4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right m the eyes of all the people.
5 So ( David gathered all Israel tof^ther, from >> Shihor of Egypt even unto the enteruiff of Ilemath, to bring the ark of God 1 from Kir^ jath-jearim.
6 And David went up, and ail Israel, to ^ Baar lah, that ia to Kir jath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, ithat dwelleth betiteen the cherubim, whose name is called on iL
7 And the^'carriedthearkofOod^inanew cart " out of the house of Abinadab: and Uua and Ahio drave the cart.
8 PAnd David and all Israel played before God with all fAei'r might, and with ■> singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 ^ And when they came unto the tfarashinff* floor of' Chidon, UzzH.put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen * stumbled.
10 And the anger of the Lobd was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, > because he
Jmt his hand to the ark: and there he " died be* ore God.
11 And David was displeased, because the Loan had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called * Perez-uzza to this day.
12 Aod David was afraid of God that day. saying. How shall I bring- the ark of God home to met
13 So David * brought not the ark Aome to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
14 ■ And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the Lora Messed ' the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
"VrOW - Hiram king of Tyre sent i:^2S xlj messengers to David, am timber sj^m of cedars, with masons and carpenters, Aml^mt to build faim a house. lor^m.
Ilemaih] " Therefore E>a*id gathered all Israel, from the Nile Pi^<> nihM, of Egypt, even to tlie entrance of An<
Verse 6. H%o*e nanu £t eo/Isd on iL] Where his name is invoked. — 7*. And so the Hebrew, dv ir^pi tVN osAer ni/tra them should ie onderstood, his name was not c^iei on it, but invoked at it.
Verse 7. In a new cart} Lest it should be pro&ned by being placed on any carriage that had been employed about common uses.
UzM and Ahio] All the versions understand 'mw aMe, as signi^ng 6rou<r, or frFoAera.* so does JarM, who obeerve^ from 2 Sam. n. 3. that tfaeee were the sons of Abinadak
Verse 9. Vrza put forth hte hand} See this trsasaetioa explained 2 Sam. vi. 6, Ac
Verse 14. The Loan bUeted the houee tif Ohtd-edom] That this man was only a soioumer at Oaiht whence he was termed Oitlite; and that oe was originally a Lesi^ is evident from chap. zv. 17, IB.
The Timwmsndsihiafnaplsr thiiBt And ibe Word <rf the Lord blessed Obed-edom, and his Aildren. and bis grandchildren; and his wife conceived, and nis eight dauffhters-in-law; and each brotmht fiirth eight at one birtf^ insomuch that in one day there were foum^ of fiuhtn aod children, firureeore and one; and be Meaeed and iitcreased greatly all that bel<mged to him. Tliis ezpoaitioa will not be genenlly reeeiveid \ but all nbUns must bs allowed to deu in the msmlloua.
Verse I. New Hirum king of Tfr*\ See the i actimis of (his ehwter related 2 Saaa. v. 11—26.
S I And David perceived that the Lohd had confirmed him kins over Israel; for his kingdom was lifted up oa night beeauM of his people Israel. •
3 IT And David took *> more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
4 Now ' these are the namea of At* children which he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab. Nathan, and Solomon,
8 H And when the Philiatines heard that * David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard o/' it, and went out against them.
\c:iMi: 9 ^nd the Pmlistines came and u. ui. epread_ themselves ' in the valley of
Aw uu Kephaim. lotr^m. 10 And David inqnired of God. saying. Shall I go up against the Philistines'? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand 7 And the Loan said unto him, <jk)up; finr I will deliver them into thine hand.
11 So they came up to Baal-perasim; and David smote them there. Then David said, Qod hath broken in npon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore tbey called the name of that place > Baal-perazim.
12 And when they had lefl their goda there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13 ^ And the PhUistinee yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
14 Therefore David inqmrcd-again of Grod; and Qod said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, i and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
15 And it shall be, when thon shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou ehalt go out to battle: for Ood IS gone forth before thee to smite the host tt the Philistines.
16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from * Gibeon even to Gazer.
17 And) the fhme of David went out into all hnds; and the Loim " brought the fear of him upon alt nations.
-LX. thecity of David, and prepared a aJTm place for tite ark of Ood, and pitched for it a tent 2 Then David said, • None ^fht to carry the p ark of God but the Levites: for them hath
Terse 4. TTiae are Ihe lutma of hla ckUdren] In 2 Sim. v. 14—16. elnm peraooM only are mentioDed in the HcbrtXB text; but Stptmfsintaba taetttjf-foiiT: hare there are OtirUan, and aU the mniofw hem tbe same aamber, with certain vsrietiee in. the names. See the notes there.
Verw B. The PhilUtinet waU up to wuk David] See on 2 Sam. 17.
Vme il. Like the breaking forth qf waUra] "And David saU, The Lord hath broken tbe enenuee of David Ske to the breaking of apoiler's veeael fullof vaier." — l7*
Verw 16. A amtnd </ going] " When Oiou shalt hear the aonod or the ingeta coming to thy aaeiitance, then go «JU 10 battle; for an angel ia sent from the preKoce of Ofod, diat he may render thy way proaperoua." — T.
Verae 17. Into ait landa] Thit ia, all the eurrounding or neigfabouriag lands and natioiie, tor no others can possibly Se intended.
3 And David •> gathered all Israel together to Jeruealem, to bring up the ark of the Loan onto his place which he had prepared for it.
4 And David assembled the childrenofAaroa, and the Levites.
5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, ud his ' brethren a hundred and twenty.
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the eUef, and hie brethren two hundred and twenty.
7 Of the Bcms of Gerehom: Joel tbe chief, and his brethren a hundred ana thirty.
10 Of the Bons of Uzziel: Amminadab Ibe chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelva
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathir the priests, and for the Levites. for Uriel, Asaiah. and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 And said unto them, Ye are the diief <^ the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring iq the ark of the Loan God of Israel unto Ok place that I iiave prepared for it.
13 For " because ye did it not at the first, * the Lord our God made a iMreach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the arlc of the Losn God of IsraeL
15 And the chfldren of the Levites bare the erkof God upon their shoulders, wiA the staves thereon, as 'Moses commanded, accor^ng to the word of the Loitd.
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren' to be the singers with instruments of rausic, psalteries, andhupi, and cymbab, sounding, by lifling up the voice with loy.
17 So the Levites appointed ■ Heman the son of Joel j and of his brethren, ' Asaph the bob of Berechiah; ' and of the sons of Merari their brethren, ' Ethan the eon of Kushaiah:
16 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliah, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, aod EKpheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
19 So the einfers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethaa, were appointed to sound with eymmb of brass;
30 And Zechariah, and ' Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and JehieL and Unni, and Elfai^ and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries ^oa Alamoth:
Verse 2. None ought to carry tht ark^but ffce Lnitm] It was their buainen; and he anould have thought of this sooner, and then the unfortunate breach on Uzsa veaU have beep prevented: see ver. 13.
Verse 16. Upon Ihdr ^umldero] That is, tbe sons which vent througii the rinn rested on tlieir sbauUmt but the ark ilsdF rested on Ute staves, like a sedan oa il* poles.
Verse 17. Heman^Awaj^t—Btkan) These were ifae thrte ctati musicians in' the time of David: see cbsp. vi. 31.
Verse 20. fVUh ptalUriet on Alamolk] Seme sofifioss that the word signiSes virgint, or mmai-*iMgwt^ ibe persons mentiontd here being appointed to them with pBtUieriea, and preside over then.
Tbe vul^le says arcana soatetenJ; they aa| thing; or myUrlet.-probably prozJulU byma.
Verse 21. Ot Me SkeminWt] AocoidiM lo the Tmgnm, this (rigaifies an inatrunent that souDcbd «b sctscw iwiah, and Obed-edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with narpa <= on the Sheminith to excel.
82 AnQChenBniah,chier<rf"theLeviteB,^ir«M for *Bong: he inelructed about the eong, beeanse he wo* skilful.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah irere doorkeeperfl for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehnshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Ameiaai, and Zeohariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priefltfl. ''did blow with the trumpets before the ark of <Sod: and Obed-edom and Jehlah were door-keepen for the ark.
25 IT So ■ David, and the eklers of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to brin? up the ark of the covenant of the Lobd out of the bouse of Obed-edom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God heb>ed the Levites that bare the ark of the oovenant of the Lobd, that they offered eevera bollodu and MTen mine.
