No one should carry the ark of God except the Levites—Compare the marginal references. We can easily understand that David, after the “breac…

Then. —This word is here a real note of time. It seems to denote the end of the three months’ interval mentioned in [Reference 1 C…

And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. Then David said, None ought…

Then David said
Either within himself, or to his ministers and courtiers about him:

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…