The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
The verse belongs to the record of David's work in 1 Chronicles 10-12, which stands within 1 Chronicles 4-26 to be compared with the parallel record in Samuel apart from genealogies. It is part of the fuller, parallel account of David's rise to rule over all Israel. That account describes the assembly of the tribes at Hebron where they acknowledged David as king, sending about 350,000 fighting men and holding a three-day festival. It helps show the division of David's armies, the reason his men were truly mighty, and his virtues and mistakes under God's mercy and guidance.
The verse belongs to the record of David's work in 1 Chronicles 10-12, which stands within 1 Chronicles 4-26 to be compared with the parallel record in Samuel apart from genealogies. It is part of the fuller, parallel account of David's rise to rule over all Israel. That account describes the assembly of the tribes at Hebron where they acknowledged David as king, sending about 350,000 fighting men and holding a three-day festival. It helps show the division of David's armies, the reason his men were truly mighty, and his virtues and mistakes under God's mercy and guidance.