1 Chronicles 13:6

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 13:6

Whose name is called on it - "Where his name is invoked." - T. And so the Hebrew, שם נקרא אשר asher nikra shem , should be understood, his name was not called on it, but invoked at it. 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 13:6

To Baalah , that is, to Kirjath-jearim (see Joshua 15:9-11 ; 1 Samuel 4:7 ; 2 Samuel 6:2 ; where the name is spelt with a final yod instead of he). A third name of this same place, Kirjath-baal , is found in Joshua 15:60 ; Joshua 18:14 . Probably the present ' Arms , a ruin ( i.q. Kirjath-arim, Ezra 2:25 ) on the brink of the valley of Sorek, may be the place. We read in Joshua 9:17-27 how the men of Kirjath-jearim had been made by Joshua "hewers of wood and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 13:6

1 Chronicles 13:6. David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim Which explication is justified by Joshua 15:9; Joshua 15:60, where the same city is called by both names: see note on 2 Samuel 6:2. The ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubim Showing himself in a singular manner present or visible between the cherubim, before which his name was called upon, 2 Samuel 6:1. 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 13:6

Kirjath-jearim. Compare 2 Samuel 6:2 , where it is Baale of Judah. God. Elohim (with Art.) = the [true] God. App-4 . Whose name is called on it = where His Name is invoked. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:6

1 Chronicles 13:6. The ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth, &c.— The ark of the Lord God, who sitteth upon the cherubim, where his name is invoked. Houbigant. REFLECTIONS.—1st, No sooner was David gone up from Hebron, and had secured the fortress of Jerusalem, where he resolved to take up his future abode, than he was solicitous to raise the neglected ark from its obscurity, and to bring it to a more honourable place. 1. He proposes the matter to his great men and officers for their advice... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:6

6-14. David went up, and all srael, to Baalah—(See on :-). whose name is called on it—rather, "who is worshipped there" ( :-). read more

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