27 And David vaa clothed with a robe office IhwD, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the sineere, and Chenaoiah the master of the ^ wane with the singers; David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
88 1 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the eovenuit of the Lord with Bhouting, and wilii ■ound of the cwnet, and wiUi trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with pcelteries and harps.
29 IT And it came to pass, * at the ark of the covenant of the Loao ' came to the city of David, that Michal the dan^ter of Saul lookiitt oat at a window saw King David dancing and idaying: and she despised him in her hearL
2 And when David had made an end of ofTerioff the burnt-offeriags and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Loan,
3 And he dealt to every one of Lsrael, both man ud woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a ifood piece of Sesh, and a flagon qf wine.
or, according to oUwi, an imtniment -with eight mtria^ The Syriac and Arabic have it, iiutnuMiiu to nsg widi daily, at ibe £h*rd, tisth, and mnih hour | dw VuhpUe, an octave,./br a smg of victory i mac think the etffSk Ymad at the mturicisns ii iDteadM, who had the riT«ng*$t and roost tonorou* voice*; and that it in this aanae that akeUmUhjaad lenaUeach, abouid foe underatood.
Verse 22. OuHoniaiii—he inHrueUd about the m>ng\ n»ia Appear* to haTo been the maater-aiiwer; he gaya £e key and the time, for he T»re*ided, Mraa mmmil in ibe gt^atian I probably meaning what ia called fUemtg tk$ tune, for he wo* Mki^ful in music, and pofracfiil in hia voice, and veil qualified to lead the bund.
Verse 26. Ood hdped the LetiUa} When they arw that Ood had made no breach among cbexD, aa be had in the caae of Uzzo, in gratitude for their pnaerratioi^ and tiis acceptance of their labmr, thc^- weriflead smn butlodes tmd «ev«n ram*.
Verae 27. A nhe ^Jlnt Hnm\ A robs made of j<a hutm t probably (be lun, or beard, « the Pinna Hagaa, a speeiefl of mu*cle found every where on the shore* the Mediterranean, ^owjng sooieliiaea, w 1 have aeen, to a foot and a half in length. I h&ve seen a pair of glove* made of thi* very riui teaS; the cc^onr ia a deep dark TeU<FW, aomething inellnii^ to what ia calied the lUae. The butt, or bj/tiuM, waa not heard of in I*rael before the
'time of David; after that it ia fteroentty awotiooed.
tesM dancing— and the da-
4 TT And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to " record, and to thank and praise the Loao God of Israel:
5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Macti- Uiiah, and Etiab, and Benaiah. and Obed-edom: and Jeiel • with psalteries and with harps j but AsMh made a sound with cyiritals;
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 11 Then on that day David delivered • first this psalm, to thank the Loan, into the hand of Asaph and his brethrm.
8 pGive thnnkfl unto the Loao, call upon his name, make known hii? deeds among the people.
9 Sii^ unto hun, sing psalms unto him. talk ye of air his wondrous works.
10 Qlory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Loan.
11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
12 Remember hie marvellous worke that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye chl^ dren of-jEicob, his chosen ones.
14 He IS the Lord our Ood: hia judgmrate are in all the earth.
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; tiie word vhxch he commanded to a thoosand generations;
16 Even of the icovenatU which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unte Isaac;
17 And hadt confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel ^ an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, '' the lot of your inheritance;
19 When ye were but • few, * even a few, and etraneers in it.
20 And v>/ien they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
21 He suffered no man to do them wrong; yf», be " reproved kii^s for their eakes,
22 Saying, '' Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophete iw harm.
23 "•Bine unto the Lord, all the earth; diow lorth from aay to day his salvation.
24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
DMure of Micbal's diigraoeand yniihinwH Mated at | bat all left to the readai's determinaiion,
Tern 2. Be bUand tfu peovUl Us bleasad the people in the itarae of the Wobd of the Lord. — T.
Verae 6. Aeapk] See die preceding chapter, ver. 17, AfC
Verae 7. Daiid deliMrad fint this p«in1 I lidieve the meaoiog of thi* plaee to be tbii t David made the paalm on the oecaaion above specified; and delivered it to Aaaph, who wa* the muaioiao, and to hi* bredirea, to be *utig by them in honour of what Ood had done ia behalf of hia penile.
Verse 12. Ramgmhtr Ate flWfreUout worltf] Ttii whole of the pealm refer* to Ood'a woodrou* actions aoMmg the nanouL in behalf of Israel.
Teme 22. T'oudt not mint anointed] By thi* title the jtairiardM are generally underatood: diey had a r<^aX KtA eaeerdotal power in the order of God. In the behalf of the pauiarchs God had ofiea enwcially interfered: ia behalf oi Abraham, Oen. xii. 17.' and zz. 3. and of Jam*, Gen. xzxi. 24. and xzjtiv. 28. and axxv. B. Bat the title may be wpiied to all dis Jewiah people: who IMTS the anointed, a* they were the elect ana pecoliar PHplaofCkMl SeeooHeb.^2t
35 For great is the Lobd, and greatlr to be praised: he also is to be feared above all eodi.
36 For all the gode ' of the people are mola: but the Lord mode the heavens.
27 Glory and honour are in hUi presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
S8 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord giory and strength.
29 Give unto the Lord the glory d«e unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him; warship the Lord in the beauty of holiness..
30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the rations, The Lord reigneth.
33 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. -
33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the Lord, because he cometh to judge the earth.
34 r O give thanks unto the Lord; for Ae if good; for Tiie mercy endureth for ever.
35 • And say re, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to Uiy holy name, ana glory in thy praise.
36 > Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for «ver and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord.
37 D So he led there, before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark cooUnualiy, as every day's vrork required:
38 And (M>ed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be porters:
39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, < before the tabernacle of the Lord,
40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the Lord Upon the'altar of the burnt-offering continually,
* morning ' and evening, and to do according to
Tern 31. Let the heavent be glad] Let the supreme sagela be ^lad, and the inhabitant! of the earth i-ejoice. — T. In this place the Targumiat uwa the Greek word ayvfXvi, angeU, in Hebrew letten; thus angeUy.
Verse 35. Save im, O Qod qf our laloation] As he ii the aaving God, so, we may pray to him to tave us. To prny to Ood under the aUribuii, the iaflumce of which we need, terres to inspire much confidence. I am loeak, Almighitf Ood htis meJ I am ignorant, O thou F'ather of ligkU tetuh me 1 I am loet, O merciful Ch)d eave me I Ac See the notes on Psa. xcvi. and cv.
Verse 39. Zadok tlu-pru»Q Both Zadok and Alriathar were bi^^ipTiests at this time: the former David estabfiihed at Otbea, or Oibeon, where the ark had been all the du« of Saul i and the latter he established at Jerusalem, vnen the ark now was: so there were two high prU»U, md two distinct services; but there was but one ark. How long the service at Oibeon was eontinued we eanoot tell; the principal functions were no doubt performed m
Tflraa 42. Miuieai instrutnenia of God] Ad eanenduM Deo, to ainv to Ood. VutgaU. Tu¥ otdow tw ewn, of the >onEf of God. Septuagint. The Stfrtae is remarkablet "Tttese were upright men, who did not sing unto Ood with instruments o( music, nor with drums, nor with listra, nor with straixht nor crooked pipe& nor with ^mbals; but they sang before the Lord Almi^ty with a joyous mouth, and with a pure and holy prayer, and with innocence and integrity." The Arabte is nearly the same. Ifone of the veraioru uiHlerstand the words trrhxn i<9 "f^a celey Mr haelolUm, as implying intirummtt* music ^ Ood, but instruments employecr in the song of God; or to praise God; so also the T'argum. Query, Did ever Ood ordain instrumtnU of mime to be used m his w(M«hip7 Oan (hey be used in ^triatian atttmblU*, aeeordiog to the spirit of Cliristianity? Has Jesus Christ, or his apostlei^ Aver oommanded or sanctioned the use ik dMni Were may ever used any where in the aposfaUeekwdk? Does ue use of them at fmsent, in Christian otntgregalioM, aw iaoiMH tba qririt of dsTotionI Does it vnr qipaar ifaM all that is written in the law of the Loan, whidt be commanded Israel j
41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were exweaed by name, to give thanks to the Lobd, rfieiauM his mercy endureth for ever.
42 And with them Heman and Jedattum witk trumpets and cymbals for those that shmld make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were ^ porters.
43 > And all the people departed every man to his house: and David retnroed to bless bm
OW ^ it came to pass, as David sat In hia house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a — house of cedarsj but the ark of the covenaot of the Lord remaineth imder curtains.
