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1 Chronicles 20:5

1 Chronicles 20:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

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1 Chronicles 20 — Overview1 Chronicles 20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleHere is a repetition of the story of David's wars, I. With the Ammonites, and the taking of Rabbah, ver. 1-3. II. With the giants of the Philistines, ver. 4-8. The Defeat of the Ammonites. (b. c. 1306.)1 Chronicles 20 — Overview1 Chronicles 20 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledge1 Chronicles 20:1, Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the people thereof tortured; 1 Chronicles 20:4, Three giants are slain in three several overthrows of the Philistines.1 Chronicles 20 — Overview1 Chronicles 20 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAgrees with various passages in the second book of Samuel; 1Ch 20:1 with 2Sa 11:1 and 1Ch 20:2 with 2Sa 12:30 and the rest, to the end of it, with 2Sa 21:15. What differences there are, are observed in the notes on…1 Chronicles 20:1-81 Chronicles 20:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION The contents of this chapter are all to be found in the work of Samuel, but woven in, in very different places. The cause of the first considerable difference of this kind is in connection with the…1 Chronicles 20:1-81 Chronicles 20:1-8 · The Pulpit CommentaryII. THE EVIL OF ABSOLUTISM. No doubt this little kingdom of Ammon was autocratic. It is true, indeed, that the princes advised, but the king decided. And what terrible penalties his poor people paid for his decision!…1 Chronicles 20:4-81 Chronicles 20:4-8 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe Philistines were nearly subdued (ch. xviii. 1); but, as in the destruction of the Canaanites by Joshua the sons of Anak were last subdued (Josh. xi. 21), so here in the conquest of the Philistines the…