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1 Chronicles 13:5 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 13 · verse 5
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.1 Chronicles 13:5 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 13:5 in context
3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
4And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
7And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- KirjathjearimQiryath YᵉʻârîymKirjath-Jearim or Kirjath-Arim, a place in PalestineH7157 →
- gatheredqâhalto convokeH6950 →
- enteringbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- ShihorShîychôwrShichor, a stream of EgyptH7883 →
- HemathChămâthChamath, a place in SyriaH2574 →
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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, Ch1 13:1-3. This part of the story we had not in Samuel. We may observe in this proposal, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8