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1A0 I CHRONICLES CHAPTER 12
We step back in time slightly in this Chapter from our last Chapter I Chronicles 11. In our last Chapter, David was at Hebron and the People had already made him king over all Israel. Now in this Chapter, we find that Saul is still king, David is presently on the run from him, and he—David—is in Ziklag hiding out from Saul while at the same time planning attacks against the Philistines.
It’ll be here in Ziklag that most of the men which formed his 600 man rag-tag army will form-up with him.
With that introduction being said, let’s go to Father and ask Him for His Blessings on our Study of His Word: “Father, we come to you right now to thank you for inviting us to Your table in order that we might be able to partake of and receive Your Spiritual Meat, and Father, as we prepare to dine on the sustenance which sustains our inner man, we ask that You Oh LORD open our ears and eyes, that we might be able to hear and see your Truths, open our hearts and minds and prepare us in order that we may receive Your Truth. We Pray for Your Understanding of Your Word, we seek Your Knowledge in Your Word, and most importantly Father, we Pray for and desire Your Wisdom from Your Word, in Jesus’ Precious name we Pray, thank You Father, Amen.”
I Chronicles 11:1-
II Chronicles 36:21 THE
HOUSE OF David
ESTABLISHED. (Division.)
11:1-29:30 David.
11:1-29:30 DAVID. (Division.)
11:1-29:25 Events in detail.
11:1-29:25 EVENTS IN
DETAIL. (Introversion.)
11:1-12:40 David.
Accession.
11:1-12:40 DAVID.
ACCESSION. (Introversion
and Alternation.)
11:10-12:37 Forces. Chiefs,
mighty men.
11:10-12:37 Forces. (Division.)
12:1-37 Their auxiliaries.
12:1-37 THEIR
AUXILIARIES. (Alternation.)
12:1 General. At Ziklag.
I Chronicles 12:1 Now these are they that came to David (loving; or, well-beloved) (Daw-veedי) to Ziklag (winding) (tsee-kel-agי), while he yet kept himself close because of Saul (asked; or, desired) (shaw-oolי) the son of Kish (a bow; and, a bow) (keesh): and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. —>
These are they=Dr. Bullinger points out in his Companion Bible concerning this phrase: “These not included elsewhere: showing the independence of Chronicles.” In other words, this particular list of David’s heroes doesn’t appear anywhere else in Father’s Word. This could be for several different reasons: either David wanted to bring credit to his warriors; or more likely—since the Books of the Chronicles was written after the Babylonian captivity, it’d be a more sure bet that—it was written by one of the kenite scribes because, if you’ll notice the use of the word “mighty men,” then you can probably bet that the scribe wanted to bring credit to, or show that supposedly there were giants assisting David in his quest—a thought that I vehemently disagree with.
Kept himself close=יÂtsar, pronounced - aw-tsarי, meaning: to hold back. What this is actually saying is that David was in hiding because Saul was still seeking to kill his son-in-law David. David wasn’t necessarily afraid of his father-in-law, David was a mighty warrior; having killed his “tens of thousands,” whereas Saul only killed his thousands. David was on the run from Saul because Saul was Israel’s first anointed man king and his being anointed by Father, David didn’t want to hurt Father’s anointed man king.
David=I could spend days discussing David and his life; literally, an entire Book—II Samuel—covered most of what David accomplished as king of Israel. David was a man after Father’s own heart, and though he made a few mistakes, David always tried to please Father in all that he did; therefore, Father loved David; so much so that, He chose David as the Line to bring forth the Branch, The Bright Morning Star, Immanuel\Emmanuel, God in the Flesh: Jesus. Even though Father chose David, it doesn’t mean that David never sinned as, David indeed did sin. He committed adultery with the wife of one of his soldiers; and, then had that soldier murdered by ordering his being put on the front lines of the hottest part of the battle. David was not perfect; however, he was obedient in the end; and, in the end, he left judgment in Father’s hand. All the other kings of Judah and some of the kings of Israel will be judged; or, compared to David; and, the one thing which can always be said of David, is that, not one time had David ever fallen away into idolatry. But, what else can we take away from David? If you sin: repent to Father and then leave the correction and judgment in Father’s hands. † While researching the etymology of the name David we find that most Bible translators and commentator will render the name David as Beloved; but, as always with important names, the etymology of the name David is disputed. However, we can’t help noticing the distinct similarity of this name with the Hebrew root דוד (dwd) that yields דוד (dod), generally meaning beloved. This word is also the Hebrew word for uncle — I Chronicles 27:32, for instance, speaks of דוד־דויד, or “David’s uncle”: The distinct difference between the name דוד (David) and the word דוד (dod) is that in the name David the letter waw counts for a consonant, while in the word dod it counts for a vowel. A consonant and a vowel are completely different entities and they’ll never mean the same, no matter how many times you write them with the same symbol (in this case the waw). If the name was meant to mean Beloved, then it was perhaps given to David after he became king and beloved. In his father’s household he wasn’t much of a hit, after all. But then, if this name was meant to mean Beloved, why hasn’t history given us the tales of King Dod? Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament lists David under dod but admits that “the name is conjectured to come from dod, beloved, but the etymology is uncertain. It has been compared with the Mari term dawidum, Lsquo;leader,’ but this too is unsure.” Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary too lists the name David under the derivations of the root dod, but also makes mention of A.H. Sayce’s note of a sun-god named Dodo — דודה — which was worshipped in East-Jordan Israel. Zion, now known as the city of David, was then apparently known as the city of the god Dod. But where Dod went the way of the dodo, king David is eternally remembered as the beloved king. And this is curious for more than one reason. But whatever the reason, Israel’s identity of a Kingdom is associated with a king whose name is not a regular Hebrew word, but which is spelled identical to the word for Beloved, and pronounced completely different. Perhaps, and this is a wild guess, the name Dod was altered to David to charge it with the tone of the word דוה (dawa), meaning infirmity.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1732, - דּוד, or דּויד, - dâvid, or dâvı̂yd, pronounced - daw-veed’, or daw-veed’ and means: From the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse: - David. Total KJV occurrences: 1076.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we find that the description of David in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary is extensive and too long to post here; so, I’ll instead just post the link to it: David.
