The “due order” was that the ark should be carried on the shoulders of Kohathite Levites—not that it should be placed on a cart, drawn by oxen, and…

For because ye did it not at the first. — The Hebrew seems to mean, for because on the first occasion it was not you<…

They had sought him, but they had not done it after the due order. They had been in too great a hurry; and they had followed their own not…

For because you did it not at the first
Did not sanctify themselves, as the supplement in our version directs; but rather the …

Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had be…