Scofield Reference Bible Notes
1 Chronicles 11

1Ch 11:1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron

2Sa 5:1, etc.

1Ch 11:2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel

1Sa 16:1-13; Psa 78:70-72.

1Ch 11:3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

they anointed David king over Israel

Cf. 1Sa 16:1-13.

1Ch 11:4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

Jebus

Cf. Jdg 1:21; 19:10, 11.

1Ch 11:5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

David took the castle

1Ch 11:7.

Zion

Heb. castle.

1. Zion, the ancient Jebusite stronghold, is the southwest eminence in Jerusalem, called in Scripture the city of David, and associated with the Davidic royalty both historically and prophetically (1Ch 11:7; Psa 2:6; Isa 2:3). The word is often used of the whole city of Jerusalem considered as the city of God (Psa 48:2, 3), especially in passages referring to the future kingdom-age (Isa 1:27; 2:3; 4:1-6; Joe 3:16; Zec 1:16, 17; 8:3-8; Rom 11:26). In Heb 12:22 the word is used symbolically of heaven.
2. In Deu 4:48 the name is given to a projection or peak of Mount Hermon.

1Ch 11:7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.

they called it the city of David

See 1Ch 11:5.

1Ch 11:10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had

Cf. 2Sa 23:8-39.

1Ch 11:15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim

Cf. 2Sa 5:18; 1Ch 14:9.

1Ch 11:23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

cubit

One cubit = about 18 in.