Ziklag=Ziklag as we read in Joshua 15:31, was originally given to the Tribe of Judah as an inheritance, but later became inhabited by their brothers from the Tribe of Simeon. Later still, it became the home of David and his little rag-tag army. Some years previous, the Philistines had captured it from the Simeonites; and while David was on the run from Saul he went to Achish, the king of Gath who welcomed David and his men into their company with open arms and gave them the town of Ziklag. The other Philistine kings came to Achish complaining and reminding him that it was David who our forefathers sang songs about wherein Saul killed his thousands but, David killed his tens of thousands—those tens of thousands just happened to be Philistines. David changed his behavior and feigned himself a madman, so Achish told his men to get David away from him and David fled to the cave Adullam. Ziklag became David and his men’s home base and staging area for conducting covert raids against the Philistines however, when they left on one raid, they were over-confident and didn’t leave any troops behind to guard their families or belongings and the Amalekites came and raided their camp, taking everything, including their families and then burning Ziklag to the ground. David and his men chased after, caught up with and utterly destroyed the Amalekites for what they did. Two days after his return from this expedition, David received news of the disastrous battle of Gilboa and of the death of Saul and his sons, therefore, he now left Ziklag in order to return to Hebron, taking with him, his two wives: Ahinoam and Abigail, and his band of 600 men and their families. Upon his return to Hebron, the elders of Israel gathered and made him king over all Israel. † The etymology of the name Ziklag: Scholars appear to agree that it’s not immediately obvious where the name Ziklag comes from or how it might be formed. But assuming it’s Hebrew, and knowing that this whole Ziklag transaction occurred right around the time at which Israel achieved iron smelting capabilities and became a force to be reckoned with in the Levant, it’s not that great a leap to derive the first element of our name from the צוק and יצק cluster of roots: The second part of our name could be construed to come from the noun לג (log), which is a unit of volume, and a small one at that: For a meaning of the name Ziklag, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List proposes an inexplicable Winding and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has a rather desperate Outflowing Of A Fountain. Here at Abarim Publications we’re guessing that the name Ziklag is intimately connected to Israel’s fledgling iron technology, and marks the very humble beginnings of successful iron smelting in Israel. The name Ziklag means A Pint Of Liquid Metal.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6860, - צִקְלַג or צִיקְלַג, - tsiqlag or tsı̂yqelag, pronounced - tsik-lagי or tsee-kel-agי, and means: Of uncertain derivation; Tsiklag or Tsikelag, a place in Palestine: - Ziklag. Total KJV occurrences: 15.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(Winding), a place which possesses a special interest from its having been the residence and the private property of David. It is first mentioned in the catalogue of the towns of Judah in Joshua 15:31 and occurs, in the same connection among the places which were allotted out of the territory of Judah to Simeon Joshua 19:5. We next encounter it in the possession of the Philistines I Samuel 27:6 when it was, at David’s request, bestowed upon him by Achish king of Gath. He resided there for a year and four months I Samuel 27:6,7; 30:14,26; I Chronicles 12:1,20. It was there he received the news of Saul’s death II2 Samuel 1:1; 4:10. He then relinquished it for Hebron II Samuel 2:1. Ziklag is finally mentioned as being reinhabited by the people of Judah after their return from captivity Nehemiah 11:28. The situation of the town is difficult to determine, and we only know for certain that it was in the south country.”.
