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I CHRONICLES CHAPTER 27

The year is 922B.C., and we find the Nation of the House of Israel and the reign of it’s second man king, king David coming to a close. David, who is now approximately 69-70 years old—and within the last year or so of his life here in the flesh—and who has reigned and ruled the Nation for the past 39-40 years, is beginning the preparations for his son Solomon to take the reins of the Nation. As such, David wants to ensure that the transition to his son is effortless and without disruption. So, he’s ensuring everything is set and in place for Solomon, beginning with the Sacred assignments of the Levites and the Priesthood.

We read in I Chronicles 24, the 24 “Courses or, Lots” of the Priests. We discovered that the Courses were actually dates of the year that each Priest served during the 4 major Feasts of Father YHVH—Feast of Passover, Feast of Weeks—what we call Pentecost today—the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles—and then twice a year, individually. Father’s Word tells us that the Priests and Levites were spread throughout all the territories of Israel, some in the Sanctuary Cities—otherwise known as Cities of Refuge, where, should somebody accidentally kill somebody else, they could flee in safety until their court case came up—and some in the different cities themselves so that, should a question arise concerning Father’s Word, the person asking the question didn’t have to travel all the way to Jerusalem to get his question answered, he could just go to the Priest there in his city and have his answer. That meant though, that when the Priest’s Course came up, he had to travel to Jerusalem to fulfill his obligation.

These Courses or Lots were given by Father through David, to the descendants of the sons of Levi: Merari, Gershon, and Kohath. There was another time in our history when assignments were divvied out, that time was while our forefathers wondered in the wilderness for those 38 years before being allowed to enter into the Promised Land. The assignments at that time were given by Father to Moses and his brother Aaron, the first High Priest of Father YHVH. Aaron and his sons were not included in these assignments because they were assigned and Consecrated to the Priesthood and their service was within Father’s Tabernacle: i.e., giving Offerings before the Altar of God, and also ministering to the People.

Chapter, I Chronicles 25, brought us the twenty-four Courses of the Levitical Singers—sometimes called “musicians.” We read and learned that their duties didn’t just include being “Singers or, Musicians,” some of them were prophets, some also had other duties in Father’s Temple too, such as ministering to and being in charge of all things which pertain to His tabernacle, including the service and the priests. They were to keep and bear the Ark of God, maintain the oil and wicks for the candles, wash all the instruments after the services, cut, stack and store the wood for the fires, set-up, and take-down and carry Father’s Tabernacle whenever they moved, the scribing of all the services and Father’s Word, etc..

Our last Chapter: I Chronicles 26, we read of the “Porters and Treasurers” who were Levites, but, not the same as the Levitical “singers” we read of in I Chronicles 25, these Levites obviously had different responsibilities. The duties of the Porters were to be the doorkeepers which we can think of as Security Forces for Father’s Tabernacle and Temple; whereas, the Duties of the Treasurers were to maintain and watch-over all the monies coming into Father’s Treasuries throughout all the territories of Israel.

In this Chapter: I Chronicles 27, we’ll be reading of the division of the Military, the Public Administrators, Princes of the Tribes, and then in the last few verses, we’ll read of those whom David trusted to be the Stewards over his personal property.

Why is David so set on ensuring that not only is the Priesthood well established, but the Military as well? Because, he knew that not only would there be those outside of Israel who would challenge Solomon, but there would possibly be those within Israel who would challenge his young son for the throne, David himself had had challenges by two of his own sons: Absolom and Adonijah; therefore, it was crucial to have a strong Military.

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 10:1-
   II Chronicles 36:21
   HISTORY (UP TO THE
   CAPTIVITY.) (Division.)
11:1-II Chronicles 36:21
   THE HOUSE OF David
   ESTABLISHED. (Division.)
11:1-29:25 EVENTS IN
   DETAIL. (Introversion.)
11:1-29:30 DAVID. (Division.)
22:2-29:25 The
   RESIGNATION OF DAVID.
   (Introversion and Alternation.)
23:1-27:34 Princes and
   priests. Appointments.
23:1-27:34 PRINCES AND
   PRIESTS. APPOINTMENTS.
   (Division.)
27:1-15 Overseers.
27:1-15 Military Divisions.

I Chronicles 27:1 Now the children of Israel (he will rule as YAH; or, the prince that prevails with YAH) (Yis-raw-aleי) (secondary map) after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.   —>   So, what we’re seeing here is that, there were 24,000 men aged 20 and upward who made up the Host, or the Israelite Army, serving every month. This means that there were 288,000 men who made up the Host. Of course, having this many soldiers required—as it still does today—a good Chain of Command Structure, in other words, supervisors who are over Branches, Divisions, Companies and/or Battalions. Dr. Bullinger notes the following in his Companion Bible concerning this: “The host comprised all males over twenty. From this were organized twelve divisions of 24,000 men, commanded by twelve of the thirty. David’s 600 (II Samuel 23:13, &c.) divided into three of 200 each (consisting of ten subdivisions of twenty each, commanded by the “thirty”), commanded by the “three”. The commander of the “thirty”; was not one of the “three”, but next below them. See notes on chapter I Chronicles 11 and II Samuel 23..”

Twenty and four thousand=Here we see a major difference between the Priests and the Military brethren. The Courses for the Priests were twenty-four, and for the Military it’s twenty-four thousand — For the Priests, it was 24 priests serving twice a year; for the Military, it was 24,000 soldiers serving every month. These of course were the peace-time numbers; during time of emergency or war, these numbers obviously increased as, we read earlier that the House of Israel numbered 1,100,000 and the House of Judah numbered roughly 450,000, so the total number of all Israel numbered somewhere around 1,550,000, a substantial number of soldiers.

Twenty-four=Dr. Bullinger writes in his book Number in Scripture the following: “Twenty-four being a multiple of twelve, expresses in a higher form the same signification (as 22 does of 11). It is the number associated with the heavenly government and worship, of which the earthly form in Israel was only a copy. We are told that both Moses and David ordered all things connected with the Tabernacle and Temple worship by direct revelation from God, and as a copy of things in the heavens, Hebrews 8:5; I Chronicles 28:12,19. And the sevenfold phrase (in Exodus 40) “as the LORD commanded Moses” witnesses to the Divine ordering of all. It was so with the twenty-four courses of priests in the earthly Temple; these were formed on the “pattern of things in the heavens.” (my emphasis added to the following:) Why is it necessary for us, when God tells us anything, to conclude that it means something else? Why, when, in Revelation 4, we read of the twenty-four heavenly elders, are we to assume they are anything but what we read, viz., the leaders of the heavenly worship? Why seek to make them redeemed men, or the symbolical representation of redeemed men? Why not leave them alone? (again my emphasis is added here:) It is by such additions as these to what is written that the people of God are divided up into so many schools and parties. Those who regard them as representing the redeemed have done so on the supposed authority of Revelation 5:9; (again my emphasis here:) but they have been misled by some scribe who, in copying Revelation 5:9, altered certain words either to make the passage conform to Revelation 1:5,6 (which is somewhat similar), or to support this very view. Thus it has been handed down that these twenty-four elders were redeemed, and are therefore glorified human beings. But it is now known that the ancient and true reading was very different. That reading is given in the Revised Version thus:—“And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art Thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; for Thou wast slain and dist purchase unto God men* of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, and madest them** to be unto our God a kingdom^ and priests: and they reign^^ upon the earth.”..”

Israel=The kingdom of Israel consists and comprises of both a People, and a territory. The People were and are our Father, our Creator ELOHIM’s—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: ELOHIM the genus God—Chosen People. Chosen only in the sense that they were the lineage through which He Himself will\would be born in the flesh as His Only Begotten Son: Jesus Christ. That lineage began with Adam, then his son Seth, down to Noah, then his son Shem, down to Abram, then his son Isaac, and then his son Jacob whom Father renamed Israel, on to his two sons Levi—actually, Levi’s son Amram and his son Aaron and his descendants—and Judah—and his son Pharez, then his son Hezron, then his son Aram, then his Amminadab, then his son Nashon, then his son Salmon, then his son Boaz, then his son Obed, then his son Jesse, then his son David. Both lineages culminated and terminated at Mary—cousin to Elisabeth, wife of Zacharias, whom the Holy Spirit overshadowed while she was yet a virgin, and after Michael the arch angel had told would come to pass. When Father had changed Jacob’s name to Israel and then he had his twelve sons—Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Napthali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin—who went into captivity to Egypt for those 200 plus years, when Father led them out by the hand of Moses, they became known collectively as, the House of Israel. As for the territory, see the links of the 2 maps in the verse to understand the land mass which comprised the territory of Israel. † As to the etymology of the name Israel, according to Abarim Publications, the meaning of the name Israel is not clear—of which I emphatically disagree—but, yet, it’s huge. The meaning of Israel is not singular and distinct; but, consists of many nuances and facets and bulges with theological significance. Judging from Genesis 32:28, the form ישראל (Israel) appears to be a compilation of two elements. The first one is the noun אל (EL), the common abbreviation of ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: ELOHIM the genus God. EL is essentially the Almighty, though the word is never so rendered. EL is ELOHIM in all His strength and power. It is rendered “God” as ELOHIM is, but EL is God the Omnipotent. ELOHIM is God the Creator putting His omnipotence into operation: The second part of our name appears to be related to the verb שרה (sara): However, even though Genesis 32:28 uses the enigmatic verb שרה — which is assumed to mean to struggle but which might something else entirely — it’s by no means certain that this verb is etymologically linked to our name Israel. When we say, “we named him Bob because that seemed like a good idea,” we certainly don’t mean to say that the name Bob means “good idea.” The first part of the name Israel looks a lot like the verb שרה that explains this name; but, this apparent link is possibly a mere case of word-play. In fact, the name Israel may have more to do with the verb ישר (yashar), meaning to be upright. Note that the difference between the letter שׂ (sin) as found in the name ישׂראל (Israel) and the letter ש (shin) as found in the verb יש ר (yashar) didn’t exist in Biblical times and as it was invented more than a thousand years after the Bible was written: For a meaning of the name Israel, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List, Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) unanimously go with the verb שרה of which the meaning is unsure. Undeterred, NOBSE reads God Strives, and BDB proposes El Persisteth or El Persevereth. Alfred Jones figures that the mysterious verb שרה might very well mean “to be princely,” and assumes that the name Israel consists of a future form of this verb, which hence would mean to become princely. And so Jones interprets the name Israel with He Will Be Prince With God.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3478, - ישׂראל, - Yiśrâ'êl, pronounced - Yis-raw-ale’, and means: From H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: - Israel. Total KJV occurrences: 2,576.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary: The description of Israel in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary is extensive and too long to post here; so, I’ll instead just post the link to it: Israel.

In verses 27:2-15, are the 12 Courses or Divisions of the Military and the names of the men who were in charge of those Courses or Divisions. I’ll not give a detailed description of each of these men, unless they were mentioned in the earlier Chapters of Father’s Word.

I Chronicles 27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam (people will return; or, to whom the people turn) (yaw-shob-awmי) the son of Zabdiel (gift of YAH; and, gift of YAH) (zab-dee-aleי): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.   —>   We had read of Jashobeam back in I Chronicles 11:11, and there he was called an Hachmonite which means: skillful or wise. We also read in that Chapter that he was mentioned as being the Chief of the three Captains, and that he slew 300 Philistines with his spear in one battle. In II Samuel 23:8, he was called by a different name; there he was called Adino the Enzite who slew 800 Philistines in a single battle.

There is a boatload of controversy, mystery and\or questions surrounding this man, his name and\or titles. Again, we read in I Chronicles 11:11: I Chronicles 11:11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time., whereas, in II Samuel 23:8 we read: II Samuel 23:8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite (sagacious—meaning to have or show an acute mental discernment) (takh-kem-o-neeי) that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time.. We must remember brethren, that, the 1611 KJV version of Father’s Word is just that, a translation, translated by those who King James commissioned to translate It for him, as such, they translated and wrote what they wrote. The authors of the Authorized Version—in the margin—and the Revised Version—in the text—both add the addition of a third name: “Josheb-Bassebet the Tachmonite,” Dr. Bullinger notes in his Companion Bible the following: “A.V. marg. and R.V. text=“Josheb-Bassebet the Tachmonite”. Really=Ish-Bosheth, put for Ish-baal=“man of baal, son of a Hachmonite” (cp 1 Chron. 11.11), altered later to Adino. Cp. St. Peter’s exploit (Acts 2), and Steven’s (Acts 6.7).”, J.P. Green, Sr. author of the Green’s Interlinear Bible writes: “Josheb-Bashebech the Tachmonite,” Dr. James Moffatt author of the Moffatt Bible writes: “Ishbaal the Hachmonite,” So, as I said, and as we see, there is much confusion and controversy surrounding this man. Let’s look at the words “Adino” and “Enzite” in the Strong’s Concordance. “Adino” is Hebrew word number: H5722, - עֲדִינוֹ, - ‛ădı̂ynô, pronounced - ad-ee-noי, and means: Probably from H5719 in the original sense of slender (that is, a spear); his spear: - Adino. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. So, we see that the word Adino means “a spear, or his spear.” Now the word “Enzite,” we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6112, - עֵצֶן, - ‛êtsen, pronounced - ayי-tsen, and means: From an unused root meaning to be sharp or strong; a spear; - Eznite [from the margin]. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. As both “Adino” and “Enzite” mean spear; and both “hacmonite” and “tachmonite” mean having an acute mental discernment or to be wise, this author believes—boy I really dislike using that expression as, we should never put our own feelings or beliefs into what Father’s Word says, we must come to His conclusion and\or interpretation of His Word—that it then appears that Adino is actually a nickname for Josheb-Bassebet who was wise in the ways of warfare and very adept and skillful with his spear, especially seeing that he slew between 300 and 800 Philistines in one battle.

Jashobeam=Jashobeam was the son of a man named Zabdiel as we read in I Chronicles 27:2. He is also called Adino the Enzite in II Samuel 23:8. He joined onto David and his little rag-tag army of 600 men in Ziplag and became first among the chief of the mighty men of David, because he was an extremely fierce and mighty warrior. It is written of him that he slew either 300 men—I Chronicles 11:11—or 800 men—II Samuel 23:8—single-handedly at one setting, an impressive feat in either case by anybody’s standards. † The etymology of the name Jashobeam consists of two parts: The first part of our name comes from the verb שוב (shub), meaning to return: The name Jashobeam starts with the letter yod, which makes the verb active: he will shub. The second part of the name Jashobeam is the noun עם ss(יam), meaning people. For a meaning of the name Jashobeam, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads: Let The People Return. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes He Will Return Among The People.. † There is much confusion amongst all the different Biblical scholars concerning our Jashobeam. The confusion arises in his name—is it truly Jashobeam, or is it Josheb-basshebeth—in the Title—the tachmonite—II Samuel 23:8—or Hachmonite—I Chronicles 11:11—and the phrase “that sat in the seat”—II Samuel 23:8. There’s some question on whether the curious name Josheb-basshebeth is actually a name. The most popular modern translations (NAS, NIV, Green, ASV, Darby) think so, but Webster and the revised Webster, the Old King James and the revised KJV21 version, Young and some others, cling to translating this not-name into a part of the narrative. The Dutch NBG (1951) solves the problem by making Josheb-basshebeth an inhabitant of an unknown town called Sebet, which is curious because the much older Statenvertaling lists our boy Josheb-basshebeth, same as the German translations of Elberfelder (1905) and Schlachter (1951). The Luther translations dubiously omit the troublesome Josheb-basshebeth and insert the name of Jashobeam. The name Josheb-basshebeth is a repetition in the tradition of “swarmers that swarm” and “creepers that creep”—Genesis 1:21, 1:24—and comes from the verb ישב (yashab), meaning to sit, remain or dwell: In between these two expressions of the same verb sits the particle ב (be), meaning in or by: Our name is constructed from the verb ישב (yashab), meaning to sit + the particle ב (be), meaning in or by + and the noun שבת (shebet), meaning seat, and translates to something like He Who Sits On The Seat. The Bible translations mentioned above, which translate ישב בשבת as part of the narrative, read things like, “Sitting in his seat is the Tachmonite, head of the captains” (Young), or, “The Tachmonite that sat in the seat” (Webster), or even more daring, “The Tachmonite who sat in the chief seat among the captains” (KJV21).. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3434, - יָשָׁבְעָם, - yâshobיâm, pronounced - yaw-shob-awmי, and means: From H7725 and H5971; the people will return; Jashobam, the name of two or three Israelites: - Jashobeam. Total KJV occurrences: 3.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(to whom the people turn), named first among the chief of the mighty men of David I Chronicles 11:11. He came to David at Ziklag. His distinguishing exploit was that he slew 300 (or 800,) II Samuel 23:8 men at one time.”.

