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1A0 I CHRONICLES CHAPTER 13
At the beginning of our last Chapter, I Chronicles 12, we read of those who came to David from the Tribes of Benjamin, Gad and Judah, to join unto him while he was in Ziklag, still on the run from Saul.
That all changed when we came to verse v12:23 where we saw a great host from all the tribes come to David in Hebron—which he had now went to when he found out Saul and three of his four sons were killed on the battlefield fighting against the Philistines—“to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.”. There was a slew of information left out in this transition, so much so, that I feel it needs to be brought in, in order that the student not be lost.
Saul was Father’s answer to our forefathers desire for a man king to rule over them instead of our Father. He chose Saul because, Saul was a man who couldn't find his own ass both literally and metaphorically. When Father sent His Priest Samuel to anoint His first man king, Saul was out in the field looking for his fathers ass who he was supposed to be tending; however, tht ass had gotten away from Saul and he was having trouble locating it when Samuel came upon him to anoint him. Now, don’t get me wrong as, Saul was an extremely handsome man who stood head and shoulders above every other man, and he started out being a righteous king however, two things were wrong: (1) Saul was a Benjamite and Father had prophesied hundreds of years previous that it would be Judah’s descendants who would rule the Nation of the House of Israel; and (2) Saul stopped honoring, serving and worshiping Father and started serving other false gods and he even went so far as to seek familiar spirits which Father emphatically forbade. So, while Saul was still king, Father had Samuel anoint David to be the second man king of the Nation.
Which is where we pick up our Study in this Chapter, I Chronicles 13, with David being in Jerusalem ready to assume his rightful place as King of the Nation of the House of Israel according to the Word of Father.
With that introduction being said, let’s go to Father and ask Him for His Blessings on our Study of His Word: “Father, we come to you right now to thank you for inviting us to Your table in order that we might be able to partake of and receive Your Spiritual Meat, and Father, as we prepare to dine on the sustenance which sustains our inner man, we ask that You Oh LORD open our ears and eyes, that we might be able to hear and see your Truths, open our hearts and minds and prepare us in order that we may receive Your Truth. We Pray for Your Understanding of Your Word, we seek Your Knowledge in Your Word, and most importantly Father, we Pray for and desire Your Wisdom from Your Word, in Jesus’ Precious name we Pray, thank You Father, Amen.”
I Chronicles 10:1-
II Chronicles 36:21
HISTORY (UP TO THE
CAPTIVITY.) (Division.)
11:1-II Chronicles 36:21
The house of David
established.
11:1-II Chronicles 36:21
THE HOUSE OF David
ESTABLISHED. (Division.)
11:1-29:25 Events in detail.
11:1-29:25 EVENTS IN
DETAIL. (Introversion.)
11:1-29:30 David.
11:1-29:30 DAVID. (Division.)
13:1-16:43 The tent.
David’s bringing up the
Ark for it.
13:1-16:43 THE TENT.
DAVID’S BRINGING UP
THE ARK FOR IT.
(Introversion.)
13:1-14 Removal of Ark
from Kirjath-jearim.
13:1-14 REMOVAL FROM
KIRJATH-JEARIM. (Extended
Alternation.)
13:1-6 Preparation. Of
People.
I Chronicles 13:1 And David (loving; or, well-beloved) (Daw-veedי) consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. —>
Why has David gathered all his leaders together to consult with them? As we’re about to discover in the next couple of verses, David wants to bring Father’s Ark to Jerusalem—from where it has been sitting in Kirjath-jearim for the past 20+ years.
This event is covered in II Samuel 6 which I’ll bring in, in a couple verses below, but, we read there that David consulted with 30,000 chosen men.
David=I could spend days discussing David and his life; literally, two entire Books—II Samuel and I Chronicles—covered most of what David accomplished as king of Israel. David was a man after Father’s own heart, and though he made a few mistakes, David always tried to please Father in all that he did; therefore, Father loved David; so much so that, He chose David as the Line to bring forth the Branch, The Bright Morning Star, Immanuel\Emmanuel, God in the Flesh: Jesus. Even though Father chose David, it doesn’t mean that David never sinned as, David indeed did sin. He committed adultery with the wife of one of his soldiers; and, then had that soldier murdered by ordering his being put on the front lines of the hottest part of the battle. David was not perfect; however, he was obedient in the end; and, in the end, he left judgment in Father’s hand. All the other kings of Judah and some of the kings of Israel will be judged; or, compared to David; and, the one thing which can always be said of David, is that, not one time had David ever fallen away into idolatry. But, what else can we take away from David? If you sin: repent to Father and then leave the correction and judgment in Father’s hands. † While researching the etymology of the name David we find that most Bible translators and commentator will render the name David as Beloved; but, as always with important names, the etymology of the name David is disputed. However, we can’t help noticing the distinct similarity of this name with the Hebrew root דוד (dwd) that yields דוד (dod), generally meaning beloved. This word is also the Hebrew word for uncle — I Chronicles 27:32, for instance, speaks of דוד־דויד, or “David’s uncle”: The distinct difference between the name דוד (David) and the word דוד (dod) is that in the name David the letter waw counts for a consonant, while in the word dod it counts for a vowel. A consonant and a vowel are completely different entities and they’ll never mean the same, no matter how many times you write them with the same symbol (in this case the waw). If the name was meant to mean Beloved, then it was perhaps given to David after he became king and beloved. In his father’s household he wasn’t much of a hit, after all. But then, if this name was meant to mean Beloved, why hasn’t history given us the tales of King Dod? Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament lists David under dod but admits that “the name is conjectured to come from dod, beloved, but the etymology is uncertain. It has been compared with the Mari term dawidum, Lsquo;leader,’ but this too is unsure.” Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary too lists the name David under the derivations of the root dod, but also makes mention of A.H. Sayce’s note of a sun-god named Dodo — דודה — which was worshipped in East-Jordan Israel. Zion, now known as the city of David, was then apparently known as the city of the god Dod. But where Dod went the way of the dodo, king David is eternally remembered as the beloved king. And this is curious for more than one reason. But whatever the reason, Israel’s identity of a Kingdom is associated with a king whose name is not a regular Hebrew word, but which is spelled identical to the word for Beloved, and pronounced completely different. Perhaps, and this is a wild guess, the name Dod was altered to David to charge it with the tone of the word דוה (dawa), meaning infirmity.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1732, - דּוד, or דּויד, - dâvid, or dâvı̂yd, pronounced - daw-veed’, or daw-veed’ and means: From the same as H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse: - David. Total KJV occurrences: 1076.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we find that the description of David in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary is extensive and too long to post here; so, I’ll instead just post the link to it: David.
