1 Chronicles 19 Explained

1 Chronicles 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE. This chapter records the account of David's wars against the neighboring nations, especially the Ammonites and the Arameans. The whole chapter belongs to the section focusing on the kingship of David (1 Chronicles 9:35 to 29:30).

Text

This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language. It is divided into 19 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008).

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE, which extant ancient manuscripts include Codex Vaticanus (B;

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B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK:

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S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A;

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A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q;

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Q; 6th century).

Old Testament references

10:1–8 9[1]

10:9–19 9.[1]

David's messengers disgraced (19:1–9)

This section a part of the accounts largely corresponding with 2 Samuel 10:1–11:1; 12:26–31, omitting the episode of David, Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite and 12:27–29 9. The death of a king, such as Nahash, the Ammonite, could signal then end of international arrangements with other kingdoms, so David wanted to confirm a good relationship with Nahash's successor, Hanun, but David's successive victories against the Philistines, Moabites, Edomites, and Arameans, made Hanun's counselors suspicious (verse 3). 1 Chronicles 19:4-8 and 2 Samuel 10:4-7 have a parallel in the Qumran (Dead Sea Scrolls) text (4Q51; 4Q Samuela or 4QSama, dates from c. 200 BCE[2]), which shows that the 'relationship between Samuel and Chronicles was not one of unilateral or unambiguous independence', with distinctive differences such as the spelling of "David" in the books of Samuel (Hebrew: דָוִ֖ד) differs from that in the Chronicles and 4Q51 (Hebrew: דָּוִ֑יד) as well as some details in numbers.[3] [4]

Verse 6

When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent one thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maakah, and Zobah.[5]

Verse 7

So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.[11]

David defeated the Ammonites and Arameans (19:10–19)

This passage parallels 2 Samuel 10:9–19 with a few differences. The victory of David's army against the Arameans (Syrians) left the Ammonites isolated from their allies.

Verse 18

But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand chariot drivers and forty thousand infantry men of the Arameans, and killed Shophak, the commander of the army.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. https://biblehub.com/bsb/1_chronicles/19.htm 1 Chronicles 19 Berean Study Bible
  2. Book: Fincke, Andrew . The Samuel Scroll from Qumran. 4QSama restored and compared to the Septuagint and 4QSamc . Brill . Studies on the Texts of the Desert of Judah . 43. 2001. 10.1163/9789004350410 . 978-90-04-12370-0 . 3–7.
  3. http://dssenglishbible.com/scroll4Q51.htm 4Q51
  4. Cross, Frank Moore; Parry, Donald W.; Saley, Richard J. and Ulrich, Eugene. "Qumran Cave 4 – XII, 1-2 Samuel" (Discoveries in the Judaean Desert Series, XVII). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005
  5. 2 1 Chronicles MEV
  6. Note [a] on 1 Chronicles 19:6 in NET Bible
  7. Note [b] on 1 Chronicles 19:6 in NET Bible
  8. Note on 1 Chronicles 19:6 in MEV
  9. Note [a] on 1 Chronicles 19:6 in NKJV
  10. Note [b] on 1 Chronicles 19:6 in NKJV
  11. 19:7 KJV KJV
  12. 2 1 Chronicles MEV
  13. Note [a] on 1 Chronicles 19:18 in NKJV
  14. Note [a] on 1 Chronicles 19:18 in NET Bible
  15. Note [b] on 1 Chronicles 19:18 in NKJV
  16. Note [b] on 1 Chronicles 19:18 in NET Bible

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