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1 Chronicles 13:1

David consulted with the captainsetc.] 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 they would do so), also 2 Chronicles 30:2; 2 Chronicles 30:4. Similarly in 1 Chronicles 28:2 the king addresses the elders as My brethren. Doubtless the Chronicler had in mind Deuteronomy 17:20.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER XIII _David consults with his officers, and resolves to bring back_ _the ark from the house of Abinadab_, 1-4. _They place it on a new cart, and Uzza and Ahio drive the cart;_ _the oxen st...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE CAPTAINS ... - Such an organisation had probably been established generally through the tribes prior to the time of David: but David seems to have been the first to recognize in these officers of...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    3. THE ARK REMOVED FROM KIRJATH-JEARIM CHAPTER 13 _ 1. The consultation about the ark (1 Chronicles 13:1)_ 2. The attempt and the failure (1 Chronicles 13:6) The first thing after the coronation wh...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BRINGING UP OF THE ARK FROM KIRIATH-JEARIM TO THE HOUSE OF OBED-EDOM (_cf._ 2 Samuel 6:1). The event here mentioned is put in its wrong place by the Chronicler (see 2 Samuel 5:11) with the object...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DAVID CONSULTED WITH THE CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS AND HUNDREDS, AND WITH EVERY LEADER._ David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, ... Gratitude for the high and splendid dignity...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REMOVAL OF THE ARK FROM KIRJATH-JEARIM This chapter merely expands 2 Samuel 6:1, with some unimportant differences....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּוָּעַ֣ץ דָּוִ֗יד עִם ־שָׂרֵ֧י הָ אֲלָפִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared by...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    David's consciousness of the true strength of the kingdom is manifest in his anxiety concerning the Ark of God. This had been at Kirjathjearim, and neglected for long years. He now set himself to brin...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Consulted. David wished to give religion due splendour and authority, in his dominions; and he prudently contrives to obtain the general consent. (Haydock) --- "Where there is no liberty, there is no...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This chapter relates to us the circumstance of David's fetching the Ark of God from Kirjath-jearim: the death of Uzzah, for his presumption on that occasion; in consequence of which, the Ark...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    There is so much sameness in the account here given, concerning the removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim to what we read of it in the 2d book of Samuel, that I shall not enlarge upon the observation...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND DAVID CONSULTED WITH THE CAPTAINS OF THOUSANDS, AND HUNDREDS, AND WITH EVERY LEADER. With the chiliarchs and centurions, and every officer in that large body of armed men in every tribe, who met t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, [and] with every leader. Ver. 1. _And David consulted._] He was not of that king of Scotland's mind, who seldom asked counsel, and nev...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _David consulted with the captains of thousands_, &c. With all the principal persons in authority, who had any command over others. For it is a dangerous thing for a prince, especially in the beginnin...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Dauid fetcheth the Arke with great solemnitie from Kiriath-iearim. 9 Vzza being smitten, the Arke is left at the house of Obed-Edom. 1 AND Dauid consulted with the captaines of thousands, and hund...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Ark Brought from Kirjath-Jearim....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader, this item supplementing the account in 2 Samuel 6:1, where only the total number is given as having been thirty...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-5 David said not, What magnificent thing shall I do now? or, What pleasant thing? but, What pious thing? that he might have the comfort and benefit of that sacred oracle. Let us bring the ark to us,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 13 David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim with great solemnity, 1 CHRONICLES 13:1. Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Obed-edom, 1 CHRONICLES 13:9. Or, _gover...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Chronicles 13:1 David H1732 consulted H3289 (H8735) captains H8269 thousands H505 hundreds H3967 leader H5057 consulted -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    1 Chronicles 13:1. And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David's attempt to bring the ark to Jerusalem. The ark left at the house of Obed-edom. CHARACTERS: God, David, Uzzah, Obed-edom, Abinadab, Ahio. CONCLUSION: Beware of presumption, rashness...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    1 Chronicles 13:3. _Let us bring again the ark of our God,_ which, like the church, had now dwelt seventy or eighty years in an unsettled abode. 1 Chronicles 13:5. _Shihor of Egypt._ The river of Egyp...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 CHRONICLES 13:1 David’s Transfer of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. The ark signified the Mosaic covenant. It also symbolized God’s presence on earth. It had been neglected throughout Saul’s r...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter corresponds closely with 2 Samuel 6:1; but in the first verse of that chapter is stated, with great brevity, what is given here in full (1 Chronicles 13:1). 1 Chronicles...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The opening verses of this chapter explain and amplify the compressed announcement of 2 Samuel 6:1, "Again, David gathered together all the chosen of Israel, thirty thousand." And the rema...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now in chapter thirteen, David said, "Look, if it's your purpose to make me your king and all, if it seems good to you, and if it's of the Lord, then let us bring back the ark of the covenant that we...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 12:14; 1 Chronicles 12:20; 1 Chronicles 12:32; 2 Chronicles 29:20;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE ARK IN THE HOME OF OBED-EDOM 2 Samuel 6:1 _(Compare 1 Chronicles 13:1_) INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have some very solemn lessons to consider. 1: THE SACREDNESS OF HOLY THINGS. For several Chapter s...

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