I Chronicles 13:2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel (he will rule as YAH; or, the prince that prevails with YAH) (Yis-raw-aleי) (secondary map), “If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: —> David is not wanting to leave anybody out of this “meeting of the minds.”
Brethren=David here calls them his brethren; however, so does our Lord Jesus, the True David as Paul points out to us in Hebrews 2:11 which reads: Hebrews 2:11 For both He That sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of One: for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren,.
The Priests and Levites=The priests and Levites that David mentioned here are not mentioned in II Samuel 6. The priests and Levites are at this time in their Sanctuary cities, remember, Father is their allotment, therefore they have no land or property for themselves.
Israel=The kingdom of Israel consists and comprises of both a People, and a territory. The People were and are our Father, our Creator ELOHIM’s Chosen People. Chosen only in the sense that they were the lineage through which He Himself will\would be born in the flesh as His Only Begotten Son: Jesus Christ. That lineage began with Adam, then his son Seth, down to Noah, then his son Shem, down to Abram, then his son Isaac, and the his son Jacob whom Father renamed Israel, on to his two sons Levi—actually, Levi’s son Amram amd his son Aaron and his descendants—and Judah—and his son Pharez, then his son Hezron, then his son Aram, then his Amminadab, then his son Nashon, then his son Salmon, then his son Boaz, then his son Obed, then his son Jesse, then his son David. Both lineages culminated and terminated at Mary—cousin to Elisabeth, wife of Zacharias—whom the Holy Spirit overshadowed while she was yet a virgin, and after Michael the arch angel had told would come to pass. When Father had changed Jacob’s name to Israel and then he had his twelve sons—Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Napthali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin—who went into captivity to Egypt for those 200 plus years, when Father led them out by the hand of Moses, they became known collectively as, the House of Israel. As for the territory, see the links of the 2 maps in the verse to understand the land mass which comprised the territory of Israel. † As to the etymology of the name Israel, the meaning of the name Israel is not clear; but, yet, it’s huge. The meaning of Israel is not singular and distinct; but, consists of many nuances and facets and bulges with theological significance. Judging from Genesis 32:28, the form ישראל (Israel) appears to be a compilation of two elements. The first one is the noun אל, El, the abbreviated form of אלהים, Elohim, denoting the genus God: The second part of our name appears to be related to the verb שרה I (sara I): However, even though Genesis 32:28 uses the enigmatic verb שרה — which is assumed to mean to struggle but which might something else entirely — it’s by no means certain that this verb is etymologically linked to our name Israel. When we say, “we named him Bob because that seemed like a good idea,” we certainly don’t mean to say that the name Bob means “good idea.” The first part of the name Israel looks a lot like the verb שרה that explains this name; but, this apparent link is possibly a mere case of word-play. In fact, the name Israel may have more to do with the verb ישר (yashar), meaning to be upright. Note that the difference between the letter שׂ (sin) as found in the name ישׂראל (Israel) and the letter שׁ (shin) as found in the verb ישׁר (yashar) didn’t exist in Biblical times and as it was invented more than a thousand years after the Bible was written: For a meaning of the name Israel, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List, Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and Alfred Jones (Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names) unanimously go with the verb שרה of which the meaning is unsure. Undeterred, NOBSE reads God Strives, and BDB proposes El Persisteth or El Persevereth. Alfred Jones figures that the mysterious verb שרה might very well mean “to be princely,” and assumes that the name Israel consists of a future form of this verb, which hence would mean to become princely. And so Jones interprets the name Israel with He Will Be Prince With God.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H3478, - ישׂראל, - Yiśrâ'êl, pronounced - Yis-raw-ale’, and means: From H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: - Israel. Total KJV occurrences: 2,576.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary: The description of Israel in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary is extensive and too long to post here; so, I’ll instead just post the link to it: Israel.
I Chronicles 13:3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul (asked; or, desired) (shaw-oolי).” —>
Remember brethren, Father’s Ark is in Kirjath-jearim where the Israelites left it when we last read of it back in I Samuel 7.
The Ark of our God=Note the different titles used of Father’s Ark in His Word, especially in the Books of the Chronicles: It’s The Ark — fifteen times, The Ark of God — twelve times, The Ark of the LORD — four times, The Ark of the Covenant of the LORD — eleven times, The Ark of the covenant of God — once, The Ark of Thy strength — once, The holy Ark — once, and The Ark of our God — once, for a total of forty-six uses. Now, let’s compare the title here, with those of Exodus 25:22 which Dr. Bullinger declares the other seven titles: Ark of the Testimony, Ark of the covenant of YHVH, Ark of Adonai YHVH, Ark of YHVH, Ark of ELOHIM, The holy Ark, and The Ark of Thy strength.
Enquired not at it=The word “enquired” as used in this verse, is the same as when Saul sought after and enquired of the witch of Endor. There, he sought diligently; here, they have not sought diligently of Father. We can contrast David’s thoughts and actions here with some of the last instructions he gave his son Solomon as he lay on his deathbed of which we can read in I Chronicles 28:9 which reads: I Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. —>
This word is דָּרַשׁ, - dârash, pronounced - daw-rashי, Hebrew word number H1875, and means: to seek diligently, as in, with your whole heart.
