2 Samuel 6:1

וַיֹּסֶף עוֹד דָּוִד אֶת ־ כָּל ־ בָּחוּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁלֹשִׁים אָֽלֶף ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2וַיָּקָם ׀ וַיֵּלֶךְ דָּוִד וְכָל ־ הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ מִֽבַּעֲלֵי יְהוּדָה לְהַעֲלוֹת מִשָּׁם אֵת אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר ־ נִקְרָא שֵׁם שֵׁם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים עָלָֽיו ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1וַיָּבֹאוּ כָּל ־ שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל ־ דָּוִד חֶבְרוֹנָה וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֵאמֹר הִנְנוּ עַצְמְךָ וּֽבְשָׂרְךָ אֲנָֽחְנוּ ׃

1 Chronicles 13:1וַיִּוָּעַץ דָּוִיד עִם ־ שָׂרֵי הָאֲלָפִים וְהַמֵּאוֹת לְכָל ־ נָגִֽיד ׃

1 Chronicles 13:13וְלֹֽא ־ הֵסִיר דָּוִיד אֶת ־ הָאָרוֹן אֵלָיו אֶל ־ עִיר דָּוִיד וַיַּטֵּהוּ אֶל ־ בֵּית עֹבֵֽד ־ אֱדֹם הַגִּתִּֽי ׃

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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