1 Chronicles 19

1 Chronicles 19:2

messengers to comfort = consolers.

1 Chronicles 19:6

Mesopotamia. Heb, ’Aram-naharaim = Syria of the two rivers.

1 Chronicles 19:7

chariots = cavalry. Used of men as well as horses, see 1 Chronicles 19:18. Compare 2 Samuel 10:6.

1 Chronicles 19:9

gate = entrance.

1 Chronicles 19:10

was set against him = confronted him.

1 Chronicles 19:12

children = sons.

1 Chronicles 19:16

river = Euphrates.

Hadarezer. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read “Hadadezer”. Compare 1 Chronicles 18:3.

1 Chronicles 19:18

chariots. See note on 1 Chronicles 19:7, and compare 2 Samuel 10:18.