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1 Chronicles 13:7

1 Chronicles 13:7
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

In a new cart - Lest it should be profaned by being placed on any carriage that had been employed about common uses.

Uzza and Ahio - All the versions understand אחיו achyo as signifying brother or…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Chronicles 13:1-8

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

a new cart A new cart was chosen as one which had not been profaned by common work. So (Jdg 16:11-12) new ropes "wherewith no work hath been done" were used in the attempt to bind the consecrated man,…