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1 Chronicles 19:11

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And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

KJV

And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

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This verse in 1 Chronicles 19

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

he selected some of the best men of Israel

on 1 Chronicles 19:10-13

Joab divides the army with his brother Abishai, each ready to rescue the other. He leaves the outcome to the LORD: “May the LORD do what is good in His sight”. These words, unlike any others given to him, come from the man who elsewhere kills Abner and Amasa.

This site's exposition

under the command of his

Joab splits the army of Israel into two parts. His brother Abishai leads the rest against the Ammonites, while Joab takes the best men against the Arameans of verse 10. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that the Aramean riders could fight on horse, in chariots or on foot.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Joab's address before the engagement displays the faith and piety that became a commander of the Hebrew people. The mercenaries being defeated, the courage of the Ammonites failed; so that, taking flight, they entrenched themselves within the fortified walls.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

into the hands of Abshai To Abishai, who is called Abshai throughout the entire Book of Chronicles, both in the written text and in the reading, except for these two cases, which are exceptions to the rule according to the Masorah.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on I Chronicles 19:11:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְאֵת֙and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • יֶ֣תֶר[the] rest of

    yeterH3499 →

  • הָעָ֔םthe people

    haamH5971 →1873 times

  • נָתַ֕ןhe put

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • בְּיַ֖דin [the] hand of

    beyadH3027 →1618 times

  • אַבְשַׁ֣יAbishai

    ʾavshaiH52 →25 times

  • אָחִ֑יוbrother his

    ʾachivH251 →630 times

  • וַיַּ֣עַרְכ֔וּand they deployed

    vaiyaarkhuH6186 →74 times

  • לִקְרַ֖אתto meet

    likratH7122 →139 times

  • בְּנֵ֥י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • עַמּֽוֹן׃Ammon

    amonH5983 →106 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Chronicles 18:12

    Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 26:6

      And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 60:1

      You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

    • 2 Samuel 10:10

      And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.

    • 1 Chronicles 2:16

      Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

    • 1 Chronicles 11:20

      Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 19:9

    The Ammonites marched out and arrayed themselves for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come stayed by themselves in the open country.

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:2

      Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.

    • 2 Chronicles 13:3

      Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

    • 1 Kings 20:24

      So do this: Dismiss all the kings from their positions and replace them with other officers.

Where this verse is studied

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About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
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This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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