3 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all Ifaat ia in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3 IT And it came to pass the same lught, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4 Go and tell David my servant. Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house lo dwell in:
5 For I have not dwelt in a bouse since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but I have gone from tent to tent, and from one (a* bcrnacle to another.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with ail/srael, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my peop\e, saying. Why have ye not built me a house of cedars 1
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say onto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote. even " from mtowing the sheep, that thou snouldest be rujer over my people Israel:
8 And 1 have been with thee whithersoever
handa nf miuieiana, either in their MUftftve or indiwiduMl capacity, are more spiritual or at spiritual, as the other parts 01 the church of Chriat'? Istherenot more pridc^ selfwill, stubbornness, insubordiiuition, lightness, and bivofim among such persons, than among the other pmieman of Christianinr, found in the same rel^ious Miactyl b it ever remarked or known that uMisiciBna, in the wnse tt God, have ever attained to any depth of pieHT, or snptriar soundness of luiderataoding, in the thincs M Godt Is it ever found that those churches and CimstiBn soaeties wtuch have and use instruments of music ia divine worship are more holy, or at holy, as those societki vhkk do not use them 1 Axtd is it always found that the mumtcr^ who affect and recommend ihem to be used in th« worship of Almigh^ Ood, are the most spiritual men, and the Mst spiritual and useful preachers 1 Can mere oeundt, aa matter how melodious where no word nor teniimait it cr can be uttered, be considered aa giving praise to God t b it possible thatintM*, or ttringo of any land, can give Gsi praised Can Gtod be pleased with souDds which are emiaed aj no oentient being, and have in themselves iw ««»- ing 7 If these queations cannot be answered in the aSn* tive; then, query, Is not the introduction of such inrfnimenu into Uie worship of God anti-christiaiLcalctUstedto debase, and ultimately ruin the spirit and influence of dM Gospel of Jesus Chnst? And should not ail who vn* well lo the spread and establishment of pure and ondefika religion, lift up their huid, their influence, and their vac% agamsttbeml 1^ amiinent, from their use in Aa A» <sft service, ia ftutlaiatbs aztrenM, when applied M Onr tianUy.
NOTES ON CHAPTER XVn. TerseL A«w iteamstoiMaeJ SacewTthiOffraeocded in this Omftu an^ detailed in (ba aoiea m fSaiB. m. I Ae.
Verse B. Ail have gona from tmi to lmi\ 1 hsna transferred my tabernacle from Gilgal to Nob, from toShild^ sad from Staikh M OiSaoo.— TVfwa
thou haBt walked, and have cut off all thine enemies fVom before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that ore in
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shalt dwell in their place, and shall bo moved no more: neither ■hall the children of wickedness waste them any more, aa at the heginninc,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee, that the Lord will build thee a house.
11 t And it shall come lo pass, when thy dars be expired that thou must go to be with thy la-
, thers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; bm I will establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me a house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13 "I will be his father, and he shall be my eon: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took if from him that was before thee:
14 But ■ I will settle him in mine house and in my ktng dom for ever: and his throne ahail be established for evermore.
15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 IfPAndDavidthekiogcameandsatbefore the Lord, and aaid, Who am I, O Lord God, and what i» mine house, that thou haat broueht me hitherto 7
17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, OGod; for thou hasta/^o spoken of thy servant's house ior agreat while tocome,andhaatr«rarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord Giod.
18 What can David gpet^ more to thee for the honour of thy servant 7 for thou knoweet thy servant.
19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this
20 O LoRn, there ia none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom Ood went to redeem to be hiB own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
32 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.
23 Therefore now. Lord, let the thing that thoa hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
24 Let it even be established, that thy name majr be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts ia the God of leraei, even a God to Israel:
VerM 9. Ntithtr dtail ikt daldrm qf vickednet*'] Tbey ■hall no more b« brougbt into tervittule u th^ were in the time they >ojoumedin E^gypL This ii what lalieie ' referred to.
VerM 12. IwUl itabUA kit throju/or cmt.] David WBM a type of Chrialt *oi cooeentingmmthapn^ibMy is literally true. See Iml ix. 7. where thers ia eviilnitly die gaina merenoe.
Verse 13. / ^Bal not take my tntnv away from him} I will not cut off his tamily Jinm 0u mrma, as I did that of hia i^edecessor Soul.
Verae 16. And vhat is mine koute, that thou hatt brought me hUherto?] I am not of any regal funily, and IwTe no natural right to the throne.
Verae 26. Math Jbund in his heart to pray] The Tugam expresses s tull sense: " Therefore thy Mrrant hath Kmnd «D opening of moudt, that he migfat pny before
and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
25 For thou, O my God, 'hasttoM thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore thy servant hath found in hia heart to pray before
. 26 And now. Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
27 Now therefore ■ let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever.
NOW after this, 'it came to pass, a&SK that David smote the Philistines, ail^ik and subdued them, and took Gath and a^uum her towns out of the hand of the Phi- »■
2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifls.
3 IT And David smote " Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stabUsE his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and ' seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also hooghed aU the chariot Aorses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots.
5 And when the Syrians of * Damascus CEime to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-^amaacus: and the Syrians became David's servantiL ana brought giAs. Thus the Lord preservM David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Likewise from » Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very mucfi brass, wherewith y Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
0 ITNow when ■ Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
10 He sent * Hadoram his son to King David, ** to inquu-e of his welfare, and ' to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and -wiih him all manner of vessels o£ gold, and silver, and brass.
11 Them also King David dedicated unto the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
13 Moreover * Abishai the son of Zeniiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt ^ eighteen thousand.
to bless the house of thy servsat; therefore, it shall be blessed for ever."— 7*.
The reader is requested to rsfer to 2 Sam. viii. and the notes there, for siaivpsrtioulars that belong to the parallel places here, and wbioh it would answer no good purpose to t^mt in this ptaoe.
Versa 1. Dmvid—took Qalk and her towns] See the eomparisoo between this chapter and 2 San. vid. 1, Ac in the notes on the latter.
Verse 9. Ton king ^ BamaOi] Called in 2 Sara.
Verse 12. Al>iA<^—al«v» <^ the EdomU—y This Tie> tory is attributed to D^id, 2 Sam. viii. 13. H« seat Abishai against Ibam, sad he datetsd them; Ihiaiawtth f sttrtbiited to David, as eoaunsoder in efaia£
13 IT ' And he put garriBOns id Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LoBD preserved David whithersoever he
14 T[ So Davidrcigned over all Israel, and eseeuted ludj^ment and justice among all his people.
15 AiurJoab the son of Zeruiah wat over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, ^ recorder.
16 And Zadok the aon of Ahitub, and < Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and ^ Shavsha was scribe;
17 > And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the -Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief " about the wg.
A- M. 1VTOW " it came to pass after this, jJz^A^. L\ that Nahash the kin^ of the ohil-
2 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him coneerniDg his lather. Sothe servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
S But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun. * Thinkest thou that David doth honour thv fhtoer, tfaAt be hath sent comforters unto tbee? are not his servants ctune onto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, aiid cut off their garments in the-midst, hard by their buttocks, and seuit them away.
5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tcury at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
6 1[ And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves ' odious to David, Hamm and Uie children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots UTid horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of ■Syria-maachah, <■ and out ofZobah.
7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and ttie king of Maachah.and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
Vene 15. Joab — viraa over Uu hott] Qenend in chief. Maituipliat — recorder.} The king's remembraocBr, or
The TVrum nya, " Benaiah waa over the great aaii' hedrifn and the email sanhedrim i and ooiuulted Urim and Thummim. And at hia eommand the vchera and slinnrs went out to battle."
Yerae 4. And cut of their garmenU in the midati ■ Utam* ad earm pudenda. So the 7\irgtim, Jdrdti, •sd odwn! leanns exposed what nature and deoen^ i«- quira to ba eoooaakd. See on 2 Sam. z. 4. Vans 6. Qhortoto and h»rmmm out ^ MeeoMtaMia]
8 And when David heard of it, he sent Josh,
9 And the children of Ammon came out, sol put the- battle in arrav before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come iMre by themselves in the neld.
10 Now when Joab saw that ' the battle wu set against him before and b^iind, he chose out of all the • choice of Israel, and pat them in arraiagainst the Syrians.
11 And the rest of the i>eople he deUvered unto the hand of ■ Abishai his brother, and they set Ihemtetves in array against the children of Ammon.
12 And he said. If the Syrians be too stroDC for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the diiP dren of Ammon be too strong for thee. th» 1 will help thee.
13 Be of good courage, and let us behave oorselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LoBD do that wWdk it good in his sight.
