And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
The roll of officers stands after Absalom's revolt had been suppressed, when David's troubles were still not ended. A quarrel between the men of Judah and the men of Israel over bringing back the king gave occasion for a fresh uprising. Its leader was Sheba the son of Bichri, whose revolt threatened to prove a very serious thing.
The list belongs to the continuous history in 2 Samuel 11-24 and 1 Kings 1-2 that follows David's great wickedness in the case of Uriah. Taken with the rest of that history, it shows how completely the denunciation spoken by the prophet Nathan was accomplished. The judgments that came upon David fulfilled that word in full.
The roll of officers stands after Absalom's revolt had been suppressed, when David's troubles were still not ended. A quarrel between the men of Judah and the men of Israel over bringing back the king gave occasion for a fresh uprising. Its leader was Sheba the son of Bichri, whose revolt threatened to prove a very serious thing.
The list belongs to the continuous history in 2 Samuel 11-24 and 1 Kings 1-2 that follows David's great wickedness in the case of Uriah. Taken with the rest of that history, it shows how completely the denunciation spoken by the prophet Nathan was accomplished. The judgments that came upon David fulfilled that word in full.