Again, David gathered. — The word “again” should be transposed: “David gathered together again” — referring to the former military musters. In 1 Chronicles 13:1, mention is made of the consultations with the leaders of Israel which preceded this gathering, and the gathering itself is there (2 Samuel 6:5) said to be of “all Israel.” But “all Israel” was evidently represented by the thirty thousand (the LXX. reads seventy thousand) of its more prominent men.

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