So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim.
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So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim.
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So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
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So David assembled all Israel together, from Shihor the brook of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 13:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Samuel 6:21–7:1 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back Yahweh’s ark. Come down and bring it up to yourselves.” The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.
- 2 Samuel 6:1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
- 1 Kings 8:65 So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days.
- 1 Chronicles 15:3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up Yahweh’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.
- Numbers 34:5-8 The border shall turn about from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and it shall end at the sea. “ ‘For the western border, you shall have the great sea and its border. This shall be your west border. “ ‘This shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall mark out for yourselves Mount Hor. From Mount Hor you shall mark out to the entrance of Hamath; and the border shall pass by Zedad.
- Joshua 13:3-6 from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even to the border of Ekron northward, which is counted as Canaanite; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim, on the south; all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the border of the Amorites; and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath; all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, even all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the children of Israel. Just allocate it to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you.
- 1 Kings 4:21 Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- 2 Kings 25:21 The king of Babylon attacked them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6 David went up with all Israel to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there God Yahweh’s ark that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
- Jeremiah 2:18 Now what do you gain by going to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or why do you to go on the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, from Gibea, where the inhabitants of Kirjath…
That is, from Gibea, where the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim had placed it in the house of Abinadab, 2 Sam. 6:3.
Or, Nile.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from…
1Ch 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
Ver. 5. From Shihor of Egypt.] Called elsewhere the torrent of Egypt, {Num 34:5} which some take for a river running near to Rhinocolura; but others for Nile, that ancient river whose seven streams of old are now become four, as travellers tell us. The name Sichor hath a notion of blackness in it, from the blackness of the water, or rather of the mud and slime that it brings down with it; or the black colour of the grounds and soils it passeth through. {a}
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{a} The Ethiopians called it Sius; the Greeks, Mελας; the Latins, Melo. - Richard.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All Israel, i.e. all the chosen men of Israel,…
All Israel, i.e. all the chosen men of Israel, as it is phrased, 2Sa 6:1, their elders and representatives.
Shihor of Egypt; of which see Num 34:5; Jos 13:3; Jer 2:18.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So David gathered all Israel together,.... The principal of…
So David gathered all Israel together,.... The principal of them, even 30,000 select men, Sa2 6:1.
from Shihor of Egypt; or the Nile of Egypt, as the Targum and other Jewish writers, called Shihor from the blackness of its water, see Jer 2:18 though some think the river Rhinocurura is meant, which both lay to the south of the land of Israel:
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even unto the entering of Hamath; which the Targum interprets of Antiochia, which lay to the north of the land; so that this collection of the people was made from south to north, the extreme borders of the land:
to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim; where it then was, and had been a long time, see Sa1 7:1, from hence to the end of the chapter the account is the same with Sa2 6:1, see the notes there; what little variations there are, are there observed. See Gill on Sa2 6:1, Sa2 6:2, Sa2 6:3, Sa2 6:4, Sa2 6:5, Sa2 6:6, Sa2 6:7, Sa2 6:8, Sa2 6:9, Sa2 6:10, Sa2 6:11
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. From Shihor of Egypt even unto the…
Verse 5. From Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath] "Therefore David gathered all Israel, from the Nile, נילוס Nilos, of Egypt, even to the entrance of Antioch." - T.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Shihor - See the marginal reference and the 1Ki…
Shihor - See the marginal reference and the 1Ki 8:65 note.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Emath, from "the troubled river" Nile, (Josue xiii. 3.;…
Emath, from "the troubled river" Nile, (Josue xiii. 3.; Calmet) or Rhinocorura, (Tirinus; Menochius) to the northern extremities of the promised land, (Haydock) near Emesa.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain from Shihor of Egypt-- (Jos 15:4, Jos 15:47; Num…
from Shihor of Egypt-- (Jos 15:4, Jos 15:47; Num 34:5; Kg1 8:65; Kg2 24:7; Ch2 7:8); a small brook flowing into the Mediterranean, near the modern El-arish, which forms the southern boundary of Palestine.
unto the entering of Hemath--the defile between the mountain ranges of Syria and the extreme limit of Palestine on the north.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. from Shihor of Egypt] R.V. from Shihor the…
5. from Shihor of Egypt] R.V. from Shihor the brook of Egypt. Shihor (spelt elsewhere wrongly in A.V., Sihor) was the name of the brook (now wâdy el Arish) which divided Palestine from Egypt (Jos_13:3; Jos_15:4; Jer_2:18).
the entering of Hemath] R.V. the entering in of Hamath. Hamath (now Hama) is on the Orontes. The entering in of Hamath is to be identified with the Beḳâ‘a, a broad valley between Lebanon and Anti-Libanus watered by the Orontes (Bädeker, pp. 305, 376). It is mentioned as on the northern frontier of Israel in Jos_13:5 and elsewhere.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) So David gathered all Israel.— Assembled; a different…
(5) So David gathered all Israel.— Assembled; a different word in 1Ch_13:2.
