1-24 David having prepared a place for the ark, the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-edom 25-28 He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy 29 Michal despises him

A.M. 2962 B.C. 1042
houses 2Sa 5:9 13:7,8 14:24

and he prepared 1Ch 15:3 16:1 17:1-5 Ps 132:5 Ac 7:46

2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

None ought to [heb] It is not to carry the ark of God, but for the Levites.

them hath Nu 4:2-15,19,20 7:9 De 10:8 31:9 Jos 3:3 6:6 2Ch 35:3

to minister Nu 8:13,14,24-26 18:1-8 Isa 66:21 Jer 33:17-22

3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

gathered 1Ch 13:5 1Ki 8:1

to bring up 1Ch 15:1 2Sa 6:12

4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

the children of Aaron 1Ch 6:16-20,49,50 12:26-28 Ex 6:16-22 Nu 3:4

5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

Uriel 1Ch 6:22-24

brethren. or, kinsmen

6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

Merari 1Ch 6:29,30

7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

Joel 1Ch 15:11 23:8

8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

Elizaphan Ex 6:22

Elzaphan
Shemaiah 1Ch 15:11

9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

Hebron 1Ch 6:2 23:12,19 16:23,30,31 Ex 6:18 Nu 26:58

10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

Uzziel 1Ch 6:18 23:12 Ex 6:18,22

Amminadab 1Ch 6:22

11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

Zadok 1Ch 12:28 18:16 1Sa 22:20-23 2Sa 8:17 15:24-29,35 20:25 1Ki 2:35

Uriel 1Ch 15:5-10

12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

Ye are the chief 1Ch 9:34 24:31

sanctify 1Ch 15:14 Ex 19:14,15 2Ch 5:11 29:4,5 30:15 35:6 Eze 48:11 Joh 17:17 Ro 12:1,2 Re 5:9,10

13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

ye did it 1Ch 13:7-9

the Lord 1Ch 13:10,11 2Sa 6:7,8

for that 1Ch 15:2 Nu 4:15 7:9 De 31:9 2Ch 30:17-20 Pr 28:13 1Co 11:2 14:40 1Jo 1:8-10

14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

sanctified Le 10:3 2Ch 29:15,34 Joe 2:16,17

15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

bare the ark Ex 25:12,12-15 37:3-5 40:20 Nu 4:6,15 7:9 1Ki 8:8 2Ch 5:9

16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

And David 2Ch 30:12 Ezr 7:24-28 Isa 49:23

chief 1Ch 15:12 Ac 14:23 1Ti 3:1-15 2Ti 2:2 Tit 1:5

the singers 1Ch 15:27,28 6:31-38 13:8 16:43 23:5 25:1-6 2Ch 29:28-30 Ne 12:36 Ne 12:46 Ps 87:7 149:3 150:3,4

lifting up 2Ch 5:13 Ezr 3:10,11 Ne 12:43 Ps 81:1 92:1-3 95:1 100:1 Jer 33:11

17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

Heman 1Ch 6:33 25:1-5 1Sa 8:2

Asaph 1Ch 6:39 25:2 Ps 73:1 83:1

Ethan 1Ch 15:19 6:44

son of Kishi

18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

the second 1Ch 25:2-6,9-31

Zechariah 1Ch 16:5,6

Jaaziel 1Ch 15:20

Aziel
Obed-edom 1Ch 13:14 16:5,38 26:4,8,15

19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

1ch 15:16 13:8 16:5,42 25:1,6 ps 150:5

20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;

Aziel 1Ch 15:18

Jaaziel
Alamoth Ps 46:1

21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

Mattithiah 1Ch 15:18 16:5

harps 1Ch 25:6,7 1Sa 10:5 Ps 33:2 81:1,2 92:3 150:3

Sheminith to excel. or, eight to oversee Ps 6:1 12:1

22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

for. etc. or, for the carriage: he instructed about the carriage. Song [heb] lifting up 1Ch 15:16,27

he instructed 1Ch 25:7,8

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

1Ch 9:21-23 2Ki 22:4 25:18 Ps 84:10

24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

the priest 1Ch 16:6 Nu 10:8 2Ch 5:12,13 Ps 81:13 Joe 2:1,15

Obed-edom 1Ch 15:18,23

25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

David 2Sa 6:12,13 1Ki 8:1

captains Nu 31:14 De 1:15 1Sa 8:12 10:19 22:7 Mic 5:2

Obed-edom 1Ch 13:14

with joy 1Ch 13:11,12 De 12:7,18 16:11,15 2Ch 20:27,28 Ezr 6:16 Ps 95:1,2 100:1,2 Php 3:3 4:4

26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

God 1Ch 29:14 1Sa 7:12 Ac 26:22 2Co 2:16 3:5

they 2Sa 6:13 Ps 66:13-15

bullocks Nu 23:1,2,4,29 29:32 Job 42:8 Eze 45:23

27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

a robe 1Sa 2:18 2Sa 6:14

Chenaniah 1Ch 15:22

song. or, carriage 1Ch 15:22

28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

brought up 2Sa 6:15

with shouting 1Ch 15:16 13:8 2Ch 5:12,13 Ezr 3:10,11 Ps 47:1-5 68:25 98:4-6 150:3-5

the cornet Jerome on Ho 5:8 says this instrument is properly called in Greek () from () a horn. The trumpets were, according to Josephus, made of metal, and about a cubit in length.

See on Nu 10:2

29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

as the ark 1Ch 17:1 Nu 10:33 De 31:26 Jos 4:7 Jud 20:27 1Sa 4:3 Jer 3:16 Heb 9:4

Lord 2Sa 6:16

Michal 1Sa 18:27,28 19:11-17 25:44 2Sa 3:13,14

dancing Ex 15:20 Ps 30:11 149:3 150:4 Ec 3:4 Jer 30:19 33:11

she despised 2Sa 6:20-23 Ps 69:7-9 Ac 2:13 1Co 2:14 2Co 5:13