Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:4 - 11:4

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 1 Chronicles 11:4 - 11:4


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The capture of the citadel of Zion, and Jerusalem chosen to be the royal residence under the name of the city of David; cf. 2Sa 5:6-10, and the commentary on this section at that place. - יְחַיֶּה, 1Ch 11:8, to make alive, is used here, as in Neh 4:2, of the rebuilding of ruins. The general remark, 1Ch 11:9, “and David increased continually in might,” etc., opens the way for the transition to the history of David's reign which follows. As a proof of his increasing greatness, there follows in