And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
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Gill's Exposition
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting,.... See Sa2 6:15.
1 Chronicles 15:29
Barnes' Notes
“Fine linen” (byssus) is here first spoken of as used for dress. It seems to have been reserved for nobles of the highest rank Est 8:15, for kings, and for priests 2Ch 5:12. David’s robe was probably…
Adam Clarke
A robe of fine linen - A robe made of בוץ buts, probably the tuft or beard of the Pinna Magna, a species of muscle found every where on the shores of the Mediterranean, growing sometimes, as I have…
All things being got ready for the carrying of the ark to the city of David, and its reception there, we have here an account of the solemnity of this conveyance thither from the house of…
Cambridge Bible
the master of the song R.V. mg., the master of the carryingof the ark. Cp. 1Ch 15:22, note.
an ephod of linen A linen ephod was the ordinary vestment for all priests (1Sa 22:18). The highpriest's…