CHAPTER XIII _David consults with his officers, and resolves to bring back_ _the ark from the house of Abinadab_, 1-4. _They place it on a new cart, and Uzza and Ahio drive the cart;_ _the oxen stumbling, Uzza puts forth his hand to save the ark_ _from falling, and he is smitten by the Lord_, 5... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 13:5. _FROM SHIHOR OF EGYPT EVEN UNTO THE ENTERING OF HEMATH_] "Therefore David gathered all Israel, from the _Nile_, נילוס Nilos, of Egypt, even to the entrance of Antioch." - _T_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 13:6. _WHOSE NAME IS CALLED_ ON IT.] "Where his name is invoked." - _T_. And so the Hebrew, אשר נקרא שם _asher nikra shem_, should be understood, his name was not _called on it_, but _invoked_ _at it_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 13:7. _IN A NEW CART_] Lest it should be profaned by being placed on any carriage that had been employed about common uses. _UZZA AND AHIO_] All the _versions_ understand אחיו _achyo_ as signifying _brother_ or _brothers_; so does _Jarchi_, who observes, from 2 Samuel 6:3, that t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 13:9. _UZZA PUT FORTH HIS HAND_] See this transaction explained 2 Samuel 6:6, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 13:14. _THE LORD BLESSED THE HOUSE OF OBED-EDOM_] That this man was only a sojourner at Gath, whence he was termed Gittite, and that he was originally a _Levite_, is evident from 1 Chronicles 15:17-13. The _Targum_ ends this chapter thus: "And the Word of the Lord blessed Obed-ed... [ Continue Reading ]