1 Chronicles 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.
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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
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.
Here is, I. David's pious proposal to bring up the ark of God to Jerusalem, that the royal city might be the holy city, Ch1 13:1-3. This part of the story we had not in Samuel. We may observe in this…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
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 dwellethbetween the cherubims R.V.…
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