14 So Joab and the people that were wHhhin drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the atj. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 If And when the Syrians saw that J5 they were put to the worse before Is- -u.bjtia rael, they sent messengers, and drew *mmim forth the Syrians that were beyond
the ■ river: and * Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer ttent before them.
17 And it waa told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, uod came upon them, and set the battle in array aguait them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
18 But the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of the Svriana seven thousand nen wAicji fought in chariots, and forty thottsand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
19 And when the servants of Hadarcxer saw that they were put to the worse before Israd, they made peace with David, and became hit servants: neither would the ByriaBs help the children of Ammon any more.
AND * it came to pjEiSB. that ' after ■: cm the year was expired, at the time *» >^ that kings go out to battle, Joab led iJwwa forth the power of the army, and hSS^J!!^ wasted the country of the diildren of Ammoa,
"nieae are not meDtioned io tlie parallel place ia Sawmd t probably they did not arrive till the Ammonitea and tbev other Mliee were deleated bv the laraeliles in the fii« batUe.
Verse 7. ThiHy and two thmuand cAaHab] 1W whole number mentioDed io Samuel is, Syriano tt Bit rebob, tvenly thoueand,- <^ King Maamak, tmo Awsand I of IMoh. twelve thoueand; in all, AUr^r^tow thmitand. Of cnariota or ca%-alry there ia do mtUit^ Th««e could not have been (he whole army.
Verse 13. Be vf good a>uTagi\ See the note oa I Sam. X.
Verse IS. Forty (ko\uand foiAmm\ See thiasiimk« aocouttted for in the note on 2 Sam. x. 18.
Verae 19. 7^*« made peae* vUk David, md beeam4 hie eenxtnle] See on 2 Sam. x. 19. and the eonrtiiJin not« in that place: and see toe omisssona io ChioairiM, the preface to these books.
and came and besieged Rabbab- But David tarried at Jerusalem. And ' Joab smote Rabbih, and destrOTed ft.
5 And David ■ took the crown or their Vvag fr(Hn off his head, and found it * to wei^h a talen of gold, and thert were preciou* BtoneE< in it; and it waa set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
3 And he brooght out the people that -were in it, and cot them with saws, and with harrows of inm, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 ^ And it came to pass after this, ^ that there * arose ' war at * Gezer with the Philistines: at whi^ tinM ' Sibbechaj the Hushathite slew f Sippai, thai vas of the children of ^ the giant; and they were subdued.
■ 6 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of iJair slew Lahmi the brother of Qoliath the Gittite, whose spmr's staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And yet again * there was war at Oath, where was > a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and tw8n^» six on eodk mand, and six oh each Jbot: and ne also was
8 These were bom imto the friant in Oath; and they fell by the band of Dand, and by the hand or his servants-
t oiyWH. 2 And David said to Joab, and to the rulers of the peode. Go, number lerael, from Beer-sfaeba even to Dan; i and bring the number of them to me, that 1 may know U.
whole Btoty of David and B&th-cheba, mad the murder of VriolH which the oompiler of thfse booka pftMca over, tm be dengnedlT doM slinoet every ttting premdieiBl to the chencter of David. All he statei ii^ but David tarritd at J^nuatem; and, vhile be ibui buried, and Joab conducted the war against the AmiDOiiitei, Ihe awfid tmuaetions above refiirrad to, took place.
Prtetatu tMt—inU) The Targnm mjb, "And there was aat in it a preeioui ■toite, wortn a talent of gold t this was dat narnetic atone that Mipported the woveo gold in dwair." wnatdonhemean?
Verae 3. Ai brou^it out Ihe people] See diia tranaaetion particularly explaioed in the noCea on the paialtel placei, 2 Sam. xii. 30, 31.
Vera* fi. AUkoMii Ihe am Jotr] See the note on 2 Smb. zzL 19. Hie Targum m/pf, ^'David, the aon of JesM, a pioof man, who roae at miontriit to aing praieee to Ood, elew Lachmi, die brodier of GMiab, the aamedav on which he alew Ooliah the Gathlte, vboaa apeaHa atao waa like a weaver'a beam."
Verse & F\ngen and toe* mnfbur and twtnty] See the note on 2 Sam. xxi. 20.
Vecae 8. TVm uwr* bem unto Vu giant in Oath] Tliese were bora lUnH? Uhar^yAa, "to that Rapha in Chub;" cr to Ar^Aa: so the Vtdgats, Sqituagint, and Chaidte.
Hw compikr of theae booka pwaaei hy alao the ioceat of AmnoD with hie rialer Tamart and Ihe rebellion of AbM' leant and the awful eonaequenoea of all theae. These aikould have preceded the fourth Terae. Theae &ota oould nM be tmknown to him, fiv tbigr w«e noiorinua loall: taut ba saw (hat &ey w«» already amply detailed in books ^Hkidi were iwecadilsd among the people t and IheLretationB WOT* aiKh as DO friend to pii^ sad baMuiqr eouU del^
3 And Jo^ answered, The Loan make his people a hundred times so many more as they he: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants 7 why then doth my lord require this thing? why wilThebeacanseof treapawtii Israel?
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 ^ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all ihey (if Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah iro* four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that draw sword.
6 ' But Levi and Benjamin connted he not among them: for the king's vwd was abominable to Joab.
7 ir ■ And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8 And David said unto God, < I have sinned greatly, because I hare done this thing: "but now, I beseech thee, do away the miauity of thy servant: for I liave done very fbolishlv.
10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Loan, I "offer thee three thtnge: choose thee one of them, that I may do it onto thee.
1 1 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lobd, * Choose thee
12 ' Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketn thee; or else three days the sword of the Lobd, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lobd destroying throughout all the coasts of IsraeL Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall brmg again to him that sent me.
13 And David said unto Gad. I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand oTtha Lobd; for very ■ great are his merdes: but let me not Ihll into the hand of man.
14 IT So the LoBDsentpestileneeupon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 And God sent an * angel unto Jerusalem to
to repeat On theae gronoda the reader will give htm credit for the emieafoBfaes on ver. 1.
Terae 1. And Satau dood tip »gabtH brael] See the notes on the parallel place, 2 Stun. xxiv. 1, Ac
VMaeR. AUib^mliriulwtrtathmuandthtmtamd— Judah waa four hundrtd thru acore and fm Htcusand] In the parallel place, 2 SaoL xziv. 0. the men of lanel are reokooed eight Kundrtd thouaand; and the Ben of AuUi^lMAttndretfAoiiaaiid. See (ha note there.
Terae 6. Ltwi and Benjamin, emntmt Aa naO llts faUrine give the followirtg reaaon for dua: Joab aeemg diat ihia would bring down deatniction upon the peoplet porpoaed to aave two tribea. ShouM Davkl aak. Why nave jrou not mirafaered the Leviteal Joab porpqaed ts aay, Beoauas the Levitea are not reckoned among the children of laraal. Should he aak, Why have you not numbered Benjamin 1 he would answer, Benjamin haa been already aufficiently puniafaed, on aeeount oif As woman of (Hbeah t i^ therdtoret thia tribe were to be again puniabed, who would remain 7
Terae 12. THrea dayu—lhs puUimee in du tand} In 2 Sam. zjcrv. 13. aana yaara v /iMim* an rocotiooed i aee the note there.
Terae 13. David 9atd—I am in a grtat atroiO Targom reaaona Aua: "And David aaid to Ow^ If I chooM famint, the Imelilaa may an. The grananea of David era Aill of eomt noitber doth he care ahould the people of larael die widi hunger. And if I obooae war, aoafly faelbre an enemy, the laraeliles may mj. David ia a atrcog and warlike man, and be caree not tbou^ the pec^ of larael riiouM faU by the awofd. I am brotidtl nto a neat atiaightt I will deUver myaelf now into ilw um ^ At Wona y Ou Loan, iti irwtD -ra htgad nutmra rfayat, foe faia merciaa are awnyi but into the hsadaof thsehiUceaof mca I will noideuvei myaeK"
deatror H: end as he was deitrof ine, the Lord beheld, and <>he repented him of the evil, and •aid to the angel that destroyed. It is enough, stay now 'thine hand. And the angel oC the Lord stood by the thrashiog-fleor of " Ornan the Jebusite.
16 ^ And David lifted up his eyes, and ' saw the angel of the Lord stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then Da* Tid and the elders of Israel, who were dolhed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17 And David said unto God, h it not I that eoparoanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evU indeed j but €u for these sheep, what have they done 7 Let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my fhther*s house; but not oo thy people, that they should be i^agned.
