1 Chronicles 13:5

5 And David assembleth all Israel from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering in of Hamath, to bring in the ark of God from Kirjath-Jearim,

1 Chronicles 13:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 13:5

So David gathered all Israel together
The principal of them, even 30,000 select men, ( 2 Samuel 6:1 ) from Shihor of Egypt;
or the Nile of Egypt, as the Targum and other Jewish writers, called Shihor from the blackness of its water, see ( Jeremiah 2:18 ) though some think the river Rhinocurura is meant, which both lay to the south of the land of Israel: even unto the entering of Hamath;
which the Targum interprets of Antiochia, which lay to the north of the land; so that this collection of the people was made from south to north, the extreme borders of the land: to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim;
where it then was, and had been a long time, see ( 1 Samuel 7:1 ) , from hence to the end of the chapter the account is the same with ( 2 Samuel 6:1-11 ) , see the notes there; what little variations there are, are there observed. (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:1) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:2) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:3) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:4) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:5) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:6) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:7) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:8) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:9) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:10) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:11)

1 Chronicles 13:5 In-Context

3 and we bring round the ark of our God unto us, for we sought Him not in the days of Saul.'

4 And all the assembly say to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people.

5 And David assembleth all Israel from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering in of Hamath, to bring in the ark of God from Kirjath-Jearim,

6 and David goeth up, and all Israel, to Baalah, unto Kirjath-Jearim that [is] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God Jehovah, inhabiting the cherubs, where the Name is called on.

7 And they place the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio are leading the cart,