1 Chronicles 11:36 stands in 1 Chronicles 10-12, which covers the prosperous years of David's reign and records his work and the division of his armies. Within that record it belongs to the fuller account of the assembly at Hebron, where the tribes of Israel gathered to recognize David as king, contributing to the record of that assembly without a separate explanation of its named men. The passage shows David's virtues and his mistakes and God's mercy and guidance.
Chronicles is called Words of Days and Records of Events and is counted as one book in the Jewish canon. It deals more fully with the kingdom of Judah, while Kings deals more fully with the northern ten-tribe kingdom. Its first part is parallel to the last part of Samuel, and the record of David is to be compared with the same record in Samuel with the exception of genealogies.
As part of the record of names in Chronicles, the verse illustrates the preservation of Israel's genealogical and tribal records. Its naming of mighty men calls for thought about the reason men were truly mighty, found in crying to God and trusting Him for help.
1 Chronicles 11:36 stands in 1 Chronicles 10-12, which covers the prosperous years of David's reign and records his work and the division of his armies. Within that record it belongs to the fuller account of the assembly at Hebron, where the tribes of Israel gathered to recognize David as king, contributing to the record of that assembly without a separate explanation of its named men. The passage shows David's virtues and his mistakes and God's mercy and guidance.
Chronicles is called Words of Days and Records of Events and is counted as one book in the Jewish canon. It deals more fully with the kingdom of Judah, while Kings deals more fully with the northern ten-tribe kingdom. Its first part is parallel to the last part of Samuel, and the record of David is to be compared with the same record in Samuel with the exception of genealogies.
As part of the record of names in Chronicles, the verse illustrates the preservation of Israel's genealogical and tribal records. Its naming of mighty men calls for thought about the reason men were truly mighty, found in crying to God and trusting Him for help.