Saul=Son of Kish, of the Tribe of Benjamin. Saul was the first man king of the nation of the House of Israel; which, if you are familiar with Father’s Word, then you’ll know and realize is almost a miracle in and of itself as, back in Judges 20, the Tribe of Benjamin was almost completely wiped out by the other tribes because, they were sottish and allowed perversion to reign in their territories, and they sided with those who raped, abused, and then killed a Levites’s concubine. After the other tribes were through warring against them, there were only roughly 600 people—all men—left in the Tribe. The other tribes had to forfeit some of their daughters in order for the Tribe to continue on. † When we are first introduced to Saul in I Samuel 9:2, he is described as being, “a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.;” but, he was also a man who could not even find his own donkeys. In fact, he was out searching for them when Father sent His Prophet Samuel to go and anoint him as the first man king. Saul had, and Father gave him, every opportunity to be a great man and king over His People; however, Saul was a man of the flesh, and as such, he allowed his flesh to come between he and Father, he chose flesh over Father, and he sinned against Father by honoring, serving, and worshiping other, false gods. Saul also disobeyed Father on multiple occasions: (1) In I Samuel 14, right after Saul had been made king, Samuel had told Saul to go to Gilgal and await his arrival; but, when Samuel didn’t arrive when Saul thought he should have, Saul made unlawful sacrifices to Father. No sooner had he made these sacrifices when Samuel arrives and sees what he had done. Samuel questions Saul about his offering unlawful sacrifices, and Saul replies that, Samuel had tarried too long, and he was afraid that the Philistines would attack him; therefore, he offered sacrifices himself. Samuel then told Saul that, he had done foolishly: thou hast not kept Father’s Commandment, which He had Commanded Saul: that, had Saul been obedient, then, Father would have established the kingdom of Israel into Saul’ hand for ever. But, since he had not been obedient, Father was going to give the kingdom to another man; (2) We read in I Samuel 15 that, Father, through His Prophet Samuel, told Saul to utterly destroy all the Amalekites—this meant that he was to kill every man, woman, and child, plus, every animal they had. There were also kenites living among these Amalekites whom Saul told to get away from the Amalekites because, they had treated Israel nicely when they came up, out of Egypt, which was an outright lie and which went completely against Father and His command. I challenge anybody to show me in Father’s Word where the kenites aided the Israelites when Father led them up out of Egypt—but, Saul chose not do so, he allowed his army to keep the Amalekite king: Agag, alive; and, they also kept for themselves, many of the best livestock. When Samuel questioned him about this disobedience to Father’s Commands, Saul lied by saying that, the People disobeyed him, and by claiming that they were going to make sacrifices to Father with the king and the livestock which they had kept alive. For this disobedience, Father told Saul through His Prophet that, He rejected Saul and He rejected Saul as the king of Israel. After telling Saul these things, Samuel turned to walk away from Saul; but, Saul reached out to grab ahold of Samuel, and upon doing so, he ripped Samuel’s robe, Samuel immediately turned around and told Saul in a stern voice that, as he had ripped his garment, Father has ripped the kingdom out of his hand and was now going to give it to another man, and not his son. Samuel then tolod Saul to bring Agag to him and upon Agag being brought, Samuel fulfilled Father’s Command and slew Agag. (3) King Saul, after hearing the women singing and saying “Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands” Saul became very angry, and from that day until his death, he chased after, in order to kill, David, whom Father had already anointed to be the Second king of the House of Israel; (4) After Samuel had died and Father had abandoned Saul, Saul was about to war against the Philistines; but, Saul was afraid because, he didn’t have Samuel to guide him and seek Father—not that it would have mattered because, Saul probably would have disobeyed what Father would have told him anyway—so, Saul sought out a woman who had a familiar spirit as, he wanted to communicate with Samuel, even though Samuel was dead. This was a big NO NO as, Father Commanded in Leviticus 19:31; 20:36; and Deuteronomy 18:11 that His Children were not to seek or regard those who have or deal with familiar spirits. † The etymology of the name Saul or Shaul comes from the verb שאל .(shaיal) meaning to ask, inquire, borrow, beg: For a meaning of the name Shaul or Saul, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Asked (of God), although God is not referred to in this name. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary interprets our name Saul with Asked (of YHVH). Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads a more correct Asked For.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H7586, - שָׁאוּל, - shâ'ûl, pronounced - shaw-ool’, and means: Passive particle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites: - Saul, Shaul. Total KJV occurrences: 406. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(desired), more accurately Shaul. The first king of Israel, the son of Kish, and of the tribe of Benjamin. His character is in part illustrated by the fierce, wayward, fitful nature of the tribe and in part accounted for by the struggle between the old and new systems in which he found himself involved. To this we must add a taint of madness. which broke out in violent frenzy at times leaving him with long lucid intervals. He was remarkable for his strength and activity II Samuel 1:25 and, like the Homeric heroes, of gigantic stature, taller by head and shoulders than the rest of the people, and of that kind of beauty denoted by the Hebrew word “good,” I Samuel 9:2, and which caused him to be compared to the gazelle, “the gazelle of Israel.” His birthplace is not expressly mentioned; but, as Zelah in Benjamin was the place of Kish’s sepulchre II Samuel 21:14, it was probable; his native village. His father, Kish, was a powerful and wealthy chief though the family to which he belonged was of little importance I Samuel 9:1,21. A portion of his property consisted of a drove of asses. In search of these asses, gone astray on the mountains, he sent his son Saul It was while prosecuting this adventure that Saul met with Samuel for the first time at his home in Ramah, five miles north of Jerusalem. A divine intimation had made known to him the approach of Saul, whom he treated with special favor, and the next morning descending with him to the skirts of the town, Samuel poured over Saul’s head the consecrated oil, and with a kiss of salutation announced to him that he was to be the ruler of the nation I Samuel 9:25; I Samuel 10:1. Returning homeward his call was confirmed by the incidents which according to Samuel’s prediction, awaited him I Samuel 10:9,10. What may be named the public call occurred at Mizpeh, when lots were cast to find the tribe and family which was to produce the king, and Saul, by a divine intimation was found hid in the circle of baggage which surrounded the encampment I Samuel 10:17-24. Returning to Gibeah, apparently to private