1 Chronicles 15:29-16:11 NASB

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 15:29

(29) And it came to pass.—The verse reads in the Hebrew like a modernised form of 2 Samuel 6:16.As the ark of the covenant of the Lord came.—Rather, The ark had come so far as to the city, and Michal had looked forth by the lattice, and she saw . . .Dancing and playing.—In the Hebrew two common words have been substituted for the two obsolete ones occurring in Samuel.Playing.—The Hebrew word denotes dancing combined with singing and playing (Jeremiah 30:19; 1 Samuel 18:6-7).She despised... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Chronicles 15:1-29

; 1 Chronicles 16:1-35 . The Ark Brought to Jerusalem CHAPTER 15:1-16:3 1. The true preparation to fetch the ark (1 Chronicles 15:1-15 ) 2. The great procession (1 Chronicles 15:16-24 ) 3. The ark brought back (1 Chronicles 15:25-29 ; 1 Chronicles 16:1-3 ) The ark rested in the house of Obed-edom for three months. During that time David prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent.Warned by what had happened, his conscience aroused, David said, “None ought to carry the ark of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Chronicles 15:29

15:29 And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the {q} covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.(q) It was so called because it reminded the Israelites of the Lord’s covenant made with them. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:1-29

DAVID ’S REIGN THE DOWNFALL OF SAUL (1 Chronicles 10:0 ) In reading this chapter with whose general contents we became familiar in 1 Samuel 31:0 , it is important to note the inspired comment at its close (1 Chronicles 10:13-14 ). DAVID’S HEROES (1 Chronicles 11-12) In the history of David in this book, the writer dwells chiefly on its prosperous side, passing over the rest as lightly as possible. His anointing at Hebron (1 Chronicles 11:1-3 ) reveals nothing of what we learned earlier of... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Chronicles 15:1-29

Misunderstood Men 1 Chronicles 15:0 DAVID'S thoughts still recur to the ark of the Lord. He cannot allow it to remain in the house of Obed-edom; he must have it nearer to himself. How ennobling it is to have in the heart some grand impulse of this kind! Life is controlled by one master-motive. Whatever David built, so long as the ark was absent, he could find no rest for himself. Although the ark itself was not there, yet David occupied himself in preparing a place for it, and pitching for it... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:29

Michal's conduct, in despising David for the part he took in this work, is more fully noticed in the account given in the book of Samuel, than it is here in the Chronicles. So that, I again request the Reader that he will peruse both narratives together. No doubt the Holy Ghost intended they should be thus regarded. It is his gracious mercy which hath furnished the church with so rich and full a volume as the Bible contains. And not a jot or tittle of it can be uninteresting, or will be found... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 15:29

Heart, and reproached him for appearing without his regal ornaments, (Haydock; 2 Kings vi. 20.) as if he had been naked. No reproach could have been more unfounded, as we see David had on a robe of byssus, with the ephod. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 15:25-29

25-29 It is good to notice the assistance of Divine Providence, even in things which fall within the compass of our natural powers; if God did not help us, we could not stir a step. If we do our religious duties in any degree aright, we must own it was God that helped us; had we been left to ourselves, we should have been guilty of some fatal errors. And every thing in which we engage, must be done in dependence on the mercy of God through the sacrifice of the Redeemer. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Chronicles 15:25-29

The Removal Effected v. 25. So David and the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, all the foremost men of the kingdom, went to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. The pomp and solemnity of the occasion, together with its evident joyous aspect, were bound to make a deep impression on the minds of all who participated and thus fill them with veneration for the ark and all it stood for. v. 26. And it came to pass, when God helped... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Chronicles 15:1-29

η. The Removal of the Ark to Jerusalem, with the Solemn Hymn sung on this occasion: 1 Chronicles 15:161 Chronicles 15:1 And he made him houses in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.2Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the Lord hath chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to Him for ever 3And David gathered all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto its place which he had... read more