1 Chronicles 13:8

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

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 13:8

Let us bring again the ark . It had been removed from Shiloh ( Joshua 18:1 ) at the instance of "the elders of Israel" to their camp, when they were hard pressed and smitten by the Philistines ( 1 Samuel 4:1-4 ); there it was taken by the Philistines ( 1 Samuel 4:11 , 1 Samuel 4:22 ), and hurried from Ashdod to Ekron and on to Bethshemesh ( 1 Samuel 5:1-12 . l, 5, 8, 10; 1 Samuel 6:9-13 ). For we inquired not at it in the days of Saul . The allusion may be considered delicately... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:8

Played before God . The Hebrew word is the Piel of שׂחק , the root of which, from the simplest meaning of "to laugh" (and with the two appropriate prepositions used for laughing with an expression of derision or contempt), through the two further meanings of "sporting" and " jesting ," passes to the signification of dancing" ( 1 Samuel 18:7 ; Jeremiah 31:4 ). Its deepest idea seems to be "to make merry," and to savour of the very same ambiguity attaching to that idiom with... 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 13:8

with all their might. Compare 2 Samuel 6:5 . No need to arbitrarily make this correspond. They are two independent books, complementary in their information. and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton ( App-6 ) in this verse, emphasizing each item. timbrels. See note on Exodus 15:20 . cymbals. Hebrew. meziltayim : two metal discs, making a clashing sound. Always so rendered. Not to be confounded (as in Authorized Version and Revised Version) with zilzelim = timbrels, which make a... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

1. The removal of the ark from Kiriath-jearim ch. 13The lesson the writer intended this incident to teach the readers is that Yahweh is holy and His people should not take His presence among them lightly (cf. Leviticus 10:1-11; Numbers 16). God’s presence is real, and His people must deal with it in harmony with His character (cf. Exodus 25-31). It would have been tempting to regard the rituals and physical objects used in worship as common. The writer warned his readers not to make this fatal... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Chronicles 13:1-43

D. David and the Ark chs. 13-16"In the Chronicler’s eyes David’s reign consisted of two great religious phases, his movement of the ark to Jerusalem (chs. 13-16) and his preparations for the building of the temple (chs. 17-19 or at least 17-22, 28, 29). The intent of the parallelism seems to be to mark the ends of these two phases with praise and prayer that both glorified Yahweh and spelled out his relationship to his people in theological terms appropriate to the Chronicler and his... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

The Removal of the Ark from Kirjath-jearimThis chapter merely expands 2 Samuel 6:1-11, with some unimportant differences.3. We enquired not at it] perhaps, better, ’we did not seek it,’ i.e. to convey it to a place of honour: cp. 1 Chronicles 15:13.5. Shihor of Egypt] usually employed to designate the Nile (Isaiah 23:3; Jeremiah 2:18), but here applied to the ’brook of Egypt’ (Joshua 15:4), the modern El Arish, a small stream on the borders of Egypt flowing into the Mediterranean. The entering... read more

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