I Chronicles 27:3 Of the children of Perez (a break; and, a breech) (pehי-rets) was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.   —>   Perez is another spelling for Judah’s son Pharez. So, we’re talking about the descendants of Judah here, and Perez is their Captain—keep the Command Structure in your mind in these verses brethren as, Joab is the Commanding General, then Josheb-Bassebet is the overall Captain of the first month, then Perez is under him for the first month.

I Chronicles 27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai (amatory; and, loving, amorous) (do-dahי-ee) an Ahohite (Patronymic from H264; and, brotherly) (akh-o-kheeי), and of his course was Mikloth (rods; or, staves) (mik-lohthי) also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.   —>   It was not actually Dodai, we read in both I Chronicles 11:12 and II Samuel 23:9 that it was his son Eleazar. This means that like the verse above, either Eleazar is Chief and this Mikloth is the Captain of the second month, or, Mikloth is another name for Eleazar—remember brethren, either it was quite common for men in Father’s Word to have two different names, the second name was a nickname, or the kenites had their hand in this renaming of a person.

Dodai=Also called Dodo in both I Chronicles 11:12 and II Samuel 23:9, Dodo is just the shortened version of the longer name, think of his name as Dick being shortened for Richard, Bill for William, or Pete for Peter and means the same. There is nothing written of Dodo in Father’s Word except to say that he was the father of Eleazar; and that he was an Ahohite. † The etymology of the name Dodai “comes from the verb דוד (dwd), probably meaning to love or fondle. The added letter י (yod) upon which our name ends, may either create an adjective (love-ly), a possessive form (my love), or may be a remnant of (YAH) = יהו (YAHU) = יו (YU), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH, (the sacred and personal name of Father). While ELOHIM is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”. For a meaning of the name Dodai, Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names takes the final י (yod) to be a remnant of יהוה and reads Beloved Of The Lord. Neither Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary nor New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List interprets this name.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1737, - דּוֹדַי, - dôday, pronounced - do-dah-eeי, and means: Formed like H1730; amatory; Dodai, an Israelite: - Dodai. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(loving, amorous). An Ahohite who commanded the course of the second month I Chronicles 27:4. It is probable that he is the same as DODO. 2.”.

Ahohite=There is only person in Father’s Word named Ahoah. He was a son of Bela, who was the first-born of Benjamin. Ahoah was also called Ahijah—compare I Chronicles 8:4 with 8:7. This Ahoah fathered a tribe who were called the Ahohites. The only Ahohites mentioned in Father’s Word are Dodo, or Dodai and his son Ezeazar—one of David’s 3 mightiest warriors—and a man named Zalmon, who is also known as Ilai. † The etymology of the name Ahoah is a little confusing and all the different Biblical scholars disagree, from Abarim Publications: “The origin of the name Ahoah is unclear and the various sources do not agree. Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary are quick to assume that the name Ahoah is an alternate form of Ahijah, because the only Ahoah in the Bible is also called Ahijah. The proposition is that the name Ahoah consists of (1) the word אח (ah), meaning brother, and (2) יה (YAH) = יהו (YAHU) = יו (YU), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH, (the sacred and personal name of Father). While ELOHIM is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”. Hence Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names translates this name with Brother Of The LORD and BDB Theological Dictionary reads the similar Brother Of YAH. However, the name Ahoah is spelled with waw-heth and not with waw-he, and that makes a lot of difference. So much even that a relation between the two is far from obvious and not certain at all. In fact, it’s really quite doubtful. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List decides to simply ignore the second part of the name, seems to equate this name with Ahi or Ahian and reads Brotherly, from אח (ah), meaning brother:” The name Ahoah could be constructed from a past tense of the root אחח, and would mean He Howled. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H266, - אֲחוֹחִי, - 'ăchôchı̂y, pronounced - akh-o-kheeי, and means: From H264; an Achochite or descendants of Achoach: - Ahohite. Total KJV occurrences: 5.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(brothely), son of Bela the son of Benjamin I Chronicles 8:4. In I Chronicles 8:7 he is called AHIAH. The patronymic, AHOHITE, is found in II Samuel 23:9,28; I Chronicles 11:12,29; 27:4.”.

I Chronicles 27:5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah (YAH has built; or, made by YAH) (ben-aw-yawי-hoo) the son of Jehoiada (YHVH-known; or, YHVH knows) (yeh-ho-yaw-dawי), a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.   —>   Benaiah was a Levite, son of one of the priests. We read here that Jehoiada was “a chief priest,” this does not say “The Chief Priest,” it means therefore that, he was one of the head priests who served under the High Priests—remember, there were two at this time: Abiathar and Zadok.

Benaiah was one of David’s heroes and whom he set over the third month. There is much written of this man, in fact, there are 20 verses in Father’s Word containing the phrase “Benaiah the son of Jehoiada.” During David’s reign and rule over the Nation, we read in I Chronicles 18:17 of David setting Benaiah over the Cherethites and Pelethites: I Chronicles 18:17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites (executioners; and, executioners) (ker-aw-theeי) and the Pelethites (couriers, or messengers; and, couriers) (pel-ay-theeי); and the sons of David were chief about the king. —>
The Cherethites and Pelethites were the king’s Royal Guards, Executioners—not as in one who puts other people to death but, one who carries out or ensures that, the king’s orders are carried out—and Couriers who watched over and protected the king — much like our Secret Service does for our President; and David made Benaiah Captain over them. What acts had Benaiah performed which warranted his selection and appointment as Captain of the king’s Royal Guards? For our answer to that, let’s turn to I Chronicles 11: I Chronicles 11:22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel (God has gathered; and, gathered by God) (keb-tseh-aleי), who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab (from (her (the mother’s)) father; and, of his father) (mo-awb): also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. —>
Benaiah was an extremely courageous man who did many great acts and deeds; he took on and fought against two “lionlike men,” which we find in the Strong’s Concordance tells us they were “men of Ariel,” Hebrew word number H739, - אראל or אריאל, - 'a rı̂y'êl or 'ări'êl, pronounced - ar-ee-aleי, ar-ee-aleי, and means: From H738 and H410; lion of God, that is, heroic: - lionlike men.. So in other words, they most likely were the offspring to the fallen angels, and probably much like Goliath. This Benaiah was fearless, he at another time—obviously during winter, as, there was snow on the ground—even jumped into a pit and slew a lion. This Benaiah was faithful to David; but more importantly, he remained faithful to David’s son Solomon, and he became one of Solomon’s Chief military leaders after Solomon became king. I Chronicles 11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.   —>   Several things to note from this verse: (1) A cubit was between 18 and 24 inches in length, depending upon the length of the current king’s forearm; thus this Egyptian was approximately 7 1/2 - 10 feet tall, and, as we read, he was extremely adept with his spear, or weaver’s beam—a weaver’s beam was approximately between 20-26 feet in length. However, Benaiah was more skilled with his staff than the Egyptian was with his spear, because he was able to take the Egyptians spear away from him and then slay him with his own spear; and (2) Since this Egyptian was a giant, we can probably safely assume that some of the Egyptians had also mated with the fallen angels. Now why an Egyptian was fighting or coming against our forefathers at this time in the history of our forefathers is unbeknownst, and Father’s Word doesn’t say or give any clue, nor do any of the Biblical scholars offer up a reason. I Chronicles 11:24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.   —>   Yes, all these acts are things that Benaiah did, and remember, Benaiah was the son of a Priest, which made him a Levite. “What,” you might ask, a Levite taking up arms and fighting and killing people? Brethren, this isn’t the first time a Levite or a Priest of Father YHVH have fought for Him, if more of His Pastors did this today, this country—the United States of America—wouldn’t be in the shape it’s in. I Chronicles 11:25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.   —>
Honorable among the thirty=In II Samuel 23:23 this reads: II Samuel 23:23 He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard.   —>   In other words, Benaiah by large measure, out shined and performed more notable acts of valor than some of David’s most mightiest of warriors, and even with his performing all his acts of valor, he still didn’t rise to the first tier of David’s warriors, so David promoted him to be the Captain of his Royal Guard of Cherethites and Pelethites.

We read in I Kings 2:5-46 that some of David’s last words to his son Solomon were that he not let Joab, the Commanding General of the Israelite Army under David—and also his very own nephew—go to the grave in peace. Why would David say this to Solomon? Actually it was for several reasons: (1) because Joab had murdered both Abner the son of Ner—Commanding general of the Israelite Army during the reign of king Saul—and Amasa the son of Jether—whom Absalom—during his attempted usurpation of the throne—made Commanding General over Joab; (2) because Joab had sided against his king and joined onto David’s son Adoniah during his attempted usurpation of the throne, and (3) because Joab disobeyed David’s command of dealing gently with Absalom after his attempted usurpation, Joab instead dealt a deathblow to Absalom. Solomon, upon taking over the reigns and rule of Israel sent for Benaiah and had him slay Joab, he also used Benaiah to slay his own brother Adonijah who had gone to Solomon’s mother Bath-sheba requesting her to go to Solomon and have him give Abishag the shunammite who had kept David warm when he was old and frail and could not keep warm. After carrying out Solomon’s orders of slaying both Adonijah and Joab, Solomon elevated Benaiah to Commanding General over the Israelite Army.

Benaiah=A Levite, son of one of the head Priests whose name was Jehoiada, who was from Kabzeel in Judah, and one of David’s heroes II Samuel 8:18; 20:23; 23:20,23; I Kings 1. † Benaiah was a man of dauntless courage, and undoubtedly was inspired by noble ambition. We can say this because he came of a noble ancestry whose forefathers had left their impress upon the history of the nation. Born well, Benaiah sought to live well. Unlike the sons of both Chief Priests Eli and then Samuel lived in sin and died in disgrace, Benaiah was privileged with the example of Godly parentage, looked upon life as a challenge to personal and individual responsibility. He was fearless in his destruction of Israel’s foes. Born in an age of warfare, when youths were valiant in fight and middle-aged men were veterans, Benaiah had been valiant in many a campaign against hostile nations. This grandson of a valiant man of Kabzeel had many mighty deeds to his credit I Chronicles 11:22-25. Three glimpses are given of Benaiah’s bravery: (1) He confronted two lionhearted men of Moab—giants among their fellows—either of whom would have been more than a match for any ordinary soldier, but Benaiah took them both on and was the victor; (2) He attacked the Egyptian of “great statute” but although this dark-skinned giant carried a spear “like a weaver’s beam” Benaiah met him with an ordinary staff and left the field victorious; (3) Benaiah’s next exploit finds him attacking not “lionhearted men” but an actual lion which had scared the people. A pit was dug to trap the marauding lion, and then Father caused it to snow thereby hidding the trap in a most effective way. The lion fell into the pit and vainly tried to extricate itself; but, Benaiah, the hero who had vanquished a giant and conquered two lionhearted Moabites, leap right into the pit on a snowy day and single-handed slew the lion. No wonder David, who also had slew a lion, gave Benaiah the chief place among the favored three. A greater than Benaiah dealt a death blow at our three great foes—the world, the flesh, the devil. † The etymology of the name Benaiah consists of two elements, the final one being יה (YAH) = יהו (YAHU) = יו (YU), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH—the sacred and personal name of Father. While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”. The first part of the name Benaiah comes from the verb בנה (bana), which is the Hebrew common and ubiquitous verb meaning to build: It should be remembered that the punctuations in the Hebrew text were added to the original during a time when Judaism was competing with Christianity, and every reference to a son of God may be expected to have been obscured. The name Benaiah may mean Son Of God, but New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List proposes YHVH Has Built. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Built Up Of The LORD, and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary offers YAH Hath Built Up.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1141, - בְּנָיָה or בְּנָיָהוּ, - benâyâh or benâyâhû, pronounced - ben-aw-yawי or ben-aw-yawי-hoo, and means: From H1129 and H3050; YAH has built; Benajah; the name of twelve Israelites. Total KJV occurrences: 42.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(Made by the LORD). The son of Jehoiada the chief priest I Chronicles 27:5, of the tribe of Levi, though a native of Kabzeel II Samuel 23:20, set by David I Chronicles 11:25, over his body-guard II Samuel 8:18; 20:23; I Kings 1:38; and I Chronicles 18:17. One of the mighty men of II Samuel 23:22-23; I Chronicles 11:25 and 27:6. The exploits which gave him this rank are narrated in II Samuel 23:20-21 and I Chronicles 11:22. He was captain of the host for the third month I Chronicles 27:5. Benaiah remained faithful to Solomon during Adonijah’s attempt on the crown I Kings 1:8,10,32,38 and 44, and was raised unto the place of Joab as commander-in-chief of the whole army in I Kings 2:35 and 4:4.”.

Jehoiada=A Chief Priest and leader of the Aaronites. Jehoiada is probably more well-known as being the father of Benaiah, one of David’s mightiest warriors and heroes. † The etymology of the name Jehoiada consists of two parts: The first part, is the appellative יה (YAH) = יהו (YAHU) = יו (YU), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH, (the sacred and personal name of Father). While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”. The second part of the name Jehoiada comes from the root-verb ידע (yadaי), meaning to know: For a meaning of the name Jehoiada, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads YAHVEH Knows. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has the similar The LORD Knows.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3111, - יוֹיָדָע, - yôyâdâ‛, pronounced - yo-yaw-dawי, and means: A form of H3077; YHVH-known; jojada, the name of two Israelites: - Jehoiada, Joiada. Total KJV occurrences: 9.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Father of Benaiah, David’s well-known warrior II Samuel 8:18; I Kings 1:2.”.

I Chronicles 27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad (people of endowment; and, people of the giver i.e., God) (am-mee-zaw-bawdי) his son.   —>   Yes, this is that Benaiah who we just of some of the things which made him one of David’s heroes. Benaiah was the second of the second tier of David’s warriors and mighty men. Like the men named in the verses above, though the Course was named for him, it was actually his son who was over the course.

I Chronicles 27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel (YAH has made; and, made by YAH) (as-aw-aleי) the brother of Joab (YHVH fathered; and, whose father is YHVH) (yo-awbי), and Zebadiah (YAH has given; and, YHVH bestowed) (zeb-ad-yaw-hooי) his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. —>   Asahel was David’s nephew by his sister Zeruiah, he was Abishai and Joab’s younger brother. Asahel was the third of the second tier of three of David’s warriors and heroes. Everything—for the most part—we read of the man is written in II Samuel 2. It was Asahel who chased after Abner—Saul’s Commanding General—in order to slay him; however, sadly for him, he was no match for Abner. Abner tried to warn Asahel off, but, Asahel wouldn’t turn; therefore, Abner had no choice but to defend himself and kill Asahel. Joab and his other brother, the eldest of Zeruiah’s three sons, Abishai, thought it murder, and they repaid Abner “kind-for-kind,” or “an-eye-for-an-eye.”