life, he heard the threat issued by Nahash king of Ammon against Jabesh-gilead. He speedily collected an army, and Jabesh was rescued. The effect was instantaneous on the people, and the monarchy was inaugurated anew at Gilgal I Samuel 11:1-15. It should be, however, observed that according to I Samuel 12:12, the affair of Nahash preceded and occasioned the election of Saul. Although king of Israel, his rule was at first limited; but, in the second year of his reign he began to organize an attempt to shake off the Philistine yoke, and an army was formed. In this crisis, Saul, now on the very confines of his kingdom at Gilgal, impatient at Samuel’s delay, whom he had directed to be present, offered sacrifice himself. Samuel, arriving later, pronounced the first curse, on his impetuous zeal I Samuel 13:5-14. After the Philistines were driven back to their own country occurred the first appearance of Saul’s madness in the rash vow which all but cost the life of his soil I Samuel 14:24,44. The expulsion of the Philistines, although not entirely completed, I Samuel 14:52, at once placed Saul in a position higher than that of any previous ruler of Israel, and he made war upon the neighboring tribes. In the war with Amalek, I Samuel 14:48; 15:1-9, he disobeyed the prophetical command of Samuel, which called down the second curse, and the first distinct intimation of the transference of the kingdom to a rival. The rest of Saul’s life is one long tragedy. The frenzy which had given indications of itself before now at times took almost entire possession of him. In this crisis David was recommended to him. From this time forward their lives are blended together [DAVID]. In Saul’s better moments he never lost the strong affection which he had contracted for David. Occasionally, too his prophetical gift returned, blended with his madness II Samuel 19:24. But his acts of fierce, wild zeal increased. At last the monarchy itself broke down under the weakness of his head. The Philistines re-entered the country, and just before giving them battle Saul’s courage failed and he consulted one of the necromancers, the “Witch of Endor,” who had escaped his persecution. At this distance of time it is impossible to determine the relative amount of fraud or of reality in the scene which follows, though the obvious meaning of the narrative itself tends to the hypothesis of some kind of apparition II Samuel 19:28. On hearing the denunciation which the apparition conveyed, Saul fell the whole length of his gigantic stature on the ground, and remained motionless till the woman and his servants forced him to eat. The next day the battle came on. The Israelites were driven up the side of Gilboa. The three sons of Saul were slain. Saul was wounded. According to one account, he fell upon his own sword, I Samuel 31:4, and died. The body on being found by the Philistines was stripped slid decapitated, and the headless trunk hung over the city walls, with those of his three sons I Samuel 31:9,10. The head was deposited (probably at Ashdod) in the temple of Dagon (I Chronicles 10:10). The corpse was buried at Jabesh-gilead I Samuel 31:13.”.
Kish=Boy howdy, I’ll tell you right up front, if you don’t follow along too closely, and if you don’t Study Father’s Word, you can get lost real fast trying to figure and understand the genealogy and lineage of this family. Bear with me as I bring in all the different scripture detailing this beginning with I Samuel 9:1-2: I Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. [9:2] And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. —>
In these first 2 verses of I Samuel 9, we read that king Saul’s father Kish was the son of Abiel. But, then we read in I Samuel 14:51: I Samuel 14:51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. —> Where did “Ner” come from and who is this “Abner?” Hold on as, we’re not finished yet, let’s now turn to I Chronicles 8:33: I Chronicles 8:33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. —> One last verse and then I’ll tie it all together and try and make sense of it for you, I Chronicles 12:1 I Chronicles 12:1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. —>
On Page 542 of his Companion Bible, Dr. Bullinger says this “There are three genealogies of the house of Saul. We place the facts, (1) that persons often had two names (v. 34. Judges 6.32, &C.), and (2) that the same name recurs in the same family, against the assumption that the opposite is the case. It is this assumption which creates the difficulties in “reconciling” I Sam. 9.1; 14.51; and I Chronicles 9.38.” I’ll also add in that, like today, where we have people named William, and for short, we call them Bill; or Richard, and we call them Dick, the same held true for our forefathers, i.e., Abiah being called Abia; Dodo being also called Dodai etc. I believe that is the case in Saul’s family. † So, what do we know of Kish? Only that which has already been pointed out: i.e., that he was a son of Ner, that he was a Benjamite, and that he was the father of Saul. † The etymology of the name Kish comes from the verb קוש (qosh) meaning lay bait, or lure. This verb occurs only once in the Bible (Isaiah 29:21), but according to Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary, it’s the root of the common verb יקש (yaqosh), meaning to set a snare or lay a trap: The name Kish may mean Snaring, Bird Catcher, says Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List goes with the most original meaning of the root and reads Bow.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H7027, - קִישׁ, - qı̂ysh, pronounced - keesh, and means: From H6983; a bow; Kish, the name of five Israelites: - Kish. Total KJV occurrences: 21.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(A bow). The father of Saul; a Benjamite of the family of Matri.”.
12:2-22 THEIR.
AUXILIARIES. Particular.
At Ziklag.
2-22 AUXILIARIES. AT
ZIKLAG (PARTICULAR).
(Alternation.)
2-7 Benjamites.
I Chronicles 12:2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin. —>
These men were ambidextrous and quite adept at slinging stones and using bow and arrow.
Saul’s brethren of Benjamin=These men were not Saul’s physical brothers born of his own mother’s womb, but they were his brothers in the sense that they were of the same Tribe, the Tribe of Benjamin. That means Saul had obviously angered some of his own men and there was dissention and open rebellion in Saul’s ranks as, some of his men left their brethren and they were now fighting for David, against Saul.
I Chronicles 12:3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, —>
These Benjamites walked away from their brethren because of Saul’s antics and his turning his back on Father YHVH, and they specifically sought David to join onto him. That then, pretty much makes them heroes in my eyes as, they wanted to do what was right in Father’s eyes.
Their names are mentioned here however, none of the men did any specific act in battle which warranted any mention of anything specific. But, remember, as a fighting force, this band of men with David was a fierce-some fighting force as many Philistines found out.
I Chronicles 12:4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite (hilly, or a hillock) (ghib-ohnי), a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, —> Ismaiah is not listed in the listing of the thirty, or of being over the thirty—either of the first or second tier—back in I Chronicles 11 and if you’ll recall, I Chronicles 11 is actually set-time wise after this chapter.
