2 Samuel 6:1
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
1 Chronicles 13:1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
1 Chronicles 13:13So David did not move the ark to him into 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 →