18 IT Then the * angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, That David should eo op, and set up an altar unto the Lord in the thrashing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 And David went up at the M^ing of Gad, which he spake la the name of the Lord.
SO r And Ornan turned back, and saw the ftnel; and his four sons with bim hid themselves, "ow Ornan was thrashing wheat. 21 And as David came to Oman, Oman looked and saw David, and went ont of the thrashing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
2S Then David said to Oman, ' Grant me the place of this thrashing-floor, that I mav build an altar thereip unto the Lord: thou shalt grant it me for the fuU price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
S3 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his ey^: lo, 1 give thee the oxen also for bornt-offerines, and the thrashing-instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat-otTering;! fpve it all. 24 And King David said to Oman, Nay; but
Tens 15. And Ood tnl an angel} Thtu the l^rnim: **Aitd th« WoBo the Loss sent ihs angel of death sniMt JenuBJem to demWtj it i and he beheld die oahea of the binding of Inac at the foot of lh« allar, and he remembered bis covenant vith Abraham, which ha made in the Mount of WorAi]> j and the houae of the upper ennctuary, wher« are the muIi of the ri«hteoui, ana the imaee of Jacob fixsd on the throne trf glory; and he turned in M* woBD&wva the evil ^ririch he designed to do tuito them; and he miA to the daatroriog angnl, Cenae; take Abiahai Ibeir chief from among tbem, and cenae from anuting the mat of the peo^ And the ai^l which waa aent from the preeooee of the Lord, Mood at the thrathing-floor of Aiaiinah the Jeboaite."
Veree20. Ornan iunud bade, and mwfft^ttngeti The Stptuagint My, And Oma turntd, »> M^f' tm* jffartXu, and MW Uu maia. Hm Syriac and Arabic mf, David taw tiu angtl; and do noi mention Oman in tnla place. Jthubigant maalates the same reading n^on ha-tnolek, M* king, tot "V^ron ba^malak, Am angtl i and vindiuuea Us vanuNifnm the parallel place, 2 Saxn. xxi«. SO. where It fa nid, be taw David: bat iheis ia no word of hii aeeing (be aiuat. Bat the seeing David ie mentloited in ver. Sit thougn Houbigant Buppoeaa that the 20tb verae re (era to his Mtuig the king lalUb M wiia al a diatotee f ^ 21at, to hia aeeoig him wwn A« coma ittU Ou tkroMng-Jhtar. In the first inatanoe he arid his sons were afraid wbea they •aw die king OMiiingt and dib eaused them to hide lh«mselvai: bat wbeo he eane into the Ibraahing-floor, they wen oUigod to anpear before him. One of JCmnwatfa MSB. baa nS«n iht king, instead of y/ran tta ong-al. Soma learned men oontend for the former reading.
Verse 26. A ofmeared h*m — by JtrtJ In anawar lo Bavid'a l»^ei% God, to riiow that ha Iwd aeospted him, sad was now pwiied toward him and the pe<^e, sent fire from beavsa, and oonsumad dnoAnngs.
I will verily btnr it for tbofUl price: ibrlwillMt take that which is thine for the Lou>, aat eflor burnt-offerings without cost.
25 Bo ■> David gave to Oman for the place nx hundred shekels of e;old by weight.
26 And David built there an altar mito tha Lord, and offered barnt-offerings and peaco* offerings, and called upon the Lord; and the answered him from heaven by fire cpoA the altar of burnt-offering.
S7 And the Lord rommaaded the angel, and he put np his sword again into the sheath thereof..
28 If At that time, when David saw that the Lord had answered him in the thrashiog-fkior of Ornan the Jebusite, then he saerifieed there.
29 k For the tabernacle of the Lord, wtack Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar sf the burnt-offering, were at tlmt aeaeon ia the high plaee at > GinMn.
30 Bat David could not go before it to Inviire of God: forhewasafraid, MeanwofUwnmd of the angel of tbe Loao.
2 And David commaaded to gather toniber " the strangers that were ia the laad of braeli and he set masons to hew wrought atooes to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in wlwTiriaiwf for the nafls for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance * witboat weight;
4 Also cedar trees in fdmndanee: for Uw f ^idonians and they of Tyre broni^t nocfa
5 And Davkl said, ^ Solomon my eon is yooor and tender, and the house that ts to be builded for the Lord must 6e exceeding megnifical, of
gi-ven as a reason why David built an altar in dte ifiiA tng-floor of Ornan; m was afraid to go to Qibcoo 6ie— « qf the »word qf Ihe dtetroyiug angtl; m he waa afiaid of delaying tbe offering so long as humiiucthidieratiald raquire, lest die deetroyiog angel ahauh^iit On ausa vUa, exterminate the people; therefore, he hastily builtaaahai in that ploco, and OQ it made the requi&te offerings; sad bf tbe fire from heaven Ood showed tfiat he had aoo^iti his act and his devotion. Such inierreritiooa as iheae amst neccaaarily maintain, in the minds of the profit^ a fiiJI per* suasion of the truth and divine origin of ibeu- migitmu
Fob a more circumstantial account of these traneaawna sea the note* on 2 Sam. jaiv. I, &o. in which sevenlfiS* culties of the text ere removed.
Verse 1. David taid, Thi* is (he house As Loss] THll a temple is builded for his name, this place ahaU ha considered the temple of Ood; and cm thia altar, and net on dttt at Oibeon, shall the Uimt-offerings of Intel fas Diade. David probably thought that liiia was the f6wc as which Gfoddesipied that his house should be builded; sad perhsiM it was this that induced him to buy, not on^dM thrashing-floor, but propablj sDcne sdjacentground also, as Coimat supposes, liisit thefs might to suSeieBt bmb fa such a building.
Verse 2, 1%% ttnmgtra that were in A* land} Thaae who had become proMvltM lo tbe Jewiah religion, at lesst so Eu as to rencunoe idolatn, and keep what were caUad Ihe seven Noahie preonts. Theaa were to be emplojed ia tha«ior» servile and diflkult paru of the work: see sal Ein^ ix. 21. For the account of building the tempts 1 Kmge v—ix. sad tbe aotea there.
Verse 6. ^blomon^is youiw and tender] Ho is, aa yet, without oemplele knowledge and due exmriiiwe; mad It la Bioesssry KHU I should make as mudi mnr'^'- br ths woric as I possibly oaoi e^jeoislly as r 10 bt UQtityni^ I
£uaM and of glory througUout all countries: I wOl therefore now make preparation for ir. So David N-epared abandaatlr before his death.
6 IT Then he called for ^olomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the Loan God of larme).
7 And David said to Solomon, Mr son, as for me, * it was in my mind to btuld a house * unto
8 But the word of tlie Lord came to me. eaying, * Thou hast shed blood abuadantlv. ana hast made great ware: thou shalt not buiu a house unto my namOf because thou bast shed much blood upon the earth m iay sight
9 " Behold, a son shall be aorn to thee, who •hall be a man of rest; and I will give him " rest from all h** enemies round ^out: for his name shall be * Solomon, and I will give peace and qmetness unto Israel in his days.
10 ' He sha^ build a hoose lor my name; and he shall be my eon, aqd I mil be his father;
11 Now, mv son, *the Loan be with thee; 4Wd prosper thou, and build the house of the LoBD thy Ood, as he hath said of thee.
13 Oiu^ the LoBD * give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LoBD thy Grod.
13 ^ Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takeet iieed to fulfil the-Btatutes andjudgmenta which the LoBO charged Moses with concerning Israel: * be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
14 Now, behold, * in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LoffiD a hundred thoueand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talentsof silver; ana of brass and iron * without wmght; for it is in abundance: timber also and
TftTM 8. "JTumhiut »hed blood abundantly] HeMbeDs, Jewi^ Hid ChristiwuL hsnt all sgned thftt-towU«rv of any Und ihould have nouiiiig to do wilk diriiu offiesK. SImmidiaw of huaun blood but til conpom wilh the bonevoleiwe of Ood or tbe spirit of OoopeL jBiuom, overpowered by hia enemies, while fighting for hLi psreots, hie fiunily, sod hia eounuy, awl fiwling farther reaiatance bopeleaa, endeavoura to carry off hia aged litdior, hia wife, youiw aon, and his hotuehald godai &it, aa he was juit oodib from alaughler, he wouUf not even handU tfaeae ot^eets ot auperKitlon, but confided then to bis ftther, whom he look on bia i&ouldera, sad carried out of (he bumiog of Troy.