As I mentioned in verse v13:1 above, we read of these events taking place in II Samuel 6, so let’s turn there to read it: II Samuel 6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. —> With the battle against the Philistines and the defeat thereof now behind them, David now turns his attention to bringing Father’s Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. He therefore sends out message to all the Tribes and gathers together the chosen men—some thirty thousand of them—to come to Jerusalem so they can discuss the bringing of Father’s home. After some lengthy discussion they all set-out to retrieve Father’s Ark. Sadly, David is about to err up with an object which is very close to Father’s heart. See, David wants to bring the Ark of the covenant to Jerusalem in order to give honor to Father; however, he does not first seek guidance from Father, nor does he even seek counsel from Abiathar—the High priest who is with him at this time—as to if, or how, he should accomplish this task he is desiring to do. This err in judgment in not seeking counsel and guidance will end in the death of a man because, they—the chosen men with David leading them—will incorrectly transport the Ark by not complying with Father’s instruction which He passed down to Moses and Aaron almost a thousand years ago. II Samuel 6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts That dwelleth between the cherubims. —> David and the thirty thousand chosen men head out to the territories of Judah to get Father’s Ark. We last read of the Ark in I Samuel 7, where our forefathers had moved it. Baale of Judah=The old Canaanite name of Kirjath-jearim.
Saul=Son of Kish, of the Tribe of Benjamin. Saul was the first man king of the nation of the House of Israel; which, if you are familiar with Father’s Word, then you’ll know and realize is almost a miracle in and of itself as, back in Judges 20, the Tribe of Benjamin was almost completely wiped out by the other tribes because, they were sottish and allowed perversion to reign in their territories, and they sided with those who raped, abused, and then killed a Levites’s concubine. After the other tribes were through warring against them, there were only roughly 600 people—all men—left in the Tribe. The other tribes had to forfeit some of their daughters in order for the Tribe to continue on. † When we are first introduced to Saul in I Samuel 9:2, he is described as being, “a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.;” but, he was also a man who could not even find his own donkeys. In fact, he was out searching for them when Father sent His Prophet Samuel to go and anoint him as the first man king. Saul had, and Father gave him, every opportunity to be a great man and king over His People; however, Saul was a man of the flesh, and as such, he allowed his flesh to come between he and Father, he chose flesh over Father, and he sinned against Father by honoring, serving, and worshiping other, false gods. Saul also disobeyed Father on multiple occasions: (1) In I Samuel 14, right after Saul had been made king, Samuel had told Saul to go to Gilgal and await his arrival; but, when Samuel didn’t arrive when Saul thought he should have, Saul made unlawful sacrifices to Father. No sooner had he made these sacrifices when Samuel arrives and sees what he had done. Samuel questions Saul about his offering unlawful sacrifices, and Saul replies that, Samuel had tarried too long, and he was afraid that the Philistines would attack him; therefore, he offered sacrifices himself. Samuel then told Saul that, he had done foolishly: thou hast not kept Father’s Commandment, which He had Commanded Saul: that, had Saul been obedient, then, Father would have established the kingdom of Israel into Saul’ hand for ever. But, since he had not been obedient, Father was going to give the kingdom to another man; (2) We read in I Samuel 15 that, Father, through His Prophet Samuel, told Saul to utterly destroy all the Amalekites—this meant that he was to kill every man, woman, and child, plus, every animal they had. There were also kenites living among these Amalekites whom Saul told to get away from the Amalekites because, they had treated Israel nicely when they came up, out of Egypt, which was an outright lie and which went completely against Father and His command. I challenge anybody to show me in Father’s Word where the kenites aided the Israelites when Father led them up out of Egypt—but, Saul chose not do so, he allowed his army to keep the Amalekite king: Agag, alive; and, they also kept for themselves, many of the best livestock. When Samuel questioned him about this disobedience to Father’s Commands, Saul lied by saying that, the People disobeyed him, and by claiming that they were going to make sacrifices to Father with the king and the livestock which they had kept alive. For this disobedience, Father told Saul through His Prophet that, He rejected Saul and He rejected Saul as the king of Israel. After telling Saul these things, Samuel turned to walk away from Saul; but, Saul reached out to grab ahold of Samuel, and upon doing so, he ripped Samuel’s robe, Samuel immediately turned around and told Saul in a stern voice that, as he had ripped his garment, Father has ripped the kingdom out of his hand and was now going to give it to another man, and not his son. Samuel then tolod Saul to bring Agag to him and upon Agag being brought, Samuel fulfilled Father’s Command and slew Agag. (3) King Saul, after hearing the women singing and saying “Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands” Saul became very angry, and from that day until his death, he chased after, in order to kill, David, whom Father had already anointed to be the Second king of the House of Israel; (4) After Samuel had died and Father had abandoned Saul, Saul was about to war against the Philistines; but, Saul was afraid because, he didn’t have Samuel to guide him and seek Father—not that it would have mattered because, Saul probably would have disobeyed what Father would have told him anyway—so, Saul sought out a woman who had a familiar spirit as, he wanted to communicate with Samuel, even though Samuel was dead. This was a big NO NO as, Father Commanded in Leviticus 19:31; 20:36; and Deuteronomy 18:11 that His Children were not to seek or regard those who have or deal with familiar spirits. † The etymology of the name Saul or Shaul comes from the verb שאל .(shaיal) meaning to ask, inquire, borrow, beg: For a meaning of the name Shaul or Saul, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Asked (of God), although God is not referred to in this name. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary interprets our name Saul with Asked (of YHVH). Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads a more correct Asked For.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H7586, - שָׁאוּל, - shâ'ûl, pronounced - shaw-ool’, and means: Passive particle of H7592; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites: - Saul, Shaul. Total KJV occurrences: 406. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(desired), more accurately Shaul. The first king of Israel, the son of Kish, and of the tribe of Benjamin. His character is in part illustrated by the fierce, wayward, fitful nature of the tribe and in part accounted for by the struggle between the old and new systems in which he found himself involved. To this we must add a taint of madness. which broke out in violent frenzy at times leaving him with long lucid intervals. He was remarkable for his strength and activity II Samuel 1:25 and, like the Homeric heroes, of gigantic stature, taller by head and shoulders than the rest of the people, and of that kind of beauty denoted by the Hebrew word “good,” I Samuel 9:2, and which caused him to be compared to the gazelle, “the gazelle of Israel.” His birthplace is not expressly mentioned; but, as Zelah in Benjamin was the place of Kish’s sepulchre II Samuel 21:14, it was probable; his native village. His father, Kish, was a powerful and wealthy chief though the family to which he belonged was of little importance I Samuel 9:1,21. A portion of his property consisted of a drove of asses. In search of these asses, gone astray on the mountains, he sent his son Saul It was while prosecuting this adventure that Saul met with Samuel for the first time at his home in Ramah, five miles north of Jerusalem. A divine intimation had made known to him the approach of Saul, whom he treated with special favor, and the next morning descending with him to the skirts of the town, Samuel poured over Saul’s head the consecrated oil, and with a kiss of salutation announced to him that he was to be the ruler of the nation I Samuel 9:25; I Samuel 10:1. Returning homeward his call was confirmed by the incidents which according to Samuel’s prediction, awaited him I Samuel 10:9,10. What may be named the public call occurred at Mizpeh, when lots were cast to find the tribe and family which was to produce the king, and Saul, by a divine intimation was found hid in the circle of baggage which surrounded the encampment I Samuel 10:17-24. Returning to Gibeah, apparently to private life, he heard the threat issued by Nahash king of Ammon against Jabesh-gilead. He speedily collected an army, and Jabesh was rescued. The effect was instantaneous on the people, and the monarchy was inaugurated anew at Gilgal I Samuel 11:1-15. It should be, however, observed that according to I Samuel 12:12, the affair of Nahash preceded and occasioned the election of Saul. Although king of Israel, his rule was at first limited; but, in the second year of his reign he began to organize an attempt to shake off the Philistine yoke, and an army was formed. In this crisis, Saul, now on the very confines of his kingdom at Gilgal, impatient at Samuel’s delay, whom he had directed to be present, offered sacrifice himself. Samuel, arriving later, pronounced the first curse, on his impetuous zeal I Samuel 13:5-14. After the Philistines were driven back to their own country occurred the first appearance of Saul’s madness in the rash vow which all but cost the life of his soil I Samuel 14:24,44. The expulsion of the Philistines, although not entirely completed, I Samuel 14:52, at once placed Saul in a position higher than that of any previous ruler of Israel, and he made war upon the neighboring tribes. In the war with Amalek, I Samuel 14:48; 15:1-9, he disobeyed the prophetical command of Samuel, which called down the second curse, and the first distinct intimation of the transference of the kingdom to a rival. The rest of Saul’s life is one long tragedy. The frenzy which had given indications of itself before now at times took almost entire possession of him. In this crisis David was recommended to him. From this time forward their lives are blended together [DAVID]. In Saul’s better moments he never lost the strong affection which he had contracted for David. Occasionally, too his prophetical gift returned, blended with his madness II Samuel 19:24. But his acts of fierce, wild zeal increased. At last the monarchy itself broke down under the weakness of his head. The Philistines re-entered the country, and just before giving them battle Saul’s courage failed and he consulted one of the necromancers, the “Witch of Endor,” who had escaped his persecution. At this distance of time it is impossible to determine the relative amount of fraud or of reality in the scene which follows, though the obvious meaning of the narrative itself tends to the hypothesis of some kind of apparition II Samuel 19:28. On hearing the denunciation which the apparition conveyed, Saul fell the whole length of his gigantic stature on the ground, and remained motionless till the woman and his servants forced him to eat. The next day the battle came on. The Israelites were driven up the side of Gilboa. The three sons of Saul were slain. Saul was wounded. According to one account, he fell upon his own sword, I Samuel 31:4, and died. The body on being found by the Philistines was stripped slid decapitated, and the headless trunk hung over the city walls, with those of his three sons I Samuel 31:9,10. The head was deposited (probably at Ashdod) in the temple of Dagon (I Chronicles 10:10). The corpse was buried at Jabesh-gilead I Samuel 31:13.”.
I Chronicles 13:4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the People. —> It’s almost amazing, they got all 30,000 of these chosen leaders to agree— with no descension, squabbling or quarreling, a monumental feat if you ask me—that it was the right time to bring Father’s Ark up from Kirjath-jearim.
Right in the eyes of all the People=Yes, all the People thought it a righteous thing to bring Father’s Ark up to Jerusalem—and truly it was—however, in all their consultation, they left out 1 Person, the most important Person of all: Father, they never thought once of consulting Him or with Him to find out what He wanted and how they should do this.
I Chronicles 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor (dark, that is, turbid; and, dark) (shee-khoreי) of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath (walled; or, heat) (kham-awthי), to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim (city of forests, or city of towns; or, city of forests) ((keer-yathי) yeh-aw-reemי). —> As I mentioned in verse v13:1 above, Father’s Ark had been sitting in Kirjath-jearim for approximately 20 years; however, prior to that, it had been in the hands of the Philistines for approximately 60 years, all the way back to the time of Eli—I Samuel 4—thus bringing the total years to approximately 80+ years .
Shihor=The extreme south or southern boarder. Not the Nile; but, the Wady of Egypt, also known as the Wady el-יArish, which was on the southwestern boundary of Canaan.
Hemath=Hemath as we know, was the father of the Rechabites, and Hemath is the land named after him. Of course, they were kenites; and therfore, vagabonds and wanderers, and really they had no home.