Asahel=There are 17 verses and 18 matches for the name Asahel and the Strong’s hebrew word number—H6214—associated with it. Of those 17 verses and 18 matches, all but 3 are for David’s nephew by his sister Zeruiah, the other three are for three other men bearing the same name. Asahel was the youngest of David’s three nephews by his sister Zeruiah, his older brothers were Abishai, the eldest, and Joab, the Commanding General of David’s Army. † it was said of Asahel “Asahel was swift of foot, like a gazelle in the open field;” in fact, it was this swiftness, that and his over-confidence, which got him killed when he tried to face-off against the more powerful and experienced Abner who had thrice warned him to turn aside and not pursue him with evil intents. Abner escaped with his life; however, Asahel was buried in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. In retaliation, his two older brothers conspired and murdered Abner, against the wishes of their uncle, David. † The etymology of the name Asahel consists of two elements. The first element comes from the very common Hebrew verb עשהss(יasa), meaning to do, fashion, accomplish: The second part of the name Asahel is the word אל (EL), the common abbreviation of ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: ELOHIM—the genus God. EL is essentially the Almighty, though the word is never so rendered. EL is ELOHIM in all His strength and power. It is rendered “God” as ELOHIM is, but EL is God the Omnipotent. ELOHIM is God the Creator putting His omnipotence into operation. The name Asahel means Made By God (or Made Of God as Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has it), and is the exact reverse of the name Eleasah, God Has Made.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6214, - עֲשָׂהאֵל, - ‛ăśâh'êl, pronounced - as-aw-aleי, and means: From H6213 and H410; God has made, Asahel, the name of four Israelites: - Asahel. Total KJV occurrences: 18.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(made by God). Nephew of David, being the youngest son of his sister Zeruiah. He was celebrated for his swiftness of foot. When fighting under his brother Joab at Gibeon, he pursued Abner, who was obliged to kill him in self-defense II Samuel 2:18 ff. [ABNER]”.

Joab=Of the 125 verses mentioning him, and the 146 matches for his name and the Strong’s Hebrew word number—H3097—associated with his name, Joab, is the most spoken about of David’s three nephews by his sister Zeruiah; three of those 125 verses and 146 matches—Ezra 2:6; 8:9; and Nehemiah 7:11—are of Joab’s descendants. Joab was Zeruiah’s middle son, with Abishai being the older, and Asahel being the younger. † Some of Joab’s more notable facts are: Before David became king of the entire House of Israel; while Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was king of the divided House of Israel, appointed by Saul’s captain Abner, Joab and a contingency of men met to face off with Abner and his men at the Pool of Gibeon. The men had gathered to conduct mock-war in order to prevent all-out war between the two nations; however, sadly, their simulated war of sending out 12 men from each side to fend against each other in a “winner take all” mock war sport quickly escalated into something more sinister: war, as each man grabbed his foe by the beard and they all thrust each other through with their weapons of war, killing each other. That little war-play intensified and worsened; and, the next thing they all knew, they were engaging in real war, with Joab’s 600 battle-tested warriors overpowering Abner’s men who had just suffered a major defeat at the hands of the Philistines. It was at this little mock-war which quickly turned into true war that Joab’s younger brother Asahel chased down the more experienced Abner, who warned him off three times to no avail, and when Asahel charged; Abner had no choice but to defend himself; and, he slew the younger, less experienced Asahel. Joab considered it murder, and later, he conspired and murdered Abner for it. † Because of his fearless courage and leading the assault on the fortress of Jebus, Joab was promoted to the rank of General as can be read in I Chronicles 11:4-6 and 27:34. † The etymology of the name Joab consists of two elements: The first one being יה (YAH) = יהו (YAHU) = יו (YU), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH—the sacred and personal name of Father. While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”. This very short abbreviation of YHVH also occurs in the names Jochebed and Jonathan. The second element of the name Joab is אב (ab): The name Joab means YAH Is Father. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads YAHVEH Is Father. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads LORD Father or Whose Father Is The LORD.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3097, - יוֹאָב, - yô'âb, pronounced - yo-awbי, and means: From H3068 and H1; Jehovah-fathered; Joab, the name of three Israelites: - Joab. Total KJV occurrences: 145.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(whose father is YHVH) The most remarkable of the three nephews of David, the children of Zeruiah, David’s sister. Joab first appears after David’s accession to the throne at Hebron. Abner slew in battle Asahel, the youngest brother of Joab; and when David afterward received Abner into favor, Joab treacherously murdered him. There was now no rival left in the way of Joab’s advancement, and at the siege of Jebus he was appointed for his prowess commander-in-chief — “captain of the host.” In the wide range of wars which David undertook, Joab was the acting general. He was called by the almost regal title of “lord,” in II Samuel 11:11 and “the prince of the king’s army” in I Chronicles 27:34. In the entangled relations which grew up in David’s domestic life he bore an important part, successfully reinstating Absalom in David’s favor after the murder of Amnon (II Samuel 14:1-20). When the relations between father and son were reversed by the revolt of Absalom, Joab remained true to the king, taking the rebel prince’s dangerous life in spite of David’s injunction to spare him, and when no one else had courage to act so decisive a part II Samuel 18:2 and 11-15. The king transferred the command to Amasa, which so enraged Joab that he adroitly assassinated Amasa when pretending to welcome him as a friend in II Samuel 20:10. Friendly relations between himself and David seem to have existed afterward (II Samuel 24:2), but at the close of his long life, his loyalty, so long unshaken, at last wavered. “Though he had not turned after Absalom, he turned after Adonijah” (I Kings 2:28). This probably filled up the measure of the king’s long-cherished resentment. The revival of the pretensions of Adonijah after David’s death was sufficient to awaken the suspicions of Solomon. Joab fled to the shelter of the altar at Gibeon, and was here slain by Benaiah.”.

I Chronicles 27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth (desolation; and, desolation) (sham-hoothי) the Izrahite (a variation for H250; a Jizrach (that is, Ezrachite or Zarchite) or descendant of Zerach; and, dscendant of Zerah) (yiz-rawkhי): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.   —>   I’ll tell you brethren, tracing some of these genealogies can get quite confusing and hair-pulling. There are three different but the same accountings of this man and his genealogy—here in I Chronicles 27:8, I Chronicles 11:13-14, and II Samuel 23:11-12—and all three are different in the spelling of his name and his ancestry. Here in I Chronicles 27:8, as we read, he is called Shamhuth the Izrahite, in II Samuel 23:11, he is called Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite, and we also find in I Chronicles 11:27, that he is called Shammoth the Harorite.

No matter how you spell his name brethren, this man Shamhuth was one of David’s heroes and warriors. He was the third of the first tier of David’s mighty men. We read of him performing some courageous acts in both II Samuel 23:11-12 and I Chronicles 11:13-14, to wit: I Samuel 23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. [23:12] But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. and now from I Chronicles 11:13-14: I Chronicles 11:13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the People fled from before the Philistines. [11:14] And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. —>   Several things to pay attention to in these two verses brethren: (1) It was Father Who wrought such a great victory for His People Israel through this man Shamhuth; (2) the “he” here in I Chronicles 11:13 is in reference to Eleazar the the son of Dodo, the Ahohite; however the “they” is in reference to both Eleazar and our man Shammhuth; (3) Pas-dammim is actually Ephes-dammim and was located between Shocoh and Azekah; (4) Pas-dammim or Ephes-dammim was the location where the giant Goliath came out against the Israelite army to challenge them, and was where young David slew Goliath; and (5) as we read in II Samuel 23:11 the ground was full of lentils, which means both Chapters and Verses are correct and complimentary, and not contradictory to each other as, both barley and lentils were covering the ground.

Shamhuth=Shamhuth is almost a man of controversy as, his name is spelled three different ways in several different Chapters and Verses: in II Samuel 23:11 he is called Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite; in I Chronicles 11:27 he is called Shammoth the Harorite; and in I Chronicles 27:8 he is called Shamhuth the Izrahite. † No matter how the scribes of Father’s Word recorded the spelling of his name, this was a man of great courage during the time of David. He produced a major victory for our forefathers in their fight against the Philistines as we read in both II Samuel 23:11-12 and I Chronicles 11:13-14, to wit: I Samuel 23:11 And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines. [23:12] But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. and now from I Chronicles 11:13-14: I Chronicles 11:13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the People fled from before the Philistines. [11:14] And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.. † Because he was so courageous a fighter, David elevated him to the position of the third of the first tier of three of his warriors and heroes, he also made him the Fifth Captain for the fifth month over a Company of 24,000 men. † As to the etymology of the name Shamhuth, it’s unclear where the name Shamhuth comes from or how it is constructed. Scholars generally propose that this name is “probably” a corrupted form of the name שמות (Shammoth), but supply no argument or reason to actually accept this. But if it were, it would have been derived from the verb שמם (shamen), meaning to be desolate or appalled: A Hebrew audience, however, would have likely objected to the unaccounted for letter ה (he) that sits in the middle of our name. A creative member of that audience might have even figured that the name Shamhuth consists of two distinct elements. The first one of these could be the noun שם (shem), meaning name or fame: The second (hypothetical) part of our name could be taken from the verb הות (hut), meaning to shout at: The name Shamhuth looks like it could mean Famous Shouter or Here’s A Shout. But for a meaning of the name Shamhuth, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List follows the way of least resistance and reads Desolation. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names, equally uninspired, proposes Deserts. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary doesn’t interpret our name but likewise assumes that it is the same as Shammoth.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H8049, - שַׁמְהוּת, - shamhûth, pronounced - sham-hoothי, and means: For H8048; Desolation; Shamhuth, an Israelite: - Shamhuth. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. † Now from Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(desolation), the fifth captain for the fifth month in David’s arrangement of his army I Chronicles 27:8.”.

I Chronicles 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira (wakefulness; and, watcher of a city) (ee-rawי) the son of Ikkesh (perverse; and, perverse) (ik-kasheי) the Tekoite (patronymic from H8620; and, trumpet, or bring forth a sudden force) (tek-o-eeי) (map): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

I Chronicles 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez (perhaps strength; or, strength) (khehי-lets) the Pelonite (Patronymic from an unused name (from H6395) meaning separate; and, such a one) (pel-o-neeי), of the children of Ephraim (double fruit; and double fruitfulness) (ef-rahי-yim) (territory): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
Ephraim
Ephraim=Ephraim was Joseph’s younger son and brother to Manasseh, both of whom were born while in Egypt, to Joseph’s wife Asenath, daughter of Potipherah priest of On. Potipherah was a Shepherd King, who were known as the Hyksos. Egyptians were not herdsmen; so, we know that these Hyksos were not Egyptian, therefore, it can never be said that Manasseh and Ephraim were of Egyptian descent. † Of the man himself, we know virtually nothing as, there isn't anything of accomplishment he did, recorded in Father’s Word. But, what we do know, is, that, as recorded in Genesis 48, though the younger of the two sons of Joseph, it was Ephraim who was Blessed first and also received the Covenant Blessing which Father Bestowed onto Abraham, passed down to his son Isaac, and now onto his grandson Ephraim.—This Covenant Blessing is still active to today in those who are the descendants of Isaac; or, the “Saxons.” Who were the Saxons, where did they come from, and who are they today? History tells us that the Saxons were initially called “Scythians” by the Greeks, and they first appeared in Europe about 650B.C. in the land of Scythia which included the area north of the Black Sea and stretched east to the Caspian Sea and south to the Caucasus Mountains, thus the name “Caucasian.” Let’s go back even further and we discover that, ancient historians tell us that the Saxons first appear in history somewhere around 700B.C., south of the Caucasus Mountains, in Armenia and in the land of the Medes. The Medes and Persians called the Saxons the “Sak” or “Saka,” and “Sakasani.” Sakasani translated into English means, “sons of Isaac.” So, the Saxons first appear in history in the land of the Medes; and, at the same time, roughly, 700B.C., another people—the People of the 10 lost tribes of the House of Israel—disappear from history in the land of the Medes. Who today are the sons of Isaac? Everybody today who are called Caucasian, in other words, most all Europe, and more closely, Great Britain—Manasseh—and her younger brother, the United States of America—Ephraim. This above historical information can be read in further detail here. † The only thing we do know of the man Ephraim himself is, who his descendants are\were, we read in I Chronicles 7:20-27 that Ephraim begat Shuthelah, and then his direct and collateral descendants were Bered, Tahath, Eladah, Tahath, Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer and Elead; however, it appears that every one of these men were slain by the Gittites, now, whether this was before or after the exodus is uncertain; but, this author feels that more than likely, it was pre-exodus—I’ll explain my reasoning below**. Ephraim then begat Beriah, with the direct and collateral descendants of Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, Laadan, Ammihud, Elishama, Non, and then Jehoshua. **According to Numbers 1:10, two years after coming out of Egypt, Elishama, the son of Ammihud, the great, great, great, great, great-grandson of Ephraim was prince over the tribe of Ephraim. The Tribe of Ephraim was also the Standard Bearer—their Standard was Taurus the Bull—for the encampment which consisted of Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin, they encamped on the Western side of Father’s Tabernacle, and as the Tabernacle moved, the Encampment of Ephraim went forward in the Third Rank. Numbers 1:32-33 tells us that the Tribe of Ephraim’s numbers two years after the exodus were 40,500; however, during the second numbering, the numbering of Numbers 26:35-37 we find that their numbers diminished by 8,000, down to 32,500. † The etymology of the name Ephraim is somewhat debated as Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List go after Genesis 41:52, “...For [...] God has made me fruitful..” and take the name from the Hebrew verb פרה (para), meaning to bear fruit or be fruitful: Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, on the other hand, state that the name Ephraim may be narratively connected with פרה (Genesis 41:52), but list it under the Hebrew root אפר ss (יpr II): Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Two-fold Increase. NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Doubly Fruitful. Taking the aleph from the Qual imperfect first person singular would yield a meaning of I Am Twice Fruitful. It’s true that the aleph is quite a weak letter which is applied often without essentially changing the meaning of a word. But it’s perfectly conceivable, and perhaps even preferred, that father Joseph casts a wry word play in the naming of his sons. He names his first born Manasseh (Making To Forget), because, “God has made me forget all my toil and all of my father’s house”. When his father’s house finally shows up, it becomes clear that Joseph had a hard time forgetting them and was in fact happy to see them. His second son he names Ephraim, a name with a strong connection to the word fruitfulness but equally so to the word for ashes, the symbol of worthlessness and grief. Perhaps Joseph was not at all happy for having been made to forget his father’s house, and deemed ‘fruitfulness in the land of affliction,’ the golden bars of a still dismal cage. Perhaps the duality of the name Ephraim does not denote a double portion of the same, but rather as a reminder that the coin of his wealth and status had two sides.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H699, - אֶפְרַיִם, - 'ephrayim, pronounced - ef-rahי-yim, and means: Dual of a masculine form of H672; double fruit; Ephrajim, a son of Joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory: - Ephraim, Ephraimites Total KJV occurrences: 180.. † Now from the Easton’s Bible Dictionary, where we find: “(double fruitfulness) (“for God had made him fruitful in the land of his affliction”). The second son of Joseph, born in Egypt Genesis 41:52; 46:20. The first incident recorded regarding him is his being placed, along with his brother Manasseh, before their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them 48:10; Compare 27:1. The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should be placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the younger before his brother, “guiding his hands wittingly.” Before Joseph’s death, Ephraim’s family had reached the third generation Genesis 50:23.”.

I Chronicles 27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai (corpse like; and, a weaver) (sib-bek-ahי-ee) the Hushathite (Patronymic from H2364; and, inhabitant of Hushah) (khoo-shaw-theeי), of the Zarhites (Patronymic from H2226; and, dawning or, rising of light) (zar-kheeי): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

I Chronicles 27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer (father of help (that is, helpful); and, father of help, helpful) (ab-ay-eeי-zer) the Anetothite (Patrial from H6068; or, a dwelleer at Anathoth) (an-ne-tho-theeי) (map), of the Benjamites (patronymic from H1144) (ben-yem-ee-neeי): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

I Chronicles 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai (hasty; and, impetuous) (mah-har-ahי-ee) the Netophathite (patronymic from H5199, distillation; and, dripping) (net-o-faw-theeי) (map), of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

I Chronicles 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite (patrial from H6552; and, dweller in Pirathon) (pir-aw-tho-neeי) (map), of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

I Chronicles 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai (worldiness; and, worldly) (khel-dahי-ee) the Netophathite, of Othniel (force of YAH; and, lion of YHVH) (oth-nee-aleי): and in his course were twenty and four thousand.   —>   This concludes the list of the 12 Courses or Divisions of the Military and the names of the men who were in charge of those Courses or Divisions.