Gibeon=Our forefathers have a long and storied history with Gibeon and its inhabitants — be they the Amorites, the Gibeonites or the Hivites. Gibeon lay within the territories of the land of Canaan, it was a royal city which had in its day, been greater even than Ai and\or Jericho. When our forefathers conquered and moved into the land, it was given as a possession to the Tribe of Benjamin which was also in the territory of the Tribe of Judah, and then later still, it was given to the Levites. Our forefathers first encounter with the inhabitants was right after they defeated Ai and Jericho, it was then that the Hivites came to Joshua and the elders while they were encamped at Gilgal—lying and purposely deceiving Joshua and the elders and—claiming that they had come from a far away land, their clothes and shoes worn-out, their food dried-out and moldy etc., and saying that they had heard what Father did to those peoples around them, that they didn’t want the same to happen them—the last part of that statement being true—and they wanted to serve and worship Father YHVH. Joshua and the elders—without consulting Father and disobeying Him because, He had told them to utterly destroy any and every peoples they encountered when He brought them into the Promised Land—discovered three days later that they had been lied to, they then confronted the Hivites and called them out, however it was too late because they had already made a covenant with them, and now they couldn’t go back on their word. So, rather than put them out of their camp, they made them temple servants—later called nethinims—having them hew wood and draw water for Father YHVH’s Altar. The most remarkable incident connected with this city was the victory Joshua gained over the kings of Palestine Joshua 10:16-27. The battle here fought has been regarded as one of the most important in the history of the world. The kings of southern Canaan under the leadership of king Adoni-zedek, king of Jerusalem, entered into a confederacy with Joshua and the elders and marched upon Gibeon with the view of taking possession of it. The Gibeonites entreated Joshua to come to their aid with the utmost speed. His army came suddenly upon that of the Amorite kings as it lay encamped before the city. It was completely routed, and only broken remnants of their great host found refuge in the fenced cities. The five Amorite kings who led the army were taken prisoners, and put to death at Makkedah. This eventful battle of Beth-horon sealed the fate of all the cities of Southern Palestine. Among the Amarna tablets is a letter from Adoni-zedec to the king of Egypt, written probably at Makkedah after the defeat, showing that the kings contemplated flight into Egypt. Gibeon is again brought into notice as the scene of a battle between the army of Ish-bosheth under Abner and that of David led by Joab. At the suggestion of Abner, to spare the effusion of blood twelve men on either side were chosen to decide the battle. The issue was unexpected, for each of the men slew his fellow, and thus they all perished. The two armies then engaged in battle, in which Abner and his host were routed and put to flight 2 Samuel 2:12-17. This battle led to a virtual truce between Judah and Israel,Judah, under David, increasing in power, and Israel, under Ish-bosheth, continually losing ground. Soon after the death of Absalom and David’s restoration to his throne his kingdom was visited by a grievous famine, which was found to be a punishment for Saul’s violation 2 Samuel 21:2,5, of the covenant with the Gibeonites Joshua 9:3-27. The Gibeonites demanded blood for the wrong that had been done to them, and accordingly David gave up to them the two sons of Rizpah and the five sons of Michal, and these the Gibeonites took and hanged or crucified in the hill before the Lord II Samuel 21:9, and there the bodies hung for six months 21:10, and all the while Rizpah watched over the blackening corpses and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. David afterwards removed the bones of Saul and Jonathan at Jabesh-gilead II Samuel 21:12-13. Here, at the great stone, Amasa was put to death by Joab II Samuel 20:5-10. To the altar of burnt-offering which was at Gibeon, Joab I Kings 2:28-34, who had taken the side of Adonijah, fled for sanctuary in the beginning of Solomon’s reign, and was there also slain by the hand of Benaiah. Soon after he came to the throne, Solomon paid a visit of state to Gibeon, there to offer sacrifices I Kings 3:4, II Chronicles 1:3. On this occasion Father appeared to him in a memorable dream, recorded in I Kings 3:5-15 II Chronicles 1:7-12. When the temple was built, all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon and brought up from Gibeon the tabernacle and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle to Jerusalem, where they remained till they were carried away by Nebuchadnezzar in II Kings 24:13. † The etymology of the name Gibeon comes from the root גבע and is probably related to the noun גבעה (gibeah), meaning hill: The ון (waw nun) upon which our name ends is a common way to quantify the core idea of a root into a unit that acts out the verb. The name Gibeon literally means Hill Town (New Open Bible Study Edition [NOBSE] Study Bible Name List) or High Hill (Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names). Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary does not offer an interpretation of the name Gibeon but does list it under the root גבע.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1391, - גּבעון, - gib‛ôn, pronounced - ghib-ohnי, and means: From the same as H1387; hilly; Gibon, a place in Palestine: - Gibeon. Total KJV occurrences: 37.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(Hill city), One of the four, cities of the Hivites, the inhabitants of which made a league with Joshua Joshua 9:3-15, and thus escaped the fate of Jericho and Ai. Compare Joshua 11:19. Gibeon lay within the territory of Benjamin Joshua 18:25, and with its “suburbs” was allotted to the priests Joshua 21:17, of whom it became afterwards a principal station. It retains its ancient name almost intact, el-Jib. Its distance from Jerusalem by the main road is about 6 1/2 miles; but there is a more direct road reducing it to five miles.”.
I Chronicles 12:5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
In our next verse, we come to the names of some Levites. We know that they are such because the end of the verse tells us that they are Korhites, meaning that they were descended from Aaron, Miriam and Moses cousin: Korah. Yes, that infamous Korah who challenged Moses and his authority, declaring that he too was a great-grandson of Levi and therefore should have equal say in all things concerning the Nation of the House of Israel, as can be read in Numbers 16. Of course, that display of ego cost him and a bunch of other people who sided with him, their lives. Some died by Father opening the earth via an earthquake and swallowing them up, and some died when He brought forth a fire and consumed them. Obviously not every one of Korah’s relatives and\or descendants died that day as, here we’re reading of some of the offspring of some of those who lived. Why had some of Korah’s survived? Because, they took Moses’ advice and stepped away from Korah and those who stood with him.
