2 Samuel 6:1

And David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And David arose and went with all the people that were with him from Baale-Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God which is called by the name, the name of Jehovah of hosts who sitteth between the cherubim.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel 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 hundreds, with every prince.

1 Chronicles 13:13And David brought not the ark home unto himself into the city of David, but he 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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