Shihor of Egypt.—The boundary between Egypt and Canaan is elsewhere called Nahal Micrayim (Authorύsed Version, River of Egypt; Isa_27:12; 2Ch_7:8). It is the modern Wady el Arish. Jos_13:3 also calls this winter torrent the Shihor (Blackwater); but, in Isa_23:3, Shihor means the Nile.
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The entering of Hemath.—Hamath.—This was the usual designation of the north boundary of Palestine, as the “torrent of Egypt” was that of the south (1Ki_8:65). Hamath was the seat of an ancient kingdom, independent of, but friendly to David. The prophet Amos (eighth century B.C. ) calls it Hamath Rabbah, Great Hamath (Amo_6:2). A revived interest attaches to Hamath in our day, owing to the discovery of five curious inscriptions at Hâmah, written in a peculiar hieroglyphic character, which has been pronounced to be Hittite, but still awaits decipherment.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All Israel. The parallel gives the number as thirty…
All Israel. The parallel gives the number as thirty thousand men. (2Sa_6:1, 2Sa_6:2) Shihor of Egypt. According to Gesenius, this Shihor is from root rj meaning "to be turbid" or "black" (so Latin melo, from the Greek; Virgil, "Georg.," 4:278, 291; Catullus, 67:33). There can surely be little doubt that it is the river Nile which is here spoken of, after comparison of the following passages: Jos_13:3 Isa_23:3; Jer_2:18. Though others, quoting Jos_13:3 and 19:26, and interpreting Shihor generically as applicable to any dark, turbid stream, make it the modern Wady el-Arish, However, the parallel, n 1Ki_8:65, does not necessarily dissever the lj from rhn; of Egypt, (Gen_15:18) but rather tends to identify them. The entering of Hemath; i.e. the way to Hamath, (Hebrew tmj Num_34:7, Num_34:8)
Hamath was one of the great cities of the Orontes valley, in Upper Syria, which formed the boundary in especial of the empire of Solomon. This valley is watered by the Orontes, the river of Antioch, a river remarkable for its abundant spring (situate immediately north of the source of the Leontes), which won for it the name, among all the other springs of Syria, of "The Spring," and remarkable for "the length of its course, the volume of its waters, and the rich vegetation of its banks." It is the one of the four rivers which take their rise beneath the heights of the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon which becomes really worthy of the name of river, the other three, viz. the Jordan, the Leontes or modern Litany of Phoeicia, and the Abana or modern Barada of Damascus, more resembling the nature of the mountain stream. This river was to the ancient Romans "the representative of Syria, as the Timings might be said to be of England, and in later times the region formed the chief point of contact between this part of Asia and the West" (Stanley"s "Sinai and Palestine," pp. 414, e,f, edit. 1866). The kingdom of Hamath comprised the tract of this valley of the Orontes, skirted by the hills separating the Leontes from the Orontes, and extending to the Pass of Daphne below Antioch. Riblah (Num_34:11 2Ki 23, 33) lies on the east bank of the Orontes, thirty-five miles north-east of Baal-bek, or Baal-gad. The people of Hamath were of the race of Ham, of the descendants of Canaan, (Gen_10:18) and are not to be reckoned as of Phoenician origin.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 David assembled all Israel together
David assembled all Israel together
Here the word "all" is a generalization. The phrase means that David assembled people from all over Israel, not that he assembled every person in Israel. AT: "David assembled people together from all Israel" (See: Hyperbole and Generalization)
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Lebo Hamath ... Kiriath Jearim ... Baalah
These are the names of places. "Baalah" is another name for Kiriath Jearim. (See: How to Translate Names)
which belongs to Judah
"which is in Judah"
to bring up from there the ark of God
It is implied that they are taking the ark to Jerusalem. AT: "to take to Jerusalem the ark of God" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
to bring up from there
Jerusalem is higher than almost any other place in Israel, so it was normal for Israelites to speak of going up to Jerusalem and going down from it.
which is called by Yahweh's name
This can be stated in active form. Possible meanings are 1) the idiom "called by ... name" refers to a person owning the thing. AT: "which belongs to Yahweh" or 2) the ark has Yahweh's name written on it. AT: "which bears Yahweh's name" (See: Idiom)
who sits enthroned over the cherubim
You may need to make explicit that the cherubim are those on the lid of the ark of the covenant. The biblical writers often spoke of the ark of the covenant as if it were Yahweh's footstool upon which he rested his feet as he sat on his throne in heaven above. AT: "who sits on his throne above the cherubim on the ark of the covenant" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Egypt
Judah
name
cherub
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