Verae 14. In vnjf troubU I have prepared] Notwithstanding all the wara in which 1 have been eDsaged. all the ireacheriea widi which I have been aurrountled, all Hifi domeatic trouhlea with which I have been overwhelmed, I never loat eight of thja great object, the bnitdiDj a bouae for God, that hia worship migfatM eaiaMiabed in the land. J ham curtailed my expense^ and hava livod in eonparative poverty, that I might save all I poaaiUy oonld finr this bttilding.
A hundred Aviuotut tairnU of golit\ A ttdmi of gold weighted Oiref thou*and vhekela, and was worth Jive tknuand and »nmty-f,vt potmd», fftem MiUiRM aitd Beeenpeace ha{fptnny. Oiu bundrea thovtand such ta- Isnti would tnerelbre amount to Jhe hundred and tevm m<Mo]|fc Jin hundred md oetenty-eigkt Owumnd, «m kimdnimdtwmiy-Jt»« pound* aterling.
stone have I prepared and thou mayest add
15 Moreover, ffter« ore workmen with thee in abundance, hewei-s and ^ workers of stone and timber, and all manner oT cunning men for every manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there ia no number. Arise therefore, and be dmng. and > the Loan be with thee.
17 1f David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
18 is not the Loan your Gtod with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side 1 for he hath given the inhabitants of the fond into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Loan, and before his people.
19 Now 1 set your heart and your soul to seek the Loan your God: arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God^ to ^ bring the ark of the covenant of the Loan, and the nolr vessels of God. into the house that is to be built 1 to tbe name of the Loan.
SO when David was old and Aill Of ^b.&uS; days, he made " Solomon his aon *» kr. king over Israel. ahmum
2 If And he gadiered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the her vites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of "thirty years and upward: aoA tbdr number by their polls, man by man, was thir^ and eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand -were " to set forward the work of the hoiiee of the Lord; and six thousand were ■'offices aod judges:
niter weighed three thmtaand shekeUi and was wortk tkrM hundred and My4hrte pounda, rfavm thilHngt, and tenptaea, A moiuand Oumiaitd, or a mtlUm vi atuh tslenta would amouot to tbe immense aura of tkrtt hwidrtd andjifly'tltirte nUUwma, Jlsc hundred <md rum- ^0R< thouaand, eix hundred and eixly-eix semd^ thirUtn MUinge, and Jburpenee, sterling. Soth mm* amtuntlng to Hghi hundred and eixty-onemimm*, 9M hundred and eisty-^ine Amuand, eeven hundred Hi ninetf-onepomuUtthirUen ehUUngt, and Jbtapenee.
Thou mayft add Axrelo.} 8ave aa I have aavwl, out of dw revenues of the itstof snd dioa mayeat also add aotnething for (be enetkm ud s^endoor of tfaia bousiw Thia was a gentk^ tboogh pefauedliiBt, whid)wssnot4osl on Solomon.
Tnse 18. ^»n^d At Loan your God vUh you] '<!• not the Word of the Lord your Ood your aaalaiant r'— T,
Hath he not giiMU you rtt on Mry tide} DKvid,at diia timet was not on? king of Mm, bat bad also nbdued moat of (be aummndiw nations.
"nma Salomon came to mb Jewidi throne with every possible advantage. Had he m»de a propar use of his Btate and of hia wenta, he would have been the grnainat, as well aa d>e wiaeat, of sovsreiesa. But alaal hmr sson did his pure gold become dim I He began with an luUw* fill matrimonial connexion t this kd nun to a ooramarea that waa poeitively forbidden by tbe law'Of Gtod: he thaa multiplied bis malrimOBia] eonnexiona with healhso wo* men; they turned hia heart awmr from Qod, snd (be QMS wiae and holy Scdomon died a fool and an idolaisr. NOTES ON CHAPTER XXUL
Verae 1. David was old and /nil <if doya] On ihs phrase fvM t^doyt, sea the note ou Oeo. xxv. B.
Verse 3. iydrty yeart and upward] The enumeratiaa of the Levites, suae in the desnt. Numb. iv. 3. waa fiom tMrly years upwards to Jl/ty years. In this place tbe IsU ter limit ia not meatiowd i probably becftuss the servin waa sot M laborious now { for tbe ark being ftzed, (bap bad no longer aay heavy baidens to cany i snd, thetnoi^ even aa old man might eootinue to aerw the lafaenMete. DsifM mads anothir snUnwes aftarwani i see op «sr. M. ma XT.
5 Moreover, four ^Duaand VM-e porters; and four thousand praiBod the Lobd with the inrtruments ^ which 1 made, said Dao&l, to praise therewith,
6 And * David divided them into ■ courses among the sods of Levi, nam^, Gtershon, Kohath, and MerarL
8 The sons of Laadan; the tdiief wo* Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei t Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei were J^ath, *Zioa, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four vere the sons of ShimeL
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah * had not many sons; therefore they were in one reotfontng, according to their father's houee.
13 The sons of ' Ainram; Aaron and Moses: and > Aaron was separated, that he should sanetify the most holy things, he and his sons tar ever, * to bum ineenso before the Lobd, ^ to minister onto him, and * to bless in lus name for
14 Now concerning Moses, the man of God, * his sons were namM of the tribe of Levi.
15 * The sons of Moses were G^ersbom, and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershom, '^Shebuel >was the chief.
17 And the sone of Eliezer were Rehabiah ' the chief.. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons <^ RehabiEih * were very many.
19 " Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the thurd, and Jekameam the fourth.
31 ir ' The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli { Bleazar and " Kiah.
32 And Eleazar died, and p had no sons, but
24 ir These were the winsoft Levi after the house of their faUurs: even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by nmi4>er of names by their polls, that did the work for Ihe service of the house of the Loan, from the aise of " twentyyears and upwards.
25 For iJavid said. The Loan God of lend '* hath given rest onto his people, * that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
26 Ami also mito the Levitea; they shafl m more * earrj the tabernacle, nor anj vessiAi of it toe die service tbereoC '
27 For by the last words f£ David the Levitee were ' numbered f^om vwtaOy year* «U and above:
28 Because ■ their ofiice woe to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purUyinff of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of Ged;
29 Both for ■ the show-bread, and fin- the fine flour for meat-ofi'ering, and for ■the oeleavened cakes, and for ■* that vhidt it bttked ta the * pan, and for that whidi is f?ied, and for afl manner of ' measure and size;
30 And to stand every morning to thaiA aad praise the Lord, and likewise at even;
31 And to oner all burnt-sacrifices unto the Lobd b in the sabbaths, in the new-moons, and on the >■ set leasts, by number, accoidnig to the order commanded unto then, continaally before the Loan:
32 And that th^ should ■ keep the eharge of the tabernacle or the congregation, and the charge of the holy pZoce, and 'the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the aerriee
NOW Oiese are the divisions of the ** ^ sons of Aaron. > The sons erf*,4s?V Aaron; Nadab, and Abtha, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
Tern B. f\mr thmuand praued Iho Lord] David made thiadUtributioD aecordiiiK to hii own judgmeDt, nod fima the dictnlM of his pintyt but it does not appear that he bad any poBitive divine authority for such arrangenuots. As to Ihe itatrumeBtg of moue vfaich he muo, they an coodamned eiatwhm: see Amos vi 6. to which tflis verse is allowed to be the parol UL
Terse 11. TTur^ore they were in oiu rtdamiag) The bnily of £hfnM^ betag small, was united with that ot XioaoaR, that die two families mi^t do that work which •iberwiaa belonged to one, but which would have been too iBudi for rilher of these separately.
Vrns 13. To bUu in A*s nanu] To bleM the people by iimddng (be nama of the Lord.
Verse IS. To this verse AeTa^m adds, "Hie same JenaAian, who became a foUe prophet, repeated in his old ^e: and David made him bis ohief treasorer."
Verse 17. But tht tm» tf Rehaiiah were vary many.] nie Ttitgam bmk On seoouBt of die morits of Moses, the posiaity irf ndmbish were multiplied lo more than •iny myriads.
Verse 22. TTuir brttkrm du tons of KM look Outn.] Tidm was aeeoidinf to the tow, made Numb, zxvii. 1, Ac sod xxjd. B— 9. in mvour of tos daughten of Zelophehad; that wonun who wen heiresses should uanr in the family qf As tribe vf fAotr fa&e^i and their estates shooU not be alienated from them.
