Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:1

1 Dàwèi shǔ diǎn gēnsuí tāde rén , lì qiā fú zhǎng , bǎifūzhǎng shuaìlǐng tāmen .

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:1 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 18:1

And David numbered the people that [were] with him
Which Josephus says ^F4 were four thousand; but one would think there should be more by what follows:

and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them;
he divided his army into companies, which consisted some of a thousand and others of a hundred; over each of which he set captains, to lead them on, direct, and command them in battle.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 10. sect. 1.

Sāmǔĕrjìxià 18:1 In-Context

1 Dàwèi shǔ diǎn gēnsuí tāde rén , lì qiā fú zhǎng , bǎifūzhǎng shuaìlǐng tāmen .

2 Dàwèi dǎfa jūn bīng chū zhàn , fēn wéi sān duì , yī duì zaì Yuēyē shǒu xià , yī duì zaì xǐ lǔ yǎ de érzi , Yuēyē xiōngdi yà bǐ shāi shǒu xià , yī duì zaì Jiātè rén yǐ taì shǒu xià . Dàwèi duì jūn bīng shuō , wǒ bì yǔ nǐmen yītóng chū zhàn .

3 Jūn bīng què shuō , nǐ bùkĕ chū zhàn . ruò shì wǒmen taópǎo , dírén bì bù jiè yì . wǒmen zhèn wáng yī bàn , dírén yĕ bù jiè yì . yīnwei nǐ yī rén qiáng shì wǒmen wàn rén , nǐ bù rú zaì chéng lǐ yùbeì bāngzhu wǒmen .

4 Wáng xiàng tāmen shuō , nǐmen yǐwéi zĕnyàng hǎo , wǒ jiù zĕnyàng xíng . yúshì wáng zhàn zaì chéng mén páng , jūn bīng huò bǎi huò qiā dì ái cì chū qù le .

5 Wáng zhǔfu Yuēyē , yà bǐ shāi , yǐ taì shuō , nǐmen yào wèi wǒde yuángù kuān dāi nà shàonián rén Yēshālóng . wáng wèi Yēshālóng zhǔfu zhòng jiāng de huà , bīng dōu tīngjian le .