1 Chronicles 13:1-14 (2 Samuel 6:1-11). Removal of the Ark from Kiriath-jearim to the House of Obed-edom. Death of Uzzah The connexion of the removal of the ark with the preceding events is more clearly seen in the account given in Samuel. David captures the stronghold of Zion from the Jebusites (2... [ Continue Reading ]
_David consulted with the captains_etc.] The Chronicler is fond of associating the people with the king in religious measures so as to minimise the appearance of arbitrary power which is suggested by the language of the books of Samuel and of Kings; cp. 1 Chronicles 13:4 (_the assembly said that the... [ Continue Reading ]
_let us send abroad_ The Heb. phrase is peculiar; _let us send abroad widely, let the invitation be no limited one!_ all the land of Israel R.V. mg. LANDS; cp. 2 Chronicles 11:23; 2Ch 15:5; 2 Chronicles 34:33. _the priests and Levites_ In Samuel no mention of the Levites is made in the account of... [ Continue Reading ]
_we inquired not_at _it_ R.V. WE SOUGHT not unto it. The meaning of the Heb. verb is _to seek with care, to care for_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_from Shihor of Egypt_ R.V. FROM SHIHOR THE BROOK OF EGYPT. _Shihor_(spelt elsewhere wrongly in A.V., _Sihor_) was the name of the brook (now wâdy el Arish) which divided Palestine from Egypt (Joshua 13:3; Joshua 15:4; Jeremiah 2:18). _the entering of Hemath_ R.V. THE ENTERING IN OF HAMATH. _Hamath... [ Continue Reading ]
_to Baalah_, that is, _to_ KIRIATH - _jearim_ Cp. Joshua 15:9; in Joshua 15:60 _Kiriath-baal_. Its site has not been certainly identified; cp. Kirkpatrick's note on 2 Samuel 6:2. _that dwelleth_between _the cherubims_ R.V. THAT SITTETH UPON THE CHERUBIM; cp. Ezekiel 1:26. _whose name is called_on... [ Continue Reading ]
_a new cart_ A new cart was chosen as one which had not been profaned by common work. So (Judges 16:11-12) new ropes "wherewith no work hath been done" were used in the attempt to bind the consecrated man, Samson. So also (Mark 11:2; Mark 11:7) our Lord rode into Jerusalem on a colt "whereon no man... [ Continue Reading ]
_played_ The Heb. word means _to sport, to dance_(cp. 1 Chronicles 15:29). _with all_their _might, and with singing_ A better reading than that of 2 Samuel 6:5, _with all manner of_instruments made of _fir wood_. _and with singing_ R.V. EVEN WITH SONGS. _psalteries_ The instrument here meant (Heb... [ Continue Reading ]
_the threshingfloor of Chidon_ LXX. (B) omits _of Chidon_. In 2 Samuel 6:6, _Nacon's threshing-floor_. _to hold the ark_ The Chronicler from a feeling of reverence shrinks from saying, _and took hold of it_(2 Samuel 6:6). _stumbled_ R.V. mg. _threw_it _down_, but the meaning is perhaps rather, _le... [ Continue Reading ]
_before God_ In 2 Samuel 6:7, _by the ark of God_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_was displeased_ Rather, WAS WROTH, presumably against his advisers for not warning him that the method adopted for the removal of the ark was wrong; cp. 1 Chronicles 15:13. _had made a breach_ R.V. HAD BROKEN FORTH; cp. Exodus 19:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
_David brought not_ R.V. DAVID REMOVED NOT. _Obed-edom the Gittite_ As _Gittite_means man of Gath, Obed-edom was doubtless of Philistine origin; perhaps he attached himself to David during David's sojourn among the Philistines. In 1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:24; 1 Chronicles 16:38 an Obed-e... [ Continue Reading ]
_with the family of Obed-edom in his house_. Render, BY (i.e. near) THE HOUSE OF OBED-EDOM IN ITS OWN HOUSE. The Chronicler (regarding Obed-edom as a foreigner if not also an idolater) qualifies the expression found in 2 Samuel 6:11, "in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite." _blessed_ Targ. _blessed... [ Continue Reading ]