CHAPTER XV
David prepares to bring home the ark, and musters the Levites,
1-11.
They sanctify themselves, and bear the ark upon their
shoulders, 12-15.
The solemnities observed on the occasion, 16-26.
David dances before the ark, and is despised by his wife
Michal, 27-29.
NOTES ON CHAP. XV
Verse 1 Chronicles 15:1. Made him houses] One for himself, and one for the ark; in the latter was a tent, under which the ark was placed.
AND PITCHED FOR IT A TENT - The old “tent” or “tabernacle” was still in existence at Gibeon 1 Chronicles 16:39; 2 Chronicles 1:3; but the ark had long been separated from it, and David probably though...
; 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
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
THE ARK. See notes on 1 Chronicles 13:3 and Exodus 25:22. PITCHED FOR IT. TENT. Had the Tabernacle of Moses been brought to Jerusalem, difficulties would have arisen in building the Temple. David's Ta...
_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....
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 mo...
_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._ David made him houses in the city of David. Through the liberality of his Tyrian...
PITCHED FOR IT A TENT] According to 1 Chronicles 16:39 the Mosaic tabernacle still existed, but the ark, since its capture by the Philistines, had not rested in it, and a new tent was now substituted...
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....
THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 15 The *ark comes to Jerusalem –...
AND DAVID MADE HIM HOUSES. — Or, _and he made_ (_i.e.,_ finished) _a palace_ (plural, intensive) _for himself,_ referring back to 1 Chronicles 14:1. Others think of fresh buildings required for his ad...
וַ יַּֽעַשׂ ־לֹ֥ו בָתִּ֖ים בְּ עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד
DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared by...
From this account of bringing the Ark from the house of Obed-edom into the city, it is evident that David had learned the lesson which the death of Uzzah was intended to teach. He declared that the wo...
And [David] made him houses in the (a) city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. (a) That was in Zion (2Sa_5:7,9)....
_Houses, or magnificent palaces, which afterwards caused him to be ashamed, seeing the ark was lodged under skins, 2 Kings vii. 10. --- For it, entirely new. The old tabernacle was left at Gabaon. (Ca...
It is well worthy of observation, that, in the account here given of David's bringing up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom, the subject begins with pointing out that David had discovered his...
CONTENTS This chapter finisheth the subject of the bringing up the ark. It is performed successfully and with great joy. But Michal, his wife despiseth David for his dancing before the Ark....
He makes himself houses in Jerusalem, and prepares a place for the ark of God, pitching a tent for it. Warned by the calamity [1] which his neglect had brought upon Uzza, the first time he undertook t...
AND DAVID MADE HIM HOUSES IN THE CITY OF DAVID,.... With the help of the masons and carpenters Hiram sent him, 1 Chronicles 14:1, the royal palace is meant, with all the apartments in it, which were m...
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. Ver. 1. _And prepared a place for the ark._] This he had done before he fetched i...
_David made him houses in the city of David_ A palace consisting of many houses or apartments for his several wives and children. _And prepared a place for the ark of God_ He did not fetch the taberna...
1 Dauid hauing prepared a place for the Arke, ordereth the Priestes and Leuites to bring it from Obed-Edom. 25 Hee perfourmeth the solemnitie thereof with great ioy. 29 Michal despiseth him. 1 AND...
And David made him houses in the City of David, the various buildings belonging to the royal palace, AND PREPARED A PLACE FOR THE ARK OF GOD, set aside a suitable, smooth surface, AND PITCHED FOR IT A...
LIST OF THE CHIEF MEN PARTAKING...
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;...
1 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 15 David, having prepared a place for the ark, ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from Obed-edom, 1 CHRONICLES 15:1. He performeth the solemnity thereof with great joy,...
1 Chronicles 15:1 built H6213 (H8799) houses H1004 City H5892 David H1732 prepared H3559 (H8686) place H4725
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 t...
CONTENTS: Ark brought to Jerusalem in the appointed way. CHARACTERS: God, David, Zadok, Abiathar, Michael, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel. CONCLUSION: It is not enough that we seek God in a du...
1 Chronicles 15:2. _None ought to carry the ark of God but the levites;_ and they were enjoined to carry it by staves, and on their shoulders. This plainly suggests the reason of God's awful displeasu...
_And David made him houses in the city Of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God._ REMOVAL OF THE ARK, OR CARRYING ON THE WORK OF GOD I. Preparation for God’s work. 1. By personal sanctific...
1 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 1 CHRONICLES 15:1 The relatively brief account of the second mission to bring the ark to Jerusalem (see 2 Samuel 6:12) has been expanded here. David appoints the Levit
CRITICAL NOTES.] The bulk of this chapter consists of new matter, which the writer of Chronicles found in his authorities, and regarding as important for his purpose, introduced at this point into the...
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...
In chapter sixteen, They brought the ark of the covenant, and they set it in the midst of the tent, the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and they offered the burnt sacrifices and the peace o...
1 Chronicles 15:3; 1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Chronicles 17:1; 2 Samuel 13:7;...
Houses — A palace consisting of many houses or apartments for his several wives and children. A tent — He did not fetch the tabernacle of Moses from Gibeon, because he intended forthwith to build the...