1 Chronicles 15:12

_AND SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS OF THE LEVITES: SANCTIFY YOURSELVES, BOTH YE AND YOUR BRETHREN, THAT YE MAY BRING UP THE ARK OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL UNTO THE PLACE THAT I HAVE PREPARED FOR IT._ Sanctify yourselves. This special sanctification, which was required on all grave and important occasions, consisted in observing the strictest abstinence, as well as cleanliness, both in person and dress (see the notes at Genesis 35:2; Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:15), and in the neglect of these rules no step could have been taken (2 Chronicles 30:3)....

1-24 Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order...

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 The contents of this verse and the following verses up to the twenty-fifth have no parallel in the Book of Samuel, and excite suggestion respecting the different objects with which the compiler of Chronicles wrote, as compared with those of the author of the former work. They also direct fresh attention to the sources upon which they drew. The history of the preparations made for the reception of the ark, and for its safe and religious escort into the city, is now proceeded with. These preparations occupied the three months, or part of the three months, spoken of in 1 Chronicles 13:14. The HOUSES may have been both his own ...

AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, YE ARE THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS OF THE LEVITES,.... Of the families of the Levites, heads of their fathers' houses: SANCTIFY YOURSELVES, BOTH YE AND YOUR BRETHREN; respectively under each, whose numbers are before given, by washing their bodies and clothes, and abstaining from their wives: THAT YOU MAY BRING UP THE ARK OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL UNTO THE PLACE THAT I HAVE PREPARED FOR IT; 2 Samuel 6:17....

1 _;_ 2. _And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God; and to minister unto him for ever._ It should not be carried upon a new cart, dragged by unwilling oxen but it should be borne upon the cheerful shoulders of the God-appointed bearers, the Levites. 1 Chronicles 15:3. _And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:_ Then follows the list of them, which we need not now read. 1 C

; 1 Chronicles 16:1 . THE ARK BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM CHAPTER 15:1-16:3 _ 1. The true preparation to fetch the ark (1 Chronicles 15:1)_ 2. The great procession (1 Chronicles 15:16) 3. The ark brought back (1 Chronicles 15:25; 1 Chronicles 16:1) The ark rested in the house of Obed-edom for three months. During that time David prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent.Warned by what had happened, his conscience aroused, David said, “None ought to

1 CHRONICLES 15:1 TO 1 CHRONICLES 16:43. THE BRINGING UP OF THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (_cf._ 2 Samuel 6:12_ a_). The account given by the Chronicler is much more elaborate, stress being laid on the part played by the priests and Levites; they are not mentioned in 2 S. 1 CHRONICLES 15:2. _Cf._ Numbers 1:50; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 7:9;...

_the chief of the fathers of the Levites_ R.V. THE HEADS OF THE FATHERS" HOUSES OF THE LEVITES. _sanctify yourselves_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 29:5. For the method of sanctifying cp. Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:15....

LESSON SEVEN 15-16 THE ARK OF THE COVENANT BROUGHT TO JERUSALEM DAVID'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING THE MINISTERS AND WORSHIP 8. BRINGING THE ARK TO JERUSALEM (15-16) INTRODUCTION The completion of the movement of the ark to Jerusalem is accomplished at this time. David's concern for worship is underscored in his appointment of Levitical ministers and his composition of a beautiful hymn of thanksgiving. TEXT 1 Chronicles 15:1. And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3. And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it. 4. And David

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....