I Chronicles 12:6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
I Chronicles 12:7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
12:8-15 Others, from Israel
(Gadites).
I Chronicles 12:8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; —> It was the descendants of Gad who asked Moses if they could stay and live on the East side of the Jordan River. Moses—after consulting with Father—told them that they could indeed stay and live in Gilead, provided that their men of war first cross over Jordan and assist their brethren in defeating the people in the land of Canaan. Father had enlarged the Tribe of Gad in order for them to be the shock troops leading the charge against the armies of the Canaanites. These descendants of Gad were ferocious warriors, you could even say that they were lion-like, and that is what we’re reading here in this verse where we read that their “faces were like the faces of lions.” The Gadites were very adept and skillful at using their shields for defensive tactics and their “buckler”—a buckler was a lance, spear, or javelin which was strapped on the back of the warrior when not in use—as they engaged the enemy offensively. They were very strong and also had been trained to move very quickly while combating the enemy.
Separated themselves=This is another example of how Judah became representative of the entire Nation of the House of Israel which was the nucleus of the True Worshipers of Father YHVH.
I Chronicles 12:9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
I Chronicles 12:10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
I Chronicles 12:11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
I Chronicles 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
I Chronicles 12:13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
I Chronicles 12:14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. —> The translators of the KJV 1611 didn’t do a very good job of translating this verse for us, we know this because, at it’s largest, David’s little rag-tag army only comprised 600 men and we’re reading here that “the greatest was over a thousand” men. So, properly translated, what this verse is saying is that, each of these men, the least or weakest could over-take and subdue or kill a hundred of the enemy, while the greatest or strongest of David’s warriors could defeat a thousand enemy combatants. .
I Chronicles 12:15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. —> The first month=The first month was abib—Hebrew—or Nisan—Aramiac—and what this verse is telling us is that, there had been so much snow upon the mountains that year and now that it was melting it was causing the Jordan River to completely overflow it’s banks and flood the valley.
David’s men were well prepared and capable of combating both the flooded valley and fighting their way through those who were supporting Saul in his quest to put a stop to David and his little rag-tag army.
12:16-18 Benjamin and
Judah
I Chronicles 12:16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. —> Again we see that there were those of both Benjamin and of Judah who were fed up with Saul’s turning his back on Father and decided they’d rather fight for righteousness on David’s side. For their part, David had placed guards and lookouts throughout their camp watching for enemy which might try and attack. They notice these men coming towards their camp and notify David who goes out to greet them and see whether they come for battle or for good.
Seeing these men and I’d be willing to bet, recognizing some of them as being from Saul’s Tribe: the Tribe of Benjamin had to cause David and his men to be a little on edge, especially not knowing their intentions.
I Chronicles 12:17 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 shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.” —> As the men approaching get closer, David calls out to them basically saying that, he and his men are there in Ziklag being peaceful and, if you are coming for anything other than peace, in other words, if you’ve come to do us harm or betray us, then may Father YHVH be the judge between our actions, and in His doing so, may He rain down violence upon the heads of you and your men.
I Chronicles 12:18 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, “Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son 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 captains of the band. —> The Spirit=Did you notice the upper case “S” in the word Spirit brethren? This was the “ruach,” Father’s Holy Spirit, and It came upon Amasai and empowered him with Father’s Wisdom and Father spoke through him to quell and allayed David’s concern and trepidation.
Dr. Bullinger believes this Amasa to be David’s nephew Amasa, born of his sister Abigail; however, I’m not so sure, especially considering Amasa rebelled against David and tried to set Saul’s son Ish-bosheth as king over the House of Israel when Saul and his other three sons were killed on the battlefield.
12:19-19 Others, from
Israel (Manasseh).
I Chronicles 12:19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, “He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.” —> Fell=
This is saying that more of Saul’s men—these of the Tribe of Manasseh—deserted and defected and joined unto David and his men.
When he came with the Philistines against Saul=Remember brethren, David had been captured by the Philistines who knew that Saul was trying to kill him, therefore he made as if he was joining onto the Philistines and would assist them in their battles against Saul.
They helped them not=Achish might have been fooled by David but, the other four Philistine lords we not. As we read in I Samuel 29, they expressed their displeasure with Achish for his allowing David to enter their camp, and they basically threatened Achish and told him to not allow David and his men to join in battle.
I Chronicles 12:20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. —> As David and his men were returning to Ziklag after having been rejected by the 4 Philistine lords, more Manassites joined onto his little army. These particular men of Manasseh were superb leaders of men and each one of them had been captains over thousands of their fellow Manassite soldiers while they were still a part of Saul’s army and before defecting to join onto David.
I Chronicles 12:21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host. —>
Band of the rovers=What this verse is explaining to us is from an event which we can read of in I Samuel 30, where we read that David had taken all his band of warriors, leaving all their possessions and families behind in Ziklag in order to follow Achish and the Philistines. That wasn’s the smartest move because, while they were gone—without leaving any homeguard to protect what they left behind—a band of Amalekites came by, saw an easy target of opportunity, and completely raided and captured all their belongings and families, and then burnt Ziklag to the ground. Well, when these soldiers from the Tribe of Manasseh joined onto David and his men, their first order of business was to assist in killing every one of the Amalekites who participated in that raid.
Sharpen up for me brethren as we’re about to shift gears beginning with the next verse. We’ll find that David is now back in Hebron and his army is growing.