Beginning with our next verse, we change courses and read of who were the leaders of each of the Tribes—who were also sometimes called “the Prince of the Tribe” as we’ll see when we come to verse v27:22 below.

27:16-22 The Tribes
27:16-22 The Leaders of the
   Tribes

I Chronicles 27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites (patronymic from H7205, a Reubenite (collectively) or descendant of Reuben: - tribe of Reuben; and, behold a son (reh-oo-bay-neeי) was Eliezer (YAH of help; and, YAH is his help) (el-ee-ehי-zer) the son of Zichri (memorable; and, memorable) (zik-reeי): of the Simeonites (patronymic from H8095, a Simeonite (collectively) or descendant of Simeon: - tribe of Simeon; and, heard (shim-o-neeי), Shephatiah (YAH has judged; and, judged by YHVH) (shef-at-yawי-hoo) the son of Maachah (depression; or, oppression) (mah-ak-awthי):   —>   The Tribes of Israel=(1) The first four sons of Leah, in order of their birth. (2) Issachar and Zebulun, fifth and sixth—Genesis 30:18,20. Thus the first six are Leah’s sons. Her maid Zilpah’s—Gad and Asher—not mentioned. Then Naphtali—Bilhah, Rachel’s maid. Then Ephraim and Manasseh—Rachel’s, through Joseph. Then Benjamin—Rachel’s younger son. Dan comes last because the Tribe of Dan was the first to be beguiled into idolatry. Hence Dan is ommited and not named in Revelation 7:4.

Reubenites=The Reubenites have always been a contentious lot. From the time of their namesake who himself began the trouble when he lay with one of his father’s concubines—she is never called that in Father’s Word, she is called Rachel’s handmaid—Bilhah—the mother of Dan and Naphtali. Reuben was the first-born of Jacob, and as such, he should have received the first-fruits Blessing, but he forfeited that right—much like his uncle Esau, though Esau forfeited his to Jacob for a different reason—when he committed his dispicable deed. † Whether his sons—Father’s Word does not say whether his four sons were controversial or not—and their descendants inherited this from their patriarch or not we don’t know. We do know that Reuben had four sons but, we don’t know in which year(s) Reuben’s sons were born, nor if he had had any daughters, but we do know that at the time of the migration into Egypt, Reuben’s sons were these: Hanoch, Phallu, Hezron and Carmi, as can be read in Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; and I Chronicles 5:3. † Tracing the genealogies can get quite confusing and it is difficult to know who had which children while in captivity to the Egyptians. With that being said, what is determined is that, at the time of the exodus, of the children of Reuben, Elizur, the son of Shedeur was the head of the family of Reuben—Shedeur is never mentioned in a context other than being Elizur’s father, so I cannot determine from which of Reuben’s 4 sons Shedeur was descended. Being head of the family at this time also meant being the head of the army for the tribe, and again, at this time it is Elizur. † During the numbering in Numbers 1:21 and Numbers 2:10, the Reubenite army totaled 46,000. † When the spies were selected to go spy out the Promised Land as read in Numbers 13:4, Shammua, the son of Zaccur, was the man who was selected to be the spy from the Tribe of Reuben. † Then we read in Numbers 16:1 that, “Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben...” along with “...Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi...” rose up against Moses and Father. Of the sons of Reuben though, On, the son of Peleth, decided not to come to the door of his tent, and therefore, spared his life when Father called the others home to Him. † During the second numbering of the Tribes, that of Numbers 26, the Reubenites now numbered 43,730, a decrease of 2,770. The Reubenite’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was 8^th; or, 4^th from the bottom. † The Reubenites’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was as the Standard Bearer on the South side of the Tabernacle. † The sign on their Standard was aquarius—man, the colors on the Standard was the color of the top row of stones on the High Priest’s Breastplate: the Sardis, the Topaz, and the Carbuncle, most likely, brown, yellow and a shade of green. The Reubenites were the centerpiece, surrounded by the Tribes of Simeon and Gad. † The Reubenites united with the Tribe of Gad in asking permission to settle in the “land of Gilead,” which was located on the eastern side of Jordan River—Numbers 32:1-5. Of the 2¹/2 who remained on the eastern side of the Jordan, the Reubenite’ lot, was the smallest of the lots. Their lot extended from the Arnon, in the south along the coast of the Dead Sea to its northern end, where the Jordan flows into it—Joshua 13:15-21 Joshua 13:23. It thus embraced the original kingdom of Sihon. The Reubenites were “to the eastern tribes what Simeon was to the western, i.e., “Unstable as water.” † We hear of nothing beyond the multiplication of their cattle in the land of Gilead, their spoils of camels 50,000, and of asses 2,000—I Chronicles 5:9,10,20,21. † After the Reubenites assisted their fellow Israelites in defeating the peoples who inhabited the territories of the Prommised Land, they, with the Gadites and half Tribe of Manasseh, returned to their lands on the eastern side of the Jordan River. To mark and celebrate their—the Israelites—victory, they erected an Altar of Witness, which the Tribes on the western side mistakenly thought was erected to serve false gods, and therefore encamped against them in order to prepare to engage in battle against their brethren. In doing so, they first send Phinehas, the High Priest to enquire—which they should have done first, before mustering their army against their brethren—as to the nature of this Altar. After learning that it was an Altar to be a witness and give thanks to Father YHVH for their victory, the army of the western Israelites returned to their own territories. † During the battle against the Philistines and Sisera, Reuben was divided within it’s ranks, some were ready to go to battle, and some were not. Reuben wanted to retreat for they were against the war, and had no faith in Father or His protection. Reuben’s people were war protesters, and this is what brought about the “divisions” we read of in “Song of Deborah and Barak” of Judges 5:15-16. † Being descended from their namesake, it is from he who we draw for the etymology: Reuben is a combination of two words: The first part comes from the verb ראה (raיa), meaning see, look: The second part of the name Reuben is the word בן (ben), meaning son, offspring.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H7206, - רְאוּבֵנִי, - re'ûbênı̂y, pronounced - reh-oo-bay-neeי, and means: Patronymic from H7205; a Reubenite or descendant of Reuben: - The children of Reuben, Reubenites. Total KJV occurrences: 18. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The census at Mount Sinai Numbers 1:20,21; 2:11, shows that at the exodus the men of the tribe above twenty years of age and fit for active warlike service numbered 46,600. The Reubenites maintained the ancient calling of their forefathers. Their cattle accompanied them in their flight from Egypt Exodus 12:38. Territory of the tribe. --The portion of the Promised Land selected by Reuben had the special name of “the Mishor,” with reference possibly to its evenness. Under its modern name of the Belka it is still esteemed beyond all others by the Arab sheep-masters. It was a fine pasture-land east of the Jordan, lying between the river Arnon on the south and Gilead on the north. Though the Israelites all aided the Reubenites in conquering the land, and they in return helped their brothers to secure their own possessions, still there was always afterward a bar, a difference in feeling and habits, between the eastern and western tribes. The pile of stones which they erected on the west bank of the Jordan to mark their boundary was erected in accordance with the unalterable habits of Bedouin tribes both before and since. This act was completely misunderstood and was construed into an attempt to set up a rival altar to that of the sacred tent. No Judge, no prophet, no hero of the tribe of Reuben is handed down to us. The Reubenites disliked war clinging to their fields and pastures even when their brethren were in great distress. Being remote from the seat of the national government and of the national religion, it is not to be wondered at that the Reubenites relinquished the faith of Jehovah. The last historical notice which we possess of them, while it records this fact, records also as its natural consequence that they and the Gadites and the half-tribe Manasseh were carried off by Pul and Tiglath-pileser I Chronicles 5:26.”.

Simeonites=We begin our learning of the Simeonites by reading of the prophesy of what would become of the Tribe: Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. [49:6] O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. [49:7] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.   —>   Divide=This prophesy of Simeon’s inheritance of their being divided in Jacob, and scattered throughout Israel, was fulfilled in Joshua 19. Now, during the Blessing of Moses in Deuteronomy 33, we find that Simeon’s Blessing was included with the Blessing of Judah as, their inheritance and Blessing were one. † The prince of the Tribe when Father led them out of their bondage to the Egyptians was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai—Numbers 1:6. During the first numbering of the Tribes in Numbers 1:23, Simeon’s numbers of the males 20 years old and up, able to go to war were 59,300; however, during the second numbering, the numbering of Numbers 26:14, their numbers decreased significantly, by 37,100, down to 22,200. Simeon’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was the bottom of the list. † Simeon’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the Easterly side of the South of the Tabernacle, beside Reuben. The sign on Simeon’s Standard was Pisces. † Sadly, it didn’t take very long for the People of Simeon to stray from Father as is evidenced by the actions of Zimri in Numbers 25:14, where we read: Numbers 25:14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.   —>   Why was Zimri slain? Well, it wasn’t just because he was with a Midianitish woman, no, it was because he had, “brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation..” Had we read back to the beginning of Numbers 25, we would have read the almost the entire Nation of the House of Israel was committing whoredoms with the people of Moab, and when Father became angry at them for it, He told Moses to hang the heads of the People up against the sun in order to stave off Father’s anger. So Zimri thumbed his nose at Father and Moses, by bringing this Midianite whore into the camp of Israel, where he took her into a high vaulted pleasure tent—which the People of Israel had erected in order to commit their whoredoms—and began having intercourse with her in front of all the People of Israel. And what happened because of it? Eleazar’s son Phinehas took a javelin, went into the tent and thrust them both through, killing them and pinning them to the ground in the process. Because of Phinehas’ action, Father stopped the plague He was bringing upon the Nation. † Though their inheritance was with and within Judah, we know that they also had other territories as well and that when Father split the Nation into two separate Nations, the Simeonites stayed with the House of Israel and as such, when Father sent the Assyrians to take the Nation of the House of Israel into captivity, the Simeonites were taken with the Nation. † For the etymology of the Simeonites we return to the etymology of their namesake, the patriarch of the Tribe: Simeon, and we read in Abarim Publications concerning the etymology of the name Simeon that, some scholars (Brown Driver Briggs [BDB] Theological Dictionary) insist that the name Simeon was around long before the Book of Genesis was written (or the verb treated below was invented), and that therefore the etymology and original meaning of the name is lost. Here at Abarim Publications we find these findings deliciously clever, but void of any relevance to the story that unfolds in Genesis. In Genesis 29:33 the name Simeon is directly linked to the verb שמע (shamaי), meaning to hear: The waw-nun extension of our name is a normal construction to localize or personify a root. The name Simeon means He Who Hears or Man Of Hearing. For a meaning of the name Simeon, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Hearing. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes a rather elaborate Hearing With Acceptance.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H8099, - שִׁמְעֹנִי, - shim‛ônı̂y, pronounced - shim-o-neeי, and means: Patronymic from H8095; a Shimonite (collectively) or descendant of Shimon: - tribe of Simeon, Simeonites. Total KJV occurrences: 4.. † Now from the Easton’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The Tribe of Simeon was “divided and scattered” according to the prediction in Genesis 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wilderness by about two-thirds (Compare Numbers 1:23; 26:14). Moses pronounces no blessing on this tribe. It is passed by in silence (Deuteronomy 33). This tribe received as their portion a part of the territory already allotted to Judah (Joshua 19:1-9). It lay in the south-west of the land, with Judah on the east and Dan on the north; but whether it was a compact territory or not cannot be determined. The subsequent notices of this tribe are but few (I Chronicles 4:24-43). Like Reuben on the east of Jordan, this tribe had little influence on the history of Israel.”.

I Chronicles 27:17 Of the Levites (patronymic from H3878, a Levite or descendant of Levi: - tribe of Levi; and, joined) (lay-vee-eeי), Hashabiah (YAH has regarded; or, whom YAH regards) (khash-ab-yawי-hoo) the son of Kemuel (raised of YAH; or, congregation of YAH) (kem-oo-aleי): of the Aaronites (a teacher; or, lofty; and, very high) (a-har-oneי), Zadok (just; and, just) (tsaw-dokeי):   —>   Of the Levites...of the Aaronites= Notice the separation of the Levites from the Aaronites brethren? It was Father Who chose Aaron and then his sons to be His Priests. Hence the saying, “all the Priests were Levites, but not all the Levites were priests.” In other words, it was only Aaron—the son of Kohath, the son of Amram, the son of Levi—and his sons—Nadab and Abihu—both of who died because they offered strange fire before Father—Eleazar and Ithamar—who were allowed to be the Priests of Father YHVH.

Levi (Levites)=Levi was Jacob’s third eldest son, he too was born of Leah. † Levi was confederate with his older brother Simeon in exacting revenge on the Hivites for Shechem’s raping their sister Dinah, and as such, during the Blessing by their father Jacob, Levi received the same as Simeon. Genesis 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. [49:6] O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. [49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.. That being said; it was the descendants of Levi—namely Gershon, Kohath, and Merari, then Kohath’s grandchildren: Aaron, Miriam, Moses, and then Aaron’s sons and so forth—whom Father choose to bestow His Priesthood upon, Moses is included in this grouping as, he was Aaron and Miriam’s younger brother, and it was he whom Father choose to lead our forefathers up out of their bondage to the Egyptians. Yes, Levi’s descendants were indeed scattered throughout Israel; however, it was because they were the Priesthood and they became Father’s Inheritance: Numbers 18:20 And the LORD spake unto Aaron, “Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. [18:21] And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.   —>   There is no finer inheritance. † During the Blessing of Moses in Deuteronomy 33 we read: Deuteronomy 33:8 And of Levi he said, “Let Thy Thummim and thy Urim be with Thy holy one, Whom Thou didst prove at Massah, And with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; [33:9] Who said unto his father and to his mother, ‘I have not seen him; ’ Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew his own children: For they have observed Thy word, And kept Thy covenant. [33:10] They shall teach Jacob Thy judgments, and Israel Thy law: they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon Thine altar. [33:11] Bless, LORD, his substance, And accept the work of his hands: Smite through the loins of them that rise against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again.”   —>   Levi’s descendants would become the High Priest and Priest line; and, as such, the High Priest would bear the Urim and Thummim, the two stones which in the Hebrew language means “lights,” and “perfection.” “Lights” in the manner that brought all judgments of gilt to light, and “perfection” for moral perfection, and thus, innocence. The two stones were part of the Priest’s Breastplate and worn in a bag which was attached to the Breastplate. When any legal decision needed to be made, the Priest had to be present, especially concerning land or of the such. The Thummim stone would be cast down and the way the stone landed determined innocence or guilt. If a moral decision was to be made the Urim stone was cast, and the pointing determined it to be yes or no, guilt or innocence. The decisions were made on yes or no, right or wrong, and—though this is a bad analogy, it’ll still put it forth—it was sort of like flipping a coin to see what the answer would be; however, the reality was that Father had complete control over the two stones for, it was at His command that the Levites used this method to receive their answer, or judgment. The Levitical Priests were also Father’s choice that shall teach all of the tribes the full Commandments, Judgments, Laws, Ordinances and Statutes of our Father. † Now, as to the numbering of the Levites in the Book of Numbers, the Levites were left out of the numbering of the House of Israel, because Father numbered them separately in Numbers 3 where we read their numbers were: 22,300 males a month old and up; but, in Numbers 4, their numbers were 8,580 ages 30-50. † Levi’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was in the midst of the camp, surrounded by all the other Tribes. † The sign on Levi’s Standard was Libra, or more anciently “the Altar.” † There is some controversy about the etymology of the name Levi, the Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary suggests that the name Levi was derived from the word Levite, instead of vice versa, and that the word Levite has to do with a Minaean word for priest. Another suggestion is that the name Levi (לוי) is derived from the name Leah (לאה) and means Weary, rather than something else. Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament disagrees with this kind of ‘strong disclaimers’ and (as does New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List) derives the name Levi from the verb לוה (lawa) meaning join, be joined. This is the verb that Leah uses when she names Levi, “Now this time my husband will be joined to me, because I have borne to him three sons” (Genesis 29:34).. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, we find it is Hebrew word number: H3878, - לוי, - lêvı̂y, pronounced - lay-veeי, and means: From H3867; attached; Levi, a son of Jacob: - Levi. See also H3879, H3881 Total KJV occurrances: 66.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The name of the third son of Jacob by his wife Leah. The name, derived from lavah, “to adhere,” gave utterance to the hope of the mother that the affections of her husband, which had hitherto rested on the favored Rachel, would at last be drawn to her: “This time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons” Genesis 29:34. Levi, with his brother Simeon, avenged with a cruel slaughter the outrage of their sister Dinah [DINAH]. Levi, with his three sons, Gershon, Kohath and Merari, went down to Egypt with his father Jacob Genesis 47:11. When Jacob’s death draws near, and the sons are gathered round him, Levi and Simeon hear the old crime brought up again to receive its sentence. They no less than Reuben, the incestuous firstborn, had forfeited the privileges of their birthright Genesis 49:5-7 [LEVITES].”.

