1 Chronicles 13:6

1Ch 13:6 And 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].

Ver. 6. That is, to Kirjathjearim.] Called also Kirjathbaal. {Jos 15:60} For more notes on this and the following verses, see on 2Sa 6:2-10. {See Trapp on "2Sa 6:2"} &c

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1Ch 13:6. David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, Kirjath-jearim — Which explication is justified by Jos 15:9; Jos 15:60, where the same city is called by both names: see note on 2Sa 6:2. The ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubim — Showing himself in a singular manner present or visible between the cherubim, before which his name was called upon, 2Sa 6:1.

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Or, Baal, read 2 Sam. 6:2.

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David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah--(See on Sa2 6:1-11).

whose name is called on it--rather, "who is worshipped there" (Sa2 6:2).

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Verse 6. Whose name is called on it.] "Where his name is invoked." - T.

And so the Hebrew, אשר נקרא שם asher nikra shem, should be understood, his name was not called on it, but invoked at it.

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(6) From this point our narrative coincides with that of 2Sa_6:2-11. The original text was plainly the same, whether the chronicler drew directly from the Book of Samuel, or from another source. Such differences as appear consist of abridgments, paraphrases, and corrections.

All Israel.—Samuel, “All the people that were with him.”

To Baalah.—Jos_15:60, “Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim.” “Baas town” was doubtless the original name. “Town of woods” describes the position of the place. Our text appears more correct than that of Samuel, which has, “And David rose and went, and all the people that were with him, from BaalêJudah.” The Targum, LXX., and Syriac, translate that which the Authorised Version gives as a proper name, “The people that were with him of the cities lords men of Judah.” If this be right, perhaps “Baalah” has fallen out of the text of Samuel owing to its resemblance to the word baalê. lords. Kirjath־jearim is the modern ‘Erma, four miles east of Ain Shems (Bethshemesh).—Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement, October, 1881.

The Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims.—Rather, Jehovah, who sitteth upon the cherubim (comp. Psa_16:11; Psa_80:2; Isa_37:16).

Whose name is called on it.—The Hebrew is, “who (or which) is called Name.” The Israelites in later days avoided all mention of the Divine name of Jehovah, and substituted hashshçm “the Name” (comp. Lev_24:16, and the Third Commandment). A comparison with 2Sa_6:2, however, suggests that a word meaning “upon it” (‘âlâw), has fallen out. In that case the literal rendering will be, upon which (i.e., the Ark) the Name (of Jehovah) is called= which is called by the name (of Jehovah). The Ark was often called “the Ark of Jehovah” (1Ch_15:3). The Hebrew and Targum of Samuel favour this. Some MSS. of Chron. read “there” (shâm) instead of “name” (shçm). This, gives the meaning, who is invoked there (at the Ark). Comp. the LXX. οὗ ἐπεκλήθη ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.

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6. to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim] Cp. Jos_15:9; in Jos_15:60 Kiriath-baal. Its site has not been certainly identified; cp. Kirkpatrick’s note on 2Sa_6:2.

that dwelleth between the cherubims] R.V. that sitteth upon the cherubim; cp. Eze_1:26.

whose name is called on it] R.V. which is called by the Name; the God whose is the ark is here distinguished from the gods of the nations as the God who bears the ineffable Name.

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Hill. Hebrew, "to Baalah," which was another name, as well as "Baslim," for Cariathiarim, 1 Kings vii. 2. (Calmet)

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That is, to Kirjath-jearim; which explication is justified by Jos 15:9,60, where the same city is called by both names.

Object. They are said to go from this Baale, 2Sa 6:2.

Answ. 1. Some learned men render that place also to Basle, the particle mem being sometimes used for to amongst the Hebrews, and especially amongst the Arabians.

2. Both were true; they first went to Baale for the ark, as is here said, and then went from Baale to bring, or to carry, (for the word signifies either,) or carrying, from thence the ark of God, as is there related. But of this and other difficulties or differences between these two relations, See Poole "2Sa 6:1" and following.

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To Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim (see Jos_15:9-11; 1Sa_4:7; 2Sa_6:2; where the name is spelt with a final yod instead of he) A third name of this same place, Kirjath-baal , is found Jos_15:60 Jos_18:14. Probably the present Arms, a ruin (i.q. Kirjath- Ezr_2:25) on the brink of the valley of Sorek, may be the place (see Conder"s "Bible Handbook," p. 419, 2nd edit.). We read in Jos_9:17-27 how the men of Kirjath-jearim had been made by Joshua "hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord." Hither to this Kirjath-jearim the ark had been conveyed from Bethshemesh, (1Sa_7:1, 1Sa_7:2) and here it "abode" long time, "for it was twenty years." Perhaps the word "abode" in this passage may be equivalent to abode unmoved. (1Sa_14:18, 1Sa_14:19) For though the chronology from the death of Eli, through the remainder of Samuel"s career and of Saul"s, seems almost hopelessly uncertain, yet it would appear certain that the interval exceeded twenty years, to the time that David now takes in hand to bring home, as it were, the ark. The ark of God, the Lord. Though the Authorized Version of this passage is better and cleverer than that of the parallel, (2Sa_6:2) yet it is left somewhat obscure. The comma should follow the name God. Jehovah sitting upon the cherubim then follows as a clause in apposition, while the last three words (as the name is called, rather than whose name) state that clause to contain "the Name of the Lord" (Deu_10:8 Deu_31:9; 1Sa_4:4 1Sa_5:3 1Sa_6:8) Bertheau, following Thenius, proposes to change the Hebrew into But there are abundant objections to this.

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That is - The same city was called by both names.

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to Baalah, to Kirjath The meaning is: to Baalah, which is Kirjath-Jearim.

to bring up from there, etc. As it is written (II Sam. 6:2): “... which is called a name, the name of the Lord of Hosts, Who dwells upon the cherubim;” i.e., the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, was called upon the Ark. Although the Ark had been exiled to [the land of] the Philistines, this name did not leave it, because it was hallowed.

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