I Chronicles 12:22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. —> The host of God=The scribe(s) of The Chronicles left out a large chunk of information brethren as, at this time, king Saul and three of his four sons have now been killed on the battlefield while fighting against the Philistine army and the majority of the Israelite Army are now coming to David. He himself is on his way to Hebron which is where most of these troops will catch up and join onto him. Yeah, this’ll be a Great Host alright, we’ll discover by reading the remaining verses in this Chapter that it’ll be to the tune of approximately 339,000 men.
12:23 Their Auxiliaries.
General. At Hebron.
I Chronicles 12:23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. —> We actually move forward in time; but, back by a Chapter, back to pretty much the beginning of I Chronicles 11, where we read that all Israel came to Hebron in order to make David king of Israel.
By the Word of the LORD=That’s correct brethren, it was by Father’s Command that David be the second man king of His People of the House of Israel. Father had already had Samuel anoint David as we read in I Samuel 16:13, so this is no surprise.
12:24-37 Their Auxiliaries.
Particular. At Hebron.
12:24-37 AUXILIARIES AT
HEBRON (PARTICULAR).
(Division.)
12:24 Judah.
I Chronicles 12:24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. —> Sixty-eight hundred warriors from David’s own Tribe, a pretty good turn-out you would think; but, this number is actually quite low as compared to some of the numbers of men from some of the other Tribes as we’re about to read.
12:25 Simeon.
I Chronicles 12:25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. —> As we see, the Tribe of Simeon mustered 7,100 fierce warriors. Simeon is mentioned here after Judah because they were always included geographically with the Tribe of Judah because, their inheritance of land during the movement into the Promised Land was within the territory of Judah.
12:26-28 Levi.
I Chronicles 12:26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. —> The Levites mentioned in this verse are of the Gershonites and Merarites—these are different from the Kohathites, or as they’ll be identified in the next verse, the Aaronites—and as we read here, they mustered 4,600 men armed for war.
Now, some of you who may not be familiar with Father’s Word might be asking: what, priests armed and fighting in wars; and\or saying: priests aren’t supposed to be armed, or maybe, Jesus taught us to love our enemy, therefore, we’re not to engage in war. Well, I’ve got news for you, Father sanctioned war and told our forefathers that they were to man-up an armed force to fight our enemies so that, we’re not overrun by our enemies, nor to become a footstool for our enemies. Besides, have you never read Exodus 32 concerning when Moses was up on Mount Sinai for those 40 days receiving the Ten Commandments from Father and Father looked down upon the Israelite camp and saw that certain men had talked Aaron into fashioning a golden calf for them to worship and Father told Moses that “his people” were sinning. Moses, being the man of YHVH that he was, was able to remind Father that “those People” were actually “His People,” and yes, they were indeed sinning and he would take care of it. How did Moses do that? When he got back down off the mountain he said “Who is on the LORD’S side? let him come unto me.” It was the Levites who responded and stood by his side and he next said “Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, ‘Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.’” The Levites did just that, they fought for Father and slew approximately 3,000 men that day.
I Chronicles 12:27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; —> These Aaronites are the descendants of Kohath and they are the Temple Serving Priests, not with them though is Abiathar who was David’s High Priest, that isn’t to say he worshiped David, but he led David and his men in serving and worshiping Father YHVH. As we read here, the Aaronites mustered 3,700 men ready to defend the king and Nation. There was also a High Priest at Gibeon where the Tabernacle which Father had Moses fashion was located, and the High Priest for the Nation of the House of Israel at this time was Zadok who would later stand-by and support David’s son Solomon as the third man king of the Nation. We’ll be reading of him and how many men he mustered.
I Chronicles 12:28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. —> Zadok was descended from Aaron’s son Eleazar whereas Abiathar who was David’s High Priest was descended from Aaron’s son Ithamar. Anyway, Zadok was able to muster-up another 22 warriors who stood ready to defend Father YHVH and Country.
If you’re keeping count or track, that was a total of approximately 8,322 Priests.
12:29 Benjamin
I Chronicles 12:29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. —> The vast majority of the Benjamites remained loyal to Saul even though he and three of his sons were now dead. They tried to maintain the Kingdom with their Tribe as the ruling Tribe. Abner, Saul’s Commanding General, also a Benjamite, with the support of the army behind him, tried to set Saul’s son Ish-bosheth as king. In reality, Ish-bosheth would have only been a puppet king because Abner himself had his eyes on the throne.
Those Benjamites who did come to Hebron in support of David were 3,000 strong.
12:30 Ephraim.
I Chronicles 12:30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. —> During the Blessings of both Genesis 49 and Deuteronomy 33 Ephraim was Blessed with being the largest Tribe of the tribes; therefore, the number of troops they mustered should have been the largest. Here, we read that they mustered 20,800, a pretty large number; however, in comparison to the size and number of people within the Tribe, 20,800 was actually a small number. We’ll see as we read the next few verses that, several of the remaining Tribes mustered many more.
12:31 Half Manasseh.
I Chronicles 12:31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. —>
These Manassites were those who were living on the western side of the Jordan River. They put forth a mighty little army of 18,000 soldiers.
12:32 Issachar.
I Chronicles 12:32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. —>
Understanding of the times=What this is saying is that, these men of Issachar understood the political climate and machinations of the day and they were instrumental and skillful at being statesmen.
12:33 Zebulon.
I Chronicles 12:33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. —>
Zebulon by far mustered the largest force, mustering 50,00 troops, an impressive number. Not only was this number impressive but, each man was trained in and skillful at using every different type of battlefield instrument to engage and defeat the enemy.