Kirjath-jearim=Kirjath-jearim was one of the four chief cities of the Gibeonites—the mention of the name Gibeonites should start to raise the hair on the back of your neck brethren—if you know anything of father’s Word that is. We first read of Kirjath-jearim in Joshua 9 when the Gibeonites worked wilily against our forefathers and made as if they had been ambassadors and took old sacks and wine bottles, and they allowed their bread to get moldy, and rubbed dirt all over their clothes and shoes in order to make themselves appear as if they had come from a far-off land in order to serve and worship Father YHVH. In reality, their city was less than 3 days travel away. They did all this in order to deceive our forefathers so as they would disobey Father and not kill them. Joshua and the elders—without first consulting with Father—believed their lies and invited them into their camp, making a covenant with them that they would not kill them. When it was found out 3 days later that they had been lied to, Joshua and the elders knew they had been had but, they now couldn’t kill them because of their promise not to. Therefore, they made them servants—later known as “nethinims” or temple servants—having them draw water and hew wood for Father’s Altar. Eventually, the city of Kirjath-jearim was given to the Tribe of Judah, and it was one of the places which lie on the boarder between Judah and Benjamin. It was obviously situated at the north or north-western border of Judah because it also served as a marker for the territory of the tribe of Benjamin as we read in Joshua 18:14. In the time of the judges, a band of six-hundred Danites came from the north looking for better lands and camped near Kiriath-jearim on their way to sack Laish, and called it Mahaneh-dan, but that name doesn’t seem to have stuck. Much later, when the Philistines delivered the Ark of the Covenant back to our forefathers after having captured it during the time of Eli, it ended up in the house of Abinadab of Kiriath-jearim as we read in I Samuel 7:1, from which David retrieved it when he became king of the Nation of the House of Israel II Samuel 6 and I Chronicles 13. † The etymology of the name Kirjath-jearim obviously consists of two elements. The first part is the same as the name Kiriath, which is identical to an older variant of the Biblical noun קריה (qiryah), meaning city. It derives of the verb קרה (qara), meaning to meet or get together: The second part of our name is a regular plural form of the noun יער (yaיar), meaning forest, from the unused root יער: For a meaning of the name Kiriath-jearim, both New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary read City Of Forests. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes City Of Woods, and adds: “i.e. full of woods or trees”.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H7157, - קרית יערים or קרית ערים, - qiryath ye‛ârı̂ym or qiryath ‛ârı̂ym, pronounced - (keer-yathי) yeh-aw-reemי or (keer-yathי) aw-reemי, and means: Used in Jer_26:20 with the article interposed, or in Jos_18:28 using simply the former part of the word, from H7151 and the plural of H3293 or H5892; city of forests, or city of towns; Kirjath Jearim or Kirjath Arim, a place in Palestine: - Kirjath, Kirjath-jearim, Kirjath-arim. Total KJV occurrences: 20.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary where we read: “First mentioned as one of the four cities of the Gibeonites Joshua 9:17, it next occurs as one of the landmarks of the northern boundary of Judah Joshua 15:9, and as the point at which the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin coincided Joshua 18:14,15, and in the last two passages we find that it bore another, perhaps earlier, name —that of the great Canaanite deity Baal, namely BAALAH and KIRJATH-BAAL. At this place the ark remained for twenty years I Samuel 7:2. At the close of that time Kirjath-jearim lost its sacred treasure, on its removal by David to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite I Chronicles 13:5,6; II Chronicles 1:4; 6:2, etc. To Eusebius and Jerome it appears to have been well known. They describe it as a village at the ninth mile between Jerusalem and Diospolis (Lydda). These requirements are exactly fulfilled in the small modern village of Kuriet-el-Enab —now usually known as Abu Gosh, from the robber chief whose headquarters it was —on the road from Jaffa and Jerusalem.”.
I Chronicles 13:6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, 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. —> Baalah=Here we see the difference from II Samuel 6 where Kirjath-jearim is identified as “baale of Judah.”
God=ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Appendicies in his Companion Bible: ELOHIM—with the article, the one and only true GOD, denoting the genus God—I.e., Father in His Role of Creator of all things.
Whose name is called on it=In other words, where Father’s Name is invoked in Prayer or supplication. It is in the next verse(s) where David and the Israelites greatly err. The priests are with them, they especially should have known better.
13:7 Conveyance. New Cart.
I Chronicles 13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab (father of generosity [that is, liberal]; or, noble) (ab-ee-naw-dawbי): and Uzza (strength; and, strength) (ooz-zawי) and Ahio (brotherly; and brotherly) (akh-yoי) drave the cart. —>
In a new cart=My next statement is said dripping with sarcasm: Oh let’s do something holy or religious! They did so well and should be so proud of themselves for putting Father’s Ark in a “new cart.” NOT! This is how “traditions of men” get started. New, old, borrowed, it doesn’t matter, Father’s Ark was not to be transported on a cart of any kind. The High Priest—Abiathar—his sons, all the Kohathites and the priests of the priesthood, every one of the Levites—meaning, the Gershonites and the Merarites—the king — in this case, David, and even the man whose house Father’s Ark sat in, should have known better. This is strictly forbidden by Father, and it goes against Father’s Divinely prescribed law of Numbers 4:15: Numbers 4:15 And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. —>
Numbers 7:9: Numbers 7:9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
—> Numbers 10:21; Deuteronomy 10:8; Joshua 3:14; II Samuel 15:24; I Chronicles 13:7; and 15:2 and following all detail how Father’s Ark was to be handled.
When the Philistines had captured Father’s Ark in I Samuel 5 and carried It away on a cart; and when, after He had doled out His punishment on them for having His Ark that, when they sent It back to Israel on a new cart in I Samuel 6, no judgment fell upon the Philistines. Why? Because, Father had not given the law to them, He gave the law to His Chosen People — Israel, the People who were to bring forth His Commandments, Judgments, Laws, Ordinances, and Statutes to all the world. David himself, being king, as he was also supposed to know, was to have written out his own copy of the Law; and therefore, he should have known that he—they—couldn’t put Father’s Ark in a cart — new or old. It was for these reasons that the judgment is about to fall. The solemn lesson is, that, “anything introduced into the worship of Father YHVH, is contrary to His requirements, and thus is deserving of His judgments!” This includes all which is contrary to John 4:24—which reads: John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.—and all that which is of flesh, which “profitteth nothing” as can be read in John 6:63—John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life..
Drave=Escorted, or, were walking beside the cart leading and steadying it.
