David, having prepared a place for the ark, ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from Obed-edom, 1Ch_15:1-24. He performeth the solemnity thereof with great joy, 1Ch_15:25-28. Michal despiseth him, 1Ch_15:29.
Houses; a palace consisting of many houses or apartments for his several wives and children. Pitched for it a tent.
Quest. Why did he not first fetch the tabernacle of Moses from Gibeon, where it now was that so he might put the ark into its proper place?
Answ. Partly because he had no motion or direction from God concerning the tabernacle, as he had concerning the ark; and partly because he thought the tabernacle was not so necessary for that end as formerly, seeing he intended forthwith to set upon the building of the temple, as appears from 1Ch 12.