That could keep rank=In other words, they could set the battle in array, or if you have difficulties understanding that, think of it this way, they were very skilled at setting the battlefield to where they had the advantage of overpowering and defeating their enemy.
Not of double heart=In other words, they were all reading from the same page so to speak. Contrast that with our President, Congress and Senate of today in the year 2018. Heck, our President just called the violent and ruthless gang known as MS-13, animals, and what do our democrats do? They disagree with and attack our President, saying things like: “‘So when the president of the United States says about undocumented immigrants, “These aren’t people, these are animals,’ you have to wonder, does he not believe in the spark of divinity, the dignity and worth of every person?’”. I’d be all for Ms. Pelosi except (1) They’re not undocumented, they are however, ILLEGAL ALIENS, in other words: purposeful and willful lawbreakers who rape and murder people; (2) Ms. Pelosi is a hypocrite as, DARN NEAR EVERY DAY SHE ADVOCATES FOR THE MURDER OF THE UNBORN WHILE STILL IN THEIR MOTHER’s WOMB; and (3) she doesn’t think that herself, it’s just a dog and pony show to stand against our duly elected President.
12:34 Naphtali.
I Chronicles 12:34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. —> The Tribe of Naphtali also put forth a large host of soldiers, mustering 38,000.
12:35 Dan.
I Chronicles 12:35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. —>
Expert in war=We’ve seen this phrase used of the warriors of Zebulon in verse v12:33 above, here in this verse concerning the Danites, and we’ll see it again in our next verse v12:36 about the warriors of Asher; and what we’re seeing is, that, Father’s Host were not green troops, they were most proficient at engaging and thrashing their enemy.
12:36 Asher.
I Chronicles 12:36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. —> The Tribe of Asher mustering up 40,000 troops.
That verse wrapped up the tribes on the western side of the Jordan River, we’ll now take inventory of the tribes and troops from the eastern side of the Jordan River.
12:37 Those beyond Jordan.
I Chronicles 12:37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. —>
Another 120,000 from the tribes on the east of the Jordan, thus as I said at the beginning of this tallying of Father’s Host, 339,600 fighting men joined onto David and his 600 man army. Within this 339,000 were 1,200 captains or leaders, or as I like to think or call them especially considering I myself being one: Chief Petty Officers in Navy Speak - the backbone of the Navy.
Our forefathers did and did not need this many troops, remember, with Father on your side, He and you make a majority. But, He wanted this many troops in order for our forefathers to not be afraid of engaging their enemies, such as when He brought them out of Egypt and they were afraid to engage the giants when He brought them into the Promised Land, or like when they encountered Goliath and the entire army sat frozen with fear until David was sent by his father to take food to his brothers and he saw Goliath and engaged him saying “‘Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, Whom thou hast defied.’” only little 17 year old David fully and totally put his trust in Father and slew the giant. That is the kind of faith and trust Father wants us to have in Him; sadly, most of us cannot muster that much trust.
12:38-40 ACCESSION
OVER ALL ISRAEL.
(Introversion.)
12:38 Assemblage. Men.
12:38 Unanimity. One heart.
I Chronicles 12:38 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 make David king. —> This is after all the in-fighting, after the “rebellion” of Abner and Ish-bosheth and Ish-bosheth’s death, it’s the time we read of in II Samuel 5 when truly all Israel came and made David king over the entire Nation of the House of Israel. We know this because in the first verses of our next Chapter, I Chronicles 13, we’ll be reading of David word to have the Ark brought to Jerusalem. So, yes, there is unanimity within Israel at this time, it’s a time for celebration and feasting.
12:39 Festivity. Three days.
I Chronicles 12:39 And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. —> Wow, we have, not only the army, but, the entire Nation celebrating for three days, rejoicing that the Nation now has it’s second man king: king David. Can you imagine how much food and drink it would require to feed an entire Nation for 3 days brethren, the amount of meats, vegetables and drink would have to have been a staggering amount, on the level of when they held their yearly Passover, or Feast of Weeks, Feast of Pentecost, Day of Atonement, or Feast of Tabernacles Celebrations. But, remember, Father Blessed them and met their needs. The Priests and the cooks were busy though, of that you can be sure, lol.
12:40 Assemblage.
Supplies.
I Chronicles 12:40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. —> All the people of the surrounding cities brought food supplies. The People knew it was going to be a large gathering and celebration, so they all chipped in and brought something: a huge “pot-luck” if you will.
On asses, on mules, on camels, on oxen=First off, notice the number of “and(s)” in this verse, and also notice that, there is no mention of anybody bringing anything on a horse. Father told them they were not to go back to Egypt and get any horses, and to this point in time, they have been obedient to Father and not done so.
There was joy in Israel=The People knew it was Father Who anointed David to be their second man-king, they knew Saul had turned from serving, honoring and worshiping Father, they also knew that He withdrew His Blessings from the Nation because of Saul’s rebellion and likewise they knew that with David now taking over the rule, he—and therefore the Nation—would again be serving and worship Father YHVH, therefore there was much Joy! Think of we Christians today and how we’re saddened by watching how the un-godly are trying their darnest to turn our Nation from Honoring, Serving and Worshiping Father, how they’re trying to shove the murder of the unborn and the homosexual agendas on us - it’s sickening; BUT, during teh Election of November 2016, we Christians fought back and Elected a man who is righting this ship, he Proudly Proclaims Father, the National Day of Prayer and righteousness. Is President Trump a perfect man? No, I can say that he is not a perfect man, but, I can say he is much better than the muslim we just had and the god-less woman he ran against, and of that I too rejoice, much as our forefathers in this verse.
May 2018
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