And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
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Gill's Exposition
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem,.... The chief and heads of the people:
to bring up the ark of the Lord; from the house of Obededom, where it had been three months, and for the…
Barnes' Notes
All Israel - Chosen men probably, like the 30,000 of 2Sa 6:1. See 1Ch 15:25.
Preparation is here made for the bringing of the ark home to the city of David from the house of Obed-edom. It is here owned that in the former attempt, though it was a very good work and in it they…
Cambridge Bible
gathered all Israel together R.V. assembled all Israel. It was a solemn religious assembly(Heb. Qâhâl, Greek ἐκκλησία).
his place R.V. its place, hisbeing the obsolete genitive of it.
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