1 Chronicles 13:7-11 NIV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:9-14

This breach upon Uzza, which caused all the joy to cease, we had an account of, 2 Sam. 6:6-8 1. Let the sin of Uzza warn us all to take heed of presumption, rashness, and irreverence, in dealing about holy things (1 Chron. 13:9), and not to think that a good intention will justify a bad action. In our communion with God we must carefully watch over our own hearts, lest familiarity breed contempt, and we think God is in any way beholden to us. 2. Let the punishment of Uzza convince us that the... 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 13:7

In a new cart - Lest it should be profaned by being placed on any carriage that had been employed about common uses. Uzza and Ahio - All the versions understand אחיו achyo as signifying brother or brothers; so does Jarchi, who observes, from 2 Samuel 6:3 , that these were the sons of Abinadab. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:9

Uzza put forth his hand - See this transaction explained 2 Samuel 6:6 ; (note), etc. 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 13:7

They carried ; the Authorized Version of the parallel "they set" But the verb is the Hiph. of רָכַב , a word carrying more of majesty in its use ( Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Job 30:22 ; Psalms 18:11 ; Psalms 68:1-35 :38; Isaiah 19:1 ). A new cart . The stress laid on the newness of this cart, the term being twice repeated in the parallel passage, may justly remind of Mark 11:2 ; Matthew 27:60 (see 'Speaker's Commentary' on 2 Samuel 6:3 ). The house of Abinadab . There is no... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:9

The threshingfloor of Chidon . For Chidon, the parallel place has Nachon ; possibly these are two names of the same place, or one form is a corruption of the ether; but there is nothing to determine for us which. Owing to the meaning of Nachon being "prepared," the version of Aquila is "to the prepared threshingfloor," with which the Jonathan Targum agrees, and (for this Chronicles passage) the Joseph Targum gives אֲתַר מְתַקַּן . The threshing- floor was a circular plot of... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:9-14

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 13:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1-14

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:7

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:9

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