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1 Chronicles 11:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10These 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech: “These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Warriors strengthen David and defend a field.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 11:10–14
Read 1 Chronicles 11:10 with 11:10–14. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Jashobeam and Eleazar represent warriors who support David's kingdom, stand in a barley field, and receive a deliverance credited to the LORD.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Warriors strengthen David and defend a field,” 1 Chronicles 11:10 opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech through the wording “These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: The warrior catalogue begins by connecting human courage, all-Israel support, and theological attribution. 1 Chronicles 11:4–9 has just established this prior movement: David and all Israel capture Jebus, Joab wins command, the city is rebuilt, and David grows powerful with the LORD's presence. Together those details explain why “Warriors strengthen David and defend a field” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 11:10–14 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 11:10–14 forms the complete movement “Warriors strengthen David and defend a field”: Jashobeam and Eleazar represent warriors who support David's kingdom, stand in a barley field, and receive a deliverance credited to the LORD.
Verse 10. 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.
Verse 11. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
Verse 12. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
Verse 13. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
Verse 14. 14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
Follow the Context
- Jashobeam and Eleazar represent warriors who support David's kingdom, stand in a barley field, and receive a deliverance credited to the LORD.
- The warrior catalogue begins by connecting human courage, all-Israel support, and theological attribution.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
1 Chronicles 11:10 does not permit the wording “These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in…” to be read apart from the selected verse's context. The feats do not license violent masculinity, private militias, inflated kill claims, or the idea that military success proves divine approval.
What Remains True
Accounts of conflict must name agents, victims, land, loss, and literary judgment without converting ancient war into a modern command or ethnic hostility. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Jashobeam and Eleazar represent warriors who support David's kingdom, stand in a barley field, and receive a deliverance credited to the LORD. In 1 Chronicles 11:10, the concrete line “These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in….” When reading conflict or making public decisions, distinguish description from command, count human cost, protect noncombatants, reject ethnic generalization, and pursue accountable noncoercive action. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Jashobeam and Eleazar represent warriors who support David's kingdom, stand in a barley field, and receive a deliverance credited to the LORD.
Teach It Back
Explain why 1 Chronicles 11:10 introduces warriors who strengthened David with all Israel according to divine word. Use 11:10–14, paraphrase “These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Where care is needed
Names, numbers slain, crop, and parallels in 2 Samuel 23 differ across witnesses; exact harmonization is not warranted.
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Biblical text
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