Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 27:4

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:4

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 27:4

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And over the course of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his course were twenty and four thousand." — 1 Chronicles 27:4 (ASV)

Dodai an Ahohite.The Ahohite. 1 Chronicles 11:11 proves that the right reading is Eliezer son of Dodai the Ahohite.

And of his course was Mikloth also the ruler. —Literally, and his course, and Mikloth the prince (nâgîd); which appears meaningless. Perhaps the “and” before Mikloth is spurious. (Compare to the end of 1 Chronicles 27:6.) The sense may then be that this division included Mikloth “the prince,” an unknown personage; or that Mikloth was the chief man in the division. (See 1 Chronicles 8:32; 1 Chronicles 9:37, where Mikloth is a Benjamite name.) The Septuagint and Vulgate agree with the Authorized Version; the Syriac and Arabic are missing in this chapter.