Abinadab=Abinadab was a Levite during the time of David. He lived in Kirjath-jearim—I Samuel 7:1, or Gibeah II Samuel 6:3; or, it may be that, they were so close that our forefather’s considered them one-in-the-same?—and it was in his house that our forefather’s—the men of Beth-shemesh, who had opened and looked into Father’s Ark and He struck 50,070 of them dead for doing so—had placed Father’s Ark when the Philistines had wanted so desperately to get rid of it, after Father had struck them with the emerods—hemorrhoids—after they had captured it from our forefathers. Father’s Ark sat under the care of Eleazar—another of Abinadab’s sons—in his father’s house for 20 years before David commissioned team to go with him to retrieve It and bring it to Jerusalem—once Father’s Tabernacle had been set-up. † There are only 12 verses with 13 matches for the name Abinadab and the Hebrew word number: H41 associated with it in Father’s Word, and only 4 of them are for the man in whose house Father’s Ark sat, the other verses and matches are for other men with the same name. † The etymology of the name Abinadab consists of two elements. The first element is the familiar word אב (ab), meaning father: The second part of the name Abinadab comes from the Hebrew verb נדב (nadab), meaning to make willing, incite: For a meaning of the name Abinadab, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads The Father Is Generous and Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary proposes My Father Is Noble. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names offers Father Of Nobility or Father Of Liberality.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H41, - אֲבִינָדָב, - 'ăbı̂ynâdâb, pronounced - ab-ee-naw-dawbי, and means: From H1 and H5068; father of generosity (that is, liberal); Abinadab, the name of 4 Israelites: - Abinadab. Total KJV occurrences: 13.. Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines in I Samuel 7:1. It remained there twenty years, till it was at length removed by David I Samuel 7:1-2; and I Chronicles 13:7.”.
Uzzah=Uzzah was the son of Abinadab, and brother to Eleazar and Ahio. Uzzah—my brain wants to say that he had the unfortunate happenstance; but, that wouldn’t be correct as, happenstance had nothing to do with what he did as, he should have known better—anyway, Uzzah had the foolishness of extending his hand in order to try and steady Father’s Ark as it was about to fall off the “new cart” they were transporting it on, and for it, Father immediately called him Home to Him. The problem was that (1) Father’s Ark was not supposed to be transported on a cart, it was supposed to be carried by the staves which He commanded be made for carrying His Ark; and (2) only the Kohathites were allowed to touch Father’s Ark and for that matter any thing which went into the Holiest of Holies in His Tabernacle. † There are 14 verses with 14 matches for the name Uzzah and the Hebrew word number: H5798 associated with it in Father’s Word, of those 14 verses and matches, 8 are of Abinadab’s son Uzzah, and the other 6 verses and matches are for other men named Uzzah. As there are only 8 verses and matches for Abinadab’s son, we really don’t know anything of the man, except to say that Father called him Home because of his mis-judgmental error. † The etymology of the name Uzzah comes from the Hebrew verb עזז (יazaz), generally meaning to be strong: For a meaning of the name Uzzah, both New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names read Strength. Also note the striking similarity between the names עזה (Uzzah) and עזה (Gaza).. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5798, - עֻזָּא, עֻזָּה, - ‛ûzzâ', ‛ûzzâh, pronounced - ooz-zawי, ooz-zaw’, and means: Feminine of H5797; strength; Uzza or Uzzah, the name of five Israelites: - Uzza, Uzzah. total KJV occurrences: 14.. † Now from the Easton’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “A son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of Kirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines I Samuel 7:1. He with his brother Ahio drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah, in direct violation of the divine law Numbers 4:15, put forth his hand to steady the ark, and was immediately smitten unto death. The place where this occurred was henceforth called Perez-uzzah I Chronicles 13:1. David on this feared to proceed further, and placed the ark in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite here in II Samuel 6:2-11; and also I Chronicles 13:6-13.”.
Ahio=Son of Abinadab and brother to Eleazar and Uzzah, the latter who Father struck with immediate death when he touched Father’s Ark while trying to prevent It from sliding off the “new cart” they were transporting it on. Ahio was walking before the cart when that happened as we read in II Samuel 6:3. † There are 6 verses and matches for the name Ahio and the Strong’s Hebrew word number: H283 associated with it in Father’s Word. Of those 6 verses and matches, 3 are for Abinadab’s son Ahio, and all of them are of the account in which our forefather’s were incorrectly transporting Father’s Ark and Ahio’s brother Uzzah paid for it with his life. † The etymology of the name Ahio according to Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary, appears to be a truncated form of the full but not Biblical name Ahion (comparable to another contracted form and Biblical name: אחין, Ahian) and is derived from the word אח (ah) meaning brother, or in a figurative sense, friend or close associate: The original waw-nun extension creates a personification or localization of the root word: Person Who Is (Like) A Brother. But for an audience that is less concerned with proper etymology, the name Ahio would look an awful lot like a truncated form of the name אחיה (Ahijah), consisting of the word אח (ah) meaning brother and יה (Yah) = יהו (Yahu) = יו (Yu), which in turn are abbreviated forms of the Tetragrammaton יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh, the personal and sacred name of Father. That would render the name Ahio the meaning of Brother/Friend Of The Lord.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H283, - אַחְיוֹ, - 'achyô, pronounced - akh-yoי, and means: Prolonged form of H251; brotherly; Achio, the name of three Israelites: - Ahio Total KJV occurrences: 6.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah went by the side of the ark, he walked before it guiding the oxen which drew the cart on which it was carried, after having brought it from his father’s house in Gibeah II Samuel 6:3; I Chronicles 6:3-4; and I Chronicles 13:7.”.
13:8 Music.
