{"commentary":{"id":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","website":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamieson-Fausset-Brown_Bible_Commentary","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/","licenseNotes":null,"licenseNotice":null,"englishName":"Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary","language":"eng","textDirection":"rtl","sha256":"db3d4c8b3c1f32ef9d1430a57392e02bda3a17aac1f9bbe398461de021a3cb13","availableFormats":["json"],"listOfBooksApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/books.json","listOfProfilesApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/profiles.json","numberOfBooks":66,"totalNumberOfChapters":1187,"totalNumberOfVerses":17056,"totalNumberOfProfiles":0,"languageName":"English","languageEnglishName":"English"},"book":{"id":"1CH","commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","name":"1 Chronicles","commonName":"1 Chronicles","introduction":"THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF CHRONICLES were also considered as one by the ancient Jews, who called them \"words of days,\" that is, diaries or journals, being probably compiled from those registers that were kept by the king's historiographers of passing occurrences. In the Septuagint the title given them is Paraleipomenon, \"of things omitted,\" that is, the books are supplementary because many things unnoticed in the former books are here recorded; and not only the omissions are supplied, but some narratives extended while others are added. The authorship is commonly ascribed to Ezra, whose leading object seems to have been to show the division of families, possessions, &c., before the captivity, with a view to the exact restoration of the same order after the return from Babylon. Although many things are restated and others are exact repetitions of what is contained in Kings, there is so much new and important information that, as JEROME has well said, the Chronicles furnish the means of comprehending parts of the New Testament, which must have been unintelligible without them. They are frequently referred to by Christ and the Apostles as forming part of \"the Word of God\" (see the genealogies in Mat. 1:1-16; Luk. 3:23-38; compare Ch2 19:7 with Pe1 1:17; Ch2 24:19-21 with Mat 23:32-35). \n\n\n\nNext: 1 Chronicles Chapter 1\n\n","order":13,"numberOfChapters":29,"sha256":"941eed043bd5ce60c0f1a685545fd30d17d0bf465c257eb98399d7a0ec5695b8","firstChapterNumber":1,"firstChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/1CH/1.json","firstChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"1CH","chapter":1},"lastChapterNumber":29,"lastChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/1CH/29.json","lastChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"1CH","chapter":29},"totalNumberOfVerses":271},"chapter":{"number":10,"content":[{"type":"verse","number":3,"content":["the battle went sore against Saul; and the archers hit him, and he was wounded--The Hebrew words may be thus rendered: \"The archers found (attacked) him, and he feared the archers.\" He was not wounded, at least not dangerously, when he resolved on committing suicide. The deed was the effect of sudden terror and overwhelming depression of spirits [CALMET].\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":4,"content":["his armour-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid--He was, of course, placed in the same perilous condition as Saul. But it is probable that the feelings that restrained him from complying with Saul's wish were a profound respect for royalty, mingled with apprehension of the shock which such a catastrophe would give to the national feelings and interests.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":6,"content":["Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house--his sons and courtiers who were there engaged in the battle. But it appears that Ish-bosheth and Mephibosheth were kept at Gibeah on account of their youth.\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":10,"content":["THE PHILISTINES TRIUMPH OVER HIM. (Ch1 10:8-14)\n\nput his armour in the house of their gods--It was common among the heathen to vow to a national or favorite deity, that, in the event of a victory, the armor of the enemy's king, or of some eminent leader, should be dedicated to him as an offering of gratitude. Such trophies were usually suspended on the pillars of the temple. \n\nfastened his head in the temple of Dagon--while the trunk or headless corpse was affixed to the wall of Beth-shan (Sa1 31:10).\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":13,"content":["Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord--in having spared the king of the Amalekites and taken the flocks of the people as spoils [Sa1 15:9], as well as in having consulted a pythoness [Sa1 28:7]. Both of these acts were great sins--the first as a violation of God's express and positive command [Sa1 15:3], and the second as contrary to a well-known statute of the kingdom (Lev 19:31).\n\n"]},{"type":"verse","number":14,"content":["And inquired not of the Lord--He had done so in form (Sa1 28:6), but not in the spirit of a humble penitent, nor with the believing confidence of a sincere worshipper. His enquiry was, in fact, a mere mockery, and his total want of all right religious impressions was manifested by his rushing from God to a wretched impostor in the service of the devil [Sa1 28:7].\n\n\n\n\nNext: 1 Chronicles Chapter 11\n\n"]}],"introduction":"SAUL'S OVERTHROW AND DEATH. (Ch1 10:1-7)\n\nNow the Philistines fought against Israel--The details of this chapter have no relation to the preceding genealogies and seem to be inserted solely to introduce the narrative of David's elevation to the throne of the whole kingdom. The parallel between the books of Samuel and Chronicles commences with this chapter, which relates the issue of the fatal battle of Gilboa almost in the very same words as Sa1 31:1-13.\n\n"},"thisChapterLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/1CH/10.json","thisChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"1CH","chapter":10},"nextChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/1CH/11.json","nextChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"1CH","chapter":11},"previousChapterApiLink":"/api/c/jamieson-fausset-brown/1CH/9.json","previousChapterReference":{"commentaryId":"jamieson-fausset-brown","book":"1CH","chapter":9},"numberOfVerses":6}