XIII. (1) AND DAVID CONSULTED. — This consultation took place some time after the coronation at Hebron (comp. 2 Samuel 6:1), “And David gathered together again every chosen man iıı Israel, thirty thousand.” This is all that Samuel has corresponding to our 1 Chronicles 13:1. It is by no means necess... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL. — As represented by the Council of Chiefs, who, according to the passage in Samuel, were 30,000 iıı number. AND THAT IT BE. — Rather, _and if it be_. The clause is not dependent. David says: “If before you (the thing be) good, and if (the motion come) from Jehovah.”... [ Continue Reading ]
LET US BRING AGAIN. — _Bring we round:_ transfer it from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem, as the throne was transferred (same verb) from Saul to David (1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Chronicles 12:23). THE ARK OF OUR GOD TO US. — The Ark was at Kirjath-jearim, a city of Judah, David’s own tribe. But the ting wi... [ Continue Reading ]
All the assembly said, So should we do (comp. for the construction 1 Chronicles 5:5; 1 Chronicles 9:25). The thing, the proposal.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO DAVID GATHERED ALL ISRAEL. — _Assembled_; a different word in 1 Chronicles 13:2. SHIHOR OF EGYPT. — The boundary between Egypt and Canaan is elsewhere called _Nahal Micrayim_ (Authorısed Version, River of Egypt; Isaiah 27:12; 2 Chronicles 7:8). It is the modern _Wady el_ Arish. Joshua 13:3 also... [ Continue Reading ]
From this point our narrative coincides with that of 2 Samuel 6:2. The original text was plainly the same, whether the chronicler drew directly from the Book of Samuel, or from another source. Such differences as appear consist of abridgments, paraphrases, and corrections. ALL ISRAEL. — Samuel, “Al... [ Continue Reading ]
Abridged form of the fuller text preserved in 2 Samuel 6:3 (see Notes there). DRAVE. — Were _driving_. 2 Samuel 6:4, is wholly omitted by the Chronicles. “Ahio” may mean _his brother,_ or, with different points, _his brothers_ (so LXX. and Syriac).... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAYED._ — Were_ dancing (to music). WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT, AND WITH SINGING. — So LXX. and Syriac. Samuel has “with all woods of cypresses;” a strange expression, probably due to confusion of similar letters, and transposition. The LXX. there has “in strength.” CYMBALS AND TRUMPETS. — Samuel (Hebr... [ Continue Reading ]
CHIDON. — So one MS. of LXX. Syriac and Arabic, _Râmîn_. The _Nachon_ of Samuel seems right. The Targum, Syriac, and Arabic of Samuel have, “prepared threshing floor (s),” treating nâkûn as a participle. PUT FORTH HIS HAND TO HOLD THE ARK. — An explanatory paraphrase of the more ancient text, “Uzza... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SMOTE HIM. — Abridged from “and God smote him there” (Samuel). BECAUSE HE PUT HIS HAND TO THE ARK. — “Because he put” is in the Heb., ‘al ’asher shalah. For this Samuel has ’al hashshal, an obscure phrase, occurring nowhere else in the Old Testament. The similarity of letters in the two phra... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE A BREACH. — Ɓrokenforťh against. The same verb recurs in 1 Chronicles 14:11. (Comp. Exodus 19:22.) WHEREFORE THAT PLACE IS CALLED. — Heb., _and he_ (one) _called that place._ TO THIS DAY. — It is not implied necessarily that the place was known by this name in the days of the Chronicles. The... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD... ARK OF GOD. — Here and in 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 13:14, &c. Samuel has Jehovah. The chronicler or his authority has avoided the frequent use of that most holy Name. SAYING. — Samuel, “and said.” HOW. — _Hêk,_ an Aramaic form, perhaps due to a transcriber rather than to the author.... [ Continue Reading ]
BROUGHT NOT... HOME. — A different verb from that in 1 Chronicles 13:12. Literally, And David caused not the ark to turn aside unto himself. Slightly abridged. (See Samuel.) OBED-EDOM THE GITTITE. — As, according to 1 Chronicles 26:1, Obed-edom was a Korhitic Levite, the term “Gittite” is generally... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THE FAMILY. — By (near) the house. The preposition is wanting in Samuel, according to older usage. IN HIS HOUSE. — In its own house (shrine). Instead of this, Samuel has “the Gittite,” and for the concluding words, “And the Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his house.” (Comp. 2 Samuel 6:12.) As... [ Continue Reading ]