I Chronicles 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. —> I’m sure that as this procession marched down the street with all the music from all the best instruments in the kingdom marching before it, the People thought that it was the religious thing to do. I mean, after all, there was their king, marching with the “leaders of the church,” in other words, the priests; and, even the High Priest of the day, marching right along aside of Father’s ark. The next is said dripping with sarcasm: — It must have brought them such great joy, you can almost get a tear seeing the same things happening on TV today, with all the pomp and ceremony looking oh so religious; and, there was Father's Holy Ark on the new cart, all the people must have been weeping great big tears of pride./Sarc The ark of the covenant was going back home, and to the People it didn’t matter how it got there. It was man who made this event seem so righteous and holy, yet in all its glory of man, it was not as Father gave in His instructions to Moses and Aaron.
This was one great big holy-roller religious event which was going on here; and, it seemed so right; for, even Uzzah, one of the Levitical priests was right there walking beside this ass driven cart, doing all the holy things he thought looked so religious and pleasing to Father. This not only looked religious; but, it even sounded religious with all the music playing and the dancing to Father which was taking place; however, this entire thing is nothing but an abomination to our heavenly Father. Why? Because, the king—David—the priests—Abiathar—and the all People should have known better, they should have remembered what happened at the base of Mount Sinai when Aaron fashioned the golden calf. But, here they are, handling Father’s Holy Ark — one of His most precious symbols, in a manner which He warned against. The Ark of the Covenant represents the mercy seat of God here on earth with man. This would be the same as mishandling the sacred sacrament of Christ’s communion today; and, also mocking the blood of Christ. These Israelites are doing just that, and they’re having a party doing their heathenistic — man made religious ritual.
With all their might=We can compare this verse with what we read in II Samuel 6:5; but, compare only, for there is no need to arbitarily make the two verses correspond, as they are from two independent Books and therefore, complimentary in their information. Note all the “and(s)” in this verse? This is known as a “polysyndeton” meaning, that there is much more is going on than what has been said; but, also emphasizing each instrument.
Cymbals=We read in the Strong’s Concordance the following: H4700, - מְצֵלֶת, - metsêleth, pronounced - mets-ayי-leth, and means: From H6750; (only dual) double tinklers; that is, cymbals, - cymbals.: two metal disks, making a clashing sound. Always rendered so. These cymbals—mets-ayי-leth—are not to be confused with (zilzelim); or, timbrels, which make a rustling sound; but, can sometimes be rendered cymbals as in II Samuel 6:5 and Psalms 150:5.
13:9-11 Offence of Uzzah.
I Chronicles 13:9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. —>
Uzza put forth his hand=This is exactly why Father didn’t want His Ark placed onto a cart; because, it just might happen to tumble and a man—except those who He appointed—might reach out his hand to touch His Holy Ark which was strictly forbidden.
Chidon=If you trace Chidon’s name out to its “Prime root”—H3589—you’ll discover that his name means calamity or destruction. Also, we read in II Samuel 6:6 that, this Chidon has another name — Nachon, and it was at his threshingfloor that the oxen stumbled.
I Chronicles 13:10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. —> Now, don’t go and get all sentimental on me; for if you know anything about Father and His Word, you understand exactly what just transpired here. If you don’t, turn back to and read Leviticus 10:1-3 to get a better understanding. There—Leviticus 10:1-3—you’ll discover that, right after Aaron and his sons had been consecrated as Father’s Priests, two of Aaron’s sons—Nadab and Abihu—celebrated on the night before they were to perform their priestly duties. They celebrated so much that, they became intoxicated, thereby forgetting their responsibility and they allowed Father’s Perpetual Fire to go out. Seeing their error, they quickly grabbed some buffalo chips to re-ignite it, in doing so they offered “strange fire” before Father and He struck them dead for their transgression against His Holy Things. So, just as Nadab and Abiuhu who disobeyed Father and His Comands concerning His Holy Things and offered their strange fire before Father and He devoured them with His Consuming Fire; here, Uzza disobeyed Father by reaching forth his hand to steady Father’s Ark, and Father struck him dead. What really happened? Again, just like with Nadab and Abihu, Father was so angry that, He said, “get up here I want to talk with you face-to-face, and show you your err.”
Died before God=This is showing reward\judgment for the sin of disobeying Father’s Divine Commands. Again, for those of you who question Father’s motives concerning the swiftness, or the fact of the matter concerning Father killing Uzzah for “just trying to steady His Ark;” remember, Uzzah was a Levite, and if those who Father placed in charge of His things cannot do things according to His instructions, how are the people going to be able to? It was the priests responsibility—just as it is for the Pastors today—to ensure things were accomplished exactly as Father said they should be. It is also for this reason that the Pastors are to teach Father’s Word “Verse–by–Verse, Chapter–by–Chapter, and Book–by–Book,” thus ensuring their flocks hear Father’s Word and not man’s.
I Chronicles 13:11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza (the break or breaking of Uzza) to this day. —> The LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah=This is much like the breach Father had made against the Philistines in II Samuel 5:20 where He made a division in their ranks when “He broke forth in the tree tops,” only, here, Father made a division in separating Uzzah—one of His priests—from the people he was supposed to be ensuring stuck with following Father’s Commandments.
If you think or believe this applies to the pastors only, you need to re-think your thought process, beacuse, this is all tied to the discipline which Father YHVH expects of us in our worship of Him, in our lives, and especially in our studying of His Word. Remember, the Ark of the Covenant was symbolic of the Mercy Seat which is before our Heavenly Father; and, He expects us to use that same discipline that He laid out in His Word. Uzziah thought that it didn’t matter to reach out and touch His Ark, after all, he was just trying to prevent it from falling, and Uzziah sought only to re-adjust the position of His Ark just a little bit. Father’s message is clear: — do not try and re-adjust the things of Father.
David was displeased=David better be careful judging Father for His Rightful\Righteous actions. I understand Dr. Bullinger says the word displeased in the Hebrew means: “grieved or sad;” however, we read in the Strong’s Concordance that it is Hebrew word number H2734, - חָרָה, - chârâh, pronounced - khaw-rawי, and means: A primitive root (compare H2787); to glow or glow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy: - be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See H8474.. As I said previously, had David followed—and Father’s Word does not say whether he did or not; but, at this point I’ll venture to say he had not—Father’s Command that the king—when he became king—write his own copy of The Law, he—David—would have known that according to Exodus 25:10-15 Father’s Ark was supposed to be carried by the Kohathites whenever It was moved, and according to Numbers 3:29-31, it was only the Kohathites who were to touch the Ark and the vessels thereof.
