2 Samuel 6:1

And David again gathered all the young men of Israel, about seventy thousand.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And David arose, and went, he and all the people that were with him, and some of the rulers of Judah, on an expedition to a distant place, to bring back thence the ark of God, on which the name of the Lord of Hosts who dwells between the cherubs upon it is called.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1And all the tribes of Israel come to David to Hebron, and they said to him, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

1 Chronicles 13:1And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even with every commander.

1 Chronicles 13:13So David brought not the ark home to himself into the city of David, but he turned 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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