Aaron (Aaronites)=Aaron was the oldest son of Amram and his wife Jochebed, he was brother to Miriam and Moses, and both grandson and great-grandson of Levi through Levi’s second oldest son Kohath, and Levi’s daughter—Kohath’s—sister Jochebed. † There are 331 verses with 350 matches for the name Aaron and its associated Strong’s Hebrew word number: 175 in Father’s Word. † We are introduced to Aaron in Father’s Word, after being introduced to his younger brother Moses, when Father instructs Moses to return to Egypt to tell pharaoh to let His People go and Moses tells Father that he is of slow speech and tongue, and Father becomes angry with Moses and tells him that his brother the Levite will meet him as he is returning, and will be glad in his heart to see him, and he’ll do the speaking for Moses, when Mosses cannot find the words. Aaron does indeed meet Moses as he returns to Egypt and he does assist him every step of the way while Moses tries to convince pharaoh to let the Israelites leave their bondage to the Egyptians. After pronouncing 10 plagues upon Egypt, the last being the first born of every human and animal who was not covered by the blood of the slain lamb, pharaoh had finally had enough, and he told Moses to take the Israelites to flee Egypt. We read in Exodus 6 that before they fled Egypt, Aaron had already taken to wife Elisheba who bare him his 4 sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. We further read in Exodus 6 that Aaron’s third oldest son Eleazar was also old enough and had already taken a wife before they fled Egypt. † We discover several things in Exodus 7, among them were that, Moses was 80 and Arron 83 when they were convincing pharaoh to let them leave Egypt—that made Miriam either 81 or 82—and that Father deemed, or elevated Aaron to Prophet status. Aaron was instrumental in the defeat of the Amalekites in that, as the war wore on, Moses’ arms grew heavy from holding them up—which, so long as he held them up, Israel was having the victory—and every time he lowered them, Aaron and Hur braced his arms until the going down of the sun and our forefather’s had the victory. We find in Exodus 24 Father calling Moses up onto Mount Sinai to give him the orders of the Priesthood and the Ten Commandments, while there Father tells Moses in Exodus 28 that Moses was to take Aaron and his sons from amongst all Israel, for they were to minister to Father as His Priests. Then sadly, we read in Exodus 32 that while Moses was still up receiving the Ten Commandments, certain men came to Aaron and convinced him that Moses wasn’t coming back down off the Mount; therefor, Aaron should fashion a new god for them to follow after, one made from gold, a golden calf such as they worshiped while in Egypt. I say sadly because, we read that Aaron complied without even putting up any resistence to their demands, or fight for his brother Moses. We read in Leviticus 8 of the consecration of Aaron and his sons as Father’s Priests. † We find while researching the etymology of the name Aaron that, the name is not a regular Hebrew word and that’s possibly because it originated elsewhere (probably Egypt). But, since most names in the Bible mean something and foreign names often were transliterated into Hebrew in such a way that they began to mean something in Hebrew, it’s interesting to see what the name Aaron may have meant to a Hebrew audience. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names derives Aaron from the Hebrew word הר (har) meaning mountain, hill (and a mountain is sometimes used as metaphor for a large group of people). From this perspective, the name Aaron is related to the Hebrew names Ararat and Haran. Another way of looking at the name Aaron (as does New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List) is to follow the Hebrew root אורss(יor) meaning to be or become light: There may even be relations between the name Aaron and the word ארוןss(יaron), meaning chest or Ark (see the name Aran). This word is used for an offer chest (II Kings 12:10), a sarcophagus (Genesis 50:26) but mostly to indicate the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:10). And finally we note the curious similarity between the name אהרן (Aaron; spelled with the letter ה) and the adjective אחרון (aharon; spelled with the letter ח), meaning hindermost, latter or last. See any of the אחר-names (like Aharah) for more details on this word.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H175, - אַהֲרוֹן, - 'ahărôn, pronounced - a-har-oneי, and means: Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses: - Aaron. Total KJV occurrences: 347.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The son of Amram and Jochebed, and the older brother of Moses and Miriam Numbers 26:59; 33:39. He was a Levite, and is first mentioned in Exodus 4:14. He was appointed by YHVH to be the interpreter Exodus 4:16, of his brother Moses, who was “slow of speech;” and accordingly he was not only the organ of communication with the Israelites and with Pharaoh Exodus 4:30;7:20, but also the actual instrument of working most of the miracles of the Exodus Exodus 7:19, etc.. On the way to Mount Sinai, during the battle with Amalek, Aaron with Hur stayed up the weary hands of Moses when they were lifted up for the victory of Israel Exodus 17:9. He is mentioned as dependent upon his brother and deriving all his authority from him. Left, on Moses’ departure into Sinai, to guide the people, Aaron is tried for a moment on his own responsibility, and he fails from a weak inability to withstand the demand of the people for visible “gods to go before them,” by making an image of YHVH, in the well-known form of Egyptian idolatry (Apis or Mnevis). He repented of his sin, and Moses gained forgiveness for him Deuteronomy 9:20. Aaron was not consecrated by Moses to the new office of the high priesthood Exodus 29:9. From this time the history of Aaron is almost entirely that of the priesthood, and its chief feature is the great rebellion of Korah and the Levites. Leaning, as he seems to have done, wholly on Moses, it is not strange that he should have shared his sin at Meribah and its punishment. See Moses Numbers 20:10-12. Aaron’s death seems to have followed very speedily. It took place on Mount Hor, after the transference of his robes and office to Eleazar Numbers 20:28. This mount is still called the “Mountain of Aaron. ” See Hor. The wife of Aaron was Elisheba Exodus 6:23, and the two sons who survived him Eleazar and Ithamar. The high priesthood descended to the former, and to his descendants until the time of Eli, who, although of the house of Ithamar, received the high priesthood and transmitted it to his children; with them it continued till the accession of Solomon, who took it from Abiathar and restored it to Zadok (of the house of Eleazar). See Abiathar.”.

Zadok=Ahitub’s son Zadok was the tenth descendant in the Priest line from Aaron, and he was great, great, great, great, great-grandfather to another High Priest named Zadok. † There are 46 verses with 49 matches for the name Zadok and it’s associated Strong’s Hebrew word number: H6659 in Father’s Word. Zadok was one of two Priests during the reign of king David, the other being Abiathar who was the son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the High Priest who raised and guided the Judge Samuel. Zadok was part of the band of mighty men—helpers of war, as it is written in I Chronicles 12:1—who joined onto David as he was in Ziklag, keeping himself close to Saul; but, far enough away to stay safe. Zadok remained true to David during Absalom’s rebellion and for his loyalty, he was rewarded with retaining his high and holy office till his death. Zadok was the founder of an important part of the Priesthood, and from Solomon’s time his descendants constituted the most prominent family among the order of priests. † The etymology of the name Zadok comes from the verb צדק (sadeq), meaning to be just: For a meaning of the name Zadok, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Righteous. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Just. And Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary says Just, righteous.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6659, - צָדוֹק, - tsâdôq, pronounced - tsaw-dokeי, and means: From H6663; just; Tsadok, the name of eight or nine Israelites: - Zadok. Total KJV occurrences: 53.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Son of Ahitub, and one of the two chief priests in the time of David and Solomon, Abiathar being the other. Zadok was of the house of Eleazar the son of Aaron I Chronicles 24:3, and eleventh in descent from Aaron I Chronicles 12:28. He joined David at Hebron after Saul’s death I Chronicles 12:28, and thenceforth his fidelity to David was inviolable. When Absalom revolted and David fled from Jerusalem, Zadok and all the Levites bearing the ark accompanied him. When Absalom was dead, Zadok and Abiathar were the persons who persuaded the elders of Judah to invite David to return II Samuel 19:11. When Adonijah, in David’s old age, set up for king, and had persuaded Joab, and Abiathar the priest, to join his party, Zadok was unmoved, and was employed by David to anoint Solomon to be king in his room I Kings 1:34. For this fidelity he was rewarded by Solomon who “thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord,” and “put in Zadok the priest” in his room I Kings 2:27,35. From this time, however, we hear little of him. Zadok and Abiathar were of nearly equal dignity II Samuel 15:35-36; 19:11. The duties of the office were divided, Zadok ministered before the tabernacle at Gibeon I Chronicles 16:39, Abiathar had the care of the ark at Jerusalem.”.
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I Chronicles 27:18 Of Judah (celebrated; and, praised, celebrated) (yeh-hoo-dawי), Elihu (YAH of him; or, whose God is he [YHVH]) (el-ee-hooי), one of the brethren of David: of Issachar (he will bring a reward; and, reward) (yis-saw-kawrי), Omri (heaping; or, pupil of YHVH) (om-reeי the son of Michael (who (is) like YAH; or, who is like YAH) (me-kaw-aleי):   —>   Elihu was David’s oldest brother. We find that he is also called Eliab in I Samuel 16:6; I Samuel 17:13,28; I Chronicles 2:13. The only thing we know of Elihu\Eliab is that he, like the rest of the Israelite army, feared for his life when confronted by Goliath, we know this because he refused to accept the challenge of Goliath.

Judah=Judah was Jacob’s forth oldest son, and like his first three, Judah too, was born of Leah. † It is through Judah that the genealogical seedline to Jesus continues. † It will also be Judah’s descendants who’ll become the king line in the future. † It was Judah who asked in Genesis 37:26 …“What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? [37:27] Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh”...   —>   Judah didn’t have the heart to kill his brother; however, he had no qualms selling him off to foreigners. A Judas—Judah’s name in the Greek language, also a slang term\name for someone who betrays a friend because of Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus—sold Joseph, as a Judas sold Jesus Christ. This Pastor speculates that it was guilt for selling their younger brother to that traveling company of merchantmen which caused Judah to do the negotiating for their youngest brother Benjamin with Joseph when they all went back to Egypt as read in Genesis 44. † It was also Judah who took to wife, a woman outside the Israelite genealogical lineage, which of course was against Father’s Command and Law. He married a Canaanite woman named Shuah, who bare him three sons named: Er, Onan and Shelah. When Er came of age, Judah found an Israelite woman named Tamar for him to marry. Father found Er to be wicked, in other words, Father took things into His own hands, meaning this, He had chosen Tamar to be the female line through which the seedline would continue and pass on through, and for the half-breed Er who had Canaanite blood, which was most likely contaminated from the fallen angels, to lay with Tamar would corrupt that line; therefore Father gave Divine Intervention to correct the wrong that Judah has committed, and He took Er Home to Him. As was custom at the time, since Er died before having any sons, his brother Onan was required to marry Tamar and bare a son to his brother; however, Onan spilled his seed onto the ground, and Father slew him also. Judah feared for the life of his youngest son; and therefore refused him to go unto Tamar. After a while Judah went sheep shearing,—as was his custom and nature—and he found Tamar, who had dressed as a harlot in order to ensnare Judah to lay with her and bare her a son, Judah fell for her disguise and did lay with her, and, sure enough, Tamar became pregnant and later bare twins: Pharez and Zarah. Both Pharez and Zarah, together with their mother are in the genealogical seedline to Jesus, see Matthew 1:3. † At Jacob’s death bed Blessing of his sons, he bestowed this Blessing upon his forth oldest son: Genesis 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee. [49:9] Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? [49:10] The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be. [49:11] Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: [49:12] His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.   —>   To have your hand on your enemies neck means that you will have victory over your enemy. It was to Judah that Father gave the royal king line, the right to rule, and He said that the sceptre would never leave Judah’s lineage, it would continue right up to the Second Advent and Jesus’ Return. Judah’s actions when he was a young man were that of having a quick temper, fast reaction, and though it was his two older brothers who enacted revenge on the Hivites, Judah was also one to first strike out at an enemy. As he became older, Judah became more stable, much like an old lion, who will stand his ground, and not be easily moved, which explains why, when he went in before Joseph, whom he did not know at the time was Joseph; he assumed full responsibility in standing his ground and protecting Benjamin. Shiloh=Means “the place of rest.” The term, “unto Him—Christ Jesus—shall the gathering of the people be;” is in reference to the coming of the promised Messiah. The phrase he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes is a figure of speech, which in the English translation loses the meaning of the Hebrew text, and what it means is this: it is the same as us saying today, “he is so rich that he could bathe in perfume” for, the juice of the grapes were similar in value to the perfume of today. The whole expression was pointing to the fact of extreme wealth, and not in reference to being as a drunkard. Whereas, red with wine simply means that he will have plenty, while teeth white with milk is in reference to his flocks always being blessed. † During the Blessing of Moses in Deuteronomy 33, we read: Deuteronomy 33:7 And this is the blessing of Judah:
   and he said,
“Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah,
And bring him unto his people:
Let his hands be sufficient for him;
And be Thou an help to him from his
   enemies.”   —>   Remember, brethren, Simeon was included in Judah’s Blessing. This Blessing has the answer to success in anyone's life; for, in the phrase, “Let his hands be sufficient for him;” as we know, we work with our hands. Therefore, this is asking Father for the health of Judah’s descendants to where they can do the work that Father has put before them. † During the first numbering in Numbers 2:4, we read Judah’s numbers were: 74,600; then during the second numbering, in Numbers 26:22, we read that their numbers had increased by 1,900, to 76,500. Judah’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was the top of the list, meaning they had the highest number of men 20 years old and upward, able to go to war. † Judah’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the East Side of the Tabernacle, toward the rising of the sun. The Tribe of Judah was the Standard Bearer for the East, the Tribe of Judah was the centerpiece of the East, surrounded by the Tribes of Issachar, and Zebulun. † The sign on Judah’s Standard was a lion—Leo. The colors on the Standard, was the color of the Stones on the Second Row of the Breastplate, which were the Emerald, the Sapphire, and the Diamond, and as such the colors most likely were green, blue, and white. † The etymology of the name Judah appears to be associated to the verb ידה (yada), meaning to praise. When Leah gave birth to Judah she names him such by saying, “This time I will praise the LORD.” Perhaps she meant that she realized that her first three sons weren’t going to bring her closer to Jacob, and she should redirect her focus to Father. That Leah uses our verb יהד when she names Judah is no proof that the name Judah actually comes from that verb, and the name and the verb seem quite different. But through certain grammatical construction called Hophal the two may become quite similar. The related form Hiphel of this verb occurs in Nehemiah 11:17, spelled identical to the name Judah and pronounced slightly different. BDB Theological Dictionary deems to connection “dubious” and it’s quite possible that the name Judah originated in another language and was artificially grafted onto this Hebrew verb. But this is a technical matter, and any member of a practical Hebrew audience would readily tie the name Judah to the verb ידה (yada), meaning to praise. Formally, the name Judah does not contain the appellative יה (YAH) = יהו (YAHU) = יו (YU), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH, (the sacred and personal name of Father). While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”, but no member of a Hebrew audience would fail to notice that the first two letters of the name Judah form יה (YAH). And if the letter ד (daleth) would be omitted from the name Judah, the very name יהוה (YHVH) would appear.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3063, - יְהוּדָה, - yehûdâh, pronounced - yeh-hoo-dawי, and means: From H3034; celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah) , the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe and the Kingdom descended from the first, and of its territory: - Judah. Total KJV occurrences: 820.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “When the disruption of Solomon’s kingdom took place at Shechem, only the tribe of Judah followed David, but almost immediately afterward the larger part of Benjamin joined Judah. A part, if not all, of the territory of Simeon I Samuel 27:6; I Kings 19:3, compare with Joshua 19:1, and of Dan II Chronicles 11:10, compare with Joshua 19:41,42. Was recognized as belonging to Judah; and in the reigns of Abijah and Asa the southern kingdom was enlarged by some additions taken out of the territory of Ephraim II Chronicles 13:19; 15:8; 17:2. It is estimated that the territory of Judah contained about 3450 square miles. Advantages. — The kingdom of Judah possessed many advantages which secured for it a longer continuance than that of Israel. A frontier less exposed to powerful enemies, a soil less fertile, a population hardier and more united, a fixed and venerated centre of administration and religion, a hereditary aristocracy in the sacerdotal caste, an army always subordinate, a succession of kings which no revolution interrupted; so that Judah survived her more populous and more powerful sister kingdom by 135 years. History — The first three kings of Judah seem to have cherished the hope of re-establishing their authority over the ten tribes; for sixty years there was war between them and the kings of Israel. The victory achieved by the daring Abijah brought to Judah a temporary accession of territory. Asa appears to have enlarged it still further. Hanani’s remonstrance II Chronicles 16:7 prepares us for the reversal by Jehoshaphat of the policy which Asa pursued toward Israel and Damascus. A close alliance sprang up with strange rapidity between Judah and Israel. Jehoshaphat, active and prosperous, commanded the respect of his neighbors; but under Amaziah Jerusalem was entered and plundered by the Israelites. Under Uzziah and Jotham, Judah long enjoyed prosperity, till Ahaz became the tributary and vassal of Tiglath-pileser. Already in the fatal grasp of Assyria, Judah was yet spared for a checkered existence of almost another century and a half after the termination of the kingdom of Israel. The consummation of the ruin came upon its people in the destruction of the temple by the hand of Nebuzaradan. There were 19 kings, all from the family of David. (Population. — We have a gage as to the number of the people at different periods in the number of soldiers. If we estimate the population at four times the fighting men, we will have the following table: King...Date ... Soldiers ... Population David...B.C. 1056-1015 ... 500,000 ... 2,000,000 Rehoboam...975-957 ... 180,000 ... 720,000 Abijah...957-955 ... 400,000 ... 1,600,000 Asa...955-914 ... 500,000 ... 2,000,000 Jehoshaphat...914-889 ... 1,160,000 ... 4,640,000 Amaziah...839-810 ... 300,000 ... 1,200,000 -ED.)”.