13:12-14 Ark carried aside.
I Chronicles 13:12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?” —> David was afraid=In the last verse, v13:11, we saw that David was displeased or “angry” because, “Father had made a breech upon Uzzah;” now however, we see that he is afraid; so, you can see the many different emotions that David had gone through over this movement of Father’s Ark. Either way, I think it has finally sunk in that, things were not right with the priesthood, and the practices which were taking place within the priesthood. David knew that if Father would kill one, surely, He would kill the whole bunch if they continued in this manner of disrespect. David now knows that; specifically, Father’s Ark must be moved in accordance with Father’s instructions, and in the general sense, things must be completed the way Father said; or, punishment will follow.
David isn’t sure at this point what it was that he did wrong, but he knows he did indeed commit an error. David should have first consulted—prior to fetching the Ark of Father YHVH—his own written copy of The Law. If he didn’t have one; then, the High Priest, if Abiathar didn’t know; then, they should have consulted Father; but, either way, that consultation with Father should have taken place prior to getting His Ark.
How shall I=Dr. Bullinger says David asks this in “erotesis:” meaning, the question was asked, not for information or an answer; but, in affirmation — either positive or negative; or other such reasons.
I Chronicles 13:13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom (worker of Edom; or servant of Edom) (o-badeי ed-omeי) the Gittite (ghit-teeי). —> Obed-Edom is a Levite who most probably was trained and instructed in the proper conduct of Father’s Ark.
For those of you familiar with Father’s Word, the name or word “Edom” probably has set off a few bells; because, you know the name Edom is tied to Esau, and not only tied to him; but, his name is Edom as can be read in Genesis 25:30 which reads: Genesis 25:30 And Esau said to Jacob, “Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint:” therefore was his name called Edom. —> So, this Obed-edom is not an Edomite, he was however, a Levitical priest who was living in the land of Edom. This is much like those who during Jesus’ day “claimed” they were “Jews;” but, were actually other peoples who were residing in the land of Judah, and therefore took on the “title” Jew.
It will be a grand total of 75-80 years that the Ark will be away from the House of Israel, until it is brought and put in Jerusalem.
Obed-Edom=Obed-Edom was a Levite with whom David place Father’s Ark after Father had struck Uzzah dead for stretching forth his hand in order to try and steady Father’s Ark when our forefather’s were incorrectly transporting It. David, unsure what Father wanted him to do, left Father’s Ark at Obed-Edom’s house for 3 months. Father Blessed Obed-Edom for safeguarding His Ark, and when it was told to David that Father had indeed Blessed Obed-Edom, David gathered his crew and retrned to Obed-Edom’s house to retrieve Father’s Ark and bring It into Jerusalem. † There are 15 verses with 20 matches for the name Obed-Edom and it’s associated Strong’s Hebrew word number: H5654 in Father’s Word, 5 verses and 8 matches are for the man whose house Father’s Ark sat at until David returned to retrieve It, the other verses and matches are for other men named Obed-Edom. † The etymology of the name Obed-Edom obviously consists of two separate elements: The first part of the name Obed-edom comes from the root עבד (abad), meaning servant or to serve: The second part of the name Obed-edom comes from the root אדםx(יdm), meaning either mankind or ruddy, or refers to Edom. The name Obed-edom entirely translated becomes Servant Of The Red One, but for a meaning of the name Obed-edom, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Servant Of Edom, and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Serving Edom.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5654, - עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם, - ‛ôbêd 'ĕdôm, pronounced - O-badeי Ed-omeי, and means: From the active particle of H5647 and H123; worker of Edom; Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites: - Obed-edom. Total KJV occurrences: 20.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “A Levite, described as a Gittite in II Samuel 6:10-11; I Chronicles 13:12-13; and 15:25 that is, probably, a native of the Levitical city of Gath-rimmon in Manasseh, which was assigned to the Kohathites Joshua 21:25. After the death of Uzzah, the ark, which was being conducted from the house of Abinadab in Gibeah to the city of David, was carried aside into the house of Obed-edom, where it continued three months. It was brought thence by David.”.
Gittite=A Gittite; or, the Gittites, is\are, nothing more than, an inhabitant of; or, a person from, the city\town of Gath, Gath-heper, or Gath-Rimmon. † The etymology of the name Gittite, as does the name Gath, comes from the root יגן, and is derived from the noun גת (gat), meaning winepress: The name Gittite literally means Winepressish or From The Winepress. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List explains this name as Belonging To Gath, and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names explains it as being a musical instrument. Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary reports that the Targum teaches the Gittite to be a lyre, but also submits the other explanations listed above.. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1663, - גִּתִּי, - gittı̂y, pronounced - ghit-tee’, and means: Partial from H1661; a gittite or inhabitant of Gath; - Gittite. Total KJV occurrences: 10.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(belonging to Gath), the 600 men who followed David from Gath, under Ittai the Gittite, II Samuel 15:18,19 and who probably acted as a kind of body-guard. Obed-edom “the Gittite” may have been so named from the town of Gittaim in Benjamin, II Samuel 4:3, Nehemiah 11:33 or from Gath-rimmon.”.
13:14 Blessing from YHVH
I Chronicles 13:14] And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. —> Father was pleased with, and had respect unto Obed and those of his household because of his and their respect for Father’s Ark. He and his household also obeyed Father, and worshiped Him in the manner in which He expected him and they to. Obed, being the good Kohathite Levite that he was, trained the people within his household to give the proper respect to Father YHVH and His things; therefore, Father Blessed Obed and all his household.
As we see from what this verse says, Father’s Ark will only remain in Obed’s house for 3 months, then David will bring it to Jerusalem, therefore, we’ll continue this in our next 2 Chapters, so, until then...
May 2018
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