1 Crônicas 27

1 Crônicas 27

TIMELINE OF THE BOOKS OF SAMUEL, KINGS & CHRONICLES 1107 1011 971 931 853 722 586 1 Samuel 2 Samuel 1 Kings 1 Kings 2 Kings 31 1-4 5-10 11-20 21-24 1-11 12-22 1-17 18-25 1 Chronicles 10 1Chr 11-19 1Chr 20-29 2 Chronicles 1-9 2 Chronicles 10-20 2 Chronicles 21-36 Legend: B.C. dates at top of timeline are approximate. Note that 931 BC marks the division of the Kingdom into Southern Tribes (Judah and Benjamin) and Ten Northern Tribes. To avoid confusion be aware that after the division of the Kingdom in 931 BC, the Southern Kingdom is most often designated in Scripture as "Judah" and the Northern Kingdom as "Israel." Finally, note that 1 Chronicles 1-9 is not identified on the timeline because these chapters are records of genealogy. THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL Comparison of 1 Samuel thru 2 Chronicles FIRST CHRONICLES SUMMARY CHART 1 Chronicles 1-9:44 1 Chronicles 10:1-39:30 Royal Line of David Reign of David 12 Tribes of David's Reign Highlights of David's Reign Genealogies History Ancestry Activity 1000's of Years Circa 33 Years Map of David's Kingdom-ESV Global Map of Cities in 2 Samuel 1 Chronicles 27:1 Now this is the enumeration of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000. commanders: 1Ch 13:1 Ex 18:25 De 1:15 1Sa 8:12 Mic 5:2 served: 1Ch 28:1 2Ch 17:12-19 26:11-13 in all the affairs: 1Ki 5:14 months: 1Ki 4:7,27 Now this is the enumeration of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000. Believer's Study Bible - Once the spiritual matters were handled, the chronicler turned to the routine concerns of administration for the expanding theocratic kingdom (vv. 1-34). Even for those who lived outside the immediate territory of the Promised Land, the religious life of God's people took precedence over all else, including military affairs (26:29-32). All this is in keeping with the purpose of the chronicler and is in harmony with the teaching of God's Word (cf. Deut. 6:3-6; 10:12-14; 11:13-21; Matt. 6:25-34; 22:37-40; Mark 12:28-31; Luke 10:25-29). This is another passage (vv. 1-15) in which some suggest that we understand the term translated "thousand" to mean "commander of a thousand" (cf. 7:2-5; 12:23, notes). Ryrie - David had an army of 288,000 men, consisting of 12 divisions of 24,000 men, each of which served in turn for one month out of the year. Eight of the 12 generals belonged to the tribe of Judah. David divided the leadership into (1) tribal elders (i.e., "the heads of father's households") (2) commanders of thousands, (3) commanders of hundreds (4) lower ranked military officers. In turn they were divided into 24,000 for each month. This number matches the division of the priests, the musicians and the gatekeepers. TSK note on head of fathers' households - the chief fathers: The patriarchs, chief generals, or generals of brigade. This enumeration is widely different from that of the preceding. In that, we have the order and course of the priests and Levites, in their ecclesiastical ministrations: in this, we have the account of the order of the civil service, what related simply to the political state of the king and kingdom. Twenty-four persons, chosen out of David's worthies, each of whom had a second, were placed over 24,000 men, who all served a month at a time, in turn; and this was the whole of their service during the year, after which they attended to their own affairs. Thus the king had always on foot a regular force of 24,000, who served without expense to him or the state, and were not oppressed by the service, which took up only a twelfth part of their time; and by this plan he could, at any time, bring into the field 12 times 24,000 or 288,000 fighting men, independently of the 12,000 officers, which made in the whole an effective force of 300,000 soldiers; and all these men were prepared, disciplined, and ready at a call, without the smallest expense to the state or the king. These were, properly speaking, the militia of the Israelitish kingdom. G Campbell