2 Samuel 6:1

And David, once more, gathered together all the choice young men in Israel, thirty thousand.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Then David, and all the people that were with him, arose and went beyond Baale Judah,—to bring up from thence, the ark of God, the name whereof is called by the name of Yahweh of hosts, who inhabiteth the cherubim thereupon.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:1Then came all the tribes of Israel unto David, in Hebron,—and spake, saying—Behold us! thy bone and thy flesh, we are.

1 Chronicles 13:1And David consulted with the rulers of thousands and hundreds, even with every chief ruler.

1 Chronicles 13:13So David removed not the ark unto him, into the city of David,—but took 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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