Vene24. TWite year* and ttpunrds.] It qmsrs um this was a difiermt ordinaMe from (hat menMiied var, 3. Al flm be a|q)oiDted the Levites to aervs fpMn
Oiirty yeart and upvardt; now from (tsm/y ymn. TTiese were David's last orders: see ver. 277 should bt^n at an earlier see, and continue later.
lliiBwas nota very painfiiT task: the ark being now find, and the I^evitee v«y numerous, there could be no driMtfff)L
Terse 28. Pur^ying of all heity thingii Keeping ul the vessels and uiensiu wlooging to the sBcnd ssTwe clesn and neat
Verse 29. BoAfor the i^ow-bread] It wss dw pri«^t oiGce to place this oread before the Loid; nod it was dnr privilege to feed on the old loaves when they were replaced ny the juw. Some of the rabbins think that the priettt sowed the grain, leaped, ground, kneaded, and baked dat of whidi the thaw^read was made, "niia appears lo be a conceit; Jerom, in his comment on Mai. i. 6, m**!**"** it in these words — Panet propoaUioniM gtaeptxta trodilioMS ffebraicat, ipti lereret dimetere, ^>ti molat, ipsi coguerc debebatU.
Pot all manner ^ meamre and tisel 'n» etandarde (rf all wugAfaand nuosttra were at dw amcaiarf; and by those there deposited all Uie lOeighU and meatmret of the land were to be tried. See the note on Bod
Verse 30. 7\t aland eeary morntngl At dte oArii^ of the morning and evening sacrifice —■■■w'f' dbor musioal instrumenta aud sang praises to God.
Terse32. Tht Oua-gt <^ Ihe eanM nf Aaron] Itwm tbeprifiB^B business to e\aj, flay, and dress, as «cO as to il^«r the victims; but being/eu^ they were oUigid to etaploy the Levites to flay ibose animals. Hw Loviies vcn^ prtfsrly qwakiag^ HTvaats to ibe priests: andiimcBkployed about the more ssrviJe part of oivino worrii^
3 But * Nadab and Abika SM before their fkther. and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Itnamar executed the priest's office.
3 And David distnbut^ them, both Zadok of the BOOB of Eieaxar, and Ahimdeoh of the ■ODB of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. -. ^., „
4 And there were more chief men found of the aons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and tjuu were they divided. Among the sona of Eleasar there vert sixteen chief men of the honse of their fatfaera. ud eight amoiw the ■ens of Ithamar, aeoordtng to the house oTtheir
5 Thus were thev divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctaaxy, and Koveraors o/the houee of God, were ofthesons m Eteazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the kuiC; &nd the princes, and Zadok the prieBt, and Anunelfieh the bod of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one ■ principal household being taken for Eleazar, ana one taken for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 The fiflh to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to * Abijah,
11 The ninth to JTeshuah, the tenth to She-
12 The eleventh to EliaBhib, the twelfth >o ^Idin,
' 13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the aiztecaith to Immer,
15 The seventeenth to Eteiir, the ei^teenth to Aphses,
16 The mneteenth to PethMiiah» the twentieth to Jehezekel.
17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the lour and twentieth to Maaziah.
19 These were the orderinga of them in their eerviee, i* to come into the house of the Lobd, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LosnGodof Israel had commanded him.
20 ^ And the rest of the sons of Levi were Aeae; Of the sons of Amram; «Shabaeh of the Bou of Shobael; Jebdetoh.
SUaxar and Itiiamar txeeuUd the jtrietCa •Aoa.] Dmbb tvra HTved the office during the life of ibeir fUber Awon t after hia death Eleazar •oeeeeded [a the high ariesdwod. And under Eli, the hi^ priest, dw UaS^ of IdMinttr re-entered into that office.
Verae 3. AiKid AUiiwIecftl Ahinwibrfi Is pot beie fbr AbiaOior, who was high priest io the of David..AHu^' faad aleo the name of Abimeleeh, as well aa hie fiuhar. See Cahtui.
VerseS. T^Ktfytfivitfed&yM] lliifl prevented jealousies; toty as all tae familiea were etfualljr noble, thqr had «qm n|^t to all eoeleaiaitieal and civiTdistinetumB.
Worses. Astd SunnaiaK\ "Moaea the great Beribe,irtto is ealled Shemaiah, the aoa of Nethanee^ of Ihs tribe of Levi, wrote them down." T^rgum,
Om prineipal hovAM—for EUaxar] "Hw fiunily of Bleagsr waa uie moat ilhiatriooa of tbe iBoerdotal fiuniliea; because Eleazar vaa the Jtrtt-hom of Aaron. Iihamar'a iunilywaatheMceiidioorderanddignit/: therefore me of the prioeipal femilies d Eleaaar wviht taken, and then one of Itbamar'a: and thua alternate^ till tbe whole waa fioiabed.
Tsraeia. Uidw.iwmAetr/aiW] That tb^ feUoved dkB ndar and phuM Ud down V Aaron daring feishpMnBt.
23 And the sons <i^t Hebron • Jeriah Aeiinf, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jelnr meam the fourth.
25 The brother of Miehah «a« iMhiah: of the Bons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
27 The sons of Merari hy Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham. and Zacctir, and Ibri.
30 *The BouB also of Mnshi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the houee of their fathers.
31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron, in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers or the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their Toonger brethren.
tains of the host separated to ammhm the service of the sons of • Asaph, and -TT-.^ ofHeman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen, according to tfaehr service, was:
2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Josei^ and Nethaniah, and ** Asarelah, the sons of Asaph, under tlje hands of Aaaim, which prophesied ' according to the order of the kiiur.
3 Of Jeduthun: the sona of Jeduthun; Gedar liah, aiul 'Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Haahabiah, and Mattithiah, ■ six, under the hands of Ibeir fiiUher Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.
6 All these were the sons ofHeman, the king's seer in the ^ words of God, to lift up the born. And God gave to Heman Jbarteen sons and three daogfitera.
Terae 26. TTie totu Mtrw^ It ia remarfcaUe dutt not a word ia here apoken of tbe fiunily of Qtnium,
TereeSl. 77te« /iievtve eiuf lof»] l%e Levi la* were divided Jato Vamty-faur orders; and these were appointed by lot to aerve unaer the twenty-four ordera of tbe prieeta | ne flnt order of Levitea to tbe fint wxler of prieeta, and ao on. Hie DManingia not veiy clear: both elder and younger, mm Kibop Patrick, had Ibeir places by lot, not by lemwuy of bouaea. Imy who were of grnter digni^ drew lots agaiutlbosB who were of lea t un were to tan tbeir cooTMa aoeordiiw to the lot ibey drew. Tliis inve been tbe eaae| bat we an very Ittdo interested in tbs mbiect.
NOTES ON CHAPTER XXV. Terae 1. />avtd 'and the captmiiM q/* At bottj Thn obiefe of thoae who formed tbe aeveral oioen: ootmUiiarjf obtains.
Should pnphegtf} Should aecompany their mttaical inatnuoenta with prayer nod ainpng.
verae 2. ffkiek prcpheeUdi Sung hymns and prayed. But tbe T^gum undentBoda Ibia m pmfbenmg in die proper aense of the term, and ibereCBre ai^ *'Vn» ptoibeaied hj the Holy SpiriL" JdrM iB of tna sasMopia-: on; end qootea the case of EHdia, 2 Kings iii. U. •mbo^ white the mioatrel played, tht hand tf BttLtrd, i.e.'Sm spirit of nopheqr, tpu upon him.
6 All theae were uode/ the handg of their fother for BOOB in the house of the Lobd, with ernbals, pflalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, ' accordi^ ^ to the king's order to Asaph, Jedothun, aodHeman.
7 So the nuiiu>er of them, with their brethrea that were instructed in the BODffs of the Lobo, torn all that were cuoBing, was two hundred fourscore and eight
8 V And ther ea^ lota, ward againat vard, as well the small as the ^eat, i toe teacher as the flohoter.
9 Now the first lot came fbrth for Aniph to Jompbi: the second to Gedaliaht who wkn his brethren and son^ were tw^ve;
10 The third to " Zaccar, he, his aons, end Us brethren, were twelve:
11 The fourth to Izri, Ae, hia bods, and his Wethrea, vere twelve:
12 The fifth to Nathaniah, he, hia wmu, and bis brethren, toere twelve:
12 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, hia sons, and his favetbren, were twelve:
15 The eighth to Jesbalah, he, hia sons, and bis brethren, were twelve:
16 The ninth to Mattaniah^ Ae, hia sods, and hia brethren, were twelve:
17 The tenth to Shioiei, he, hia aons, and his brethren, were twelve:
18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his aona, end hia brethren were twelve:
20 The thirteenth to ■ Shubael, he, hia sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
S3 The aixteuith to Hananiah, Ae, his sons, and hia bretiiren, were twelve:
25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and Ua brethren, were twelve:
96 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, hia aam, and his brethren, were twelve:
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, A<, hia aons, and his brethren, were twelve:
S9 The two and twentieth to Oiddalt^ Ae, his aona, and his brethren, were twelve:
tt is aul Aey ttwre uncbr thehandt<^ Ouir father Jedu- Atm, WM prmhctied wUK the harp, oc
VvtmB. T^I^upthehom] " tW horo of prophecy," myMJardUt "to aouod with uw tnimpet hi thsvords of pro^ecy belbre the Lord." Targum.