Issachar=Issachar was Leah’s fifth son, though he was not the fifth born to Jacob. There were four sons born between Judah and Issachar, 2 to Bilhah—Rachel’s handmaiden—and 2 to Zilpah—Leah’s handmaiden. † We don’t read much of Issachar in Father’s Word, actually there is very little written concerning him, and when we come to Jacob’s death bed Blessing of his sons, we read this in Genesis 49:14: Genesis 49:14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: [49:15] And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.   —>   What this is saying is, that, Issachar is—and always will be—a pacifist. Though Issachar’s name means “rewards,” Jacob in his Blessing, was stating this: The hireling—in this case Issachar—is the ass—or saddle-bearer—of strangers, and he would have rather lay down in the stall than do any hard labor for himself. In the phrase “And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant....” it is saying that, Issachar, being the pacifist that he was, would always prefer to pay someone off rather than fight or cause trouble. This came to pass as, when our forefathers moved into the Promised Land, Issachar, rather then engaging in the struggle to expel the Canaanites, preferred to pay tribute to them instead. During the Blessing of Moses in Deuteronomy 33, we read: Deuteronomy 33:18 And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. [33:19] They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, And of treasures hid in the sand.”   —>   ...the seas...Treasures hid in the sand” The hidden treasures found in the sea and the sand such are pearls, agate, amber, glass and such. This came to pass as Zebulun did control their sea coasts, and even to this day do so as; today, we find that the people of Holland and the Netherlands know that they are descended from these two tribes, and it is from the damming of the sea that their land has become very fertile. By building the dikes and drainage of the sea waters, their lands have become extremely productive. Their sea ports are some of the oldest and largest on the face of their earth, and their people are scattered around the world throughout the shipping industry. During the numbering found in Numbers 2:6 their numbers were 54,400; but, in Numbers 26:25, their numbers had increased by 9,900 to 64,300, Issachar’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was 3rd from the top of the list. † Issachar’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the East side of the Tabernacle, toward the rising of the sun, on the Northerly side of the Tribe of Judah, the Standard Bearer. † The sign on Issachar’s Standard was Cancer. † The etymology of the name Isssachar consists of two parts, although the origin and meaning of the first part is disputed. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List suggests a root in the word איש (ish), meaning man in the sense of a function (man of such and such). This word is written with an aleph, which does not occur in the name: Note that the Masoretes pointed the first part of the name Issachar, ישׂ, with a שׂ (shin), while the noun אישׁ became pointed with a שׁ (shin). Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names disagree with NOBSE all together, and see more in the word יש (yesh), meaning there is: Note again that the word ישׁ is pointed with a shin, contrary to the first part of the name Issachar. About the second part of the name Issachar the sources are in agreement. It comes from the verb שכר (sakar) to hire: For a meaning of the name Issachar, NOBSE Study Bible Name List seems to go with the word אישss(יish), meaning man and reads Man Of Hire. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names uses יש (yesh), the particle that’s indicative of presence and proposes He Is Wages. BDB Theological Dictionary, similarly, suggests There Is Recompense.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find it is Hebrew word number: H3485, - יִשָּׂשׂכָר, - yiśśâśkâr, pronounced - yis-saw-kawrי, and means: From H5375 and H7939; he will bring a reward; Jissaskar, a son of Jacob: - Issachar. Total KJV occurrences: 43.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(reward) The ninth son of Jacob and the fifth of Leah Genesis 30:17,18. At the descent into Egypt four sons are ascribed to him, who founded the four chief families of the tribes Genesis 46:13; Numbers 26:23,25; I Chronicles 7:1. The number of the fighting men of Issachar, when taken in the census at Sinai, was 54,400. During the journey they seem to have steadily increased. The allotment of Issachar lay above that of Manasseh Joshua 19:17-23. In the words of Josephus, “it extended in length from Carmel to the Jordan, in breadth to Mount Tabor.” This territory was, as it still is, among the richest land in Palestine. It is this aspect of the territory of Issachar which appears to be alluded to in the blessing of Jacob.”.

I Chronicles 17:19 Of Zebulun (patronymic from H2074, a Zebulunite (collectively) or descendant of Zebulun: - tribe of Zebulun; and, dwelling) (zeb-oo-lo-neeי), Ishmaiah (YAH will hear; and, YHVH hears) (yish-yaw-mawי-hoo) the son of Obadiah (serving YAH; and, servant of YAH) (o-bad-yawי-hoo): of Naphtali (my wrestling; and, wrestling) (naf-taw-leeי), Jerimoth (elevations; and, heights) (yer-ay-mohthי) the son of Azriel (help of YAH; or, whom YAH helps) (az-ree-aleי):   —>   Zebulunites=What should we learn concerning the Tribe(s) of Zebulun? We read of the descendants of Zebulun during the exodus from Egypt that, the Tribe was divided into three clans: the Seredites, the Elonites, and the Jahleelites, named after Zebulun’s three sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel—Genesis 46:14 and Numbers 26:26. † During the numberings in both Numbers 1:30-31 and Numbers 2:8, the Tribes numbers were 57,400, with Eliab the son of Helon being the head of the Tribe. By the time of the numbering in Numbers 26:27, their number had increased to 60,500, an increase of 3,100. Zebulun’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was 4^th from the top. † Zebulun’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the East side of the Tabernacle, to the Southerly Side of Judah, the Standard Bearer. † The sign on their Standard was Virgo. † Zebulun’s inheritance of land as our forefathers moved into the Promised Land is given in Joshua 19:10-16 which reads: Joshua 19:10 And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: [19:11] And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; [19:12] And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, [19:13] And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittah-hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Remmon-methoar to Neah; [19:14] And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthah-el: [19:15] And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem: twelve cities with their villages. [19:16] This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.   —>   These cities were the fulfillment of the Blessing and prophesy concerning the descendants of Zebulun in Jacob’s death bed Blessing of Genesis 49:13, which reads: Genesis 49:13 Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.   —>   Zebulun’s Blessing can be translated this way: “Haven” as used in this verse, can be translated “port,” because, Zebulun had many huge ports during the early days in the old Nation of the House of Israel. ; and, even to this day, Zebulun is still a country of sea ports and commercial shipping. You see, there are many markings and writings in Holland where these people claim Zebulun to be their Patriarch, and they descended from him. † We read during Moses’ Blessing in Deuteronomy 33:18-19, that Zebulun’s Blessing was the same as his brother Issachar’s: Deuteronomy 33:18 And of Zebulun he said, “Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. [33:19] They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: For they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, And of treasures hid in the sand.”   —>   Like I said, today, the Dutch of Holland claim ancestry of Zebulun. † There was one Judge who was from the Tribe of Zebulun: Elon. Elon was the eleventh man to rule as a Judge of the Nation, and he ruled for ten years. Nothing of significance was\is written concerning what he did as Judge of Israel. † The etymology of the Zebulunites is derived from the patriarch of the Tribe: Zebulun is related to the verb זבל (zabal), meaning to exalt or honor: The waw-nun ending of the name Zebulun is a common grammatical device to personify or localize the meaning of the root. The name Zebulun was probably around long before the Hebrew verb ‘to dwell gloriously’ was invented. Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament makes mention of Speiser’s link to the Akkadian zubullu, which denotes a bridegroom’s gift. Curiously enough, in Hebrew the word for gift of endowment is זבד (zebed), from the similar verb זבד (zabad), meaning to endow with or bestow upon. The name Zebulun means Glorious Dwelling Place. For a meaning of the name Zebulun, new Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads a rather reserved Dwelling. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Wished-For Habitation.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find it is Hebrew word number: H2075, - זְבוּלֹנִי, - zebûlônı̂y, pronounced - zeb-oo-lo-neeי, and means: Patronymic from H2074; a Zebulonite or descendant of Zebulun: - Zebulonite.Total KJV occurrences: 4.. † Now from the Smith’ Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The members of the tribe of Zebulun Numbers 26:27 only.”.

Naphtali=Naphtali was Jacob’s 5^th son, born to Rachel’s handmaid Bilhah. † There is nothing of significance written in Father’s Word about the man Naphtali; therefore, all the other writings are of his descendants. † Concerning Jacob’s deathbed Blessing and Prophesy of Genesis 49:21, we read this: Genesis 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let lose: he giveth goodly words.   —>   A hind let loose=A hind let loose denotes freedom; but, also speaks of one who is quick on their feet, not only with their movements, but, also in being able to think and speak fast. Goodly words=Deborah spoke good words of Naphtali’s descendants in her song recorded in Judges 5:18, where she stated that they and the descendants of Zebulun were not afraid to put their lives on the line on the battlefield, while the others stayed home in fear and tended to their sheep and made their money, while the battle was being fought. There isn’t much difference in our generation today; or in any generation, than it was in Deborah’s day. While Reuben, Dan, and Asher were hiding out, Father was giving the others the Blessings and the victory. Father took care of the chariots while the men took care of the enemy; after Father stripped the enemy of their power. † During the Blessing of Moses in Deuteronomy 33:23, we read: Deuteronomy 33:23 And of Naphtali he said, “O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full of the blessing of the LORD: Possess thou the west and the south.”   —>   They did indeed possess the west and the south as can be read in Joshua 19:32-39 which reads: Joshua 19:32 The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. [19:33] And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: [19:34] And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. [19:35] And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath (not to be confused with the Hamath of the Recabites), Rakkath, and Chinnereth, [19:36] And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, [19:37] And Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor, [19:38] And Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. [19:39] This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.   —>   † Now for Naphtali’s numbering and then their Standard: during the first numbering, in Numbers 1:42-43 the total sum of the Tribe of Naphtali was 53,400; then, in Numbers 26:48-50 their numbers were 45,400, a decrease of 8,000. Naphtali’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was 10^th; or, 3^rd from the bottom. † Naphtali’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the South side of the Tabernacle, to the East of Dan, who was the Standard Bearer. † The sign on Naphtali’s Standard was capricorn—goat. † The etymology of the name Naphtali is commonly understood to come from פתל (patal), meaning to twist: The name Naphtali is formed through a grammatical construction that makes a noun from a verb, and places the letter נ (nun) in front of the root. The letter י (yod) upon which the name Naphtali ends probably indicates possession: my or mine. For a meaning of the name Naphtali, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names agree: the name Naphtali means My Wrestling. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary observes that although our name is traditionally interpreted as My Wrestlings, it may originally have meant Crafty, Cunning One.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5321, - נַפְתָּלִי, - naphtâlı̂y, pronounced - naf-taw-leeי, and means: From H6617; my wrestling; Naphtali, a son of Jacob, with the tribe descended from him, and its territory: - Naphtali. Total KJV occurrences: 50.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(wrestling) The fifth son of Jacob; the second child name to him by Bilhah, Rachel’s slave. His birth and the bestowal of his name are recorded in Genesis 30:8. When the census was taken at Mount Sinai the tribe of Naphtali numbered no less than 53,400 fighting men Numbers 1:43; 2:50, but when the borders of the promised land were reached, its numbers were reduced to, 45,400 Numbers 26:48-50. During the march through the wilderness Naphtali occupied a position on the north of the sacred tent with Dan and Asher Numbers 2:25-31. In the apportionment of the land, the lot of Naphtali was enclosed on three sides by those of other tribes. On the west lay Asher, on the south Zebulun, and on the east the transjordanic Manasseh. (In the division of the kingdom Naphtali belonged to the kingdom of Israel, and later was a part of Galilee, bordering on the northwestern pert of the Sea of Galilee, and including Capernaum and Bethsaida. --Ed.)”.

