Adam Clarke on 1 Chronicles 18
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1 Chronicles18:2
Brought gifts - Were laid under tribute.
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1 Chronicles18:9
Tou king of Hamath - Called Toi in 2Sam 8:9.
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1 Chronicles18:12
Abishai - slew of the Edomites - This victory is attributed to David, 2Sam 8:13. He sent Abishai against them, and he defeated them: this is with great propriety attributed to David as commander-in-chief; qui facit per alterum, facit per se.
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1 Chronicles18:15
Joab - was over the host - General-in-chief.
Jehoshaphat - recorder - The king's remembrancer, or historiographer royal.
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1 Chronicles18:16
Zadok - and Abimelech - priests - Both high priests; one at Gibeon, and the other at Jerusalem, as we have seen 1Chr 16:39.
Shavsha was scribe - Called Seraiah, 2Sam 8:17.
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1 Chronicles18:17
Cherethites and the Pelethites - See the note on 2Sam 8:18.
The Targum says, "Benaiah was over the great Sanhedrin and the small Sanhedrin, and consulted Urim and Thummim. And at his command the archers and slingers went to battle."
The sons of David - These were the highest in authority.
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1 Chronicles18:1
David - took Gath and her towns - See the comparison between this chapter and 2Sam 8:1 (note), etc., in the notes on the latter.
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