歷代志上 13:5 CUNPTS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1-8

Here is, I. David's pious proposal to bring up the ark of God to Jerusalem, that the royal city might be the holy city, 1 Chron. 13:1-3. This part of the story we had not in Samuel. We may observe in this proposal, 1. That as soon as David was well seated on his throne he had thoughts concerning the ark of God: Let us bring the ark to us, 1 Chron. 13:3. Two things he aimed at herein:?(1.) To do honour to God, by showing respect to his ark, the token of his presence. As soon as he had power in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:5-14

So David gathered all Israel together ,.... The principal of them, even 30,000 select men, 2 Samuel 6:1 . from Shihor of Egypt ; or the Nile of Egypt, as the Targum and other Jewish writers, called Shihor from the blackness of its water, see Jeremiah 2:18 though some think the river Rhinocurura is meant, which both lay to the south of the land of Israel: even unto the entering of Hamath ; which the Targum interprets of Antiochia, which lay to the north of the land; so that this... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:5

From Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath - "Therefore David gathered all Israel, from the Nile, נילוס Nilos , of Egypt, even to the entrance of Antioch." - T. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

Before viewing this chapter in any detail, there is a general impression which it makes, and that , though general, yet not vague, but of a commanding sort. Here is, so to put it, a certain day in a man's life, an important day, one looked for and consecrated to high end. It rose bright and its joy spread. With intense activity the work is set about, and it is at all events designed and superintended by a good man, though it is not possible that he should, in his own person, carry out... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:5

All Israel . The parallel gives the number as thirty thousand men ( 2 Samuel 6:1 , 2 Samuel 6:2 ). Shihor of Egypt . According to Gesenius, this Shihor is from root שָׁחֲר meaning "to be turbid" or "black". There can surely be little doubt that it is the river Nile which is here spoken of, after comparison of the following passages:— Joshua 13:3 ; Isaiah 23:3 ; Jeremiah 2:18 . Though others, quoting Joshua 13:3 and Joshua 19:26 , and interpreting Shihor generically as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:5

Shihor - See the marginal reference and the 1 Kings 8:65 note. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 13:4-5

1 Chronicles 13:4-5. The thing was right in the eyes of all the people Their consciences smiting them for their former negligence, and being fully convinced of the piety and reasonableness of this proposal. So David gathered all Israel together All the chosen men of Israel, as it is expressed 2 Samuel 6:1, their elders and representatives. From Shihor of Egypt By which the Targum, and most of the Jews, understood the river Nile. It here stands for the southern bounds of the land of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

The ark comes to Jerusalem (13:1-16:7)David knew that part of the reason for Israel’s previous weakness was Saul’s lack of interest in its religious life. Even the ark of the covenant, symbol of God’s presence, lay forgotten in a country house. David set out to restore the ark to its rightful place at the centre of the nation’s religious life. In bringing the ark to Jerusalem, his aim was to make Jerusalem the religious, as well as the political, centre of Israel. But his plans suffered an... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 13:5

Shihor. Not the Nile, but the brook (or Wady) of Egypt (Numbers 34:5 .Joshua 15:4 , Joshua 15:47 ) = El Arish. entering of Hemath = the pass of Hemath, on the extreme north (Numbers 34:8 ). read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:5

1 Chronicles 13:5. Shihor of Egypt— The Nile, according to Dr. Shaw. The LXX render it, from the borders of Egypt. See Travels, p. 283. read more