Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1 - 13:1

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - 1 Chronicles 13:1 - 13:1


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The removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim. Cf. 2Sa 6:1-11, with the commentary on the substance of the narrative there given.

1Ch 13:1-3

The introduction to this event is in 2Sa 6:1 and 2Sa 6:2 very brief; but according to our narrative, David consulted with the chief men over thousands and hundreds (1Ch 15:25), viz., with all the princes. The preposition לְ before כָּל־נָגּיד groups together the individual chiefs of the people just named. He laid his purpose before “all the congregation of Israel,” i.e., before the above-mentioned princes as representatives of the whole people. “If it seem good to you, and if it come from Jahve our God,” i.e., if the matter be willed of and approved by God, we will send as speedily as possible. The words נִשְׁלְחָה נִפְרְצַה without the conjunction are so connected that נשׁלחה defines the idea expressed by נפרצה, “we will break through, will send,” for “we will, breaking through,” i.e., acting quickly and energetically, “send thither.” The construction of שָׁלַח with עַל is accounted for by the fact that the sending thither includes the notion of commanding (צִוָּה עַל). כָּל־אֲרָצֹות, all the provinces of the various tribal domains, is used for כָּל־חָאָרֶץ, 1Sa 13:19, here, and 2Ch 11:23 and 2Ch 34:33; in all which places the idea of the division of the land into a number of territories is prominent. This usage is founded upon Gen 26:3 and Gen 26:4, where the plural points to the number of small tribes which possessed Canaan. After וְעִמָּהֶם, עַל or עַל נִשְׁלְחָה is to be repeated. The words דְרַשְׁנֻהוּ לֹא in 1Ch 13:3, we have not sought it, nor asked after it, are meant to include all.