(30) And his might.--Or, valour, prowess. (See 1Chronicles 29:11.) His warlike achievements are intended. (Comp. 1Kings 15:23; Judges 8:21.) And the times that went over him.--Heb., passed over him. The seasons of good and evil fortune, the vicissitudes of his own and his people's history. (Comp. 1Chronicles 12:32; Psalm 31:16; Job 24:1 [=seasons of judgment]; Daniel 9:25.) And over all the kingdoms of the countries.--Viz., those with which David had relations of friendship or war, such as the Philistines, Aramaeans, Hamathites, and other surrounding peoples. (Comp. chap 14:17.) Kingdoms of the countries.--2Chronicles 12:8; 2Chronicles 17:10; 2Chronicles 20:29; not elsewhere. The Syriac adds: "Because that David did that which was good before the Lord, and departed not from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life." Verse 30. - The phrase in this verse, The times that went over him, is noticeable as an hapax legomenon. There are, however, not a few phrases more or less nearly approaching it in sense, and all hinging on the word times (1 Chronicles 12:32; Esther 1:13; Job 24:1; Psalm 31:15; Daniel 7:25). The last sentence of this chapter is illustrated, and most suggestively, by 2 Chronicles 12:8; 2 Chronicles 17:10, 11, 22-30; Ezra 9. and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and all the kingdoms of the countries; things that were done in his time in Israel, and in the nations round about subdued by him, as Moab, Ammon, Syria, and Philistia. |