I Chronicles 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea (deliverer; and, salvation) (ho-shayי-aw) the son of Azaaiah (YAH has strengthened; and, whom YAH strengthens) (az-az-yawי-hoo): of the half tribe of Manasseh (From H4519; a Menashshite or descendant of Menashsheh; or, that is, members of the Tribe of Manasseh) (men-ash-sheeי), Joel (YHVH (is his) God; or, to whom YHVH is God) (yo-aleי) the son of Pedaiah (whom YAH has ransomed; or, whom YHVH redeems) (ped-aw-yawי-hoo):   —>   Manassites= The Manasites were descended from Joseph’s oldest son Manasseh, born to him while in Egypt. † Manasseh’s sons were Machir—the eldest, whose mother was a concubine of Manasseh—Ashriel—sometimes spelled with the “h” dropped, and thus spelled: Asriel—I cannot discern for sure, as Father’s Word does not specifically say that Manasseh had other children, what Father’s Word does say is this: Joshua 17:1 There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. [17:2] There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. [17:3] But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.   —>   Though I hate to say this, “I believe”—I really dislike using that phrase when teaching Father’s Word as, we should leave our “uncertain beliefs” out of the equation—that the rest of the men listed in these verses in Joshua 17:1-3 are the descendants of Manasseh’s sons. I say this because: (1) these verses are from the Book of Joshua, which occurred several hundred years after the life of Manasseh; (2) the verses read: “...by their families...” and (3) the writers of Father’s Word did not use the term grandfather, great-grandfather etc., so we don’t know for sure if these sons of Manasseh are indeed sons or grandsons etc.. † With that being said and out of the way, what we also do know of the Manassehites is this: at the time of the exodus from Egypt, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, was the head of the Tribe of Manasseh. Gamaliel being the head of the Tribe, also meant that he was also the head of the army of the Tribe of Manasseh at that time. † During the numbering of the Tribes of Numbers 1:34-35 and Numbers 2:20-21, the Manassite army totaled 32,200. † When the spies were selected to go spy out the Promised Land as read in Numbers 13:11, Gaddi, the son of Susi, was the man who was selected to be the spy from the Tribe of Manasseh. † During the second numbering of the Tribes, that of Numbers 26:28-34, we read: Numbers 26:28 The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. [26:29] Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. [26:30] These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: [26:31] And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: [26:32] And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. [26:33] And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. [26:34] These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred.   —>   The Manassites saw a substantial increase and now numbered 52,700, an increase of 20,500. The Manassite’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was 6^th; or, smack in the middle. † Manasseh’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the West side of the Tabernacle, next to the Tribes of Benjamin and Ephraim, who was the Standard Bearer. † The Sign on the Standard of the Tribe of Manasseh, was as his brother Ephraim, the Ox—taurus—see Numbers 2:18. † The men of Manasseh along with the men of the Tribes of Gad and Reuben, formed the shock troops who were armed and leading Joshua and the House of Israel as they passed over Jordan, preparing to enter into the Promised Land. † Manasseh’s territorial inheritance as they moved into the Promised Land can be found in Joshua 13:29-32 which reads: Joshua 13:29 And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. [13:30] And their coast was from Mahanaim (double camp; or, two camps) (makh-an-ahי-yim) (map), all Bashan (fruitful) (baw-shawnי) (map), all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair (enlightener; and, enlightener) (yaw-ereי) (map), which are in Bashan, threescore cities: [13:31] And half Gilead (heap of testimony; or, rocky region) (ghil-awdי) (map), and Ashtaroth (increase; or, a star) (ash-taw-rothי) (map), and Edrei (mighty; or, stronghold) (ed-rehי-ee) (map), cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. [13:32] These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab (from (her [the mother’s]) father; or, of his father) (mo-awb) (map), on the other side Jordan (a descender; or, the descender) (yar-daneי) (map), by Jericho (it’s mouth; or, place of fragrance) (yer-ee-khoי) (map), eastward.. † The Judge of Israel—a Judge of Israel was not as our modern day Judges who preside over a Court and Court Cases, a Judge of Israel was as we read in Judges 2:16-19 which reads: Judges 2:16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. [2:17] And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. [2:18] And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. [2:19] And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.   —>   As we see, a Judge in Father’s eye was someone whom He selected to deliver our forefathers out of the hands of oppressors who He sent to oppress our forefathers when they whored after other, false gods, and then cried out to Him to deliver them from the oppressor—Jephthah came from the Tribe of Manasseh—Judges 11:1-Judges 12:8. He was the son of a concubine and Gilead, who was the son of Machir, who was the son of Manasseh. Jephthah was driven away from his home land by his legitimate-born step-brothers, because they didn’t think he should have any claim on their father’s inheritance, so he went to the land of Tob where he became the leader over a people who were poor either because they were bankrupt or unemployed. His fame of being a successful leader was carried back to his native Gilead. Tob couldn’t have been too far from Gilead because, when Father sent the Ammonites against Gilead because the three Tribes who were living on the eastern side of the Jordan River were serving and worshiping false gods, Jephthah’s step-brothers came running to him seeking his assistance in leading them to fend off the Ammonite invasion. Jephthah told the elders of Gilead who had gathered together with him when he arrived that, they would make him head over them, should he agree to lead them in the war against the Ammonites. These elders made this vow, invoking Father in doing so. Jephthah, being a man of Father YHVH, accepted their plea because they had indeed invoked Father in their request. Jephthah began his campaign against the Ammonites by first attempting to use diplomatic means however, when the Ammonites failed to respond in a positive manner, he then waged all-out war against them and completely annihilated them, destroying them from Aroer, to Minnith, in all, twenty or so cities. Jephthah ruled Israel for approximately 6 years, from 1143-1137B.C. † The etymology of the name the Manassites is derived from their namesake Manasseh and is generally seen as being derived from the verb נשה (nasha), basically meaning forget. The name Manasseh is probably due to a grammatical form in Hebrew that is comparable to the English present continuous. It fixes the letter מ (mem) to the root. That would give the name Manasseh the meaning of Forgetting. Another reason why a mem may occur in front of a root is when it comes from a particle that means “from.” Hence the name Manasseh may also mean From A Debt. This is significant because Manasseh’s brother is named Ephraim, a name with a distinctly bitter secondary meaning. Perhaps Joseph named his son From A Debt, because he figured that besides his gratitude for being rescued, he felt that either God or his family owed him a debt for tearing him away from his father.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, we find that it is Hebrew word number: H4520, - מְנַשִּׁי, - menashshı̂y, pronounced - men-ash-sheeי, and means: from H4519; a Menashshite or descentant of Menashsheh: - of Manasseh, Manassites. Total KJV occurrences: 4.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “that is, the members of the tribe of Manasseh 4:43; Judges 12:4; II Kings 10:33.”.

I Chronicles 27:21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead (heap of testimony; and, rocky region) (ghil-awdי), Iddo (praised; and, timely or lovely) (yid-doי) the son of Zechariah (YAH has remembered; and, YHVH is renowned or remembered) (zek-ar-yawי-hoo): of Benjamin, Jaasiel (made of YAH; and, whom YAH comforts) (yaw-as-ee-aleי) the son of Abner (father of light; and, father of light) (ab-ee-nerי):   —>   Abner=Abner was the son of Ner, who was the brother of Kish, the father of the Nation of the House of Israel’s first man-king: king Saul. † This then, made Abner Saul’s first cousin, and by Saul, was elevated to the possition of Commander-in-Chief of his army. Being Commanding General, he was present when David slew the giant Goliath, I say present but, it’s funny as, he was noted as being a fearless and fierce warrior, but was, like the rest of Israel’s Army, too afraid to take on the giant. † After David’s infamous defeat of the giant, it was Abner who first introduced David to the court of Saul. It was Father Who had Samuel anoint David to be Israel’s second man-king and when Saul found out that his sons would not ascend to the throne, he set out to kill David, using his army, including his General. David fled and had several opportunities to kill Saul; but, David knew Saul also was Father’s anointed and knew to not touch his king, instead, when he had the chance, he would slip into his camp and remove an item or two of the king’s in order to prove he had had the opportunity to take advantage of the king. It was during one of these escapades that, the next morning David cried out to Abner from a safe distance and rebuked him for his carelessness concerning his king. † After Saul died and David became king, it was Abner who took Saul’s sole surviving son: Ish-bosheth, and proclaimed him king over the Nation. War soon broke out between the two rival kings, and a “very sore battle” was fought at Gibeon between the men of Israel under Abner and the men of Judah under David’s nephew and Commanding General: Joab. Abner, escaping from the field, was overtaken by Asahel, who was the younger brother of Abishai and Joab, whom Abner thrust through, with a back stroke of his spear. † Abner later married Rizpah, one of Saul’s concubines, this angered ish-bosheth because he thought it was an attempt on his throne by Abner. Abner, realizing this act may cost him his life, defected to David while David’s nephew Joab was away from Hebron. He now professed to regard David as anointed by Father to reign over all Israel. Almost unbelievably, David received him favorably, and for some unknown, strange reason, promised Abner that he would now have command of David’s armies. Upon Joab’s return, he finds out that he has been demoted and replaced by his arch rival, rightfully so, this angers him, so he conspires against Abner, calls for a secret meeting between the two, and then kills him. Biblical scholars cannot agree if this was because he had replaced him as Commanding General, or whether it was in retaliation for Abner defending himself against Asahel, whom he had to kill in self-defense after warning him three times to not try to kill him as, he was the more seasoned warrior than Asahel. † The etymology of the name Abner consists of two elements. The first part of the name comes from the common Hebrew word אב (ab), meaning father: The added letter י (yod) creates a possessive; the compound אבי (abi) may mean my father, or father of, depending on the context. The second part of the name Abner comes from the root נור (nwr), possibly meaning to shine: For a meaning of the name Abner, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads The Father Is A Lamp. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Father Of Light, and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary reads the optional My Father Is Ner or My Father Is A Lamp.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H74, - אַבְנֵר or אֲבִינֵר, - 'abnêr or 'ăbı̂ynêr, pronounced - ab-nareי or Ab-ee-nareי, and means: From H1 and H5216; father of light (that is, enlightening); Abner, an Israelite: - Abner. Total KJV occurrences: 63.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(father of light). Son of Ner, who was the brother of Kish I Chronicles 9:36, the father of Saul. Abner, therefore, was Saul’s first cousin, and was made by him commander-in-chief of his army I Samuel 14:51; 17:57; 26:5-14. After the death of Saul David was proclaimed king of Judah; and some time subsequently Abner proclaimed Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, king of Israel. War soon broke out between the two rival kings, and a “very sore battle” was fought at Gibeon between the men of Israel under Abner and the men of Judah under Joab I Chronicles 2:16. Abner had married Rizpah, Saul’s concubine, and this, according to the views of Oriental courts, might be so interpreted as to imply a design upon the throne. Rightly or wrongly, Ish-bosheth so understood it, and he even ventured to reproach Abner with it. Abner, incensed at his ingratitude, opened negotiations with David, by whom he was most favorably received at Hebron. He then undertook to procure his recognition throughout Israel; but after leaving his presence for the purpose was enticed back by Joab, and treacherously murdered by him and his brother Abishai, at the gate of the city, partly, no doubt, from fear lest so distinguished a convert to their cause should gain too high a place in David’s favor, but ostensibly in retaliation for the death of Asahel. David in sorrow and indignation, poured forth a simple dirge over the slain hero II Samuel 3:33,34.”.

I Chronicles 27:22 Of Dan (patronymic from H1835, a Danite (often collectively) or descendant of Dan: - tribe of Dan; and, judge) (daw-neeי), Azareel (YAH has helped; and, whom YAH helps) (az-ar-aleי) the son of Jeroham (compassionate; and, cherished) (yer-o-khawmי). These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.   —>   Danite(s)=The first we read of anything concerning the Danites—the descendants of Dan, the Patriarch of the Tribe—is the name of his son in Genesis 46:23 where we find that Dan only had one son whose name was Hushim (hasters; and, who makes haste) (koo-sheemי). Father’s Word doesn’t say who Hushim’s mother was but, he was born prior to our forefathers going down into Egypt during the famine. Then, during Jacob’s death bed Blessing of Genesis 49:16-17 we read: Genesis 49:16 Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. [49:17] Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.   —>   Dan shall judge his people=This prophesy came to pass and was fulfilled in Judges 15:20; obviously, not by Dan himself as he was dead and Home with Father during the time of the Judges; therefore it was fulfilled by Samson who Judged Israel for 20 years. Dan shall be a serpent=Again, this is not speaking directly of the patriarch Dan; but, to his descendants. Sadly, Dan’s descendants were extremely prone to idolatry, as a matter of fact, it was the Danites who were the first Tribe to fall into idolatry, and we can read of it in Judges 18 where we read that they went looking to expand their boarders, and they came to Mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah who had several false gods and idolatrous instruments; namely, a graven image, an ephod, a teraphim, and a molten image. Well, they stole Micah’s idolatrous instruments and convinced a Levite who had been living with Micah, to go with them and be a priest to them. Because of their falling to idolatry, they are omitted from Revelation 7:4-8, and Ephraim is there merged with Joseph. † Coming out of Egypt, we read in Exodus 31:1-6 that Father had given Aholiab (tent of (his) father; and, father’s tent) (o-hol-e-awbי), the son of Ahisamach (brother of support; and, brother of help) (akh-ee-saw-mawkי), of the Tribe of Dan, to Bezaleel (in (the) shadow (that is, protection) of YAH; and, in the shadow of YAH) (bets-al-aleי), the son of Uri (fiery; and, fiery) (oo-reeי), the son of Hur (holes; and, hole) (khoorי), of the tribe of Judah—in whom He had “filled with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship, in order to be the architech and then be able to make all the Father had commanded them concerning His Tabernacle, the furnishings and the Priest’s clothing.” † At the numbering in Numbers 2:25-26, their numbers were 62,700, and by the time of the second numbering in Numbers 26:42-43, their number had increased to 64,400, an increase of 1,700. Dan’s numbers as compared to the rest of the Tribes after the second numbering was 2^nd from the top. † Dan’s encampment as they came out of Egypt and wandered in the wilderness, was on the North side of the Tabernacle, they were the Standard Bearer for the North, surrounded by the Tribes of Asher and Naphtali. † The sign on Dan’s Standard was the Eagle, the colors on the Standard was the color of the third row of stones on the High Priest’s Breastplate: the Sapphire, the Diamond, and a bluish colored Agate—almost like the Sodalite gemstone—and as such the colors most likely were blue, and white and blue. † The Prince of the Tribe was Ahiezer (brother of help; and, brother of help) (akh-ee-ehי-zer) the son of Ammishaddai (people of (the) Almighty; and, people of the Almighty) (am-mee-shad-dahי-ee). † The etymology of the name Dan: Dan was named by Rachel who exclaimed, “God has judged me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son” Genesis 30:6. Later, Jacob — now named Israel — gathers his people around his death bed, he says, “Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel” Genesis 49:16. Hence it’s pretty safe to say that the name Dan comes from the Hebrew verb דין (din) meaning to judge, contend, plead: For a meaning of the name Dan, Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and the New Oen Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List agree on Judge. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Judge, Judging.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: 1835, - דָּן, - dân, pronounced - dawn, and means: From H1777; judge; Dan, one of the sons of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory, likewise a place in Palestine colonized by them: - Dan. Total KJV occurrences: 70.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(a judge), The fifth son of Jacob, and the first of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid Genesis 30:6. The origin of the name is given in the exclamation of Rachel. The records of Dan are unusually meagre. Only one son is attributed to him, Genesis 46:23, but his tribe was, with the exception of Judah, the most numerous of all. In the division of the promised land Dan was the last of the tribes to receive his portion, which was the smallest of the twelve Joshua 19:48. But notwithstanding its smallness it had eminent natural advantages. On the north and east it was completely embraced by its two brother tribes Ephraim and Benjamin, while on the southeast and south it joined Judah, and was thus surrounded by the three most powerful states of the whole confederacy. It was a rich and fertile district; but the Amorites soon “forced them into the mountain,” Judges 1:34 and they had another portion granted them Judges 18. In the “security” and “quiet,” Judges 18:7,10 of their rich northern possession the Danites enjoyed the leisure and repose which had been denied them in their original seat. In the time of David Dan still kept its place among the tribes I Chronicles 12:35. Asher is omitted, but the “prince of the tribe of Dan” is mentioned in the list of I Chronicles 27:22. But from this time forward the name as applied to the tribe vanishes; it is kept alive only by the northern city. In the genealogies of I Chronicles 2-12, Dan is omitted entirely. Lastly, Dan is omitted from the list of those who were sealed by the angel in the vision of St. John Revelation 7:5-7.”.

27:23 Exceptions.

Beginning with this verse, we jump backwards in time, back to I Chronicles 21.

I Chronicles 27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.   —>   As I explained in my commentary in verse v27:1 above, the entirety of the Israelite Army—or host—was made up of 1,500,000 soldiers—this number included the 288,000 Active Duty soldiers of which 24,000 served month-by-month, and then 1,212,000 Active and In-Active Reservists. As David knew the number of soldiers aged 20 and above in Father’s and his Army, he didn’t need to know how many people—only the males were numbered—he had under his rule who were under the age of 20.

The LORD had said He would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens=When had Father said this? It was many, many years before David’s time, that’s for sure. It was before the exodus, heck it was even before the captivity to the Egyptians. It was when Father visited with father Abraham back in Genesis 15:5, again in Genesis 22:17 and again in Genesis 26:4.

The LORD=This Title of Father as used here in this verse, is Father in His Role of YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH—the sacred and personal name of Father. While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”.

27:24 Exceptions.

