1 Chronicles 15:1-24. David's Preparations for Bringing Home the Ark There is no parallel in Samuel to this section; on the other hand Chronicles omits the reason given in 2 Samuel 6:12 for the renewal of David's attempt to bring home the ark, viz., that David heard of the blessing which had befall... [ Continue Reading ]
_made him houses_ Cp. 2 Samuel 5:9. _a tent_ a new tent, not the old tabernacle (1 Chronicles 16:39). Cp. the prefatory note to ch. 13.... [ Continue Reading ]
_None … but the Levites_ Numbers 1:50; Numbers 7:9. Nothing is said in the parallel place (2 Samuel 6:13) of the Levites, but bearers (and not a cart) are spoken of with regard to this second attempt. Cp. 2 Chronicles 5:4, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_gathered all Israel together_ R.V. ASSEMBLED ALL ISRAEL. It was a solemn religious _assembly_(Heb. _Qâhâl_, Greek ἐκκλησία). _his place_ R.V. ITS PLACE, _his_being the obsolete genitive of _it_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the sons of Kohath: Uriel_ Kohath had four sons (Exodus 6:18 = 1 Chronicles 6:18) Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Here the descendants of Amram (exclusive of the priests, the Aaronites) represented by Uriel head the list (1 Chronicles 15:5), and the descendants of Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel appear... [ Continue Reading ]
_Zadok and Abiathar_ This double priesthood (2 Samuel 8:17; 2Sa 15:29; 2 Samuel 15:35; 2 Samuel 19:11; 2 Samuel 20:25) came to an end in the reign of Solomon (1 Kings 2:27; 1 Kings 2:35). _Zadok_is always mentioned first as being descended from Eleazar the third son of Aaron, while Ithamar from whom... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_ye_did it _not_ R.V. YE BARE IT NOT. _made a breach_ 1 Chronicles 13:11 (cp. R.V.); 1 Chronicles 14:11 (cp. R.V. mg.). _we sought him not_ Render, WE SOUGHT NOT UNTO IT. Cp. note on 1 Chronicles 13:3. _after the due order_ R.V. ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE. Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:15 for the observanc... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Levites bare … upon their shoulders_ Numbers 1:50; Numbers 7:9. _the staves_ Exodus 25:13-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_psalteries_ See note on 1 Chronicles 13:8. _sounding, by lifting up_ R.V. SOUNDING ALOUD AND LIFTING UP. So. 1Ch 15:19; 1 Chronicles 16:42.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Herman the son of Joel_ a descendant of Samuel the prophet; 1 Chronicles 6:33 (1 Chronicles 6:18, Heb.). Cp. Psalms 88 (title). As _Heman_was descended from Kohath, _Asaph_from Gershom, and _Ethan_from Merari, each division of the Levites was represented by a chief musician. _Heman_was king's seer... [ Continue Reading ]
_their brethren_ The names of these are repeated in 1 Chronicles 15:20-21, where they are distributed according to musical instruments. _Ben_ This word, which means "son," seems to have slipped in by mistake. _the porters_ R.V. THE DOORKEEPERS, the Heb. word being the same as in 1 Chronicles 15:23... [ Continue Reading ]
_to sound_ R.V. TO SOUND ALOUD.... [ Continue Reading ]
_on Alamoth_ R.V. SET TO ALAMOTH; cp. Psalms 46 (title) R.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Azaziah_ a name not found in 1 Chronicles 15:18. _on the Sheminith to excel_) R.V. SET TO THE SHEMINITH TO LEAD. Cp. Psalms 6 (title, R.V. mg.).... [ Continue Reading ]
was _for song_ The Heb. word (_massa_) used here twice for "song" (lit. "burden") means sometimes "burden" in a physical sense; hence R.V. mg. _was over the carrying of the ark_.... [ Continue Reading ]
were _door-keepers for the ark_ The same statement is made in 1 Chronicles 15:24 concerning Obed-edom and Jehiah.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priests_ In Numbers 10:1-10 it is enjoined to make two silver trumpets to be blown by the priests on days of joy and on feast-days. This festal trumpet was different from the "cornet" (1 Chronicles 15:28), properly a ram's horn, which was freely used for secular purposes. See Driver, _Amos_, p.... [ Continue Reading ]
16:3 (2 Samuel 6:12-20). The Bringing Home of the Ark. Michal despises David 25, 26. _So David, and the elders … went … And it came to pass … that they_etc.] Render, AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT DAVID AND THE ELDERS … WHO WENT TO BRING UP THE ARK …, IT CAME EVEN TO PASS WHEN THE LORD HELPED THE LEVITES... [ Continue Reading ]
_when God helped the Levites_ In 2 Samuel 6:13, _when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces_. The Chronicler interprets the safe start as a sign of Divine assistance. _seven bullocks and seven rams_ In Sam. _an ox and a fatling_(so R.V., not, _oxen and fatlings_as A.V.). The smaller... [ Continue Reading ]
_the master of the song_ R.V. mg., _the master of the carrying_of the ark. Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:22, note. _an ephod of linen_ A linen ephod was the ordinary vestment for all priests (1 Samuel 22:18). The highpriest's ephod was a more elaborate garment (Exodus 28:6-12), fitted with the means of divin... [ Continue Reading ]
_with shouting_ The Heb. word (_tĕrû-ah_) is technical in the sense of _a blast_with the festal trumpets (Numbers 10:1-10), and in this sense it should be taken here, since the Chronicler has expanded the account given in Samuel by introducing a mention of these trumpets.... [ Continue Reading ]
_looking out at a window saw_ R.V. LOOKED OUT AT THE WINDOW AND SAW. _playing_ a synonym of _dancing_, obsolete in modern English. The closest rendering is perhaps, LEAPING AS IN SPORT. The unrestrained joyousness of this action might easily degenerate (as in idolatrous worship) into licence. The C... [ Continue Reading ]