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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

Chapter 13Now in chapter thirteen, David said, "Look, if it's your purpose to make me your king and all, if it seems good to you, and if it's of the Lord, then let us bring back the ark of the covenant that we might put it here at the tabernacle in Jerusalem." And so they came to Kirjathjearim, where the ark of the covenant had been placed.And they carried the ark of God on a new cart that they had made: and Uzza and Ahio were driving the cart. And David and all of Israel played before God with... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

1 Chronicles 13:3 . Let us bring again the ark of our God, which, like the church, had now dwelt seventy or eighty years in an unsettled abode. 1 Chronicles 13:5 . Shihor of Egypt. The river of Egypt, so often mention when the boundaries of Israel are described, is a subject of much debate among oriental travellers and biblical critics. Some contend that it is the eastern branch of the Nile which runs into the sea at Damiette, the ancient Pelusium; and others, that it is the lake of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Chronicles 13:3-6

1 Chronicles 13:3-6And let us bring again the ark of our God to us.The ark in the royal cityA place of honour, influence, and right, as:--I. The centre of unity.II. The source of religious life. This act:1. Purified religious life.2. Unified religious life.3. Organised religious life.III. The sign of God’s presence. (J. Wolfendale.)The ark’s progress to Mount ZionOne of the Psalms composed by David to be sung on the removing of the ark (Psalms 68:1-35.) is quoted by Paul (Ephesians 4:7-8) as... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:5

1Ch 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. Ver. 5. From Shihor of Egypt. ] Called elsewhere the torrent of Egypt, Num 34:5 which some take for a river running near to Rhinocolura; but others for Nile, that ancient river whose seven streams of old are now become four, as travellers tell us. The name Sichor hath a notion of blackness in it, from the blackness of the water, or rather of the mud... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Chronicles 13:5

David: 1 Samuel 7:1, 2 Samuel 6:1 Shihor: Numbers 34:5-Ruth :, Joshua 13:3-:, Sihor, 1 Kings 4:21, Jeremiah 2:18, Sihor Hemath: Numbers 34:8, Joshua 13:5, 1 Kings 8:65, 2 Kings 25:21, Hamath Kirjathjearim: 1 Chronicles 13:6, 1 Samuel 6:21, 1 Samuel 7:1 Reciprocal: Leviticus 8:3 - General Joshua 9:17 - Kirjathjearim Joshua 18:14 - Kirjathbaal Judges 18:12 - Kirjathjearim 2 Samuel 6:2 - Baale 1 Chronicles 2:50 - Kirjathjearim 1 Chronicles 15:3 - gathered 2 Chronicles 1:4 - the ark Psalms... read more

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