PITCHED FOR IT A TENT] According to 1 Chronicles 16:39 the Mosaic tabernacle still existed, but the ark, since its capture by the Philistines, had not rested in it, and a new tent was now substituted to contain it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TRANSPORT OF THE ARK TO JERUSALEM This chapter is parallel to 2 Samuel 6:12, but contains much new matter respecting the Levites who bare the ark, and the singers.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHILDREN OF AARON] i.e. the priests.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER THE DUE ORDER] It is implied “that the conveyance of the ark in the manner described in chapter 13 was irregular.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TO BE_ THE SINGERS] Singing had accompanied the ark on the first occasion (1 Chronicles 13:8), but the musical arrangements were now committed exclusively to the Levites who subsequently had charge of the music of the Temple services: 1 Chronicles 23:5; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 2 Chronicles 7:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEN] The word means' son of,' and the name of Zechariah's father has probably been lost. The word does not occur in the corresponding lists in 1 Chronicles 15:20; 1 Chronicles 16:5. THE PORTERS] This applies only to Obededom and Jeiel. 20, 21. ALAMOTH.. SHEMINITH TO EXCEL] see Psalms 46, 12 for mea... [ Continue Reading ]
_Was_ FOR SONG] RM 'the carrying,' i.e. of the ark.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUMPETS] made of metal and straight in shape, whereas the 'cornets' of 1 Chronicles 15:28 were of rams' horns and curved in shape. JEHIAH] The Jeiel of 1 Chronicles 15:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN GOD HELPED] The fact that the ark was now moved without disaster indicated that God's favour was attending those who carried it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MASTER OF THE SONG] better, 'the chief for carrying' (the ark): cp. 1 Chronicles 15:22. The addition with the singers is probably an interpolation.... [ Continue Reading ]