And David arose, and went with all the people that [were]
with
him
The thirty thousand chosen men gathered together, and as many
else as chose to go:
from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of
God;
that is, they first went to this place, as in ( 1 Chronicles
13:6 ) ; in order to fetch the ark from thence, as here
expressed, and then they came from thence with it; this place is
the same that is called Baalah and Kirjathbaal, a city in the
tribe of Judah; hence Judah is added to it, and the same with
Kirjathjearim, ( Joshua 15:9 Joshua 15:60
) ; the place where it was brought to when fetched from
Bethshemesh, ( 1 Samuel 7:1
) ; and had been here now near fifty years; nor was it any where
else during this time, only once at Gibeah of Saul with him, (
1 Samuel
14:18 ) ;
whose name he called by the name of the Lord of hosts, that
dwelleth
[between] the cherubim;
not the ark, but the Lord, whose is the ark; his name is called
by the name of Jehovah, the infinite, incomprehensible, eternal,
and immutable Being, the Lord of armies above and below; whose
habitation was between the cherubim that overshadowed the mercy
seat, which was above the ark; all this is said, not only to
express the greatness and majesty of God, but for the honour of
the ark, which belonged to him.