1 Chronicles - 11:6 Meaning
“And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.”
King James Version (KJV)
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
11:1-9 David was brought to possess the throne of Israel after he had reigned seven years in Hebron, over Judah only. God's counsels will be fulfilled at last, whatever difficulties lie in the way. The way to be truly great, is to be really useful, to devote all our talents to the Lord.
“And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.”
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