I Chronicles 27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah (wounded; or, balsam) (tser-oo-yawי) began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.   —>   The numbering of Israel that is mentioned here, is the numbering which occurred back in I Chronicles 21, where Father allowed satan to tempt David into numbering all Israel. David’s nephew Joab—and Commanding General of the Israelite Army—tried to warn his uncle off—we read in I Chronicles 21:6 that David’s command to number all Israel was abominable to Joab—as, he knew this numbering of Israel would only cause Father to become angry with his uncle. Joab’s thought process proved to be correct as, Father sent Gad—one of His Prophets—to David to inform him that Father was going to impose upon David one of three different punishments, of which David would have to choose which one he would rather Father bring upon the Nation. Father’s punishment would cause the death of thousands upon thousands of People, therefore David did not want to be the one who made that choice, so he told Gad to tell Father to bring upon the Nation, whichever punishment He deemed appropriate. For those of you who might be of the spirit to question why Father would bring a punishment upon the entire Nation because of the sin of their king, I refer you back to II Samuel 24:1, where we read: “And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.” Why was Father’s anger kindled against the entire Nation? Because they had rejected His anointed: David, and followed after David’s son Absalom in his attempting to usurp the throne from his father David. What was the result of this rebellion? Father brought\sent a pestilence upon the Nation whereby He called 70,000 of His Children Home to Him.

…but he finished not…=The reason is given in the verse itself, “…because there fell wrath for it against Israel….” Joab and the Captains of the Israelite Army began the numbering of Israel, they even spent 9 month and 20 days going throughout the Nation; however, they never completed the assignment. They never counted the Tribes of Benjamin or Levi. My thought on why Joab didn’t number the Benjamites is probably because of what their numbers dwindled down to after Judges 20, where the Benjamites had stood on the side of evil, perverseness, against that which is Righteous in Father’s eyes, whereby the other eleven Tribes came against the Benjamites and slaughtered them down to only 600 men. Joab also didn’t number the Levites probably because the Levites were redeemed to Father as His Priests.

Zeruiah=There are 25 verses with 26 matches in Father’s Word for David’s sister Zeruiah and the strong’s Hebrew word number—H6870—associated with her name. Of these 25 verses with 26 matches, 1—I Chronicles 2:17—lists her as David’s sister, and in every other verse and match for her name, we read: “son(s) of Zeruiah”. Of the woman herself, we know nothing, not even her husband’s name. The only thing we do know for sure is, that, she was indeed David’s sister, and the mother of three of David’s heroes. † The etymology of the name Zeruiah: Scholars are in disagreement about the meaning and etymology of the name Zeruiah. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary think that the name Zeruiah comes from the unused root צרה and its sole derivative, the noun צרי, meaning balsam: And thus, for a meaning of the name Zeruiah, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Balsam, which would require the masculine noun צרי (sari) to be made feminine by adding the regular letter ה (he). Note that by so doing our word or name terminates in יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh, the sacred name of Father. This could be an exception (others are the names Aiah, Arieh and Zibiah) but since the name Zeruiah doesn’t exist as a regular noun, this forced feminization might in fact be a reference to the Lord, and Zeruiah means Balsam Of Yah. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names won’t have any of that, and goes after an unused and hitherto unknown root צרה, which is strikingly similar to the root shown above, and which shows up in Chaldean and Syriac as a verb meaning to cleave. Hence Jones reads Cleft.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6870, - צְרוּיָה, - tserûyâh, pronounced - tser-oo-yawי, and means: Feminine participle passive from the same as H6875, wounded; Tserujah, an Israelitess: - Zeruiah. Total KJV occurrences: 26.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “The mother of the three leading heroes of David’s army—Abishai, Joab and Asahel — known as the “sons of Zeruiah.” Of Zeruiah's husband there is no mention in the Father’s Word.”.

27:25 Treasurers.

I Chronicles 27:25 And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth (strong one to the death; and, strong unto death) (az-maw-vethי) the son of Adiel (ornament of YAH; and, ornament of YAH) (ad-ee-aleי: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan (YHVH-given; and, whom YHVH gave) (yeh-ho-naw-thawnי) the son of Uzziah (strength of YAH; and, strength of YHVH) (oo-zee-yawי-hoo):   —>   …the king’s treasures…=These treasuries were David’s own personal treasuries in Jerusalem, and as we read here, Azmaveth was the steward over them.

Storehouses=These were either Armories or other treasuries which were scattered throughout all the territories of Israel. Jehonathan was responsible for these and the castles or fortresses.

Castles=These were the outlying fortresses, or watchtowers which again, were scattered all throughout the territories of Israel.

27:26-31 Overseers.

I Chronicles 27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri (helpful; and, help of YHVH) (ez-reeי) the son of Chelub (the same as 3619, a bird trap (as furnished with a clapstick or treadle to spring it); hence a basket (as resembling a wicker cage): - basket, cage.; and, basket, or bird’s cage) (kel-oobי):   —>   These fields were grain fields. Father had Blessed David and Israel so much that, there was more grain than that which was needed in Israel. Many times did both David and his son Solomon trade barley, wheat and other grains, along with fruits and oil with other nations in exchange for building materials and other supplies which the Nation needed.

I Chronicles 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei (famous; and, renouned) (shim-eeי) the Ramathite (patronymic from H7414; a Ramathite or inhabitant of Ramah: - Ramathite.; and, deceit, established, or loose) (raw-maw-theeי) (map): over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi (giving; and, my gift) (zab-deeי the Shipmite (patrial from H8221, a Shiphmite or inhabitant of Shepham: - Shiphmite.; and, fence keeper) (shif-meeי) (map):   —>   Shimei was from a town which belonged to the Benjamites, he was the steward of or for the agriculture of the vineyards, in other words, the planting, growing and harvesting of the grapes; whereas, Zabdi was from the town of Shepham, and he was the steward of the production and storage of wine.

I Chronicles 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan (possessor of grace; and, lord of grace) (bahי-al khaw-nawnי) the Gederite (patrial from H1445; a Gederite, or inhabitant of Geder: - Gederite.; and, the native of some place named Geder or Gederah.) (ghed-aye-reeי) (map): and over the cellars of oil was Joash (YHVH hastened; and, to whom YHVH hastens i.e. to help) (yo-awshי):   —>   This sycomore tree is not like our American Sycamore tree; it grows roughly to the size of a walnut tree, has wide-spreading branches and provides an excellent shade. Because of the shade it provides, it is frequently planted in groves by roadsides where travelers could cool themselves during the warmer months. Its leaves are heart-shaped, downy on the under side, and fragrant. The fruit of this tree grows on little sprigs, directly from the trunk itself, and in clusters much like the grape. It is said that, to make It eatable, each fruit first had to be pierced, pricked or punctured with a sharp instrument or the finger-nail, three or four days before gathering. Father’s Prophet Amos was originally employed as a gatherer of the sycomore fruit as we read in Amos 7:14. So great was the value of these trees that David appointed a steward: Baal-hanan, for them in his kingdom.

We also see that David appointed Joash as the steward over the cellars where the Olive oil was stored. I&rsqo;m sure that, Joash and all the other stewards who David appointed were quite busy as, Father Blessed the Nation because of David’s being obedient to Him, and as such, everything the Nation which was attainable within the Nation, flourished in great abundance.

I Chronicles 27:29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon (probably abridged from H3474, plain; and, a plain) (shaw-roneי) (map) was Shitrai (from the same as H7860, magisterial) (shit-rahיee) the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat (from H8199, judge; and, judge) (shaw-fawtי) the son of Adlai (justice of YAH; and, justice of YHVH) (ad-lahיee):   —>   The kingdom was so Blessed with cattle that, they had to divide the herds in order that they not eat all the grass\hay and then run out of feed. Shitrai was overseer for the Plain of Sharon, while Shaphat was overseer for the herds in the valley.

The Plains of Sharon were an extremely rich track of land which lay between the mountains of central Israel and the Mediterranean Sea.

I Chronicles 27:30 Over the camels also was Obil (probably from H56, mournful; and, chief of the camels) (o-beelי) the Ishmaelite (from H8085 and H410, YAH will hear; and, YAH hears) (yish-maw-aleי): and over the asses was Jehdeiah (from H3162 and H3050, unity of YAH; and, whom YHVH makes glad) (yekh-dee-yawי-hoo) the Meronthite (from an unused noun) (may-ro-no-theeי):   —>   Obil, being an Ishmaelite, was obviously not an Israelite, he was, just as stated, an Ishmaelite, or descendant of Ishmael. We could possibly assume—boy, I hate to use that word, especially when we’re discussing Father’s Word—that he might be a descendant of Abraham and Sarai’s Egyptian handmaiden: Hagar. With that being said, and considering that Dr. Smith in his Smith’s Bible Dictionary gives the definition\description of him being “chief of the camels,” that this was and is the case. The Ishmaelites were a nomatic people, using camels as their means transportation and as pack-mules. Therefore, Obil was well suited to be the steward of all things to do with the camels in Israel.

Jehdeiah the Meronthite= There are only 2 people named Jehdeiah in Father’s Word; a grandson of Amram through his son Shubael, and this man from this unknown location named Meronthite. As I just stated; the location of Meronthite is unknown by any of the Biblical Scholars; but with that being said; Jehdeiah was the steward of the asses in the Nation of Israel under David.

I Chronicles 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz (from the same as H2123; He will make; and, whom YAH moves) (yaw-zeezי) the Hagerite (perhaps from H1904; a Hagrite or member of a certain Arabian clan: - Hagarene, Hagarite, Haggeri.) (hag-reeי). All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.   —>   Again, it appears that David used this Hagerite—like Obil above, this Jaziz also appears to be a descendant of Abraham and Sari’s Egyptian handmaiden Hagar—as the steward over his sheep and goats.

The rulers of the substance= David had 12 stewards who oversaw his personal and the kingdom’s property. These twelve men were highly trusted by David, and there’s no doubt he asked for their loyalty and for their loyalty to his son Solomon as well. Upon Solomon’s ascension to the throne, he too would keep many of these stewards on in his administration, reign and rule over the Nation.

Twelve=The number twelve in Biblical numerics denotes Governmental Perfection. From Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible, Appendix 10: “It is the number of factor of all numbers connected with government: whether by Tribes or Apostles, or in measurements of time, or in things which have to do with government in the heavens and the earth.”.

27:32-34 Counselors.

I Chronicles 27:32 Also Jonathan (YHVH favored; or, gift or grace of YAH) (yo-khaw-nawnי) David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel (from H2421 and H410; YAH will live; and, YAH lives) (yekh-av-aleי) the son of Hachmoni (from H2449; skillful; and, wise) (khak-mo-neeי) was with the king’s sons:   —>   Jonathan= We had read of Jonathan in both II Samuel 21 and I Chronicles 20, where we read that he was not only wise, but also a brave and courageous warrior. He single-handedly took on and slew the giant Goliath’s unnamed brother, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.

David’s uncle=There was no Hebrew word for—on the male side—grandfather, uncle—and on the female side—grandmother, aunt, ect.. Sadly, our KJV translators didn’t do their research deep enough as, had they, they would have found that Jonathan was David’s cousin—and not his uncle—who was born to his brother Shimea as read in II Samuel 21:21 and I Chronicles 20:7.

Counselors=Again, like as Solomon kept the stewards whom his father had, so also did Solomon keep many of the counselors on his administration. He did well and prospered while he listened to their counsel; however, once they passed away and returned Home to Father; or, once his ego got the better of him, he chucked-off their advice and influence—much as he had Father and the Priests—and started chasing after the desires of his own heart and the lust of the flesh, taking to himself 700 wives and 300 concubines, many of whom were foreigners who served other, false gods, and Solomon chased after those non-gods.

Hachmoni=I discussed the confusion and\or controversy concerning Hachmoni, Hachmonite, and Tachmonite while discussing Jashobeam in verse v27:2 above.

Jonathan=A nephew of king David’s, born to his older brother Shimea. Singlehandedly took on and slew an unnamed giant who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot II Samuel 21:21 and I Chronicles 20:7. † The etymology of the name Jonathan (= Yo-Nathan) consists of two elements. The first part is יה (YAH) = יהו (YAHU) = יו (YU), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH, (the sacred and personal name of Father). While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.” The second part of the name Jonathan comes from the verb נתן (natan), meaning to give: For the meaning of the name Jonathan, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Yahveh Has Given. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads The Lord Gave or Lord Of Giving.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3083, - יְהוֹנָתָן, - yehônâthân, pronounced - yeh-ho-naw-thawnי, and means: From H3068 and H5414; YHVH-given; Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites: - Jonathan. Compare H3129 Total KJV occurrences: 111.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary where we read: “that is, “the gift of Jehovah,” A nephew of David II Samuel 21:21; I Chronicles 20:7. He engaged in single combat with and slew a gigantic Philistine of Gath II Samuel 21:21; I Chronciles 20:7.”.

I Chronicles 27:33 And Ahithophel (brother of folly; or, brother of foolishness) (akh-ee-thoי-fel) was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai (hasty; and, hasting) (khoo-shahיee) the Archite was the king’s companion:   —>   Ahithophel was not only David’s counselor but, he was also related to David by way of Bath-sheba. See, Ahithophel was Bath-sheba’s grandfather.

Hushai…the king’s companion=Hushai was indeed a true friend of David’s. He aided and assisted him in his time of need. When his son Absalom came against him and tried to usurp the throne from him, David had fled from Jerusalem in order to prevent civil war against his own son, and also because, David loved the city of Jerusalem and knew that Father chosen it as His most favorite place in all His created universe; therefore, David would rather flee, leaving Jerusalem intact and not war ravaged from the civil war which was brewing. As David was fleeing, Hushai came to David and wanted to leave Jerusalem in order to be with his king; however, David told Hushai to remain in Jerusalem so that he could pretend to befriend Absalom and offer counter counsel against Ahithophel whom was counseling Absalom. Hushai agreed, and Absalom accepted Hushai’s counsel. Upon Absalom’s accepting Hushai’s counsel over Ahithophel’s, Ahithophel returned to his home and hung himself.

Ahithophel=Ahithophel was the father of Eliam—one of David’s mighty warriors and heroes—who happened to be the father of Bath-sheba—whom David seduced away from her husband, Uriah the Hittite—thus making Ahithophel, Bath-sheba’s grandfather. † Ahithophel was from the town of Giloh. † We read in I Chronicles 27:32 that, Ahithophel was a counselor of David’s; however, we never read of him giving any counsel—good or otherwise—to David, and by going back in Father’s Word, we find that when David’s son Absalom rebelled and stood against his father and tried to usurp the throne from him, Ahithophel joined in on the conspiracy and offered Absalom counsel against David. This most likely happened because Ahithophel was angry and disappointed of David’s seduction of Ahithophel’s granddaughter and then the murder of her husband Uriah. We read in II Samuel 15:12 that, Absalom had sent for Ahithophel to come from his city to Absalom in order for him to counsel him. When David fled Jerusalem from his son, Hushai the Archite, a companion, counselor and friend David’s, came to David and told him that Ahithophel was indeed offering counsel to Absalom, so David told Hushai to return to Jerusalem in order for him to befriend Absalom, so that he could offer counter counsel against the counsel of Ahithophel. When Absalom accepted the counsel of Hushai and rejected Ahithophel’s, Ahithophel returned to his home and took his own life. † The etymology of the name Ahithophel consists of two elements. The first part comes from the word אח ss(יah), meaning brother or close associate. The post-fixed letter yod creates a possessive: my brother, or brother of: The second part of the name Ahithophel comes from the root group תפל (tapal): For a meaning of the name Ahithophel, Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names and New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List both read Brother Of Folly. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary proposes My Brother Is Folly but adds a question mark.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H302, - אֲחִיתֹפֶל, - 'ăchı̂ythôphel, pronounced - akh-ee-thoי-fel, and means: from H251 and H8602; brother of folly; Achithophel, an Israelite: - Ahithophel. Total KJV occurrences: 20.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “A native of Giloh, was a privy councillor of David, whose wisdom was highly esteemed, though his name had an exactly opposite signification II Samuel 16:23. He was the grandfather of Bathsheba. Compare II Samuel 11:3 with II Samuel 23:34. Ahithophel joined the conspiracy of Absalom against David, and persuaded him to take possession of the royal harem II Samuel 16:21, and recommended an immediate pursuit of David. His advice was wise; but Hushai advised otherwise. When Ahithophel saw that Hushai's advice prevailed, he despaired of success, and returning to his own home "put his household in order and hanged himself" II Samuel 17:1-23.”.

I Chronicles 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.

June 2019

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