2 Samuel 6:1

David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

Read all of 2 Samuel 6

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

1 Chronicles 13:1Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.

1 Chronicles 13:13So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 2 Samuel 6:1