2 Samuel 6:1

Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

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In Context

2And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

1 Chronicles 13:1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

1 Chronicles 13:13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:1

The obscurity of the ark, during the reign of Saul, had been as great a grievance to Israel as the insults of the Philistines. David, having humbled the Philistines and mortified them in gratitude for that favour, and in pursuance of his designs for the public welfare, is here bringing up the ark to his own city, that it might be near him, and be an ornament and strength to his new foundation. Here is, I. An attempt to do it, which failed and miscarried. The design was well laid, ver. 1, 2 . But, 1. They were… Read the whole commentary →

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