2 Samuel 6:1
Once again David called up all the specially chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in total.
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In The King James Version
Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and told him, “We are your flesh and blood.
1 Chronicles 13:1David had discussions with all his leaders, including the army commanders of thousands and hundreds.
1 Chronicles 13:13So David did not move the Ark of God to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he had it taken to the home 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 →