1 Chronicles 12:39
in 1 Chronicles 12They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.
KJV
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 12
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd there they were with David three days, eating and drinking,.... Keeping a festival, to testify their joy on this occasion: for their brethren had prepared for them; not the inhabitants of Hebron only, but all the country round about, brought in provisions on this joyful occasion; otherwise the men of Hebron would not have been able to have provided what was sufficient for such a vast number, as appears by what follows.
This site's exposition
eating and drinking
on 1 Chronicles 12:39-40
They spent three days eating and drinking with David. Provisions came as well, for their neighbors came bringing food, and there was joy in Israel. Adam Clarke takes the feast as kept by deputies of the numbered host, since so large a company could not have feasted that long.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Those that were at the least pains in travelling to this convention, or congress of states, thought themselves obliged to be at so much the more charge in entertaining the rest, that there might be something of an equality. A noble feast was made (was made for laughter, Eccl. x. 19 ) upon this occasion, for there was joy in Israel,
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
They were with David three days - These were the deputies of the different people mentioned here: it is not possible that all the thousands mentioned above could have feasted with David for three days; and yet it appears there was even of these a great number, for the men of Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, who were nearest to this place of rendezvous, had brought all the necessaries for such a feast.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְיוּ־ | vaiyihyu- | and they were | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| שָׁ֤ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| דָּוִיד֙ | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| יָמִ֣ים | yamim | days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| שְׁלוֹשָׁ֔ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אֹכְלִ֖ים | ʾokhelim | eating | H398 → | |
| וְשׁוֹתִ֑ים | veshotim | and drinking | H8354 → | 217 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הֵכִ֥ינוּ | hekhinu | they had prepared | H3559 → | 217 times |
| לָהֶ֖ם | lahem | for them | ||
| אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃ | ʾacheihem | relatives their | H251 → | 630 times |
וַיִּהְיוּ־and they were
vaiyihyu-H1961 →3559 times
שָׁ֤םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
דָּוִיד֙David
davidH1732 →999 times
יָמִ֣יםdays
yamimH3117 →2304 times
שְׁלוֹשָׁ֔הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
אֹכְלִ֖יםeating
ʾokhelimH398 →
וְשׁוֹתִ֑יםand drinking
veshotimH8354 →217 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הֵכִ֥ינוּthey had prepared
hekhinuH3559 →217 times
לָהֶ֖םfor them
lahem
אֲחֵיהֶֽם׃relatives their
ʾacheihemH251 →630 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 31:54Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
it leads to
- Genesis 21:8
So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 18:12
Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
- 2 Samuel 3:20–21
When Abner and twenty of his men came to David at Hebron, David held a feast for them.
- Genesis 21:8
Through
Genesis 26:30So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.
it leads to
- Genesis 19:3
But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
- Hebrews 12:14
Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.
- Romans 12:18
If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone.
- Genesis 19:3
Through
2 Samuel 19:42And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 19:12
You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
- 2 Samuel 19:12
Through
2 Samuel 6:19Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 8:10
Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve,…
- Nehemiah 8:10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.