. In all this Christ is again shadowed forth. We have seen the anointed King Jesus and those who are his faithful ones. He has gone into "the far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return;" and his people shall share in his glory when he shall return. "I go," he said, "to prepare a place for you: and if I go and.prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also." He has purchased Zion for his loved ones with his own precious blood, and they shall reign with him in his glory. W.

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David and all Israel

Here the phrase "all Israel" represents the entire Israelite army. AT: "David and all the Israelite army" (See: Metonymy)

Now the Jebusites ... were there

The word "now" is used to mark a break in the main story line. Here the narrator tells background information about Jerusalem. (See: Background Information)

David took the stronghold of Zion

Here the word "took" is an idiom that means "captured" or "conquered." Since David led the army, his name here is a synecdoche for the whole army who attacked the city. AT: "David captured the stronghold of Zion" or "David and the Israelite army captured the stronghold of Zion" (See: Idiom and Synecdoche)

the stronghold of Zion ... the city of David

Both of these names refer to Jerusalem.

so he was made the chief

This can be stated in active form. AT: "so David made Joab the chief" (See: Active or Passive)

translationWords

Jerusalem

Jebus

stronghold

Zion

city of David

commander

Joab

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And David... went, etc. He went immediately to war when all Israel crowned him, so that Israel should not say [that in] all the wars that David waged in the days of Saul and was victorious it was Saul’s luck, and that he was now afraid to fight. Therefore he immediately went to war.

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