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2 Samuel 6:1

David again gathered all the best soldiers in Israel. There were 30,000 men.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Miracles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Uzzah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jerusalem;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Obed-Edom;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Census;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   David;   Jaar;   Jerusalem;   Kiriath-Jearim;   Purity-Purification;   Samuel, Books of;   Uzzah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   David;   Jerusalem;   Priests and Levites;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nachon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nob;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cart;   David;   Tabernacle;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David again assembled all the fit young men in Israel: thirty thousand.
Hebrew Names Version
David again gathered together all the chosen men of Yisra'el, thirty thousand.
King James Version
Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Lexham English Bible
David again gathered all the chosen men in Israel, thirty thousand.
English Standard Version
David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
New Century Version
David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel—thirty thousand of them.
New English Translation
David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.
Amplified Bible
Again David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
New American Standard Bible
Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Contemporary English Version
David brought together thirty thousand of Israel's best soldiers and
Complete Jewish Bible
Again David summoned all the picked troops of Isra'el, 30,000 men.
Darby Translation
And David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
George Lamsa Translation
AGAIN David gathered together all the young men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Good News Translation
Once more David called together the best soldiers in Israel, a total of thirty thousand men,
Literal Translation
And David again gathered every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid gathered agayne all the yonge chosen men in Israel, euen thre thousande,
American Standard Version
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Bible in Basic English
And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
King James Version (1611)
Againe, Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirtie thousand:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David again gathered all the young men of Israel, about seventy thousand.
English Revised Version
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Berean Standard Bible
David again assembled the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Dauid gaderide eft alle the chosun men of Israel, thritti thousynde.
Young's Literal Translation
And David gathered again every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand,
Update Bible Version
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Webster's Bible Translation
Again, David assembled all [the] chosen [men] of Israel, thirty thousand,
World English Bible
David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
New King James Version
1 Chronicles 13:1-14; 15:25-16:3">[xr] Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand.
New Living Translation
Then David again gathered all the elite troops in Israel, 30,000 in all.
New Life Bible
Again David gathered all the chosen men of Israel. There were 30,000.
New Revised Standard
David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David, once more, gathered together all the choice young men in Israel, thirty thousand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Revised Standard Version
David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
THE MESSAGE
David mustered the pick of the troops of Israel—thirty divisions of them. Together with his soldiers, David headed for Baalah to recover the Chest of God, which was called by the Name God -of-the-Angel-Armies, who was enthroned over the pair of angels on the Chest.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

Contextual Overview

1 David again gathered all the best soldiers in Israel. There were 30,000 men. 2 Then David and all his men went to Baalah in Judah to take God's Holy Box there. The Holy Box is like God's throne —people go there to call on the name of the Lord All-Powerful who sits as king above the Cherub angels that are on that Box. 3 David's men brought the Holy Box out of Abinadab's house on the hill. Then they put God's Holy Box on a new wagon. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were driving the new wagon. 4 So they carried the Holy Box out of Abinadab's house on the hill. The sons of Abinadab, Uzzah and Ahio, drove the new wagon. Ahio was walking in front of the Holy Box. 5 David and all the Israelites were dancing in front of the Lord and playing all kinds of musical instruments. There were lyres, harps, drums, rattles, instruments made from cypress wood, and cymbals.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:1, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Chronicles 13:1-4, Psalms 132:1-6

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:1 - the king 1 Chronicles 13:5 - David Acts 7:45 - unto

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Have many children. Fill the earth and take control of it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the air. Rule over every living thing that moves on the earth."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Again, David gathered together all [the] chosen [men] of Israel, thirty thousand. Which was done by the advice of his officers, 1 Chronicles 13:1; the word "again" refers either to the gathering of them when they made him king in Hebron, as the Jewish writers generally observe; but then they gathered themselves, and not David: or rather to his gathering them to fight the Philistines a little while ago; and as they were the choice and young men that were gathered for war, as being the fittest, so now to fetch up the ark with dancing and singing, and to protect it; the Septuagint version says they were about seventy thousand; but the Targum, Syriac, and Arabic versions, have thirty thousand, agreeably to the Hebrew text.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Again - It should be, “and David again gathered,” etc., i. e. after the previous gathering, either for his election to the kingdom 2 Samuel 5:1-3 or for the Philistine war 2 Samuel 5:17-25, he assembled them again for the peaceful purpose of bringing up the ark to Mount Zion (see marginal reference). The whole narrative indicates the progressive consolidation of David’s power, and the settlement of his monarchy on strong foundations.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER VI

David goes with thirty thousand men to being the ark from

Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem, 1-5.

The ox stumbling, Uzzah, who drove the cart on which the ark

was placed, put forth his hand to save it from falling: the

Lord was displeased, and smote him so that he died, 6, 7.

David, being alarmed, carries the ark to the house of

Obed-edom, 8-10.

Here it remained three months; and God prospered Obed-edom, in

whose house it was deposited, 11.

David, hearing of this, brings the ark, with sacrifices and

solemn rejoicings, to Jerusalem, 12-15.

Michal, seeing David dance before the ark, despises him, 16.

He offers burnt-offerings and peace offerings, and deals among

all the people, men and women, a cake of bread, a good piece

of flesh, and a flagon of wine each, 17-19.

Michal coming to meet him, and seeing him dance extravagantly

before the ark, reproaches him for his conduct: he vindicates

himself, reproves her, and she dies childless, 20-23.

NOTES ON CHAP. VI

Verse 2 Samuel 6:1. Thirty thousand. — This is supposed to have been a new levy; and thus he augmented his army by 30,000 fresh troops. The Septuagint has 70,000.


 
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