2 Samuel 6:1

Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And Dauid arose and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Iudah to bring vp from thence the Arke of God, whose name is called by the Name of the Lord, of hostes, that dwelleth vpon it betweene the Cherubims.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel to Dauid vnto Hebron, and said thus, Beholde, we are thy bones and thy flesh.

1 Chronicles 13:1And Dauid counselled with the captaines of thousandes and of hundreths, and with all the gouernours.

1 Chronicles 13:13Therefore Dauid brought not the Arke to him into the citie of Dauid, but caused it to turne 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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