Verse 7. TuaIuaidrei/ourweor$andetghLl 1^1% tweWe elwue* of tipetUy-fimr Leviles e»eh; tutuehuntdnd md et^ijf-iigfit fivided by IimAm quotes Iwea^
Terse ft. JVrjlsqAfeJbHph] Rwlbsl-bom. The teeond le OadoHM The firA-bom of Jeduthon. YerwlO. 7%elhirdleZaeeur\ Tbefiret^wrDofAM^ VemlL 7%e/attrAtabril ^ seeoiid soa of Je-
T«m 12. TTie JUA lo If ethanitikl His fliird son «f Jiwh. TbiuwflfindthelptdidBotnmiaaiqrpsrtloular kiiia of order.
VetM 31. Romamti'ezerl Both these Dftinee belong Id the euae peraon. He » meatkmed alio Ter. 4.
Tf m this immgMC pstads of noise and ihow, David's own iaremkm, Christjiiai^ hsi nothing to da
_ NOTES ON CHAPTEB XXTL. Teat L nedlvMsiw^lhs porters] llierawenaf *ti>>wi ifeaMiaach ofwhlA bslongad teone of tba
30 The three and twentieth to Mahaxkrtb, H his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
31 The four and twentieth to ' Romamtlezer, Ae, bis sons, and bis brethren, were twelve.
CONCERNING the divisione of the porters: Of the Korhites woe.w «— 'MeBhe]emiahthe8onofKore,oftbe sons of Asaph.
2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were Zeebariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiab the third, Jathmel the fbnrth.
4 Moreover, the sons of Obed-edom were Shemaioh the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seveotfa, FeuUhai the eighth; for God blessed * him.
6 Also unto Shemaioh bis son were eons bam, fliat ruled throughout the house of their bther; for they were nuehty men of valoar.
8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom: di^, and their sons, and their brethren, able men nr strength for the so-vice, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.
10 Also ■< Hosah, of the children of Meran. Iiad sons; Simri the chief, (for Aough he mm not the first-born, yet hia ntber made him the chiefO
11 Hilkiah the seoond, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12 Among these were the divistona of the porters, even aowng the chief men, haoMg wards one against anottuer, to minister in Uw house of the Lord.
13 IF And they cast Iota, ■ as well the amaS as the great, accordlDg to the house of their fatben. for every gate.
14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah bis boo, a wise comueUor, they cast lots; and hia lot cams out northward.
four gates <d the temple, wfaidi opened to die luaioufari poiou of heaven. The eastern one teU to ShekBuah; die norHurn. to Zedisriah, ver.'l4i die swift ein, teOMedoshver. IB; lbs werfern, to Slnqinn wtA Va^, w. 10. l%esese«atalpetwneweree(^lsttueftbsBsperiirbandik or door-keepera, at die different gates. TVn vwe probamy a thouiand -nun under each of.theee eaptaaei u we find, from chap, zxiii. 5. ibat there were ^tar flU» saiuf iiLall.
Terse 6. Fbr Ood htoMd him] thu ie, Obed^edv; beeauM of the ark of the Lord which was ia hia have: and to hint was given the honour that be dMMdd sn Us children and grtmd children, ev^ four aeore and two, ters of the Levitea. — Targiim. In ver. 8. we have tmij $txty-two mentioned.
Veiae 6. Tliey were mig^ men q^" wlatirj Tkay were not only porten, or door-kaepen, in tbe ordStnaiy sense of the word, bat they were a military goard teilp gates; and pechi^ in diti aenae alone we are to mAeeatand their omee.
Terael2. Hie reit of Ihia eha^, with tbe wbofa «f ^ xxvliith ia wanting both in dw Sgriae and AraWa
Vane 13. TTum eaat b>U~/or every gafc} Nwe <f these capMin% or uwir oompaniea, was pamiMd to ehooas which gate they wsuM guard; bat each took hkappoifll-
16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot camejbrth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the tatuaeway of the gtAng ^ up, ward against ward.
17 Eastward were b\x Levites, northward four a day, southward four a 6aj, and toward Asuppim two and two.
16 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sonsof Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
SO ir And of the Levites, Ahiiah -was < over the treasares of the house of Qod, and over the tteaanres of the * dedicated things.
21 As concerning the sons of < Laadan: the Bone of the Gerehonite Laadan, chief fhtners, even of Laadao the Oershonite, were, " Jehieli.
23 The sons of Jehielij Zetham^ and Joel his brother, which were awr the treasures at the house of the Lord.
54 And * Sh^uel the son of G«rdiom, the son of Moses, was roler of the treamires.
55 And his brethren by EiUezer; Rehabtah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and 2w^hri bis son, and <> Sheloroith his son:
26 Which Shemnith and his, brethren were ttrer tdl the treasurea of the dedicated things, which David the lung, and the chief faUiera. the captains over thousands and hundreds, aod the captains of the host, had dedicated.
87 >* Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Loan.
38 And all that Samuel ' the seer, and Saul die son of Eish, aod Abner the eon of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, and Whoeoever had dedicated anjr thtt^, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
Terse IB. The gate ShaOedieth] The mte of the pro- JedimM! pnAably diat dirough vhich alfthe ofiU of tlw temple wu earned out.
V erse 17. Eaaiward wen H» LetU4a\ It ie auppcned Ami there were more guards aet at diu eaatam gate, because it waa more frequented than the others. At each of the other gU<a were ooly /our.- at this fix.
VflnaSO. Tketnamrm^Aekmimqf€hd\ Where the money waa kept, which was to be expended in oUa> lions for ue temple. — JarehL
Verae 24. ^ubuel the $m qf GtrAom] " Sbebuel, that is, JoDathao, the aon of OerahoiD, the aon of Moses, returned to ChdtltttaoSiauel.] And David seefng him expert in money matters, constituted fiim ohief treasurer."—T^mnm.
Verse 27. flu ^niU won in batltm did ^eudtdleate] It seems these were intended fbr its nfxUre. This ouston prevailed amotw almost all the people of the earth. AH who acknowledged any supreme being, beUered that vielory could only come liirougb him { and, therefbre, thought it i|uite rational to give him a share tS the spfltls. Proofs of this exist in all aneteialustorieBi tboa Virgtt—
On this passage, SeroiMa observeB—Ipaum vocamos. Jpnim, regtm aeorum — cut de pi»dA aebetor aliqnid: nam JRomania moriafvU, ut btUa gettari, de parte pr»- d« aliquidnuminibosfioUfccrenlur/ adeoutHmiueJuerit unum temptum Jovu Puoatokis: non fiwf medte pr4e*»t.*ed guod ei, ex pradt aliquid aabeatur. " Jupiter nim"''^ ^6 luDe of the gods, to whom a portion oi the pr^ was due i for it waa a custom among the Romans, ^rtien entering on a war, to promise some part of Iheprey to dkeir d^xu. And there was a temple at Rome, jbdirscffd to JiaiUtr Pbspatob! not because he pruidM over the prfjf, but beeaase a part of the prey was due to him."
Verse 29. Ouiwrd biuinete'i Work done without (he cdtv* euuinK of timber, hewing stona^ ploughing die SsMs belon^ng to Um aaiKtuary.— JiffvAi.
29 IT Of the Izharites. Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for * officers and judges.
30 And of the Hebrooites, Hash&blah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were t officers among them of Israel on this nde Jordan westward, in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king.
31 Among the Hebronites was 'JerijEmthe diief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were fotind among: them mighty men of valour * at Jazer of Gile^.
32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathwe, whom King David made rulers over the B«abenites, the Oadites, and the hsllf tribe of Maf nasseh, for every matter pertaining to God. and «affiurv»of theking.
M*«,udilwmaaaalawhlciblhirH<wO-ia Ikt nunaof itai- Ibi uAm,!>-«. TtenuaMwtiYtlHwholtiHBtetf iMHlaoaj
Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and ""^^^ hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
2 Over the first course for the first month was * Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first montlh