2 Samuel 6:1

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

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah, to bring up from there God’s ark, which is called by the Name, even the name of the LORD of Armies who sits above the cherubim.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

1 Chronicles 13:1David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

1 Chronicles 13:13So David didn’t move the ark with him into David’s city, but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.

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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